For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
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Gill's Exposition
Is there no balm in Gilead?.... Which was famous for it; see Gen 37:25, or rather turpentine or rosin, a gum which drops from pine trees and the like; since balm or balsam grew on this side Jordan,…
Barnes' Notes
For the hurt ... hurt - literally, “Because of the breaking ... broken.” These are the words of the prophet, whose heart is crushed by the cry of his countrymen. I am black - Or, I go mourning.
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
the hurt lit. the breach, and so the verb that follows.
black mg. mourning(as to garb). Cp. on Jer 4:28.
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