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Verse 6. _WE HAVE GIVEN THE HAND_ TO _THE EGYPTIANS_] We have sought
alliances both with the Egyptians and Assyrians, and made covenants
with them in order to get the necessaries of life. Or, wherever...
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“To give the hand” means to submit oneself. Absolutely it was
Babylon that had just destroyed their national existence, but Jeremiah
means that all feelings of patriotism were crushed, and the sole ca...
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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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GIVEN THE HAND. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of the Adjunct),
App-6, for voluntary submission....
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Not only are they subject to privations at home, but they have been
driven by them into servitude abroad. Hosea 7:11 also combines Egypt
and Assyria. The distance of the latter has caused it to be sus...
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WE HAVE GIVEN THE HAND— _We have submitted._...
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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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We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be
satisfied with bread. WE HAVE GIVEN THE HAND TO - in token of
submission (note, ).
TO THE EGYPTIANS - at the death of Josiah, whe...
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5:6 Asshur, (c-10) i.e. the Assyrians....
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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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_To_ THE ASSYRIANS] Babylonians of course are meant (Jeremiah 2:18; 2
Kings 23:29)....
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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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WE HAVE GIVEN THE HAND. — The recognised phrase for submission
(Jeremiah 1:15). “Assyria,” as in Jeremiah 2:18; Ezra 6:22, stands
for “Babylon.” The people had been forced by sheer pressure of
hunger...
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מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר
לִ שְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ...
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AN APPEAL FOR GOD'S COMPASSION
Lamentations 5:1
UNLIKE its predecessors, the fifth and last elegy is not an acrostic.
There is little to be gained by a discussion of the various
conjectures that have...
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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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_Hand; engaged to serve Egyptians, Babylonians, (Calmet) or other
nations, to procure sustenance. (Worthington)_...
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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 speaks here of the mendicity of the people, that they sought bread
from every quarter. To give the hand, is explained in three ways: some
say that it means humbly to ask; others, to make an agreeme...
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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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WE HAVE GIVEN OUR HAND [TO] THE EGYPTIANS,.... Either by way of
supplication, to beg bread of them; or by way of covenant and
agreement; or to testify subjection to them, in order to be supplied
with...
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We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to
be satisfied with bread.
Ver. 6. _We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the
Assyrians._] Enemies to the Chaldeans, no l...
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_Consider, and behold our reproach_ Which we suffer from the heathen
nations. _Our inheritance is turned to strangers_ Namely, to the
Babylonians and others, to whom our lands are given. _We are orpha...
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT MISERY...
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We have given the hand, stretching it out in humble supplication, TO
THE EGYPTIANS AND TO THE ASSYRIANS, TO BE SATISFIED WITH BREAD, since
the nation as such was reduced to absolute beggary....
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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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The ten tribes were all carried captives into Assyria, many of the
kingdom of Judah, as we have heard, fled into Egypt after the taking
of Jerusalem. GIVING THE HAND may either signify working with th...
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Lamentations 5:6 given H5414 (H8804) hand H3027 Egyptians H4714
Assyrians H804 satisfied H7646 (H8800) bread H3899
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We have given the hand to the Egyptians,
And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
In view of the mention of the Assyrians some see this as looking back
to the past when they had had to come...
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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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_Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us._
AN APPEAL FOR GOD’S COMPASSION
The prayer opens with a striking phrase--“Remember, O Lord,” etc.
It cannot be supposed that the elegist conceived of his God...
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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 5:6. Judæa was on the verge of famine through the
foragings of the invaders, and, under the ominous shadow of
starvation, TO EGYPT WE HAVE GIVEN THE HAND, _i.e.,_ implo...
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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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2 Kings 10:15; Ezekiel 17:18; Genesis 24:2; Hosea 12:1; Hosea 5:13;...
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We — The ten tribes were all carried captives into Assyria, and many
of the kingdom of Judah fled into Egypt. Giving the hand may signify
labouring for them: or, yielding up themselves to their power....