John Gill's Exposition on Lamentations 3:13

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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He hath caused the arrows of his quiver, etc.] Or, “the sons of his quiver” f57; an usual Hebraism; the quiver is compared, as Aben Ezra observes, to a pregnant woman; and Horace has a like expression, “venenatis gravidam sagittis pharetram” f58; the judgments of God are often signified by this metaphor, even his four sore ones, sword, famine, pestilence, and noisome beast, (<053223>Deuteronomy 32:23,42 <260516>Ezekiel 5:16 14:21); these, says the prophet, he caused to enter into my reins; that is, into the midst of his land and people, or into the city of Jerusalem; or these affected his mind and heart as if so many arrows had stuck in him, the poison of which drank up his spirits, (<180604>Job 6:4 <193802>Psalm 38:2).

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