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commentary entry

x.xxiii.xi-p95.4

x.xxiii.xi-p95.471 words

30. daughter of GallimGallim and her sons (see on Isa 1:8; 2Ki 19:21). "Cry aloud in consternation."

Laish—not the town in Dan (Jud 18:7), but one of the same name near Jerusalem (1 Maccabees 9:9).

Anathoth—three miles from Jerusalem in Benjamin; the birthplace of Jeremiah. "Poor" is applied to it in pity, on account of the impending calamity. Others translate, Answer her, O Anathoth.