Matthew Poole and continuators on Lamentations 4:9
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Lamentations4:9
9 They that be slain with the sword, are better then they that are slain with hunger : for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field .
During the siege many were killed by the Enemies sword: many more perished by Famine, the Prophet saith the condition of those who perished by the Sword was much better then the condition of those who perished by Famine, because they had a quicker death, and were sooner dispatched and put out of their pain, whereas
they who perished by hunger, dyed a miserable lingring death, gradually pining away, because they wanted Corn and Herbs, the Fruits of the Field, to uphold their souls in Life.
Marginal references: Heb. [illegible: 1 word]
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