lamentations-4:6-10

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 4:1-12

The elegy in this chapter begins with a lamentation of the very sad and doleful change which the judgments of God had made in Jerusalem. The city that was formerly as gold, as the most fine gold, so rich and splendid, the perfection of beauty and the joy of the whole earth, has become dim, and is changed, has lost its lustre, lost its value, is not what it was; it has become dross. Alas! what an alteration is here! I. The temple was laid waste, which was the glory of Jerusalem and its... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:6

For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people ,.... In the long siege of their city, and the evils that attended it, especially the sore famine: is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom ; which was destroyed at once by fire from heaven: or it may be rendered, "the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom" F16 מחטאת ----Nwe ldgyw "et ingens fuit iniquitas--prae peccato", Montanus; "et major extitit pravitas--prae peccato",... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:7

Her Nazarites were purer than snow ,.... Such who separated themselves by a vow to the Lord, and abstained from drinking wine and strong drink, and by a moderate diet, and often washing themselves, as well as taking great care of their hair, appeared very neat and comely, like snow, without any spot or blemish. Some think such as were separated from others in dignity, very honourable persons, the sons of nobles, are meant, since the word has the signification of a "crown", and interpret it,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:8

Their visage is blacker than a coal ,.... Or, "darker than blackness"; or, "dark through blackness" F25 חשך משחור "obscurior ipsa nigredine", Tigurine version; "magis quam nigredo vel carbo", Vatablus; "prae caligines", Calvin; "ex nigredine", Piscator. ; by reason of the famine, and because of grief and trouble for themselves and their friends, which changed their complexions, countenances, and skins; they that looked before as pure as snow, as white as milk, as clear as pearls,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:9

They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger ,.... Not that they are better with respect to their state after death, but with respect to their manner of dying. They that were slain by the sword of the Chaldeans, as many were, either upon the walls, or in sallies out against the enemy, these felt less pain, and had less terror of mind in dying, than those did who perished by famine; they died a lingering death, as it were by inches, and were in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:10

The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children ,.... Such as were naturally, and agreeably to their sex, pitiful and compassionate; merciful to the poor, as the Targum; and especially tenderhearted to their own offspring; yet, by reason of the soreness of the famine, became so cruel and hardhearted, as to take their own children, and slay them with their own hands, cut them to pieces, put them into a pot of water, and make a fire and boil them, and then eat them, as follows: ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:6

For the punishment - He thinks the punishment of Jerusalem far greater than that of Sodom. That was destroyed in a moment while all her inhabitants were in health and strength; Jerusalem fell by the most lingering calamities; her men partly destroyed by the sword, and partly by the famine. Instead of no hands stayed on her, Blayney translates, "Nor were hands weakened in her." Perhaps the meaning is, "Sodom was destroyed in a moment without any human labor." It was a judgment from God... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:7

Her Nazarites were purer than snow - נזיר nazir does not always signify a person separated under a religious vow; it sometimes denotes what is chief or eminent. It is applied to Joseph, Genesis 49:26 . Blayney therefore translates here, Her Nobles. "Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were ruddier on the bone than rubies; their veining was the sapphires." On which he remarks: - "In the first line the whiteness of their skin is described, and in the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:10

The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children - See on Lamentations 2:20 ; (note). But here there is a reference to mothers eating their own children; and this was done, not by mothers cruel and brutal, but by רחמניות נשים nashim rachmaniyoth , the compassionate, the tender-hearted mothers. From these horrible scenes it is well to pass with as hasty a step as possible. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:6

Verse 6 The Prophet says first,, that the punishment of his people was heavier than that of Sodom. If any one prefers the other version, I will not contend, for it is not unsuitable; and hence also a most useful doctrine may be drawn, that we are to judge of the grievousness of our sins by the greatness of our punishment for God never exceeds what is just when he takes vengeance on the sins of men. Then his severity shews how grievously men have sinned. Thus, Jeremiah may have reasoned from the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 4:1-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:6

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