Lamentations 3:48-66

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 3:52

The prophet’s enemies had pursued him mercilessly, as hunters track a bird. read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 3:53-54

They silenced him by placing him in a pit and covering its mouth with a large stone (cf. Jeremiah 38:1-6). He thought he would drown because of the water that engulfed him. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 3:55-56

Jeremiah prayed to the Lord out of his desperate condition (cf. Psalms 88:7; Psalms 88:14; Psalms 130:1; Jonah 2:1-3). He believed the Lord had heard his prayer, and he begged that the Lord would pay attention to his petition and grant him deliverance. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 3:57-58

In the past, the Lord had heeded Jeremiah’s prayers and had given him hope. The Lord had come to his rescue and had redeemed (delivered) him from destruction (cf. Leviticus 25:25-28; Leviticus 25:47-54; Ruth 4:1-12)."No greater testimony can a sinner offer to God than to say, in thanksgiving, ’Thou hast redeemed my life’ (Lamentations 3:58)." [Note: Jensen, p. 135.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 3:59-61

Jeremiah knew that Yahweh had seen his affliction. He asked that He would judge him, knowing that the Lord would be fair."Perhaps because of their status as the Chosen People the Jews were always sensitive to abuse and injury inflicted from outside, whatever the source. Consequently they found it impossible to overlook these hostile acts, with the result that the imprecations which they hurled at their enemies, while typical of such Near Eastern utterances, seem to possess an unexpected and... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 3:62-63

The prophet’s enemies plotted against him constantly, but he called on God to witness all that his enemies were doing and how they had mocked him. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 3:64-65

Jeremiah believed that the Lord would pay his enemies back as they deserved (cf. Psalms 28:4; 2 Corinthians 3:17). He would harden their hearts and so bring judgment on them. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 3:66

The Lord would pursue them anywhere they might go and destroy them in His anger. The Lord did this to Jeremiah’s enemies when the city fell to the Babylonians (cf. Jeremiah 39:4-7; Jeremiah 52:7-11; Jeremiah 52:24-27). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:1-66

Zion’s Hope in God’s MercyThis third poem is the most elaborate in structure and the most sublime in thought of all. The poet speaks not only for himself, but for the nation. The order of thought is sorrow, confession, repentance, prayer. Though consisting of 66 vv. the poem is but a little longer than the others. Three consecutive vv. are built upon each letter of the Heb. alphabet: each triplet is usually closely associated in thought, and consequently grouped together as in the RV.1-18. Zion... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Lamentations 3:48

(48) Mine eye . . .—A stronger utterance of the thought of Lamentations 1:16; Lamentations 2:18; Psalms 119:136. read more

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