John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 49:24

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Damascus is waxed feeble, etc.] Or, “is become remiss”f945; her hands hang down, not being able through fear and fright to lift them up against the enemy; that is, the inhabitants of Damascus, as the Targum: [and] turneth herself to flee; instead of going out to meet the enemy, the inhabitants of this city meditated a flight, and turned their backs upon him in order to flee from him, and escape falling into his hands: and fear hath seized on [her]: or, “she seized on fear”f946; instead of seizing on arms, and laying hold on them to defend herself with, she seized on that; or however that seized on her, and made her quite unfit to stand up in her own defence: anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in travail; (see Gill on “<244922>Jeremiah 49:22”); A phrase often used to express the sudden and inevitable destruction of a people, and their distress and inability to help themselves.

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