CHAPTER 3. IN THIS CHAPTER THE PROPHET COMMENCES BY BEMOANING HIS OWN
PERSONAL AFFLICTIONS, BUT THEN GOES ON TO STRESS GOD'S FAITHFULNESS TO
THOSE WHO TRUST IN HIM. COMPLAINING ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES HE IS
FINALLY ASSURED THAT GOD WILL REQUITE HIS ADVERSARIES.
Some commentators have suggested that in... [ Continue Reading ]
IN HIS INITIAL DESPAIR THE PROPHET BEWAILS HIS OWN SAD CONDITION
(LAMENTATIONS 3:1).
In this section God is simply spoken of as ‘He', the only mention of
His Name being in Lamentations 3:18 where the prophet declares that
his expectation from YHWH has perished. It describes what the prophet
has had... [ Continue Reading ]
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 is what the prophet
now does. He remembers past times of affliction and misery and how God
has kept h... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PEOPLE ARE CALLED ON TO SEEK YHWH, AND THEY FACE UP TO THE
SITUATION THAT THEY ARE IN WHILST THE PROPHET HIMSELF CONTINUES TO
PLEAD FOR THEM (LAMENTATIONS 3:40).
The prophet now calls on the people to examine themselves and to seek
YHWH and pray sincerely to Him from the heart, not just by lift... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PROPHET LOOKS BACK ON HIS OWN EXPERIENCES AND CALLS ON YHWH TO
AVENGE HIM (LAMENTATIONS 3:52).
The chapter commenced with the personal experience of the prophet in
Lamentations 3:1 but there it was the present experiences that he was
going through which were in mind. He now closes the chapter w... [ Continue Reading ]