The Prophet Mourns for the People
The cry of the daughter of my people
From aa far country:
“Is not the Lord in Zion?
Is not her King in her?”
“Why have they provoked Me to anger
With their carved images—
With foreign idols?”
I am bmourning;
Astonishment has taken hold of me.
Is there no physician there?
Why then is there no recovery
For the health of the daughter of my people?
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Jeremiah 8:20
The harvest is past - The siege of Jerusalem lasted two years; for Nebuchadnezzar came against it in the ninth year of Zedekiah, and the city was taken in the eleventh; see II Kings 25:1-3. This seems to have been a proverb: "We expected deliverance the first year - none came. We hoped for it the second year - we are disappointed; we are not saved - no deliverance is come."
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Jeremiah 8:20:
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