Agony Aloud Childbirth Counsellor Counselor Cry Crying Destruction Gripped Helper Hold Labor Loudly None Pain Pains Pangs Perished Seized Seizes Shout Travail Travailing Wise
4:9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? [is {l} there] no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
(l) In the meantime he shows that they would endure great troubles and temptations, when they saw themselves neither to have king nor counsel.
4:9 Now - Now I have promised such great things to you. No king - Thou hast lost thy king Zedekiah, but thy God, thy king is with thee. Thy counsellor - Hast thou none among thy wise counsellors left? Yet the Wonderful Counsellor is with thee. Messiah, the wisdom of his father, hath the conduct of thy sufferings, deliverance and re - establishment.
4:9-13 Many nations would assemble against Zion to rejoice in her calamities. They would not understand that the Lord had collected them as sheaves are gathered to be threshed; and that Zion would be strengthened to beat them to pieces. Nothing has yet taken place in the history of the Jewish church agreeing with this prediction. When God has conquering work for his people to do, he will furnish them with strength and ability for it. Believers should cry aloud under distresses, with the prayer of faith, not with despondency.
Agony Aloud Childbirth Counsellor Counselor Cry Crying Destruction Gripped Helper Hold Loudly Pain Pains Pangs Perished Seized Seizes Shout Travail Travailing Wise
Agony Aloud Childbirth Counsellor Counselor Cry Crying Destruction Gripped Helper Hold Loudly Pain Pains Pangs Perished Seized Seizes Shout Travail Travailing Wise