Jeremiah 25:33
And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry,.... The Targum is,
"howl, ye kings, and cry;''
and the rulers and governors of the nations before threatened with destruction are meant; who are here called upon to…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Lamented - See the marginal reference and Jer 8:2.
We have, in these verses, a further description of those terrible desolations which the king of Babylon with his armies should make in all the countries and nations round about Jerusalem. In Jerusalem…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the slain of the Lord For the phrase cp. Isa 66:16.
they shall not … gathered omitted by LXX and apparently inserted here by MT. from Jer 8:2.
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