Lamentations 1:3
“Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Judah is gone into captivity,.... Not only Jerusalem the metropolis of Judea was destroyed, but the whole country was…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Because of ... - i. e. the people, not of Jerusalem only, but of the whole land, “is gone into exile to escape from the…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Between the straits - She has been brought into such difficulties, that it was impossible for her to escape. Has this…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Lamentations 1:1-11
Those that have any disposition to weep with those that weep, one would think, should scarcely be able to refrain from…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
is gone into captivity because of affliction The better rendering is, is gone into exile (so mg.) because of affliction,…
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