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Verse 51. _MINE EYE AFFECTETH MINE HEART_] What I _see_ I _feel_. I
see nothing but _misery_; and I _feel_, in consequence, nothing but
_pain_. There have been various translations of the original: bu...
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The deep sympathy of the prophet, which pours itself forth in abundant
tears over the distress of his people.
Lamentations 3:51
Or, “Mine eye” causeth pain to my soul, i. e. maketh my soul ache,
beca...
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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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MINE HEART. my soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
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See intr. note....
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_affecteth my soul_ The inflammation of eyes caused by continual
weeping, or, better, the sights of misery on which he looks, add to
his mental suffering.
_the daughters of my city_ either those whose...
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AFFECTETH— _Preys upon._...
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IV. HIS PERSONAL SUFFERING Lamentations 3:48-54
TRANSLATION
(48) With streams of water my eyes flow because of the destruction of
the daughter of my people. (49) My eyes flow without ceasing, without...
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Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
WITHOUT ANY INTERMISSION - or else, 'because there is no intermission'
(Piscator), namely, of my miseries. Verse 50. TILL THE LORD...
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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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AFFECTETH. — Better, _harmeth,_ or _causeth grief to._
THE DAUGHTERS OF MY CITY. — The words have been understood (1) of
the maidens of Jerusalem (comp. Lamentations 1:4; Lamentations 1:18;...
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GRIEVING BEFORE GOD
Lamentations 3:43
AS might have been expected, the mourning patriot quickly forsakes the
patch of sunshine which lights up a few verses of this elegy. But the
vision of it has not...
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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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My eye (x) affecteth my heart because of all the daughters of my city.
(x) I am overcome with sore weeping for all my people....
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_Wasted. Literally, "robbed." (Haydock) --- I have felt more for my
people than they have themselves. Moral writers often product this
text, to shew the dangers of an unguarded glance (Calmet) at wome...
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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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He had said, that his eye flowed down, and then, that it was like a
fountain, from which many streams or rivers flowed: he now adopts
another mode of speaking, that his _eyes grieved his soul; _and it...
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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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MINE EYE AFFECTETH MINE HEART,.... Seeing the desolation of his
country; the ruins of the city and temple of Jerusalem; and the
multitudes of those that were slain, and carried captive; and the
distre...
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Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
Ver. 51. _Mine eye affecteth my heart._] _Iisdem quibus videmus oculis
flemus,_ We see and weep with the same eyes. But Pliny _a...
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_Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water_ In this and the three
following verses the prophet shows that the misfortunes of his country
constituted no small part of his personal affliction. _Mine ey...
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CONFESSION OF SIN AND COMPLAINT OVER THE CRUELTY OF THE ENEMIES...
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Mine eye affecteth mine heart, literally, "my eye puts an ache upon my
soul," the pain of the eye from its ceaseless weeping affecting the
soul as well, BECAUSE OF ALL THE DAUGHTERS OF MY CITY, whose...
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MINE HEART:
_ Heb._ my soul
BECAUSE OF ALL:
Or, more then all...
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42-54 The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was
grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping,
they continued waiting; and neither did nor would expect relie...
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The eye and the ear are those organs of the body, by which the soul
exerciseth its senses to bring in all objects, whether pleasant or
sad, to the understanding to judge of them, according to the judg...
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Lamentations 3:51 eyes H5869 suffering H5953 (H8782) soul H5315
daughters H1323 city H5892
eye -...
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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 peopl...
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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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LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 3:51 MY EYES CAUSE ME GRIEF. What
he has witnessed saddens the speaker.
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EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
(פ) Lamentations 3:46 present significant intimations of their base
condition. ENEMIES making sport of them FEAR AND PITFALLS surrounding
them, and the oft-recurring feeling of utt...
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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 9:16; Isaiah 62:6; Isaiah 62:7; Isaiah 63:15; Isaiah 64:1;...