“And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?”
And all who look upon you will shrink from you and say, 'Nineveh is laid waste; who will grieve for her? From where shall I seek comforters for you?'—the rhetorical question emphasizes Nineveh's total isolation and the universal contempt attending its fall. No mourners will arise to lament Nineveh; the city has squandered all sympathy through its cruelty. The verse emphasizes the moral and relational bankruptcy underlying the physical ruin.
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