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Or, “They who without cause are mine enemies have hunted me sore
like a bird.” Probably the prophet is speaking of his personal
sorrows....
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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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There is a possible reference on the part of the writer to Jeremiah
38:6, but this is rendered unlikely by the fact that the "dungeon" had
no water in it, and thus Lamentations 3:54 is inapplicable. T...
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MINE ENEMIES CHASED ME— The prophet in this and the following verses
describes his own sufferings, when his enemies seized him, and cast
him into the dungeon. See Jeremiah 20:7; Jeremiah 37:15. He com...
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IV. HIS PERSONAL SUFFERING Lamentations 3:48-54
TRANSLATION
(48) With streams of water my eyes flow because of the destruction of
the daughter of my people. (49) My eyes flow without ceasing, without...
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Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. MINE ENEMIES
CHASED ME SORE, LIKE A BIRD - which is destitute of counsel and
strength. The allusion seems to be to (Calvin).
WITHOUT CAUSE -...
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3:52 me (a-10) Or 'Mine enemies have without cause chased me.'...
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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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WITHOUT CAUSE... — The words connect themselves in the Hebrew with
“mine enemies” (comp. Psalms 35:7; Psalms 35:19; Psalms 69:4), and
it has been inferred from this that Jeremiah speaks not of the
Cha...
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צֹ֥וד צָד֛וּנִי כַּ † צִּפֹּ֖ור
אֹיְבַ֥י חִנָּֽם׃
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GRIEVING BEFORE GOD
Lamentations 3:43
AS might have been expected, the mourning patriot quickly forsakes the
patch of sunshine which lights up a few verses of this elegy. But the
vision of it has not...
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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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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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We shall see to the end of the chapter the various complaints, by
which the Prophet deplored the miseries of his own nation, that he
might at length obtain the mercy of God. He takes here the comparis...
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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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MINE ENEMIES CHASED ME SORE LIKE A BIRD,.... That is weak and
helpless, fearful and timorous; that flees from place to place when
pursued; so it was with the prophet, or rather with the people of the...
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Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
Ver. 52. _Mine enemies chased me sore._] In a most eager and extreme
manner, with utmost cruelty and craft.
_ As a bird._] Beaten from bush t...
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_Mine enemies chased me sore_ “The prophet in this, and the
following verses, describes his own sufferings, when his enemies
seized him and put him into the dungeon, Jeremiah 37:16; Jeremiah
38:6. He...
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Mine enemies chased me sore, hunting him down like fowlers, LIKE A
BIRD, WITHOUT CAUSE. Cf Proverbs 1:17....
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CONFESSION OF SIN AND COMPLAINT OVER THE CRUELTY OF THE ENEMIES...
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42-54 The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was
grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping,
they continued waiting; and neither did nor would expect relie...
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As boys beat a bird from bush to bush, suffering it to rest no where,
so mine enemies, to whom I gave no cause, pursued me....
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Lamentations 3:52 enemies H341 (H8802) cause H2600 Hunted H6679
(H8804) H6679 (H8800) bird H6833...
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THE PROPHET LOOKS BACK ON HIS OWN EXPERIENCES AND CALLS ON YHWH TO
AVENGE HIM (LAMENTATIONS 3:52).
The chapter commenced with the personal experience of the prophet in
Lamentations 3:1 but there it wa...
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Lamentations 3:52. _Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without
cause. They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon
me. Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off...
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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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EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
(צ) Lamentations 3:52. THEY HAVE HUNTED ME DOWN LIKE A BIRD is hunted
when pursued with the eagerness of THOSE WHO ARE MY ENEMIES WITHOUT
CAUSE, and who will not relax efforts till...
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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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1 Samuel 30:3; 1 Samuel 30:4; Genesis 44:34; Jeremiah 11:22; J