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Verse 14. _THEY HAVE NOT DISCOVERED THINE INIQUITY_] They did not
reprove for sin, they flattered them in their transgressions; and
instead of turning away thy captivity, by turning thee from thy sins...
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THY PROPHETS HAVE SEEN VAIN AND FOOLISH THINGS FOR THEE - The
Septuagint and Vulgate give the true meaning, “stupidity” (see
Jeremiah 23:13 note).
TO TURN AWAY THY CAPTIVITY - The right sense is, “Th...
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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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PROPHETS, &C. Compare Ezekiel 12:24; Ezekiel 13:1; Ezekiel 13:23;
Ezekiel 21:29;...
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Lament over Zion's exposure to the mockery of her enemies....
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The thought that the false prophets are worthy of condemnation for
buoying the people up with vain hopes is distinctly in Jeremiah's
manner (cp. Ezekiel 12:24; Ezekiel 13:6 f., Ezekiel 22:28). It is t...
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FALSE BURDENS— _Burdens of vanity_—false prophesies. See Isaiah
13:1....
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II. THE PROPHET'S SINCERE SYMPATHY FOR HIS PEOPLE Lamentations 2:11-16
TRANSLATION
(11) MY eyes are spent with weeping, my inward parts are troubled, my
heart is poured out to the ground because of t...
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Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they
have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but
have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
THY...
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2:14 expulsion. (a-33) Or 'seduction,' and see Jeremiah 27:10 ....
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FALSE BURDENS] RM 'oracles of vanity' (Jeremiah 23:33). CAUSES OF
BANISHMENT] The Heb. word employed here is not found elsewhere, but
probably means things which draw aside and drive out (Jeremiah 27:...
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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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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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THY PROPHETS HAVE SEEN VAIN AND FOOLISH THINGS. — The words are
eminently characteristic of Jeremiah, whose whole life had been spent
in conflict with the false prophets (Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 5:13;...
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נְבִיאַ֗יִךְ חָ֤זוּ לָךְ֙ שָׁ֣וְא וְ
תָפֵ֔ל ו
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THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN
Lamentations 2:10
PASSION and poetry, when they fire the imagination, do more than
personify individual material things. By fusing the separate objects
in the crucible of a co...
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PROPHETS WITHOUT A VISION
Lamentations 2:9; Lamentations 2:14
IN deploring the losses suffered by the daughter of Zion the elegist
bewails the failure of her prophets to obtain a vision from Jehovah....
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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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Thy prophets have (k) seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they
have not revealed thy iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have
seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
(k) Be...
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_Revelations. Hebrew Masoth, "burdens" for the enemy. This sentence
ought to come before and they, &c., as it is in the Vulgate.
(Haydock)_...
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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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_PROPHESIERS OF SMOOTH THINGS_
‘Thy prophets have seen visions … of vanity … and they have not
discovered thine iniquity, to bring again thy captivity.’
Lamentations 2:14 (R.V.)
I. THIS LAMENT OF J...
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Here the Prophet condemns the Jews for that wantonness by which they
had, as it were, designedly destroyed themselves, as though they had
willfully drunk sweet poison. They had been inebriated with th...
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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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THY PROPHETS HAVE SEEN VAIN AND FOOLISH THINGS FOR THEE,.... Not the
prophets of the Lord; but false prophets, as the Targum; which were of
the people's choosing, and were acceptable to them; prophets...
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Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have
not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have
seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
Ver. 1...
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_Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things_ The prophets, to whom
thou didst choose to hearken, and whom thou didst believe, rather than
those whom God sent to reveal his will, came and told thee...
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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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Not the Lord's prophets in thee, but those prophets to whom you chose
rather to hearken, and whom you believed rather than me and others
sent by God to reveal his will unto you, came and told you idle...
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Lamentations 2:14 prophets H5030 seen H2372 (H8804) False H7723
deceptive H8602 uncovered H1540 (H8765) iniquity...
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THE PROPHET ADDRESSES JERUSALEM RECOGNISING THAT THAT HER UNIQUE STATE
IS SUCH THAT HE CAN OFFER NO COMFORT BECAUSE ALL IS AGAINST HER
(LAMENTATIONS 2:13).
The prophet sees the people of Jerusalem as...
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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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_Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee._
PROPHETIC FIDELITY
The crying fault of the prophets is their reluctance to preach to
people of their sins. Their mission distinctly involves...
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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 2:14 Judah’s PROPHETS were part
of the problem (see Jeremiah 14:13;...
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EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
(נ) Lamentations 2:14. The Book of Jeremiah contains ample evidence
as to who those _miserable comforters_ were. It shows that, during the
period just preceding the overthrow of Jud...
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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 Kings 9:7; 2 Chronicles 7:21; 2 Kings 19:21; 2 Peter 2:1;...
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The prophets — False prophets told you vain stories. Not discovered
— Whereas they ought to have made you sensible of your sins, and
this might have prevented your captivity. False burdens — False
sto...