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Gill's Exposition
Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people,.... This was what made his heart faint, such was his sympathy with his countrymen, his people in distress, whom he affectionately calls the…
Barnes' Notes
Rather, “O my comfort in sorrow: my heart faints for me.” The word translated “comfort” is by some supposed to be corrupt. With these mournful ejaculations a new strophe begins, ending with Jer 9:1,…
In these verses we have,
I. God threatening the destruction of a sinful people. He has borne long with them, but they are still more and more provoking, and therefore now their ruin is resolved on: I…
Cambridge Bible
Oh that I could comfort myself lit. brightenmyself. The Hebrew verb occurs here only, but is found in Arabic in this sense. See further in Dr., p. 352.
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