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Verse 11. _THEY RAVISHED THE WOMEN IN ZION_, AND _THE MAIDS IN THE_
_CITIES OF JUDAH._] The evil mentioned here was predicted by Moses,
Deuteronomy 28:30; Deuteronomy 28:32, and by Jeremiah,...
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THEY RAVISHED - They humbled....
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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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We notice the sudden harking back to incidents connected immediately
with the capture of the city....
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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
A PENITENT NATION
Lamentations 5:1-22
The form of the fifth poem differs in at least two respects from the
four which precede it. First, this poem is not in the acrostic form.
But...
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They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of
Judah. THEY RAVISHED THE WOMEN IN ZION. So, in just retribution,
Babylon itself should fare in the end (). Jerusalem shall for the last...
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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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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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נָשִׁים֙ בְּ צִיֹּ֣ון עִנּ֔וּ
בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּ ע
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SIN AND SHAME
Lamentations 5:11
THE keynote of the fifth elegy is struck in its opening verse when the
poet calls upon God to remember the reproach that has been cast upon
His people. The preceding p...
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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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_Oppressed. Hebrew, "afflicted." Brutal insolence prevailed. (Calmet)_...
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We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be
satisfied with bread. Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we
have borne their iniquities. Servants have ruled over us: there...
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He mentions here another kind of reproach, that women had been
ravished in Jerusalem, and in other cities. (232) God had commanded
chastity to be observed among his people. When, therefore, virgins an...
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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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THEY RAVISHED THE WOMEN IN ZION,.... Or "humbled" them w; an
euphemism; the women that were married to men in Zion, as the Targum;
and if this wickedness was committed in the holy mountain of Zion, it...
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They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of
Judah.
Ver. 11. _They ravished the women in Zion._] Heb., They humbled,
_i.e., _ they dishonested: although _Virgo invita vexari quid...
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They, the invading armies and the raiding hordes, RAVISHED THE WOMEN
IN ZION AND THE MAIDS IN THE CITIES OF JUDAH, the usual accompaniment
of barbarous warfare....
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT MISERY...
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1-16 Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out
his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not
of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient u...
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Usual outrages of barbarous soldiers. The Hebrew is, They _humbled_, a
modest term to express these actions by....
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Lamentations 5:11 ravished H6031 (H8765) women H802 Zion H6726 maidens
H1330 cities H5892 Judah H3063...
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They ravished the women in Zion,
The virgins in the cities of Judah.
The Israelite women were now easy prey for the Babylonian soldiers so
that many women, including virgins, were ravished in Jerusa...
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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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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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EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
Lamentations 5:10. The bread, which was obtained at the risk of their
lives, was not enough in quantity to nourish them. OUR SKIN IS HOT
LIKE AN OVEN; the feverishness is BECAUSE O...
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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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Deuteronomy 28:30; Isaiah 13:16; Zechariah 14:2...