Isaiah 51:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

These two things... — The two things are amplified into four: (1) the two effects, and (2) the two causes.

Who shall be sorry for thee? — Better, Be sorry with thee, or who shall console thee? Even Jehovah is represented as failing, or seeming to fail, in finding a comforter for such affliction.

Isaiah 51:19

19 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?