This chapter contains twenty-two verses: each verse having three lines: each line beginning with the same letter: and so, onward to the end of the alphabet. I AM THE MAN. The prophet is representative of the nation, and speaks in the name of the whole. He is also typical and prophetical of Another,... [ Continue Reading ]
BUILDED AGAINST. built up against. GALL. Compare Lamentations 3:19, and Psalms 69:21, with Matthew 27:34. TRAVEL. travail, or labour. This line probably is put for the fortifications and the trench.... [ Continue Reading ]
SET ME. made me to dwell. AS THEY, &C.. like the age-long dead.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAIN. iron, or bronze. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause). App-6, for the fetters made of it. Compare Judges 16:21 and 2 Kings 25:7. 2Ch 83:11. 2 Chronicles 36:6; Jeremiah 39:7. all of distinguished men.... [ Continue Reading ]
CROOKED. to turn or wind back.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. LION. See note on Psalms 22:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS BOW. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._... [ Continue Reading ]
ARROWS. sons. Figure of speech _Hypocatastasis._ As "sparks" are called "sons of the flame".... [ Continue Reading ]
DERISION. Compare Jeremiah 20:8. ALL MY PEOPLE.. special various reading called _Sevir_ (App-34), with some codices, and Syriac, read "all peoples". SONG. mocking-song. Compare Lamentations 3:63 and Psalms 69:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRENGTH. strength (for endurance). Hebrew. _nezah._ See notes on Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 40:10; Isaiah 40:26; Isaiah 40:29; Isaiah 40:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
REMEMBERING. Remember.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SOUL. The primitive reading was "Thy soul", which the _Sopherim_ have recorded, and state that they altered it to "My soul" (see App-33), considering it an offensive _anthropomorphism._ By so doing they destroyed the logical sequence and deep pathos of the primitive text. The three verses (Lament... [ Continue Reading ]
MIND. heart. HOPE. expectation.... [ Continue Reading ]
MERCIES. lovingkindnesses. BECAUSE. verily.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEW. fresh. EVERY MORNING. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), for always and continually.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAIT FOR HIM. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 49:18, same word).... [ Continue Reading ]
QUIETLY WAIT. wait, and he silent.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. See note on Lamentations 1:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVETH HIS CHEEK. Compare Isaiah 50:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD*. One of the 134 places where the _Sopherim_ say they altered "Jehovah" of the primitive text to "Adonai". See App-32. Here some codices, with two early printed editions, also read "Jehovah".... [ Continue Reading ]
WILLINGLY. from His heart. CHILDREN. sons. MEN. Hebrew. _'ish_ (sing).... [ Continue Reading ]
TURN ASIDE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 16:19; Deuteronomy 24:17; Deuteronomy 27:19, same word). THE MOST HIGH. Hebrew. _'Elyon._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. THE HEAVENS. Supply the _Ellipsis_ thus: "the heavens [saying], We have", &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRANSGRESSED. revolted. Hebrew. _p_ asha _'_. App-44. Compare Lamentations 1:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
PERSECUTED. pursued. Compare Psalms 35:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL OUR ENEMIES, &C. Here again, as in Lamentations 2:16 and Lamentations 2:17, the letters _P_. (= P) and _Ayin_ () are transposed; not from any "mistake" or "forgetfulness", but to call our attention to the truth which might otherwise have been overlooked: viz. the sorrow, on account of the destru... [ Continue Reading ]
FEAR AND. SNARE. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6). Hebrew. _pachad vapachath._ Compare Isaiah 24:17; Jeremiah 48:43. In English, "Scare and snare".... [ Continue Reading ]
MINE EYE RUNNETH DOWN. Compare Luke 19:41. App-85. EYE. tears: "eye" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for the tears which flow from it.... [ Continue Reading ]
MINE HEART. my soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
DUNGEON. pit. Compare Jeremiah 38:6. and Psalms 88:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
OVER MINE HEAD. Compare Psalms 69:2. I AM CUT OFF. Compare Psalms 88:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY NAME. Thee, or Thy attributes. See note on Psalms 20:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
AT MY BREATHING. See note on Malachi 3:16. AT MY CRY. Some codices, with Vulgate, read "and at my cry" (or outcry).... [ Continue Reading ]
REDEEMED. Hebrew. _ga'al._ See note on Exodus 6:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
DEVICE. meditation. Hebrew. _Higyon._ See App-66.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR MUSICK. their mocking song, as in Lamentations 3:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVE THEM SORROW OF HEART. Thou wilt suffer them. veiling (or obstinacy) of heart. See Isaiah 6:9; Isaiah 6:10. SORROW. covering, or veiling.... [ Continue Reading ]