Lamentations 2:21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword… 1. When God punisheth a people for sin, He spareth neither age nor sex. 2. It is a sign of God's anger upon a people, when they want decent burial (Psalm 79:3). 3. The wicked will do most barbarous things, when God bridleth them not. 4. As God is full of mercy in His longsuffering, so is His anger unappeasable when it breaketh out. (J. Udall.) Parallel Verses KJV: The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied. |
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