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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Lamentations 4:17

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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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As for us--This translation forms the best antithesis to the language of the heathen (Lam 4:15-16). CALVIN translates, "While as yet we stood as a state, our eyes failed," &c. watched for a nation that could not save us--Egypt (Kg2 24:7; Isa 30:7; Jer 37:5-11).
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