Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Lamentations 1:20

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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bowels . . . troubled-- (Job 30:27; Isa 16:11; Jer 4:19; Jer 31:20). Extreme mental distress affects the bowels and the whole internal frame. heart . . . turned-- (Hos 11:8); is agitated or fluttered. abroad . . . sword . . . at home . . . as death-- (Deu 32:25; Eze 7:15). The "as" does not modify, but intensifies. "Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home as it were death itself" (personified), in the form of famine and pestilence (Kg2 25:3; Jer 14:18; Jer 52:6). So Hab 2:5, "as death" [MICHAELIS].

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