Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
shame shall cover her--in seeing how utterly mistaken she was in supposing that I was utterly ruined.
Where is . . . thy God-- (Psalms 42:3, Psalms 42:10). If He be "thy God," as thou sayest, let Him come now and deliver thee. So as to Israel's representative, Messiah (Matthew 27:43).
mine eyes shall behold her--a just retribution in kind upon the foe who had said, "Let our eye look upon Zion." Zion shall behold her foe prostrate, not with the carnal joy of revenge, but with spiritual joy in God's vindicating His own righteousness (Isaiah 66:24; Revelation 16:5-7).
shall she be trodden down--herself, who had trodden down me.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Job 5:16
Micah 4:11
Malachi 4:3
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