That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
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Gill's Exposition
That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breast of her consolations,.... This, according to our version, expresses the end of the church's friends being called together to rejoice with her, that…
Barnes' Notes
That ye may suck - The same figure occurs in Isa 60:16; and substantidally in Isa 49:23. See the note at those places. That ye may milk out - The image is an obvious one. It means that they who…
Adam Clarke
With the abundance of her glory "From her abundant stores" - For מזיז mizziz, from the splendor, two MSS. and the old edition of 1488, have מזיו mizziv; and the latter ז zain is upon a rasure in three…
The prophet, having denounced God's judgments against a hypocritical nation, that made a jest of God's word and would not answer him when he called to them, here turns his speech to those that…
Cambridge Bible
Comp. ch. Isa 60:16.
abundance The Heb. word (zîz) is of uncertain interpretation. It is found again only in Psa 50:11; Psa 80:13 in the phrase "beast of the field" (zîz sâday). It is doubtful,…
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