Lamentations 4:19

Amos 2:14; Amos 9:1-3; Deuteronomy 28:49; Habakkuk 1:8; Hosea 8:1; Isaiah 30:16; Isaiah 30:17; Isaiah 5:26-28; Jeremiah 4:13; Matthew 24:27; Matthew 24:28

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A rapid sketch of the last days of the siege and the capture of the king. Lamentations 4:17 Rather, “Still do our eyes waste away looking for...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

persecutors . pursuers. swifter than the eagles. Ref, to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 28:49 ).
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here, then, the Prophet means, that the Jews were so straitened, that there was no escape for them, because their steps were observed by their...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. They pursued...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Our persecutors, &c.— The Lord hath brought upon us the judgment that he threatened by Moses, of bringing a nation against us, as swift as the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. Our pe...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Our persecutors] RV 'our pursuers.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. Ver. 19....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Our enemies who pursued us to destroy us were very swift in their pursuit of us, ( As swift as an eagle , was a proverbial expression,) we could no...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Judgment a Consequence of the Sins of the Prophets and Priests
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven, their pursuit having begun instantly and having been carried forward with the greatest ene...

¹⁹ Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

Related Commentaries of Lamentations 4:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lamentations 4:19