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Verse 19. _THOU, O LORD, REMAINEST FOR EVER_] THOU sufferest no
_change_. Thou didst once _love_ us, O let that love be renewed
towards us!...
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REMAINEST - Or, reignest. The earthly sanctuary is in ruins, but the
heavenly throne in unchangeable glory....
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CHAPTER 5 THE PRAYER OF HOPE
The lamentations end with a prayer: “Remember, O LORD, what is come
upon us; consider and behold our reproach.” It is the prayer of
confession and of hope, which reaches t...
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LAMENTATIONS 5. A PRAYER. This chapter differs much from the previous
four. It is not a Lament, but one long pleading; and it is not the
chant of an individual, but of a company, a plural, we. It may...
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REMAINEST. sittest: i.e. as king....
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_abidest_ mg. _sittest_as king. Cp. Psalms 102:12....
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See intr. note to ch....
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II. THE RESTORATION OF ZION REQUESTED Lamentations 5:19-22
TRANSLATION
(19) You, O LORD, are enthroned forever! Your throne is from
generation to generation. (20) Why have You forgotten us forever,
f...
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Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to
generation. THOU, O LORD, REMAINEST FOREVER - (). The perpetuity of
God's rule over human affairs, however He may seem to let His peopl...
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5:19 dwellest (b-3) Or 'sittest.' see Psalms 80:1 ....
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ZION'S EARNEST PETITION FOR DELIVERANCE
This final poem is not so much an elegy as a prayer or meditation. The
tone is more calm and spiritual than the others, with no trace of
vindictiveness. The poe...
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REMAINEST] RV 'sittest,' as king. Jehovah had not abdicated, though
Zedekiah had (Psalms 45:6; Psalms 102:12)....
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JEREMIAH WEEPS IN THE DARKNESS
LAMENTATIONS
_ROY ROHU_
CHAPTER 5
JEREMIAH IS PRAYING.
V1 Remember, *Lord, the suffering that has come upon us. Look down and
see our shame....
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THOU, O LORD, REMAINEST. — Literally, _Thou sittest: i.e.,_ as the
next clause shows, upon a throne. The lamentation is drawing to its
close, and the mourner finds comfort in the thought of the eterni...
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אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְ עֹולָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב
כִּסְאֲךָ֖...
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THE EVERLASTING THRONE
Lamentations 5:19
WE have lingered long in the valley of humiliation. At the eleventh
hour we are directed to look up from this scene of weary gloom to
heavenly heights, radian...
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The final poem is an appeal out of sorrow to Jehovah. Speaking on
behalf of the whole nation, the prophet called on Jehovah to remember.
He described the actual desolation, telling of the affliction o...
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Thou, O LORD, remainest for (k) ever; thy throne from generation to
generation.
(k) And therefore your covenant and mercies can never fail....
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Thou, O LORD, remainest forever; thy throne from generation to
generation. Wherefore dost thou forget us forever, and forsake us so
long time? Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned;
r...
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The Prophet here raises up his eyes to God, and, by his example, he
encourages all the godly, that they might not cease, notwithstanding
their extreme calamities, to look to God, as we find in the hun...
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The prophet can now present the whole affliction of the people to God,
as an object of compassion and mercy. This is an onward step in the
path of these deep exercises of heart. He is at peace with Go...
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THOU, O LORD, REMAINEST FOR EVER,.... The same in his nature and
perfections; in his grace and goodness; in his power and faithfulness;
in his purposes and promises; though all things else change, are...
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Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to
generation.
Ver. 19. _Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever._] _Alioqui totus totus
desperassem,_ as that good man said once in like ease, O...
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_Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever_ Though, for our sins, thou hast
suffered these calamities to befall us, and our throne, through thy
righteous providence, is thrown down; yet thou art still the same...
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Thou, O Lord, remainest forever, sitting as the one true Monarch
ruling the entire world; THY THRONE FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION,
through all eternity....
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Plea for the Renewal of Jehovah's Love...
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17-22 The people of God express deep concern for the ruins of the
temple, more than for any other of their calamities. But whatever
changes there are on earth, God is still the same, and remains for...
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Lamentations 5:19 LORD H3068 remain H3427 (H8799) forever H5769 throne
H3678 generation H1755 generation H1755
remainest -...
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CONTENTS: Lamentation of the state of Judah in captivity.
Supplications for the return of mercy.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly, and God
is th...
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REFLECTIONS. Jeremiah in this last elegy continues the subject in more
minute details; and having no hope for the present, he consoles
himself with hope in the latter day. Psalms 85; Hosea 3. The insu...
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_Thou, O Lord, remainest forever; Thy throne from generation to
generation._
THE EVERLASTING THRONE
Thus at last our attention is turned from earth to heaven, from man to
God. In this change of visio...
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LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 5:1 Restore Us to Yourself, O
Lord. This concluding chapter is the community’s plea for
restoration. It includes an opening petition (v....
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LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 5:19 The book closes with a plea
for renewal. The people confess God’s eternal nature and kingship
(v. Lamentations 5:19), regret their ongoing su
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EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
Lamentations 5:19. Nevertheless, whatever be the low estate of His
sanctuary and people, the living God is and reigns. THOU, O JEHOVAH,
ABIDEST FOR EVER. Not only is His continual e...
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EXPOSITION
LAMENTATIONS 5:1
INSULT UPON INSULT HAS BEEN HEAPED UPON JERUSALEM.
LAMENTATIONS 5:2...
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Fifth lamentation:
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our
reproach. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to
aliens. We are orphans, fatherless, our mothers are...
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1 Timothy 1:17; 1 Timothy 6:15; 1 Timothy 6:16; Daniel 2:44; Daniel
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Thy throne — Altho' for our sins thou sufferest our throne to be
cast down, yet thou art the same, thy power is not diminished, nor thy
goodness abated....