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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Lamentations 4:9 - 4:9
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Teth
The speedy death by the sword is better than the lingering death by famine.
pine away - literally, “flow out”; referring to the flow of blood. This expression, and “stricken through,” are drawn from death by “the sword.”
want of ... fruits - The words in italics have to be supplied in the original (Gen 18:28; Psa 109:24).