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Lamentations 2:13

Lamentations 2:13

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

What thing shall I take to witness for thee? rather, What shall I testify unto thee? The nature, of the testifying may be gathered from the following words. It would be a comfort to Zion to know that her misfortune was not unparalleled: solamen miseris socios habuisse malorum.

The expression is odd, however, and, comparing , A. Krochmal has suggested, What shall I compare? The correction is easy. Equal; i.e. compare (comp.

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