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Verse 18. _O WALL OF THE DAUGHTER OF ZION_] חומת בת ציון
_chomath_ _bath tsiyon, wall of the daughter of Zion_. These words are
probably those of the passengers, who appear to be affected by the
deso...
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THEIR HEART - That of the inhabitants of Jerusalem. The prophet bids
the wall, as the representative of the people who had dwelt secure
under its protection, shed floods of tears on their behalf. Brok...
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CHAPTER 2 WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE
The great catastrophe continues in vivid description throughout this
chapter also. Not an enemy has done it, not Nebuchadrezzar and his
Chaldean hordes, but the Lord i...
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LAMENTATIONS 2. THE SECOND LAMENT. This differs from the first in its
contents, and in its literary form. The metrical matters are the same,
_i.e._ there are twenty-two verses, wherein the first word...
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CRIED. cried (distressfully)....
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"Their" has no antecedent, and the beginning of the _v_. is evidently
corrupt in its harsh combination of assertion and exhortation,
although the corruption, supported as it is by LXX and Syr. (so
Vul...
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THEIR HEART CRIED— _Their heart crieth, O Lord, to the virgin, the
daughter of Sion._ Houbigant. See his note....
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III. THE PROPHET'S EXHORTATION TO HIS PEOPLE Lamentations 2:17-19
TRANSLATION
(17) The LORD has done what He planned. He has fulfilled His word
which He decreed in days of old. He has torn down witho...
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Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let
tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let
not the apple of thine eye cease.
THEIR HEART CRIED UNTO THE...
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ZION'S SORROWS DUE TO JEHOVAH'S ANGER
In this second dirge, the cause of Zion's woe is dwelt upon. Jehovah
has become angry with His people, therefore He has cast them off.
Zion's miseries are the ju...
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O WALL] apostrophised as a human mourner (Isaiah 14:31). NO REST] RV
'no respite.' APPLE OF THINE EYE] lit. 'daughter,' i.e. pupil of the
eye: cp. Psalms 17:8.
20-22. In bewilderment Zion appeals to...
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JEREMIAH WEEPS IN THE DARKNESS
LAMENTATIONS
_ROY ROHU_
CHAPTER 2
NOW JEREMIAH SPEAKS.
V1 The *Lord’s anger is like a black cloud over Zion (*Jerusalem).
He allowed enemies to destroy the beauty...
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THEIR HEART. — The possessive pronoun does not refer to any
immediate antecedent, but points, with a wild abruptness, to the
mourners of Zion. Yet more boldly their cry is an appeal to the
“wall” of Z...
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צָעַ֥ק לִבָּ֖ם אֶל ־אֲדֹנָ֑י חֹומַ֣ת
בַּת ־צ֠
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THE CALL TO PRAYER
Lamentations 2:18
IT is not easy to analyse the complicated construction of the
concluding portion of the second elegy. If the text is not corrupt its
transitions are very abrupt....
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In the second poem, the prophet dealt with the sources of the sorrow
he had described. Again affirming that it was the result of the direct
action of Jehovah, he proceeded to describe it in its materi...
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What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken
to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I
may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach i...
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He means not that their _heart _really _cried to God, _for there was
no cry in their heart; but by this expression he sets forth the
vehemence of their grief, as though he had said, that the heart of...
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The second chapter is a very deep and touching appeal. The desolation
of Jerusalem is looked at as Jehovah's own work, on what was His own,
and not as that of the enemy. Never had there been such sorr...
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THEIR HEART CRIED UNTO THE LORD,.... Either the heart of their
enemies, as Aben Ezra; which cried against the Lord, and blasphemed
him; or rather the heart of the Jews in their distress, when they saw...
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Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let
tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let
not the apple of thine eye cease.
Ver. 18. _Their herd cried...
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_Their heart cried unto the Lord_ “The same,” says Blaney, “are
the speakers here who are said to have made the foregoing remarks
concerning the distressed condition of Jerusalem, namely, the
passenge...
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THE VANITY OF HUMAN CONSOLATION TOGETHER WITH A PLEA FOR HELP...
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Their heart, that of the Jews suffering such great afflictions, CRIED
UNTO THE LORD, even while they addressed the fortifications of their
city, O WALL OF THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, the city with all its
i...
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10-22 Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by
famine. Even little children were slain by their mother's hands, and
eaten, according to the threatening, Deuteronomy 28:53. Multitu...
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They cried unto God seriously, though not sincerely; from their heart,
though not with their whole heart; either by the wall, or upon the
wall, or (which is judged most probable) by occasion of the br...
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Lamentations 2:18 heart H3820 out H6817 (H8804) Lord H136 wall H2346
daughter H1323 Zion H6726 tears H1832
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THE PEOPLE CRY TO THE SOVEREIGN LORD. THEY CALL ON THE WALL OF
JERUSALEM TO WEEP FOR JERUSALEM AND ITS INHABITANTS AND ON YHWH TO
CONSIDER WHAT HE HAS DONE (LAMENTATIONS 2:18).
The change between Lame...
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CONTENTS: Lamentation on the effect of the calamities of Judah. God's
passionate consideration appealed to.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: The wormwood and gall in affliction is the thought t...
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Lamentations 2:1. _How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with
a cloud._ The day break, but no sun shines, no opening of future hope.
Lamentations 2:2. _The Lord hath swallowed up all the inha...
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LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 2:1 God Has Set Zion under a
Cloud. This chapter emphasizes the completeness of God’s judgment on
Jerusalem. The verses unfold in three parts, each of which has a
dif...
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LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 2:18 Now Jerusalem (DAUGHTER OF
ZION) must cry out to God, just as the speaker (v. Lamentations 2:11)
has cried
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EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
(צ) Lamentations 2:18. THEIR HEART CRIED UNTO THE LORD. The cry is
not to the God in covenant with Israel, but to the ruler over all
nations and all matter. Yet the pronoun their ca...
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ZION'S JUDGMENT IS OF GOD. LAMENTATIONS AND SUPPLICATIONS.
EXPOSITION
LAMENTATIONS 2:1
HATH THE LORD COVERED; rather, _doth _… _cover_. THE DAUGHTER OF
ZION; i.e.
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The second lamentation:
How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his
anger, and he has cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of
Israel, and remembered not his footstool...
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1 Samuel 1:15; 1 Samuel 7:6; 1 Timothy 2:8; Ezekiel 5:10; Ezekiel
5:16;
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O wall — That is, those that are upon it....