Lamentações de Jeremias 1:1-22 NVIPT

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:11

Verse 11 The Prophet here complains that all the citizens of Jerusalem were constantly groaning through want and famine. He first says, that all were sighing. The word “people” is collective, and hence he uses the plural number, נאנחיםץ , nanechim. Then he says that they were all sighing; but he expresses also the reason, because they were seeking bread. To seek bread is indeed common to all; but by this word he intimates extreme want., as though he had said, that they begged their bread. He... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:12

Verse 12 The beginning of the verse is variously explained. Some read it interrogatively, “Is it nothing to you who pass by the way?” Others more simply, “I see that I am not cared for by you; to you my sorrow is nothing.” Some again read thus, “Let it not be a sorrow to you;” and others, “Let not sorrow be upon you,” that is, let not what I have happen to you; so that it is a prayer expressive of benevolence. What I prefer is the interrogation, Is it nothing to you who pass by the way ? for... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:13

Verse 13 The Prophet proceeds with the same subject, that God’s vengeance had raged most dreadfully agsinst Jerusalem. But employing a metaphor she says, that fire had been sent to her bones. They who interpret bones of fortified places, weaken the meaning of the Prophet. I take bones in their proper sense, ss though it was said, that God’s fire had penetrated into the inmost parts. This way of speaking often occurs in Scripture. By bones is denoted strength or valor. Hence David sometimes... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:14

Verse 14 Here, again, Jerusalem confesses that God had been justly displeased. She had ascribed to God’s vengeance the evils which she suffered; but now she expresses the cause of that displeasure or wrath. Hence she says, that the yoke of her iniquities had been bound in God’s hand. Though interpreters explain the words, yet they touch not the meaning of the Prophet; for they consider not that there is a continued metaphor. We ought then to bear in mind the two clauses, — that God’s hand held... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:15

Verse 15 She first says, that all her valiant men had been trodden underfoot. Now we know how much the Jews trusted in their men even to the very time when they were wholly subdued. As then they had shewed so much insolence and pride towards the prophets, it hence became a cause of greater sorrow, when Jerusalem herself saw that she was destitute of every protection, and that her valiant men were trodden under foot. She says,in the midst of me. And this ought to be observed; for if they had... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:16

Verse 16 He describes at large the calamities of Jerusalem. But it is no wonder that the Prophet, thus lengthened his discourse; for we know that those who are heavily oppressed never satisfy themselves with mourning and lamentations. If, indeed, we duly consider how great the evils were, the Prophet will not appear to us wordy, nor will his prolixity be wearisome to us. For when any one compares the flourishing state of Jerusalem with that desolate ruin which the Prophet laments, it will... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:17

Verse 17 The Prophet first says that Jerusalem had expanded her hands, as a token of sorrow, or that she might seek friends from every side; for when we wish to move men to pity, we stretch forth our arms. I wonder how it came to the minds of some to say that Jerusalem had broken bread with her hands. This is extremely puerile. Some have rendered the words, that she had broken with her hands, understanding thereby that she had clapped with her hands. It is, however, a harsh mode of speaking; I... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:18

Verse 18 Jerusalem again acknowledges, and more clearly expresses, that she suffered a just punishment. She had before confessed that her enemies were cruel through God’s command; but it was necessary to point out again the cause of that cruelty, even that she had too long provoked the wrath of God. She says, first, that God was just, or righteous, (144) because she had provoked his mouth. By the mouth of God we are to understand the prophetic doctrine, as it is well known. But the phrase is... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:19

Verse 19 Here the people of God complain in the person of a woman, as we have before seen, that in their calamity they were left destitute of every comfort. And it is a circumstance which increases grief, when no one is present to shew any kindness to the miserable; for it is no small alleviation of sorrow, when friends offer their kind services, and as far as they can, endeavor to mitigate the severity of the evil. The Church of God now says, that she was so forsaken by friends as to be left... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:20

Verse 20 The people turn again to pray God: and what has been before said ought to be remembered, that these lamentations of Jeremiah differ from the complaints of the ungodly; because the faithful first acknowledge that they are justly chastised by God’s hand, and secondly, they trust in his mercy and implore his aid. For by these two marks the Church is distinguished from the unbelieving, even by repentance and faith. To sigh and to mourn in adversities, and to lament also their miseries, are... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:20

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