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Verse Lamentations 4:22. _THE PUNISHMENT OF THINE INIQUITY IS
ACCOMPLISHED, O_ _DAUGHTER OF ZION_] On the contrary: Rejoice, O
Jerusalem, for thy captivity will soon end; thy sufferings are nearly
co...
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The prophet ends his elegy with the language of Messianic hope. The
earthly king had fallen Lamentations 4:20; but Israel cannot really
perish. First then Edom, the representative of the Church’s foes...
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CHAPTER 4 THE DEPARTED GLORY AND THE CUP OF SHAME
This new lament begins with a description of the former glory of Zion
and its present wretchedness; the glory is departed:
How is the gold become dim...
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LAMENTATIONS 4. THE FOURTH LAMENT. This has less literary finish than
Lamentations 4:3, and it has also less spiritual value. It lacks much
of the saints whom one seems to see in Lamentations 4:1, and...
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ACCOMPLISHED. completed.
VISIT. punish, as in Lamentations 4:6. See note there....
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For the fierce vengeance which is to come on Edom cp. Jeremiah
49:7-22; Psalms 137:7; Isaiah 34 specially Lamentations 4:5;...
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_The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished_ (better than mg.
_Thine iniquity hath an end_) the prophetic perfect. Cp. Isaiah 40:1
f.
_discover_ uncover, lay bare. Cp. (in A.V.) Psalms 29:9; Isa...
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III. AN EXPECTATION REGARDING THE JUDGMENT Lamentations 4:21-22
TRANSLATION
(21) Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, who dwells in the land
of Uz! But to You also shall the cup pass. You shall b...
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The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion;
he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine
iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
TH...
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ZION'S FORMER GLORY CONTRASTED WITH HER PRESENT HUMILIATION
In this fourth dirge the poet describes the miseries of the various
classes in the sack of Jerusalem, concluding with a warning to Edom.
In...
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THE PUNISHMENT OF THINE INIQUITY IS ACCOMPLISHED] lit. 'ended.' For
one brief moment the curtain of gloom is lifted, and a hope—in a
sense a Messianic hope—is held out to Zion (Isaiah 40:2). HE WILL
D...
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JEREMIAH WEEPS IN THE DARKNESS
LAMENTATIONS
_ROY ROHU_
CHAPTER 4
JEREMIAH CONTINUES TO SPEAK.
V1 Look! The gold has stopped shining! Look how the best gold has
changed! The stones of the *temple...
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IS ACCOMPLISHED. — The mourner shares in the Messianic hopes of
Isaiah 40:2, and expresses it nearly in the same words.
HE WILL NO MORE CARRY THEE AWAY. — Interpreted by later history, the
words take...
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THE DEBT OF GUILT EXTINGUISHED
Lamentations 4:21
ONE after another the vain hopes of the Jews melt in mists of sorrow.
But just as the last of these flickering lights is disappearing a
gleam of conso...
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The fourth poem is for the most part a dirge of desolation, which
nevertheless ends in a song of hope. Jeremiah first described the
disaster in Zion, declaring that it all arose as the result of the s...
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The punishment of thy iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he
(o) will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thy
iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will disclose thy sins.
(o)...
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_Accomplished, and sufficiently punished by exile, chap. l. 20., and
Isaias xl. 2. --- Discovered. Genesis xliv. 16., and 3 Kings xvii. 18.
(Calmet) --- In vain wouldst thou hid them. (Haydock)_...
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Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of
Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken,
and shalt make thyself naked. The punishment of thine iniqui...
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This verse, in my judgment, is incorrectly explained; and the Jews
have toiled much, for there seems to be a kind of inconsistency, since
it is certain that they were afterwards scattered into exile,...
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Jeremiah, having now found Jehovah in the affliction, tranquilly
measures its whole extent. But this is itself a consolation. For after
all Jehovah who changes not is there to comfort the heart. This...
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THE PUNISHMENT OF THINE INIQUITY IS ACCOMPLISHED, O DAUGHTER OF
ZION,.... In part in the seventy years' captivity in Babylon, and more
fully in their present captivity; for, as has been observed, ther...
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The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion;
he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine
iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
Ver....
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_Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom_ A sarcastical expression, as
if the prophet had said, Rejoice while thou mayest, O Edom, over the
calamities of the Jews; but thy joy shall not last long, for...
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The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion,
her guilt being removed by the mercy of Jehovah; HE WILL NO MORE CARRY
THEE AWAY INTO CAPTIVITY, not cause another sentence of ban...
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God's Judgment a Consequence of the Sins of the Prophets and Priests...
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PUNISHMENT OF THINE INIQUITY:
Or, thine iniquity
DISCOVER THY SINS:
Or, carry thee captive for thy sins...
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21,22 Here it is foretold that an end should be put to Zion's
troubles. Not the fulness of punishment deserved, but of what God has
determined to inflict. An end shall be put to Edom's triumphs. All...
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OLBHeb;
O Judea, thy punishment is past, but the punishment of Edom is yet to
come. The Jews were to abide many years in captivity, but they were
now suffering their last punishment from the Chaldeans...
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Lamentations 4:22 iniquity H5771 accomplished H8552 (H8804) daughter
H1323 Zion H6726 longer H3254 (H8686) captivity...
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EDOM ARE TO BE PUNISHED FOR THEIR PART IN JERUSALEM'S DOWNFALL AND FOR
TAKING POSSESSION OF SOUTHERN JUDAH. WHILST THERE WAS HOPE IN THE
FUTURE FOR ZION, THERE WOULD BE NONE FOR EDOM (LAMENTATIONS 4:2...
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CONTENTS: Lamentation on the direful effects of calamities of Judah.
Sins of the leaders acknowledged.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Nothing ripens a people more for ruin, nor fills the
mea...
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Lamentations 4:1. _How is the gold,_ זהב _zahab,_ so called because
of its superior lustre to other metals, now _become dim._ Gold does
not oxidize, and scarcely receives a tarnish; yet the rulers and...
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LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 4:1 How the Gold Has Grown Dim.
Chapter Lamentations 4:1 returns to themes in chs....
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LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 4:22 ACCOMPLISHED. Their
PUNISHMENT has ended, and now the long, hard, slow recovery of life,
worship, and society can begin. keep you in exile no longer
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EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
(ש) Lamentations 4:21. _The children of Edom_ had exulted over the
destruction of Jerusalem, and urgently culled for its completeness.
They said, _Rase it, rate it, even to the foun...
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THE SUFFERINGS OF JERUSALEM; NO CLASS IS EXEMPT. EDOM'S TRIUMPHING.
EXPOSITION
LAMENTATIONS 4:1
HOW IS THE GOLD BECOME DIM!… THE STONES OF THE SANCTUARY, etc. "Alas
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The fourth lamentation:
How is the gold become dim! the most fine gold changed! the stones of
the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. The precious
sons of Zion, comparable to fine go...
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Ezekiel 37:28; Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 52:1; Isaiah 60:18; Jeremiah 32:40
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Captivity — Not for thy past sins. Thy sins — By the punishment of
them....