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Adam Clarke, on Lam 2:9
Adam Clarke · 1762–1832
Lam 2:9 · Douay-Rheims
“Teth. Her gates are sunk into the ground: he hath destroyed, and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more, and her prophets have found no vision from the Lord.”
On this verse:
“Her gates are sunk into the ground - The consequence of their being long thrown down and neglected. From this it appears that the captivity had already lasted a considerable time. Her king and her princes are among the Gentiles - Zedekiah and many of the princes were then prisoners in Babylon, another proof that the captivity had endured some time, unless all this be spoken prophetically, of what should be done.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.