In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
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Gill's Exposition
O generation, see ye the word of the Lord,.... Take notice of it, consider it; or, hear it, as the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions. Jarchi and Kimchi think (i) the pot of manna was brought…
Barnes' Notes
Your own sword hath detoured your prophets - An allusion probably to Manasseh 2Ki 21:16. Death was the usual fate of the true prophet Neh 9:26; Mat 23:37.
The prophet here goes on in the same strain, aiming to bring a sinful people to repentance, that their destruction might be prevented.
I. He avers the truth of the charge. It was evident beyond…
Cambridge Bible
your children not literally such, nor yet young men slain in battle, but equivalent to the frequent expression "children of thy people" (e.g. Eze 3:11; Eze 33:2; Eze 33:12; Eze 33:17; Eze 33:30), i.e.…
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