Bible Commentary

Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand [against me] all the day. Is he turned; he turneth – Or, surely against me hath he turned his hand again and again all the day long. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible The course of Gods providence toward me is quite altered, his … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:3”

He hath led me, and brought [me into] darkness, but not [into] light. Verse 2. He hath – brought me into darkness] In the sacred writings, darkness is often taken for calamity; light, for prosperity. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible Darkness in Scripture (metaphorically taken) signifies ignorance, sin, and misery; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:2”

I [am] the man [that] hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 1. by the rod of his wrath ] For the figure cp. Job 9:34; Job 21:9; Psa 89:32; Isa 10:5. We should notice the absence of God’s name Lam 3:1-21, except in Lam 3:18, in contrast with its frequency afterwards, when … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:1”

Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD’s anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed. 22. Thou hast called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 2:22”

The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain [them] in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, [and] not pitied. Omit them and and, which weaken the intensity of the passage. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 2:21”

Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, [and] children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? 20. Here begins the prayer made in response to the prophet’s exhortation. The questions are rhetorical and mean … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 2:20”

Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street. 19. The v. consists of four lines. Ewald … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 2:19”

Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease. 18. “Their” has no antecedent, and the beginning of the v. is evidently corrupt in its harsh combination of assertion … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 2:18”

The LORD hath done [that] which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused [thine] enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries. 17. fulfilled ] mg. finished. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 2:17”

All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed [her] up: certainly this [is] the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen [it]. 16. For the inverted order of the initial letters in the Heb. of this and the next … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 2:16”