Bible Commentary

He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. 13. shafts ] lit. as mg. the more poetical sons. reins ] See on Jer 12:2. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 13. The arrows of his quiver] beney ashpatho, “The sons of his quiver.” The issue or effect; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:13”

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. 12, 13. Jehovah is now likened not to the beast of prey, but to the hunter. Cp. Job 16:12 f. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 12. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:12”

He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. 11. He hath driven me from the path, and then sprung upon me and devoured me. desolate ] appalled, stupified. Cp. Lam 4:5; akin to the word rendered “astonishment” in Jer 5:30 (mg.), Jer 18:16. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:11”

He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places. 10. Not only misery, but active forms of danger present themselves. We find the bear and lion in conjunction also in Hos 13:8. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Having dwelt upon the difficulties which hemmed … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:10”

He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. 9. hath made my paths crooked ] The writer, seeing that the direct way was as it were blocked, tried side paths, but found that they also failed to lead him in the desired direction. The figure expresses perplexity and dismay. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:9”

Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. Shout – i. e. call for help. Shutteth out – Or, shutteth in. God has so closed up the avenues to the place in which he is immured, that his voice can find no egress. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible In the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:8”

He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. 7. Cp. Job 19:8; so with Lam 3:8, Job 19:7; Job 30:20, and we may perhaps add with Lam 3:5, Job 19:12. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The prophet feels as if enclosed within walls, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:7”

He hath set me in dark places, as [they that be] dead of old. 6. Identical with the last part of Psa 143:3. See intr. note. dark places ] in the gloom of Sheol. long dead ] or, for ever dead, permanently forgotten, never able to return into the light of God’s favour. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:6”

He hath built against me, and compassed [me] with gall and travail. 5. He hath builded against me, and compassed ] Here as in Lam 3:3 we have to deal with the idiom by which two verbs are used where we should in English have a verb and adverb. Translate therefore He hath builded against … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:5”

My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 4. Here commences a series of figures illustrating the miseries endured. They find many parallels in the Psalms and Job. For instances of the latter see Lam 3:7. he hath broken my bones ] For this phrase cp. Isa 38:13; Jer … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:4”