20. hungry--not literally. Image from unappeasable hunger, to picture
internal factions, reckless of the most tender ties
(Isa 9:19),
and insatiably spreading misery and death on every side
(Jer 19:9).
eat--not literally, but destroy
(Ps 27:2;
Job 19:22).
flesh of . . . arm--those nearest akin: their former support (helper)
(Isa 32:2)
[MAURER].
JFB.
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