19. The prophet suddenly assumes the language of the Jewish state
personified, lamenting its affliction
(Jer 10:19, 20; 9:1, 10;
Isa 15:5;
compare
Lu 19:41).
at my very heart--Hebrew, "at the walls of my heart"; the muscles
round the heart. There is a climax, the "bowels," the pericardium, the
"heart" itself.
maketh . . . noise--moaneth
[HENDERSON].
alarm--the battle shout.
JFB.
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