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Why then does a loving God, who disapproves of suffering when
inflicted by man upon man, Himself send sorrow and misery? “Because
of sins.”
Lamentations 3:37
Literally, “Who is this that spake and i...
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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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See intr. note....
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Cp. Psalms 33:9....
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The order of thought in this group is, All events are absolutely in
the hands of God. Thus calamity and prosperity come in response to His
command. But it is man's sin that procures for him the former...
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WHO IS HE THAT SAITH— "The king of Babylon, and such haughty
tyrants, may boast of their power, as if it were equal to that of
Omnipotence itself. But still it is God's prerogative to bring to pass
wh...
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B. Reflections About Suffering Lamentations 3:26-39
TRANSLATION
(26) It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the
LORD. (27) It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his yout...
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Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth
it not? WHO IS HE THAT SAITH, AND IT COMETH TO PASS. A double question
is implied, Who is it that can (as God, ) effect by a word...
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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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(37-39) New grounds of patient faith are given: (1) In an echo from
Psalms 33:9, affirming the sovereignty of God. The evil which He
permits is under the control of this loving purpose; and (2) as far...
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מִ֣י זֶ֤ה אָמַר֙ וַ תֶּ֔הִי אֲדֹנָ֖י
לֹ֥א
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GOD AND EVIL
Lamentations 3:37
THE eternal problem of the relation of God to evil is here treated
with the keenest discrimination. That God is the supreme and
irresistible ruler, that no man can succ...
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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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Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass, [when] the Lord (r)
commandeth [it] not?
(r) He shows that nothing is done without God's providence....
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_Commanded. Hebrew, "said: It cometh to pass," as if by chance. There
have always been Epicureans, Ezechiel viii. 12., and Psalm xciii. 7.
(Calmet) --- Those who deny Providence speak, ver. 30. (Worth...
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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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The Prophet, after having mentioned the blasphemy which prevailed
everywhere at that time, strongly condemns so gross a stupidity. _Who
is this? _he says. He checks such madness by a sharp rebuke — fo...
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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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WHO [IS] HE [THAT] SAITH, AND IT COMETH TO PASS?.... Or, "who [that]
says [this shall be], and it cometh to pass?" or, "who [is] he [that]
saith [this shall] come to pass?" i this, or that, or the oth...
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Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass, [when] the Lord
commandeth [it] not?
Ver. 37. _Who is he?_] _Tam imprudens et imperitus?_ Can any one be
so simple as to think that the enemy could do...
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_Who is he that saith_ That commands an event to take place, or
predicts that it shall take place, _and it cometh to pass_
accordingly, _when the Lord commandeth not?_ Or who designs a thing,
and brin...
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Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth
it not? There is nothing happening on the earth which is not in
accordance with the Lord's intention or not happening with His
per...
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God's Mercy and Power Revealed...
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37-41 While there is life there is hope; and instead of complaining
that things are bad, we should encourage ourselves with the hope they
will be better. We are sinful men, and what we complain of, i...
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The sense of these words is doubted by none, that nothing cometh to
pass in the world but by the disposal of Divine Providence, either
effecting it by an immediate influence, or permitting it; but to...
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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 i...
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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 3:37 SPOKEN AND IT CAME TO PASS.
Just as in creation (see Genesis 1:3;...
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EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
(מ) Lamentations 3:37. The reason for not mentioning any name of God,
as in Lamentations 3:1, is now wholly dispensed with, and He is
presented as conditionating all events. He obse...
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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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2 Samuel 11:27; Habakkuk 1:13; Isaiah 59:15...
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Who — Nothing comes to pass in the world, but by the disposal of
divine providence. This seems to be spoken in the name of the people
of God, arguing themselves into a quiet submission, to their
affli...