In the same v. the people of God appears both as defendant in a suit at law, and as one suffering from a wound which cannot be staunched.

There is none to plead thy cause Thine enemies at present are having it all their own way, as they arraign thee for thy sins before the bar of God's justice.

that thou mayest be bound up rather, as mg. forthy wound thou hast no medicinesnor plaister. "Wound" is lit. a compressed (i.e. bound up) thing. Cp. Hosea 5:13 twice; Obadiah 1:7 mg.

medicines plaister, lit. that which goes up(on the wound).

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