But you have utterly rejected us; you are very angry against us.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Thou hast. We might read with an interrogation, (Haydock) in Hebrew, "Hast thou? "The Jews superstitiously repeat the last verse, for fear of ending the book in an ominous manner, as they do at the end of Isaias and Malachi as. (Calmet)
Having treated us so severely, stop thy hand. (Worthington)
But I perceive it will be in vain to beg for redress till the seventy years be expired. (Menochius)
Finally, is considered the need for praying. As stated: "Or hast thou utterly rejected us? Art thou exceedingly angry with us?" And as Jeremiah elsewhere states: "Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? Does thy soul loath Zion? Why hast thou smitten us so that there is no healing for us?" (Jer: l4;l9).
