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Lamentations 5 |
King James Version
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Lamentations 5:1 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned! All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly. Though our sins and God’s just displeasure cause our sufferings, we may hope in his pardoning mercy, his sanctifying grace, and his kind providence. But the sins of a man’s whole life will be punished with vengeance at last, unless he obtains an interest in Him who bare our sins in his own body on the tree.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-16
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
In these verses, the prophet laments the terrible situation they had fallen into: the high cost of necessities [Verse 4], the imposed heavy yoke of labor [Verse 5] (see ESV - footnote), famine and dangers [Verse 9-10], acts of violence against women, leaders, and elders [Verse 11-12], tribulations for young men, boys, and elders [Verse 13-14].
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-14
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned! All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly. Though our sins and God’s just displeasure cause our sufferings, we may hope in his pardoning mercy, his sanctifying grace, and his kind providence. But the sins of a man’s whole life will be punished with vengeance at last, unless he obtains an interest in Him who bare our sins in his own body on the tree.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-16
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
In these verses, the prophet laments the terrible situation they had fallen into: the high cost of necessities [Verse 4], the imposed heavy yoke of labor [Verse 5] (see ESV - footnote), famine and dangers [Verse 9-10], acts of violence against women, leaders, and elders [Verse 11-12], tribulations for young men, boys, and elders [Verse 13-14].
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-14
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned! All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly. Though our sins and God’s just displeasure cause our sufferings, we may hope in his pardoning mercy, his sanctifying grace, and his kind providence. But the sins of a man’s whole life will be punished with vengeance at last, unless he obtains an interest in Him who bare our sins in his own body on the tree.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-16
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
In these verses, the prophet laments the terrible situation they had fallen into: the high cost of necessities [Verse 4], the imposed heavy yoke of labor [Verse 5] (see ESV - footnote), famine and dangers [Verse 9-10], acts of violence against women, leaders, and elders [Verse 11-12], tribulations for young men, boys, and elders [Verse 13-14].
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-14
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned! All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly. Though our sins and God’s just displeasure cause our sufferings, we may hope in his pardoning mercy, his sanctifying grace, and his kind providence. But the sins of a man’s whole life will be punished with vengeance at last, unless he obtains an interest in Him who bare our sins in his own body on the tree.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-16
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
In these verses, the prophet laments the terrible situation they had fallen into: the high cost of necessities [Verse 4], the imposed heavy yoke of labor [Verse 5] (see ESV - footnote), famine and dangers [Verse 9-10], acts of violence against women, leaders, and elders [Verse 11-12], tribulations for young men, boys, and elders [Verse 13-14].
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-14
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:5 Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned! All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly. Though our sins and God’s just displeasure cause our sufferings, we may hope in his pardoning mercy, his sanctifying grace, and his kind providence. But the sins of a man’s whole life will be punished with vengeance at last, unless he obtains an interest in Him who bare our sins in his own body on the tree.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-16
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
In these verses, the prophet laments the terrible situation they had fallen into: the high cost of necessities [Verse 4], the imposed heavy yoke of labor [Verse 5] (see ESV - footnote), famine and dangers [Verse 9-10], acts of violence against women, leaders, and elders [Verse 11-12], tribulations for young men, boys, and elders [Verse 13-14].
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-14
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:6 We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned! All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly. Though our sins and God’s just displeasure cause our sufferings, we may hope in his pardoning mercy, his sanctifying grace, and his kind providence. But the sins of a man’s whole life will be punished with vengeance at last, unless he obtains an interest in Him who bare our sins in his own body on the tree.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-16
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
In these verses, the prophet laments the terrible situation they had fallen into: the high cost of necessities [Verse 4], the imposed heavy yoke of labor [Verse 5] (see ESV - footnote), famine and dangers [Verse 9-10], acts of violence against women, leaders, and elders [Verse 11-12], tribulations for young men, boys, and elders [Verse 13-14].
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-14
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned! All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly. Though our sins and God’s just displeasure cause our sufferings, we may hope in his pardoning mercy, his sanctifying grace, and his kind providence. But the sins of a man’s whole life will be punished with vengeance at last, unless he obtains an interest in Him who bare our sins in his own body on the tree.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-16
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
In these verses, the prophet laments the terrible situation they had fallen into: the high cost of necessities [Verse 4], the imposed heavy yoke of labor [Verse 5] (see ESV - footnote), famine and dangers [Verse 9-10], acts of violence against women, leaders, and elders [Verse 11-12], tribulations for young men, boys, and elders [Verse 13-14].
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-14
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:8 Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned! All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly. Though our sins and God’s just displeasure cause our sufferings, we may hope in his pardoning mercy, his sanctifying grace, and his kind providence. But the sins of a man’s whole life will be punished with vengeance at last, unless he obtains an interest in Him who bare our sins in his own body on the tree.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-16
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
In these verses, the prophet laments the terrible situation they had fallen into: the high cost of necessities [Verse 4], the imposed heavy yoke of labor [Verse 5] (see ESV - footnote), famine and dangers [Verse 9-10], acts of violence against women, leaders, and elders [Verse 11-12], tribulations for young men, boys, and elders [Verse 13-14].
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-14
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:9 We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned! All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly. Though our sins and God’s just displeasure cause our sufferings, we may hope in his pardoning mercy, his sanctifying grace, and his kind providence. But the sins of a man’s whole life will be punished with vengeance at last, unless he obtains an interest in Him who bare our sins in his own body on the tree.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-16
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
In these verses, the prophet laments the terrible situation they had fallen into: the high cost of necessities [Verse 4], the imposed heavy yoke of labor [Verse 5] (see ESV - footnote), famine and dangers [Verse 9-10], acts of violence against women, leaders, and elders [Verse 11-12], tribulations for young men, boys, and elders [Verse 13-14].
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-14
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned! All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly. Though our sins and God’s just displeasure cause our sufferings, we may hope in his pardoning mercy, his sanctifying grace, and his kind providence. But the sins of a man’s whole life will be punished with vengeance at last, unless he obtains an interest in Him who bare our sins in his own body on the tree.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-16
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
In these verses, the prophet laments the terrible situation they had fallen into: the high cost of necessities [Verse 4], the imposed heavy yoke of labor [Verse 5] (see ESV - footnote), famine and dangers [Verse 9-10], acts of violence against women, leaders, and elders [Verse 11-12], tribulations for young men, boys, and elders [Verse 13-14].
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-14
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:11 They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned! All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly. Though our sins and God’s just displeasure cause our sufferings, we may hope in his pardoning mercy, his sanctifying grace, and his kind providence. But the sins of a man’s whole life will be punished with vengeance at last, unless he obtains an interest in Him who bare our sins in his own body on the tree.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-16
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
In these verses, the prophet laments the terrible situation they had fallen into: the high cost of necessities [Verse 4], the imposed heavy yoke of labor [Verse 5] (see ESV - footnote), famine and dangers [Verse 9-10], acts of violence against women, leaders, and elders [Verse 11-12], tribulations for young men, boys, and elders [Verse 13-14].
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-14
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned! All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly. Though our sins and God’s just displeasure cause our sufferings, we may hope in his pardoning mercy, his sanctifying grace, and his kind providence. But the sins of a man’s whole life will be punished with vengeance at last, unless he obtains an interest in Him who bare our sins in his own body on the tree.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-16
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
In these verses, the prophet laments the terrible situation they had fallen into: the high cost of necessities [Verse 4], the imposed heavy yoke of labor [Verse 5] (see ESV - footnote), famine and dangers [Verse 9-10], acts of violence against women, leaders, and elders [Verse 11-12], tribulations for young men, boys, and elders [Verse 13-14].
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-14
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned! All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly. Though our sins and God’s just displeasure cause our sufferings, we may hope in his pardoning mercy, his sanctifying grace, and his kind providence. But the sins of a man’s whole life will be punished with vengeance at last, unless he obtains an interest in Him who bare our sins in his own body on the tree.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-16
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
In these verses, the prophet laments the terrible situation they had fallen into: the high cost of necessities [Verse 4], the imposed heavy yoke of labor [Verse 5] (see ESV - footnote), famine and dangers [Verse 9-10], acts of violence against women, leaders, and elders [Verse 11-12], tribulations for young men, boys, and elders [Verse 13-14].
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-14
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned! All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly. Though our sins and God’s just displeasure cause our sufferings, we may hope in his pardoning mercy, his sanctifying grace, and his kind providence. But the sins of a man’s whole life will be punished with vengeance at last, unless he obtains an interest in Him who bare our sins in his own body on the tree.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-16
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
In these verses, the prophet laments the terrible situation they had fallen into: the high cost of necessities [Verse 4], the imposed heavy yoke of labor [Verse 5] (see ESV - footnote), famine and dangers [Verse 9-10], acts of violence against women, leaders, and elders [Verse 11-12], tribulations for young men, boys, and elders [Verse 13-14].
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-14
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned! All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly. Though our sins and God’s just displeasure cause our sufferings, we may hope in his pardoning mercy, his sanctifying grace, and his kind providence. But the sins of a man’s whole life will be punished with vengeance at last, unless he obtains an interest in Him who bare our sins in his own body on the tree.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-16
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
Because of all these horrors, joy has ceased in Judah; their dances have turned to mourning, the crown has fallen from their head, and Mount Zion lies desolate. Then the reason for all this is acknowledged: "Woe to us, for we have sinned!"
Verses that belong to this explanation: 15-18
15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!17For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:16 The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient under what we suffer for the sins of our fathers, we may expect that He who punishes, will return in mercy to us. They acknowledge, Woe unto us that we have sinned! All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly. Though our sins and God’s just displeasure cause our sufferings, we may hope in his pardoning mercy, his sanctifying grace, and his kind providence. But the sins of a man’s whole life will be punished with vengeance at last, unless he obtains an interest in Him who bare our sins in his own body on the tree.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 1-16
1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.5Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.6We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.7Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.9We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.11They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
Because of all these horrors, joy has ceased in Judah; their dances have turned to mourning, the crown has fallen from their head, and Mount Zion lies desolate. Then the reason for all this is acknowledged: "Woe to us, for we have sinned!"
Verses that belong to this explanation: 15-18
15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!17For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:17 For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
The people of God express deep concern for the ruins of the temple, more than for any other of their calamities. But whatever changes there are on earth, God is still the same, and remains for ever wise and holy, just and good; with Him there is no variableness nor shadow of turning. They earnestly pray to God for mercy and grace; Turn us to thee, O Lord. God never leaves any till they first leave him; if he turns them to him in a way of duty, no doubt he will quickly return to them in a way of mercy. If God by his grace renew our hearts, he will by his favor renew our days. Troubles may cause our hearts to be faint, and our eyes to be dim, but the way to the mercy-seat of our reconciled God is open. Let us, in all our trials, put our whole trust and confidence in his mercy; let us confess our sins, and pour out our hearts before him. Let us watch against repinings and despondency; for we surely know, that it shall be well in the end with all that trust in, fear, love, and serve the Lord. Are not the Lord’s judgments in the earth the same as in Jeremiah’s days? Let Zion then be remembered by us in our prayers, and her welfare be sought above every earthly joy. Spare, Lord, spare thy people, and give not thine heritage to reproach, for the heathen to rule over them.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 17-22
17For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.19Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?21Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
Because of all these horrors, joy has ceased in Judah; their dances have turned to mourning, the crown has fallen from their head, and Mount Zion lies desolate. Then the reason for all this is acknowledged: "Woe to us, for we have sinned!"
Verses that belong to this explanation: 15-18
15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!17For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
The people of God express deep concern for the ruins of the temple, more than for any other of their calamities. But whatever changes there are on earth, God is still the same, and remains for ever wise and holy, just and good; with Him there is no variableness nor shadow of turning. They earnestly pray to God for mercy and grace; Turn us to thee, O Lord. God never leaves any till they first leave him; if he turns them to him in a way of duty, no doubt he will quickly return to them in a way of mercy. If God by his grace renew our hearts, he will by his favor renew our days. Troubles may cause our hearts to be faint, and our eyes to be dim, but the way to the mercy-seat of our reconciled God is open. Let us, in all our trials, put our whole trust and confidence in his mercy; let us confess our sins, and pour out our hearts before him. Let us watch against repinings and despondency; for we surely know, that it shall be well in the end with all that trust in, fear, love, and serve the Lord. Are not the Lord’s judgments in the earth the same as in Jeremiah’s days? Let Zion then be remembered by us in our prayers, and her welfare be sought above every earthly joy. Spare, Lord, spare thy people, and give not thine heritage to reproach, for the heathen to rule over them.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 17-22
17For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.19Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?21Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
Because of all these horrors, joy has ceased in Judah; their dances have turned to mourning, the crown has fallen from their head, and Mount Zion lies desolate. Then the reason for all this is acknowledged: "Woe to us, for we have sinned!"
Verses that belong to this explanation: 15-18
15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.16The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!17For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
The people of God express deep concern for the ruins of the temple, more than for any other of their calamities. But whatever changes there are on earth, God is still the same, and remains for ever wise and holy, just and good; with Him there is no variableness nor shadow of turning. They earnestly pray to God for mercy and grace; Turn us to thee, O Lord. God never leaves any till they first leave him; if he turns them to him in a way of duty, no doubt he will quickly return to them in a way of mercy. If God by his grace renew our hearts, he will by his favor renew our days. Troubles may cause our hearts to be faint, and our eyes to be dim, but the way to the mercy-seat of our reconciled God is open. Let us, in all our trials, put our whole trust and confidence in his mercy; let us confess our sins, and pour out our hearts before him. Let us watch against repinings and despondency; for we surely know, that it shall be well in the end with all that trust in, fear, love, and serve the Lord. Are not the Lord’s judgments in the earth the same as in Jeremiah’s days? Let Zion then be remembered by us in our prayers, and her welfare be sought above every earthly joy. Spare, Lord, spare thy people, and give not thine heritage to reproach, for the heathen to rule over them.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 17-22
17For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.19Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?21Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
In conclusion, the people ask that the LORD might turn them back to Himself, so they may be renewed. Interestingly, in many Hebrew manuscripts, [Verse 21] is repeated after [Verse 22], apparently to end the book on a note of hope rather than in complete darkness. [1] Indeed, a proper understanding of [Verse 22] makes this repetition unnecessary:
The ending aligns perfectly with the character of the "Lamentations," in which lamentation and supplication should continue to the end – though not without an element of hope, even if it does not rise to the heights of jubilant triumph but is only—as Gerlach expresses it— "like a distant gleam, like the morning star in the clouds, which of course does not dispel the shadows of the night yet still heralds the approaching sunrise, and this will bring victory." [2]
Footnote [1] A similar repetition for better use in synagogues is found at the end of the books of Ecclesiastes, Isaiah, and Malachi.
[2] Keil, »Lamentations«, Bd. XX, S. 455.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 19-22
19Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?21Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
The people of God express deep concern for the ruins of the temple, more than for any other of their calamities. But whatever changes there are on earth, God is still the same, and remains for ever wise and holy, just and good; with Him there is no variableness nor shadow of turning. They earnestly pray to God for mercy and grace; Turn us to thee, O Lord. God never leaves any till they first leave him; if he turns them to him in a way of duty, no doubt he will quickly return to them in a way of mercy. If God by his grace renew our hearts, he will by his favor renew our days. Troubles may cause our hearts to be faint, and our eyes to be dim, but the way to the mercy-seat of our reconciled God is open. Let us, in all our trials, put our whole trust and confidence in his mercy; let us confess our sins, and pour out our hearts before him. Let us watch against repinings and despondency; for we surely know, that it shall be well in the end with all that trust in, fear, love, and serve the Lord. Are not the Lord’s judgments in the earth the same as in Jeremiah’s days? Let Zion then be remembered by us in our prayers, and her welfare be sought above every earthly joy. Spare, Lord, spare thy people, and give not thine heritage to reproach, for the heathen to rule over them.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 17-22
17For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.19Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?21Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
In conclusion, the people ask that the LORD might turn them back to Himself, so they may be renewed. Interestingly, in many Hebrew manuscripts, [Verse 21] is repeated after [Verse 22], apparently to end the book on a note of hope rather than in complete darkness. [1] Indeed, a proper understanding of [Verse 22] makes this repetition unnecessary:
The ending aligns perfectly with the character of the "Lamentations," in which lamentation and supplication should continue to the end – though not without an element of hope, even if it does not rise to the heights of jubilant triumph but is only—as Gerlach expresses it— "like a distant gleam, like the morning star in the clouds, which of course does not dispel the shadows of the night yet still heralds the approaching sunrise, and this will bring victory." [2]
Footnote [1] A similar repetition for better use in synagogues is found at the end of the books of Ecclesiastes, Isaiah, and Malachi.
[2] Keil, »Lamentations«, Bd. XX, S. 455.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 19-22
19Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?21Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:21 Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
The people of God express deep concern for the ruins of the temple, more than for any other of their calamities. But whatever changes there are on earth, God is still the same, and remains for ever wise and holy, just and good; with Him there is no variableness nor shadow of turning. They earnestly pray to God for mercy and grace; Turn us to thee, O Lord. God never leaves any till they first leave him; if he turns them to him in a way of duty, no doubt he will quickly return to them in a way of mercy. If God by his grace renew our hearts, he will by his favor renew our days. Troubles may cause our hearts to be faint, and our eyes to be dim, but the way to the mercy-seat of our reconciled God is open. Let us, in all our trials, put our whole trust and confidence in his mercy; let us confess our sins, and pour out our hearts before him. Let us watch against repinings and despondency; for we surely know, that it shall be well in the end with all that trust in, fear, love, and serve the Lord. Are not the Lord’s judgments in the earth the same as in Jeremiah’s days? Let Zion then be remembered by us in our prayers, and her welfare be sought above every earthly joy. Spare, Lord, spare thy people, and give not thine heritage to reproach, for the heathen to rule over them.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 17-22
17For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.19Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?21Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
In conclusion, the people ask that the LORD might turn them back to Himself, so they may be renewed. Interestingly, in many Hebrew manuscripts, [Verse 21] is repeated after [Verse 22], apparently to end the book on a note of hope rather than in complete darkness. [1] Indeed, a proper understanding of [Verse 22] makes this repetition unnecessary:
The ending aligns perfectly with the character of the "Lamentations," in which lamentation and supplication should continue to the end – though not without an element of hope, even if it does not rise to the heights of jubilant triumph but is only—as Gerlach expresses it— "like a distant gleam, like the morning star in the clouds, which of course does not dispel the shadows of the night yet still heralds the approaching sunrise, and this will bring victory." [2]
Footnote [1] A similar repetition for better use in synagogues is found at the end of the books of Ecclesiastes, Isaiah, and Malachi.
[2] Keil, »Lamentations«, Bd. XX, S. 455.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 19-22
19Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?21Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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Lamentations 5:22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
The Jewish nation supplicating the Divine favor
The people of God express deep concern for the ruins of the temple, more than for any other of their calamities. But whatever changes there are on earth, God is still the same, and remains for ever wise and holy, just and good; with Him there is no variableness nor shadow of turning. They earnestly pray to God for mercy and grace; Turn us to thee, O Lord. God never leaves any till they first leave him; if he turns them to him in a way of duty, no doubt he will quickly return to them in a way of mercy. If God by his grace renew our hearts, he will by his favor renew our days. Troubles may cause our hearts to be faint, and our eyes to be dim, but the way to the mercy-seat of our reconciled God is open. Let us, in all our trials, put our whole trust and confidence in his mercy; let us confess our sins, and pour out our hearts before him. Let us watch against repinings and despondency; for we surely know, that it shall be well in the end with all that trust in, fear, love, and serve the Lord. Are not the Lord’s judgments in the earth the same as in Jeremiah’s days? Let Zion then be remembered by us in our prayers, and her welfare be sought above every earthly joy. Spare, Lord, spare thy people, and give not thine heritage to reproach, for the heathen to rule over them.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 17-22
17For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.19Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?21Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Author: Matthew Henry Rank: Priest AD: 1714 Source:
Title: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible Author: Matthew Henry
In conclusion, the people ask that the LORD might turn them back to Himself, so they may be renewed. Interestingly, in many Hebrew manuscripts, [Verse 21] is repeated after [Verse 22], apparently to end the book on a note of hope rather than in complete darkness. [1] Indeed, a proper understanding of [Verse 22] makes this repetition unnecessary:
The ending aligns perfectly with the character of the "Lamentations," in which lamentation and supplication should continue to the end – though not without an element of hope, even if it does not rise to the heights of jubilant triumph but is only—as Gerlach expresses it— "like a distant gleam, like the morning star in the clouds, which of course does not dispel the shadows of the night yet still heralds the approaching sunrise, and this will bring victory." [2]
Footnote [1] A similar repetition for better use in synagogues is found at the end of the books of Ecclesiastes, Isaiah, and Malachi.
[2] Keil, »Lamentations«, Bd. XX, S. 455.
Verses that belong to this explanation: 19-22
19Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?21Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Author: William MacDonald Rank: Author Posted on: 2024-04-12 Source:
Title: Commentary on the Old Testament Title (Original): BBC – Believer’s Bible Commentary – Old Testament Year (original): 1989 Author: William MacDonald Number of pages: 1184 Publisher/Editor: CLV Print: GGP Media GmbH, Pößneck Translation: Christiane Eichler, Hermann Grabe, Sven und Esther Passig, Melanie Reimer, Alois Wagner Cover design: OTTENDESIGN.de, Gummersbach
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