This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
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Gill's Exposition
This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly Once exceeding populous, and the inhabitants full of mirth and gaiety, abounding with wealth and riches, and indulging themselves in all carnal…
Barnes' Notes
This utter desolation is “the rejoicing city” (so unlike is it, that there is need to point out that it is the same); this is she, who was full of joy, exulting exceedingly, but in herself, not in…
Adam Clarke
This is the rejoicing city - The city in which mirth, jocularity, and pleasure, reigned without interruption.
And wag his hand - Will point her out as a mark and monument of Divine displeasure.
The cup is going round, when Nebuchadnezzar is going on conquering and to conquer; and not only Israel's near neighbours, but those that lay more remote, must be reckoned with for the wrongs they have…
Cambridge Bible
A ḳinahor elegy on Nineveh.
the rejoicing city R.V. the joyous city.
there is none beside me there is none else. She felt unique in her power and splendour. The same words are used of herself by…
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