HOW. Alas! or,. how! Hebrew. _'eykah_. an exclamation of pain and grief,. wailing cry (preserved in Eng. " _jackal_ "). The _Massorah_ (App-30) points out that this exclamation is used by three prophets, concerning Israel: (1) by Moses in her multiplication (Deuteronomy 1:12. Compare Lamentations 1... [ Continue Reading ]
WEEPETH SORE. Note Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6). The Hebrew. a weeping she weepeth. Thus well rendered. See note on Genesis 26:28. and note the Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia_ (App-6). LOVERS: i.e. allies, whom she had preferred to Jehovah. See Jeremiah 2:17; Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 2:36; J... [ Continue Reading ]
AMONG THE HEATHEN. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:64; Deuteronomy 28:65). HEATHEN. nations. PERSECUTORS. pursuers. BETWEEN THE STRAITS. Like. hunted animal driven where there is no escape. Same word as in Psalms 116:3; Psalms 118:5. Occurs only in these three places. Compare Lamentations... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WAYS. Not streets in the city, but the roads leading thereto. MOURN. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia._ App-6. SOLEMN FEASTS. appointed feasts. See note on Psalms 74:8 (same word). BITTERNESS. bitter for her. Instead of festal joy, Compare Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9; Jeremiah 25:10; Jeremiah... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE THE CHIEFS ARE THE HEAD. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:13; Deuteronomy 28:44), the same word. App-92. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. transgressions. rebellions. Hebrew. _pasha'_. App-44. CHILDREN. young children, as in Lamentations 2:11; Lamentations 2:19; Lamentations 2:20, and... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE HARTS. See note on Lamentations 1:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
PLEASANT THINGS. Hebrew. things of desire. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for the things she used to enjoy. SABBATHS: or, sabbath-keepings; which she had herself profaned. See Jeremiah 17:21.Ezekiel 22:8; Ezekiel 22:26; Ezekiel 23:38,... [ Continue Reading ]
GRIEVOUSLY SINNED. Note the Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ Hebrew. sinned. sin. Thus well rendered. See note on "weepeth sore" (Lamentations 1:2). SINNED. Hebrew. _chata'_. App-44. IS REMOVE D. separated as unclean.... [ Continue Reading ]
REMERNBERETH. remembered. LAST END. hereafter. WONDERFULLY. Hebrew, plural "wonders". a great wonder. BEHOLD. see, behold. Same word as in verses: Lamentations 1:18; Lamentations 1:20. Not the same word as in Lamentations 1:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENTERED INTO HER SANCTUARY. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 23:3),. technical expression. App-92. CONGREGATION. convocation, or assembly.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. look attentively. Not the same word as in verses: Lamentations 1:9; Lamentations 1:18; Lamentations 1:20. BE. exists. Hebrew. _yesh._ See Genesis 18:24.Proverbs 8:21; Proverbs 18:24, &c. SORROW. pain. DONE UNTO ME. Compare Lamentations 1:22;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE YOKE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:48), the same words. App-92. WREATHED. intertwined. HE: or. It: i.e. the yoke. FALL. stumble. THE LORD*. One of the 134 places where the _Sopherim_ say they changed Jehovah to Adonai. See App-32.... [ Continue Reading ]
MIGHTY MEN. valiant ones. Hebrew. _'abir_. Not the same word as in Lamentations 3:1; Lamentations 3:27; Lamentations 3:35; Lamentations 3:39. CALLED. proclaimed. Same word as in verses: Lamentations 1:19; Lamentations 1:21. AN ASSEMBLY. a festal gathering. Now that Israel's feasts had ceased, ther... [ Continue Reading ]
MINE EYE, MINE EYE. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), for emphasis. It is not repeated in the Septuagint RELIEVE MY SOUL. bring me back to life. Compare Lamentations 1:19. CHILDREN. sons. Not the same word as in Lamentations 2:11; Lamentations 2:19; Lamentations 2:20 and Lamentations 4:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
JACOB. Referring to the natural seed. See notes on Genesis 32:28; Genesis 43:6; Genesis 45:26; Genesis 45:28. Compare Lamentations 2:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS. Hebrew. He [is]. PEOPLE. peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
GAVE UP THE GHOST. expired, or breathed their last.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Here begins the prayer. ABROAD THE SWORD. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:25).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DAY: i.e. the day of vengeance of Jeremiah 25:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET ALL, &C. This prayer is in accordance with that Dispensation. Not with this. See App-63. WICKEDNESS. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. AS =. according as. TRANSGRESSIONS. rebellions. Hebrew. _pasha'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]