The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. Either our rejoicing at our solemn festivals, and dancings there, which were usual, as appeareth from many scriptures; or all our joy and dancings, as well at other times as in our solemn festivals. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:15”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:14
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music. 14. from the gate ] the place of social enjoyment and conversation, answering to our clubs and other places of entertainment. See on Jer 14:2. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The gate – The gate was the place for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:14”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:13
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. 13. Tenderness of age did not secure against the most oppressive and menial of labours. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges They took the young men to grind – Or, The young men have borne the mill, a menial … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:13”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:12
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honored. 12. The reference may either be to impalement after death, or to torture in order, as Pe. suggests, to obtain information as to hidden treasure. Both death by crucifixion and subsequent impalement were regarded with the utmost abhorrence by the Jews. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:12”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:11
They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah. 11, 12. We notice the sudden harking back to incidents connected immediately with the capture of the city. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges They ravished – They humbled. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Verse 11. They … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:11”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:10
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. 10. The feverishness and wasting brought on by hunger is meant. black ] or as mg. hot. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Our skin … – Or, is fiery red like an oven because of the fever-blast of famine. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:10”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:9
We got our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness. 9. We get our bread ] The reference is to the bands of wild Arabs (Bedaween), who plundered them as they ventured from the shelter of the city to reap the harvest or to tend the cattle or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:9”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:8
Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand. 8. Servants rule ] The reference may be to cases where slaves actually rose to positions of authority. Cp. Tobiah in Neh 2:10; Neh 2:19. Budde suggests that such persons may have seized upon property (cp. Hab 1:6) and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:8”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities. 7. we have borne their iniquities ] See on Jer 31:29. The children, who, however, it must be acknowledged (see Lam 5:16) shared the guilt of preceding generations, have to bear the penalty escaped by their forbears. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:7”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:6
We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. 6. Not only are they subject to privations at home, but they have been driven by them into servitude abroad. Hos 7:11 also combines Egypt and Assyria. The distance of the latter has caused it to be suspected … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 5:6”