Bible Commentary

The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strongholds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. 5. her palaces his strong holds ] In “her” Jeremiah was thinking of the city, in “his” of the people at … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 2:5”

He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all [that were] pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. 4. Jehovah is likened to an archer (cp. Job 16:13), aiming His bow with … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 2:4”

He hath cut off in [his] fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, [which] devoureth round about. 3. Jehovah has ( a) cut off the mighty ones of Israel, ( b) withdrawn His own protection … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 2:3”

The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought [them] down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. 2. Lhr restores the triple metre by some condensation and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 2:2”

How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, [and] cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger! 1. How ] See on ch. Lam 1:1. the beauty of Israel ] possibly the Temple, as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 2:1”

Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs [are] many, and my heart [is] faint. 22. For my sighs are many ] The connexion is, I have had my punishment. Do thou then proceed to inflict upon them their … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 1:22”

They have heard that I sigh: [there is] none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done [it]: thou wilt bring the day [that] thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me. 21. The second and third lines are metrically irregular, as failing … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 1:21”

Behold, O LORD; for I [am] in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home [there is] as death. 20. With description of her distress Zion combines prayer, appealing to Jehovah for redress. my bowels ] See on Jer 31:20. are … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 1:20”

I called for my lovers, [but] they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls. 19. my lovers ] See on Lam 1:2. meat to refresh their souls ] See on Lam 1:11. The LXX add (but unnecessarily, and with … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 1:19”

The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. 18. I have rebelled against his commandment ] See on Lam 1:5. The Targ. strangely explains the v. as having reference to Josiah’s defeat … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 1:18”