How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town that brings Me joy?
Some think “my” to be redundant, and therefore render it “the city of joy;” So the versions, (except the Sept.) and also the Targ., the י iod being regarded as paragogic. So Grotius. — Ed. but they seem to be induced by no good reason; for they think it absurd that it should be called a city of joy to the Prophet, since he ought...
The kingdom of Syria lay north of Canaan, as that of Edom lay south, and thither we must now remove and take a view of the approaching fate of that kingdom, which had been often vexatious to the Israel of God.
Commenting on Jeremiah 49:23-27
How is the city of praise not left,.... The city of Damascus, famous for its antiquity, its wealth and riches, strength and power; and with the Heathens for its devotion and superstition. So Julian (i) the emperor calls it, "the truly city of Jupiter; the eye of the whole east; Damascus the holy and the greatest;'' but more especially for its delightful and pleasant situation.