And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
Ver. 8. And I was left.] And, as I was apt to think, alone. Rom 11:3
I fell upon my face and cried.] This is the guise of the gracious in evil times, as may be seen in Moses, Jeremiah, Paul, Athanasius, Ambrose, &c.
Ah, Lord God!] Adonai Jehovi (not Jehova, as elsewhere usually), so the saints have sometimes prayed, tanquam singultientes in patheticis precibus, a or rather sighed out their most earnest suits to God. as Gen 15:2-8 Deuteronomy 3:24 ; Deu 9:26
Wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel?] Brevis quidem est haec querimonia prophetae: at multa complectitur. b This is a brief but a complexive complaint, and hath much in it.
a Polan.
b Lavat.