Lamentations 1:8

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-11

Those that have any disposition to weep with those that weep, one would think, should scarcely be able to refrain from tears at the reading of these verses, so very pathetic are the lamentations here. I. The miseries of Jerusalem are here complained of as very pressing and by many circumstances very much aggravated. Let us take a view of these miseries. 1. As to their civil state. (1.) A city that was populous is now depopulated, Lam. 2:1. It is spoken of by way of wonder?Who would have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:8

Jerusalem hath grievously sinned ,.... Or, "hath sinned a sin" F18 חטא חטאה "peccatum peccavit", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus. ; a great sin, as the Targum; the sin of idolatry, according to some; or of covenant breaking, as others; though perhaps no particular sin is meant, but many grievous sins; since she was guilty of a multitude of them, as in Lamentations 1:5 ; therefore she is removed ; out of her own land, and carried captive into another: or, is "for commotion"... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:8

Verse 8 Here the Prophet expresses more clearly and strongly what he had briefly referred to, even that all the evil which the Jews suffered proceeded from God’s vengeance, and that they were worthy of such a punishment, because they had not lightly offended, but had heaped up for themselves a dreadful judgment, since they had in all manner of ways abandoned themselves to impiety. This is the substance of what is said. We hence learn that the Prophet did not compose this song to lament the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-11

A WAIL OF DISTRESS FOR JERUSALEM . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:8

Therefore she is removed; rather, she is become an abomination (literally, an impurity; comp. Le 15:19). The poet leaves out the preliminary clause, "therefore she is grievously punished." It was the humiliation of Jerusalem, rather than her sin, which brought upon her the contempt of her neighbours. The destruction of a city is often compared to the ill treatment of a defenceless woman ( Isaiah 47:3 ; Nahum 3:5 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:8

Grievously sinned - literally, “Jerusalem hath sinned a sin,” giving the idea of a persistent continuance in wickedness.Removed - Or, become an abomination. Sin has made Jerusalem an object of horror, and therefore she is cast away.Yea, she sigheth ... - Jerusalem groans over the infamy of her deeds thus brought to open shame, and turns her back upon the spectators in order to hide herself. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 1:8-9

Lamentations 1:8-9. Jerusalem hath grievously sinned Hebrew, חשׂא חשׂאה , in sinning hath sinned, or hath sinned sin: that is, sinned wilfully and deliberately; hath sinned that sin which of all others is the abominable thing which the Lord hates, the sin of idolatry. The sins of Jerusalem, which makes such a profession of worshipping and serving the true God, and therefore of obeying his will, and enjoys such privileges, are of all others the most grievous sins. Therefore she is... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-22

THE FIVE POEMSDesolation in Jerusalem (1:1-22)Jerusalem, once a busy commercial city, is now empty. She is like a woman who has lost her husband, like a princess who has become a slave. The nations (her ‘lovers’) who she thought would help her have proved useless, some even treacherous (1:1-3).When Jerusalem’s hour of crisis came, all her leaders fled, leaving the people to be attacked, plundered and taken captive. Now that all the usual activities of daily life have ceased, there remain only... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Lamentations 1:8

grievously sinned. Note the Figure of speech Polyptoton Hebrew = sinned a sin. Thus well rendered. See note on "weepeth sore" (Lamentations 1:2 ). sinned . Hebrew. chata' . App-44 . is remove d = separated as unclean. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Lamentations 1:8

JERUSALEM'S PUNISHMENT RELATED TO HER SINS"Jerusalem hath grievously sinned;therefore she is become as an unclean thing;All that honored her despise her,because they have seen her nakedness:Yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.Her filthiness was in her skirts;she remembered not her latter end;Therefore is she come down wonderfully;she hath no comforter.Behold, O Jerusalem, my affliction;for the enemy hath magnified himself.The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant... read more

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