Lamentations 4:18
“They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets,.... The Chaldeans, from their forts and batteries, as they could…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Lamentations 4:17-20
A rapid sketch of the last days of the siege and the capture of the king. Lam 4:17 Rather, “Still do our eyes waste away…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
We cannot go in our streets - Supposed to refer to the darts and other missiles cast from the mounds which they had…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Lamentations 4:13-20
We have here,
I. The sins they were charged with, for which God brought this destruction upon them, and which served to…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
They hunt our steps This expresses the danger which existed in the "streets" (lit. broad places, and therefore exposed)…
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