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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Lamentations 1:2

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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in the night--even in the night, the period of rest and oblivion of griefs (Job 7:3). lovers . . . friends--the heathen states allied to Judah, and their idols. The idols whom she "loved" (Jer 2:20-25) could not comfort her. Her former allies would not: nay, some "treacherously" joined her enemies against her (Kg2 24:2, Kg2 24:7; Psa 137:7).
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