Lamentations 2:22

"“The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets. My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword. You have killed them in the day of your anger. You have slaughtered, and not pitied."

Key Reflection

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From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Thou hast called as in a solemn day -i. e. “Thou” callest “like a feast day,” i. e. like the proclaiming of a festival. My terrors round about -The prophet’s watch-word (Jeremiah 6:25note). God now proclaims what Jeremiah had so often called out before, “Magor-missabib.” On every side were conquering Chaldaeans.

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