Bible Commentary

[They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness. Verse 23. They are new every morning] Day and night proclaim the mercy and compassion of God. Who could exist throughout the day, if there were not a continual superintending Providence? Who could be preserved in the night, if the Watchman of Israel ever slumbered or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:23”

[It is of] the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 22, 23. There are metrical irregularities in these vv. as they stand. We should probably (with Lhr) read the first, “The Lord’s compassion ceaseth not”; “His love is not spent,” and the second, which is now too short in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:22”

This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 21. This and the previous v. are akin in thought to Psa 42:4-5 (Hebrews 5, 6), and, inasmuch as the words there corresponding to This I recall of the present passage have reference to that which follows, these words also are made (so Lhr and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:21”

My soul hath [them] still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. Verse 20. By soul – is humbled in me.] It is evident that in the preceding verses there is a bitterness of complaint against the bitterness of adversity, that is not becoming to man when under the chastising hand of God; and, while … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:20”

Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. 19. God is now directly invoked. misery ] mg. wandering, or, outcast state. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Remembering – Or, as in the margin. It is a prayer to Yahweh. My misery – Or, my homelessness (Lam 1:7 note). Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:19”

And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: Verse 18. And my hope] That first, that last support of the miserable-it is gone! it is perished! The sovereign God alone can revive it. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible 18. from the Lordthat is, myhope derived … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:18”

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgot prosperity. 17. thou hast removed (mg. cast off) my soul ] The change to the second person is abrupt. LXX have “he has thrust away,” the Syr. (and so Targ.) “my soul is thrust away,” but, as Pe. remarks, this is improbable in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:17”

He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. 16. broken my teeth with gravel stones ] The metaphor from food is continued. The prophet is like one whose teeth are worn away by the continued action of grit mixed with his bread. Cp. Pro 20:17. Fuente: The Cambridge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:16”

He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. 15. wormwood ] See on Jer 9:15; Jer 23:15. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 15. He hath filled me with bitterness] bimrorim, with bitternesses, bitter upon bitter. He hath made me drunken with wormwood.] I have drunk the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:15”

I was a derision to all my people; [and] their song all the day. 14. a derision ] See on Jer 20:7 f., and cp. Job 12:4; Job 30:1-9; Psa 69:12. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Though some think the prophet speaks this of himself, yet, considering he hath all along spoken … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:14”