John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:20
Behold, O Lord, for I am in distress ,.... Thus she turns from one to another; sometimes she addresses strangers, people that pass by; sometimes she calls to her lovers; and at other times to God, which is best of all, to have pity and compassion on her in her distress; and from whom it may be most expected, who is a God of grace and mercy: my bowels are troubled ; as the sea, agitated by winds, which casts up mire and dirt; or as any waters, moved by anything whatsoever, become thick... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:19
I called for my lovers, but they deceived me ,.... Either her idols, with whom she had committed spiritual adultery, that is, idolatry; but these could not answer her expectations, and help her: or the Egyptians, that courted her friendship, and with whom she was in alliance, and in whom she trusted; and these, in the times of her distress, she called upon to make good their engagements, but they disappointed her, and stood not to their covenant and promises, but left her to stand and fall... read more