Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
borne seven— (I Samuel 2:5). Seven being the perfect number indicates full fruitfulness.
languisheth—because not even one is left of all her sons (Jeremiah 15:8).
sun is gone down while . . . yet day—Fortune deserts her at the very height of her prosperity (Amos 8:9).
she . . . ashamed—The mothers (she being collective) are put to the shame of disappointed hopes through the loss of all their children.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 15:9:
Amos 8:9
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