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How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave!
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Verse 1. City. David had conquered many. Jerusalem was long considered as the finest city in those parts.—Tributary. It had been so to the Assyrians, Egyptians, and Chaldees. 4 Kennicott. 24:1. From this and similar passages, it would seem that the city was still existing: yet in others it appears to have been demolished. Here then the prophet declares what it had been: ( Calmet.) unless he wrote part after the death of Josias. Bible.—The beholders are astonished at the change and misery of the city. Worthington.
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