My bowels are troubled (see on Lamentations 1:20). My liver is poured upon the earth. A violent emotion being supposed to occasion a copious discharge of bile. The daughter of my people. A poetic expression for Zion or Judah.
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Lamentations 2:11
Lamentations 2:11
The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain
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