LAMENTATIONS 1:1 How Lonely Sits the City. Lamentations 1:1 begins with a description of Jerusalem’s destruction (vv. Lamentations 1:1) and reports of her calls for help (vv. Lamentations 1:12). Jerusalem speaks in vv. Lamentations 1:9, Lamentations 1:11,... [ Continue Reading ]
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 1:2 Jerusalem WEEPS BITTERLY IN THE NIGHT because of her losses (v. Lamentations 1:1). LOVERS... FRIENDS. Her former allies (see vv. Lamentations 1:16, Lamentations 1:17; Jeremiah 22:20). ⇐... [ Continue Reading ]
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 1:3 GONE INTO EXILE. See Jeremiah 52:24. BECAUSE OF AFFLICTION AND HARD SERVITUDE. See Lamentations 1:7, Lamentations 1:9; Lamentations 3:1, Lamentations 3:19. Exiles were often forced to work constantly. Such labor remind [ Continue Reading ]
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 1:4 Devastated Jerusalem lacks worshipers (see Jeremiah 41:4) to travel her ROADS, enter her GATES, and attend any FESTIVAL. The VIRGINS were women who participated in joyful processions (Psalms 68:24) and dances (Jeremiah 31:4) ⇐... [ Continue Reading ]
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 1:5 HER ENEMIES PROSPER. Babylon has conquered Jerusalem (Jeremiah 52:1) because of her TRANSGRESSIONS, that is, she has willfully broken God’s law (see Lamentations 1:5, Lamentations 1:14, Lamentations 1:22; Amos 1:3,... [ Continue Reading ]
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 1:7 In exile the people recall the days of David, Solomon, and Josiah (ALL THE PRECIOUS THINGS) in DAYS OF OLD. These precious things have been replaced with worthless things like the gloating and mocking of enemies. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName... [ Continue Reading ]
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 1:8 JERUSALEM SINNED GRIEVOUSLY. See v. Lamentations 1:5. FILTHY. Literally, “impurity”; see v. Lamentations 1:17. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 1:9 HER UNCLEANNESS. The sins she committed (v. Lamentations 1:8) were IN HER SKIRTS, that is, they clung to her. She TOOK NO THOUGHT OF HER FUTURE in the sense that she did not expect things to turn out as they had, despite God’s warnings in Leviticus 26:14, Deuter... [ Continue Reading ]
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 1:13 FROM ON HIGH HE SENT FIRE. Fire is a common way of describing judgment (Amos 1:3). The phrase reminds readers of Sodom and Gomorrah (see Genesis 19:23; Lamentations 4:6). INTO MY BONES. The very core of Jerusalem’s being (Jeremiah 20:9).... [ Continue Reading ]
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 1:18 Jerusalem confesses that God IS IN THE RIGHT (see Psalms 51:4) for judging her rebellion. BUT HEAR. Nonetheless, she desires comfort from ALL YOU PEOPLES. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 1:21 NO ONE TO COMFORT ME. See vv. Lamentations 1:9, Lamentations 1:16, Lamentations 1:17. THE DAY YOU ANNOUNCED. The day of judgment promised by Moses and the prophets (see vv. Lamentations 1:12; Isaiah 2:6;... [ Continue Reading ]