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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:6

6. beauty . . . departed—her temple, throne, and priesthood. harts that find no pasture—an animal timid and fleet, especially when seeking and not able to "find pasture." Zain. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:7

7. remembered—rather, "remembers," now, in her afflicted state. In the days of her prosperity she did not appreciate, as she ought, the favors of God to her. Now, awakening out of her past lethargy, she feels from what high privileges she has fallen. when her people fell, &c.—that is, after which days of prosperity "her people fell." mock at her sabbaths—The heathen used to mock at the Jews' Sabbath, as showing their idleness, and term them Sabbatarians [MARTIAL, 4.4]. Now, said they... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:8

8. ( :-). is removed—as a woman separated from the congregation of God for legal impurity, which is a type of moral impurity. So Lamentations 1:17; Leviticus 12:2; Leviticus 15:19, &c. her nakedness—They have treated her as contumeliously as courtesans from whom their clothes are stripped. turneth backward—as modest women do from shame, that is, she is cast down from all hope of restoration [CALVIN]. Teth. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:9

9. Continuation of the image in Lamentations 1:8. Her ignominy and misery cannot be concealed but are apparent to all, as if a woman were suffering under such a flow as to reach the end of her skirts. remembereth not . . . last end— (Deuteronomy 32:29; Isaiah 47:7). She forgot how fatal must be the end of her iniquity. Or, as the words following imply: She, in despair, cannot lift herself up to lay hold of God's promises as to her "latter end" [CALVIN]. wonderfully—Hebrew, "wonders," that is,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:10

10. for—surely she hath seen, c. heathen . . . command . . . not enter . . . congregation—for instance, the Ammonites and Moabites (Deuteronomy 23:3 Nehemiah 13:1; Nehemiah 13:2). If the heathen, as such, were not allowed to enter the sanctuary for worship, much less were they allowed to enter in order to rob and destroy. Caph. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:11

11. (Jeremiah 37:21; Jeremiah 38:9; Jeremiah 52:6). given . . . pleasant things for meat— (2 Kings 6:25; Job 2:4). relieve . . . soul—literally, "to cause the soul or life to return." for I am become vile—Her sins and consequent sorrows are made the plea in craving God's mercy. Compare the like plea in Psalms 25:11. Lamed. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:12

12. The pathetic appeal of Jerusalem, not only to her neighbors, but even to the strangers "passing by," as her sorrow is such as should excite the compassion even of those unconnected with her. She here prefigures Christ, whom the language is prophetically made to suit, more than Jerusalem. Compare Israel, that is, Messiah, :-. Compare with "pass by," Matthew 27:39; Mark 15:29. As to Jerusalem, Mark 15:29- :. M AURER, from the Arabic idiom, translates, "do not go off on your way," that is,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:13

13. bones—a fire which not only consumes the skin and flesh, but penetrates even to my "bones" (that is, my vital powers). prevaileth against—not as ROSENMULLER, "He (Jehovah) hath broken them"; a sense not in the Hebrew. net— ( :-); image from hunting wild beasts. He has so entangled me in His judgments that I cannot escape. turned me back—so that I cannot go forward and get free from His meshes. Nun. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:14

14. yoke . . . is bound by his hand— (Deuteronomy 28:48). Metaphor from husbandmen, who, after they have bound the yoke to the neck of oxen, hold the rein firmly twisted round the hand. Thus the translation will be, "in His hand." Or else, "the yoke of my transgressions" (that is, of punishment for my transgressions) is held so fast fixed on me "by" God, that there is no loosening of it; thus English Version, "by His hand." wreathed—My sins are like the withes entwined about the neck to fasten... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:15

15. trodden, c.—MAURER, from Syriac root, translates, "cast away" so :-. But Psalms 119:118, supports English Version. in . . . midst of me—They fell not on the battlefield, but in the heart of the city; a sign of the divine wrath. assembly—the collected forces of Babylon; a very different "assembly" from the solemn ones which once met at Jerusalem on the great feasts. The Hebrew means, literally, such a solemn "assembly" or feast (compare Lamentations 2:22). trodden . . . virgin . . . in a... read more

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