Lamentations 2:12
“They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
They say to their mothers, where is corn and wine?.... Not the sucklings who could not speak, nor were used to corn and…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
They say - Or, “They keep saying:” it was an oft-repeated cry, even while expiring upon their mother’s bosom.
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
When their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom - When, in endeavoring to draw nourishment from the breasts of…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Lamentations 2:10-22
Justly are these called Lamentations, and they are very pathetic ones, the expressions of grief in perfection, mourning…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
corn and wine Omit "and wine," not only from the nature of the case, and for the sake of correct metre, but because the…