Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 3:57
57. Thou drewest near—with Thy help (James 4:8). Resh. read more
57. Thou drewest near—with Thy help (James 4:8). Resh. read more
58-60. Jeremiah cites God's gracious answers to his prayers as an encouragement to his fellow countrymen, to trust in Him. pleaded— (Psalms 35:1; Micah 7:9). read more
59. God's past deliverances and His knowledge of Judah's wrongs are made the grounds of prayer for relief. read more
60. imaginations—devices ( :-). Their vengeance—means their malice. Jeremiah gives his conduct, when plotted against by his foes, as an example how the Jews should bring their wrongs at the hands of the Chaldeans before God. Schin. read more
61-63. their reproach—their reproachful language against me. read more
63. sitting down . . . rising up—whether they sit or rise, that is, whether they be actively engaged or sedentary, and at rest "all the day" ( :-), I am the subject of their derisive songs ( :-). Tau. read more
64-66. (Jeremiah 11:20; 2 Timothy 4:14). read more
65. sorrow—rather, blindness or hardness; literally, "a veil" covering their heart, so that they may rush on to their own ruin (Isaiah 6:10; 2 Corinthians 3:14; 2 Corinthians 3:15). read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 3:56
56. Thou hast heard—namely formerly (so in Lamentations 3:57; Lamentations 3:58). breathing . . . cry—two kinds of prayer; the sigh of a prayer silently breathed forth, and the loud, earnest cry (compare "prayer," "secret speech," Isaiah 26:16, Margin; with "cry aloud," Isaiah 26:16- :). read more