"The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem."
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Verse 12. _THE KINGS OF THE EARTH_] Jerusalem was so well fortified,
both by nature and art, that it appeared as a miracle that it should
be taken at all....
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Though Jerusalem had been several times captured 1 Kings 14:26; 2
Kings 14:13; 2 Kings 23:33, yet it had been so strongly fortified by
Uzziah and his successors as to have been made virtually impregna...
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CHAPTER 4 THE DEPARTED GLORY AND THE CUP OF SHAME
This new lament begins with a description of the former glory of Zion
and its present wretchedness; the glory is departed:
How is the gold become di...
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LAMENTATIONS 4. THE FOURTH LAMENT. This has less literary finish than
Lamentations 4:3, and it has also less spiritual value. It lacks much
of the saints whom one seems to see in Lamentations 4:1, and...
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_all the inhabitants of the world_ an ordinary form of Eastern
hyperbole, suggesting to their minds only the same notion as our
_every body_, the obvious limitations being given by the sense in each
c...
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THE KINGS OF THE EARTH— Jerusalem was so strongly fortified both by
art and nature, and had been so often miraculously preserved by God
from the attempts of its enemies, that it seemed almost incredib...
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II. AN EXPLANATION OF THE JUDGMENT
Lamentations 4:11-20
TRANSLATION
(11) The LORD has given vent to His wrath. He has poured out His
fierce anger. He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has consumed h...
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The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would
not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered
into the gates of Jerusalem.
THE KINGS ... AND ALL THE INH...
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ZION'S FORMER GLORY CONTRASTED WITH HER PRESENT HUMILIATION
In this fourth dirge the poet describes the miseries of the various
classes in the sack of Jerusalem, concluding with a warning to Edom.
In...
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JEREMIAH WEEPS IN THE DARKNESS
LAMENTATIONS
_ROY ROHU_
CHAPTER 4
JEREMIAH CONTINUES TO SPEAK.
V1 Look! The gold has stopped shining! Look how the best gold has
changed! The stones of the *temple...
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WOULD NOT HAVE BELIEVED. — In. looking to the fact that Jerusalem
had been taken by Shishak (1 Kings 14:26), Joash (2 Kings 14:13), the
statement seems at first hyperbolical. It has to be remembered,...
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לֹ֤א הֶאֱמִ֨ינוּ֙ מַלְכֵי ־אֶ֔רֶץ
_כֹּ֖ל_† יֹשְׁבֵ֣י תֵבֵ֑ל כִּ֤י
יָבֹא֙ צַ֣ר וְ אֹויֵ֔ב בְּ שַׁעֲרֵ֖י...
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CONTRASTS
Lamentations 4:1
IN form the fourth elegy is slightly different from each of its
predecessors. Following the characteristic plan of the Book of
Lamentations, it is an acrostic of twenty-tw...
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The fourth poem is for the most part a dirge of desolation, which
nevertheless ends in a song of hope. Jeremiah first described the
disaster in Zion, declaring that it all arose as the result of the s...
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_Believed. God had so often protected this city against Sennacherib,
Holofernes, &c. (Haydock) --- It had been also so strongly fortified,
2 Kings v. 6. (Calmet)_...
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The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce
anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the
foundations thereof. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants...
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He confirms the same thing; for when a thing incredible happens,
either we are extremely stupid, or we must be moved and affected. The
Prophet, then, now says that the destruction of the city of Jerus...
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Jeremiah, having now found Jehovah in the affliction, tranquilly
measures its whole extent. But this is itself a consolation. For after
all Jehovah who changes not is there to comfort the heart. This...
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THE KINGS OF THE EARTH, AND ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE WORLD,.... Not
only the neighbouring nations, and the kings of them, but even such in
all parts of the world that knew anything of Jerusalem:
WO...
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The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would
not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered
into the gates of Jerusalem.
Ver. 12. _The kings of the eart...
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_The kings of the earth, &c., would not have believed_ “The city was
so well fortified, and had been so often miraculously preserved by God
from the attempts of its enemies, that it seemed incredible...
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The kings of the earth and all the inhabitants of the world would not
have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered
into the gates of Jerusalem. It had indeed been taken in the ea...
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1-12 What a change is here! Sin tarnishes the beauty of the most
exalted powers and the most excellent gifts; but that gold, tried in
the fire, which Christ bestows, never will be taken from us; its
o...
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Jerusalem was so naturally and artificially fortified, and so favoured
by God, and taken notice of as a place which the Lord cared for, and
watched over, that it could not have entered into the though...
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Lamentations 4:12 kings H4428 earth H776 inhabitants H3427 (H8802)
world H8398 believed H539 (H8689) adversary H6862 enemy H341 (H8802)
enter H935 (H8799) gates H8179 Jerusalem H3389
Deuteronomy 29:2...
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JERUSALEM'S PREDICAMENT WAS LARGELY DUE TO THE PRIESTS AND THE
PROPHETS WHO WOULD SUFFER ACCORDINGLY (LAMENTATIONS 4:12).
The prophet now draws attention to the fact of how much of Jerusalem's
predic...
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CONTENTS: Lamentation on the direful effects of calamities of Judah.
Sins of the leaders acknowledged.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Nothing ripens a people more for ruin, nor fills the
mea...
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Lamentations 4:1. _How is the gold,_ זהב _zahab,_ so called because
of its superior lustre to other metals, now _become dim._ Gold does
not oxidize, and scarcely receives a tarnish; yet the rulers and...
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LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 4:1 How the Gold Has Grown Dim.
Chapter Lamentations 4:1 returns to themes in chs. Lamentations 1:1
yet also announces the completion of Jerusalem’s punishment. The
c...
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_HOMILETICS_
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
(כ) Lamentations 4:11 is a conclusion from the immediately preceding
verses, as Lamentations 4:6 is from those preceding it. JEHOVAH HAS
ACCOMPLISHED, _i.e.,_ has put...
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THE SUFFERINGS OF JERUSALEM; NO CLASS IS EXEMPT. EDOM'S TRIUMPHING.
EXPOSITION
LAMENTATIONS 4:1
HOW IS THE GOLD BECOME DIM!… THE STONES OF THE SANCTUARY, etc. "Alas
for the sad sights of the capture...
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The fourth lamentation:
How is the gold become dim! the most fine gold changed! the stones of
the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. The precious
sons of Zion, comparable to fine go...
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1 Kings 9:8; 1 Kings 9:9; Deuteronomy 29:24; Psalms 48:4...