George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Near. Hebrew would be “daughters of Sion,” ver. 14.”
The interpretation timeline
Bar 4:9
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Bar 4:9 · Douay-Rheims
“For she saw the wrath of God coming upon you, and she said: Give ear, all you that dwell near Sion, for God hath brought upon me great mourning:”
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.