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Gill's Exposition
Our inheritance is turned to strangers,.... The land of Canaan in general, which was given to Abraham and his seed to be their inheritance; and their field, and vineyards in particular, which came to…
Barnes' Notes
Turned - “transferred.” The inheritance was the land of Canaan Lev 20:24. Aliens - Or, “foreigners:” i. e. the Chaldaeans upon their conquest of the country.
Adam Clarke
Our inheritance is turned to strangers - The greater part of the Jews were either slain or carried away captive; and even those who were left under Gedaliah were not free, for they were vassals to the…
Is any afflicted? let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God, and make known before him his trouble. The people of God do so here; being overwhelmed with grief, they give vent…
Cambridge Bible
Our inheritance our land, forfeited to the conquerors.
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