2nd Samuel Chapter 1 verse 27 Holy Bible
How are the mighty fallen, And the weapons of war perished!
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How have the great ones been made low, and the arms of war broken!
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How are the mighty fallen, and the instruments of war perished!
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How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
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How have the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
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How are the mighty fallen, The weapons of war perished!
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How have the mighty fallen, Yea, the weapons of war perish!'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 27. - How are the mighty fallen! This lament, which occurs three times, is the central thought of the elegy. Glorious and noble in their pest lives, the heroes had now fallen, not as Wolfe fell at Quebec, with the shout of victory in his ears, but in the lost battle. And David seeks relief for his distress in dwelling upon the sad contrast between the splendid victories which Saul had won for Israel when first chosen to be king, and the terrible defeat by which life and kingdom had now been lost.