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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Lamentations 1:15

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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trodden, &c.--MAURER, from Syriac root, translates, "cast away"; so Kg2 23:27. But Psa 119:118, supports English Version. in . . . midst of me--They fell not on the battlefield, but in the heart of the city; a sign of the divine wrath. assembly--the collected forces of Babylon; a very different "assembly" from the solemn ones which once met at Jerusalem on the great feasts. The Hebrew means, literally, such a solemn "assembly" or feast (compare Lam 2:22). trodden . . . virgin . . . in a wine-press--hath forced her blood to burst forth, as the red wine from the grapes trodden in the press (Isa 63:3; Rev 14:19-20; Rev 19:15).
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