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Verse Lamentations 5:22. _BUT THOU HAST UTTERLY REJECTED US_] It
appears as if thou hadst sealed our final reprobation, because thou
showest against us _exceeding great wrath_. But _convert us, O Lor...
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Literally, “Unless thou hast utterly rejected us,” unless “thou
art very wroth against us.” This is stated as a virtual
impossibility. God’s anger can be but temporary Psalms 30:5, and
therefore the v...
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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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ART. hast been.
IN THE public reading of the Hebrew text Lamentations 5:21 is repeated
after Lamentations 5:22, so that the book may end with comfort. The
same is the case with Ecclesiastes, Isaiah, a...
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See intr. note to ch....
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_But, etc_.] better as mg., _Unless thou_… and _art, etc_. The whole
sentence is an hypothesis not to be accepted as fact. God's anger
cannot last for ever, and thus there is yet hope.
Although the B...
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RENEW OUR DAYS, &C.— _Renew our days as of old;_ Lamentations 5:22.
_After thou hast rejected us and hast been very wroth against us._
Houbigant.
REFLECTIONS.—1st, The prophet, in the name of his affl...
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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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BUT THOU HAST UTTERLY REJECTED US - rather, 'Unless haply thou hast
utterly rejected us, and art beyond measure wroth against us' - i:e.,
Unless thou art implacable, which is impossible, hear our pra...
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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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BUT] RV 'unless,' which is better; for that Jehovah has utterly
rejected Zion is to the poet unthinkable. The tone of the v., however,
is so melancholy that in some MSS Lamentations 5:21 is repeated;...
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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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BUT THOU HAST... — The Authorised version represents the mourner as
falling back from the hopeful prayer into the depths of despair. For
“but” we should, however, read _unless._ The hypothesis of utte...
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כִּ֚י אִם ־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ
קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ...
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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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CHAPTER V.
_ Thou hast. We might read with an interrogation, (Haydock) in Hebrew,
"Hast thou?" &c. The Jews superstitiously repeat the last verse, for
fear of ending the book in an ominous manner, as...
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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 two words כי אם, _ki am, _are differently explained: some
render them, “but if,” or “certainly if,” and thus separate
the verse into two parts, “Surely if thou hast rejected us, thou art
very angr...
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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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BUT THOU HAST UTTERLY REJECTED US,.... That looks as if they had no
hope, and were in despair of having their petitions granted; since God
had entirely rejected them from being his people, and would n...
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But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Ver. 22. _But thou hast utterly rejected us._] This is a sad
catastrophe, or close of this doleful ditty, _a_ Sometimes God's
suppli...
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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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But, or "Unless," THOU HAST UTTERLY REJECTED US; THOU ART VERY WROTH
AGAINST US. It is hardly plausible that God's anger is so excessively
great as to cause Him to shut out His repentant children fore...
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Plea for the Renewal of Jehovah's Love...
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BUT THOU HAST UTTERLY REJECTED US:
Or, for wilt thou utterly reject us?...
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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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OLBHeb;
Our translators have here so rendered the particle yk that the words
seem to express some diffidence in the prophet of God's mercy in
restoring the people to their former state, some expressio...
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Turn you us unto you, O YHWH, and we will be turned,
Renew our days as of old.
Unless (ki 'im) you have utterly rejected us,
You are very angry against us.
But he also realises that they cannot exp...
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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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Ezekiel 37:11; Hosea 1:6; Jeremiah 15:1; Psalms 44:9; Psalms 60:1;...