Lamentations 3:1-66

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 3:6

6. set me—HENDERSON refers this to the custom of placing the dead in a sitting posture. dark places—sepulchers. As those "dead long since"; so Jeremiah and his people are consigned to oblivion (Psalms 88:5; Psalms 88:6; Psalms 143:3; Ezekiel 37:13). Gimel. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 3:7

7-9. hedged— (Job 3:23; Hosea 2:6). chain—literally, "chain of brass." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 3:8

8. shutteth out—image from a door shutting out any entrance ( :-). So the antitype. Christ ( :-). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 3:9

9. hewn stone—which coheres so closely as not to admit of being broken through. paths crooked—thwarted our plans and efforts so that none went right. Daleth. read more

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 3:10

10-13. (Job 10:16; Hosea 13:7; Hosea 13:8). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 3:11

11. turned aside—made me wander out of the right way, so as to become a prey to wild beasts. pulled in pieces— ( :-), as a "bear" or a "lion" ( :-). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown