These two things] To wit, desolation, and want of consolation, Chap. 54. 11. affliction from Gods wrath, vers. 17. and want of means to relieve and support thee in thine afflicted estate, vers. 18. Or, evils without; as sword and devastation; and evils within; as famine and destruction, Deuteronomy 32:25. 2 Corinthians 7:5. See Chap. 47. 9.
arc come] Heb. happened. Eccl. 8. 14. & 9. 11.
destruction] Heb. breaking. Chap. 1. 28.
by whom shall I comfort thee] By whose help or aid should any relief be procured for thee? Or, by what example of others that have been in the like distresse, should I assay to minister some comfort to thee? as if he should say; Thy calamities are remedilesse, and without example. See Lamentations 2:13. Nahum 3:7.