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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:55-65

We may observe throughout this chapter a struggle in the prophet's breast between sense and faith, fear and hope; he complains and then comforts himself, yet drops his comforts and returns again to his complaints, as Ps. 42:1-11. But, as there, so here, faith gets the last word and comes off a conqueror; for in these verses he concludes with some comfort. And here are two things with which he comforts himself:? I. His experience of God's goodness even in his affliction. This may refer to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:61

Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord ,.... Their reproachful words uttered against the prophet and his people, against God himself; their spiteful language, their taunts, and scoffs and jeers: and all their imaginations against me ; those he not only saw, as they appeared in their actions; but heard them, as they were expressed by their words; yea, they were manifest to him, while they only were in silent thought forming in the mind. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:62

The lips of those that rose up against me ,.... This is to be connected with the preceding words; and expresses the same thing in different language. The sense is, that the Lord heard the words which dropped from the lips of his enemies; their sarcasms, flouts, and jeers; their bitter reflections, severe invectives, and scornful language: and their device against me all the day ; or, "their meditation of ill against me"; or, "their speech", or discourse F24 הגיונם "meditationem... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:63

Behold their sitting down, and their rising up ,.... All their actions; the whole course of their lives; all which fell under the divine omniscience, Psalm 139:2 ; but that is not barely here meant; but that he would take particular notice hereof, and punish for the same. It may have respect both to their lying down at night, and rising in the morning; and to their sitting down at meals, and rising from them; at which times they were always meditating mischief against the people of God, or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:64

Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render this, and the following verses, not as petitions, but as prophecies of what should be; but they seem rather to be expressed by way of request; and here, that God would deal with them according to the law of retaliation, and requite them according to what they had done; that he would do to them as they had done to the Lord's people, and others; and this is ordered to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:65

Give them sorrow of heart ,.... That which will cause sorrow of heart; such judgments and punishments as will be grievous to them. Some have observed a likeness between the word here used and that translated "music", Lamentations 3:63 ; and think some respect may be had to it; that whereas the people of God had been matter of mirth and music to them, God would give them music, but of another sort; a song, but a doleful one. The Septuagint version renders it, "a covering of the heart"; the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:66

Persecute and destroy them in anger ,.... As they have persecuted the people of God, do thou persecute them; and never leave pursuing them untie thou hast made a full end of them, as the effect of vindictive wrath and vengeance: from under the heavens of the Lord ; which are made by him, and in which he dwells; let them not have the benefit of them, nor so much as the sight of them; but let them perish from under them, Jeremiah 10:11 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:65

Give them sorrow of heart - They shall have a callous heart, covered with obstinacy, and thy execration. The former is their state, the latter their fate. This is the consequence of their hardening their hearts from thy fear. Blayney translates, "Thou wilt give with a hearty concordance thy curse unto them." That is, Thou wilt give it to them freely, and without reserve; intimating that God felt no longer any bowels of compassion for them. Formerly he inflicted punishments with reluctance,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:66

Persecute and destroy them - Thou wilt pursue them with destruction. These are all declaratory, not imprecatory. From under the heavens of the Lord - This verse seems to allude to the Chaldaic prediction, in Jeremiah 10:11 . By their conduct they will bring on themselves the curse denounced against their enemies. The Septuagint and Vulgate seem to have read "From under heaven, O Jehovah:" and the Syriac reads, "Thy heavens, O Jehovah!" None of these makes any material change in the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:61

Verse 61 We see that this is a repetition, but for vengeances he now mentions reproaches And in this way he sought again to turn God to mercy; for when he brings no aid, he seems to close his eyes and to render his ears deaf; but when he attends to our evils, he then soon brings help. The Prophet, then, having said that God saw, now refers to hearing: he had heard their reproaches. Adopting a language not strictly proper, he adds, that he had heard their thoughts; though he speaks not only of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:55-65

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:61

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:62

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:63

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:64

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:65

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:66

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:65

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:66

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:61

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