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Why then does a loving God, who disapproves of suffering when
inflicted by man upon man, Himself send sorrow and misery? “Because
of sins.”
Lamentations 3:37
Literally, “Who is this that spake and i...
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CHAPTER 3 THE PROPHET'S SUFFERING AND DISTRESS
This chapter is intensely personal. None but Jeremiah could have
written these wonderful expressions of sorrow, the sorrows of the
people of God into whi...
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LAMENTATIONS 3. THE THIRD LAMENT. Here it is the singer that comes
chiefly to the front; whereas in Lamentations 3:1 it had been Zion,
and in Lamentations 3:2 it was Yahweh. EV hardly puts Lamentation...
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See intr. note....
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The order of thought in this group is, All events are absolutely in
the hands of God. Thus calamity and prosperity come in response to His
command. But it is man's sin that procures for him the former...
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Cp. Isaiah 45:7; Amos 3:6....
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B. Reflections About Suffering Lamentations 3:26-39
TRANSLATION
(26) It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the
LORD. (27) It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his yout...
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Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth
it not? WHO IS HE THAT SAITH, AND IT COMETH TO PASS. A double question
is implied, Who is it that can (as God, ) effect by a word...
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ZION'S HOPE IN GOD'S MERCY
This third poem is the most elaborate in structure and the most
sublime in thought of all. The poet speaks not only for himself, but
for the nation. The order of thought is...
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JEREMIAH WEEPS IN THE DARKNESS
LAMENTATIONS
_ROY ROHU_
CHAPTER 3
JEREMIAH SPEAKS.
In this chapter, the writer speaks on behalf of all God’s people.
Much of what he says is true also of the troub...
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(37-39) New grounds of patient faith are given: (1) In an echo from
Psalms 33:9, affirming the sovereignty of God. The evil which He
permits is under the control of this loving purpose; and (2) as far...
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מִ פִּ֤י עֶלְיֹון֙ לֹ֣א תֵצֵ֔א הָ
רָעֹ֖ות
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GOD AND EVIL
Lamentations 3:37
THE eternal problem of the relation of God to evil is here treated
with the keenest discrimination. That God is the supreme and
irresistible ruler, that no man can succ...
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In this central and longest poem, Jeremiah identified himself
completely with the experiences of his people. In the first movement,
in language which throbs with pain, he described his own sorrows,
re...
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Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not (s) evil and good?
(s) That is, adversity and prosperity, (Amos 3:6)....
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They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my
portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The LORD is good
unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him....
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_THROUGH REPENTANCE TO FAITH_
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his
sins? Let us search and try our way...
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The Prophet says that _from the mouth of the most High proceed good
and evil _By “mouth” he means his decree. God indeed does not
always declare that he is a judge; he has often executed punishment on...
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In chapter 3 we find the language of faith, of sorrowing faith, of the
Spirit of Christ in the remnant, on the occasion of the judgment of
Jerusalem in which God had dwelt. Before, the prophet (or the...
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OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE MOST HIGH PROCEED NOT EVIL AND GOOD?]
Certainly they do; they come to pass, both one and the other, as God
has pronounced, and his will determined; even "evils", as it is in th...
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Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Ver. 38. _Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and
good?_] _i.e., _ Prosperity and adversity; _q.d., _ Who doubteth of...
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_Who is he that saith_ That commands an event to take place, or
predicts that it shall take place, _and it cometh to pass_
accordingly, _when the Lord commandeth not?_ Or who designs a thing,
and brin...
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37-41 While there is life there is hope; and instead of complaining
that things are bad, we should encourage ourselves with the hope they
will be better. We are sinful men, and what we complain of, i...
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In the Hebrew the form of these words is interrogatory, as much as if
he should say, Doth not evil come out of God's mouth from his
direction and command, and from his providence, as well as good? He...
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Lamentations 3:38 mouth H6310 High H5945 woe H7451 well-being H2896
proceed H3318 (H8799)
Jo
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THE PROPHET PRAYS HIS WAY THROUGH TO CONFIDENCE IN YHWH (LAMENTATIONS
3:19).
When our souls have reached their lowest point there is only one thing
to do, and that is to cast ourselves on God. That i...
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We are about to read a chapter which is very full of sorrow; while you
are listening to it, some of you may be saying, «We are not in that
condition.» Well then, be thankful that you are not, and whil...
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CONTENTS: Complaint of God's displeasure and comfort to God's people.
Appeal to God's justice against persecutors.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Bad as things may be, it is owing to the mer...
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The Metre changes here. The letters of the Hebrew alphabet, twenty two
in number, begin three hemistichs, which make sixty six verses. It
would look better, and read more poetically, if the hemistichs...
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LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 3:1 I Am the Man Who Has Seen
Affliction. Chapter Lamentations 3:1 has one speaker, a man who has
endured suffering, expe
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EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
(מ) Lamentations 3:37. The reason for not mentioning any name of God,
as in Lamentations 3:1, is now wholly dispensed with, and He is
presented as conditionating all events. He obse...
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EXPOSITION
LAMENTATIONS 3:1
MONOLOGUE SPOKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER WHOSE FATE IS BOUND UP WITH
THAT OF THE
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In this third lamentation he begins from the depth of depression and
despair. He begins with hopelessness, and hopelessness is always the
experience behind depression. Depression is the loss of hope,...
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Daniel 4:35; Ephesians 1:11; Isaiah 46:10; James 4:13; Proverbs 16:9
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Evil — Doth not evil or trouble come out of God's mouth from his
direction, and providence, as well as good?...