Lamentations 1:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy. ”

Lamentations 1:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Are the chief ... prosper - Or, “are become the head”... are at rest. Judaea is so entirely crushed that her enemies did not need to take precautions against resistance on her part. Children -...
Lamentations 1:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Her adversaries (g) are the head, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy. (g) That is, ha...
Lamentations 1:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 1. The First Lament. This is an alphabetical acrostic poem in twenty-two stanzas of three lines each, with five Heb. beats in each line. It has two equal parts: Lamentations 1:1-11 (...
Lamentations 1:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

are the chiefs are the head. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 28:13 ; Deuteronomy 28:44 ), the same word. App-92. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. transgressions. rebellions. Hebrew. p...
Lamentations 1:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He first says that her enemies had become the head; and by this expression he doubtless means power; and this way of speaking he borrowed from Moses, for these are his words, “ Thou shalt b...
Lamentations 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy. Her adversaries are...
Lamentations 1:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Her adversaries are the chief— Literally, are at, or for the head. They rule over, or are superior to her. See Isaiah 9:15 . Deuteronomy 28:13 .
Lamentations 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy. Her adversari...
Lamentations 1:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zion's Desolation and Sorrow Though the five poems contained in the book have practically the same theme—the downfall of Jerusalem—yet each poem dwells on a different phase of the subject as intim...
Lamentations 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Her adversaries are the chief. — Literally, have become the head ( Deuteronomy 28:13 ). Her enemies prosper. — Better, are at ease, secure from every resistance on her part. “Before the enem...
Lamentations 1:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

DESOLATION Lamentations 1:1-7 THE first elegy is devoted to moving pictures of the desolation of Jerusalem and the sufferings of her people. It dwells upon these disasters themselves, with fewe...
Lamentations 1:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the Septuagint, the Lamentations are prefixed with the words, "And it came to pass that after Israel had been carried away captive, and Jerusalem made desolate, Jeremiah sat weeping, and lamented...
Lamentations 1:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! She weepeth...
Lamentations 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Her adversaries are the chief ,.... Or, "for the head" n; or are the head, as was threatened, Deuteronomy 28:44 ; and now fulfilled; the Chaldeans having got the dominion over the Jews, and obliged...
Lamentations 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy. Ver. 5. Her ad...
Lamentations 1:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The ways of Zion do mourn The highways leading to Zion, which used to be thronged with people going to the solemn feasts before the Lord, now, as it were, mourned on account of no persons travellin...
Lamentations 1:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Miseries of Jerusalem; Grief for the Loss of Ordinances. B. C. 588. 1 How doth the c...
Lamentations 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

God hath fulfilled his threatening, Deuteronomy 28:43 ; the enemy is got above us, and we are brought very low, for the multitude of our sins, directly contrary to his promise in case of obedi...
Lamentations 1:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet Pines Over What Jerusalem Has Lost ( Lamentations 1:1-7 ). In these opening verses ( Lamentations 1:1-7 ) Jerusalem is pictured by the writer in terms of how it now was, an empty city,...
Lamentations 1:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXEGETICAL NOTES. — (ה) Lamentations 1:5 . Her adversaries are become the head, as was threatened if unfaithful to the Lord ( Deuteronomy 28:44 ); her enemies prosper, are in peace, and rest s...
Lamentations 1:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This chapter is composed in the acrostic character. Each verse begins with the Hebrew letters in alphabetical order; that is to say, the first begins with א aleph, the second with ב beth; and eac...
Lamentations 1:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper. The adversaries of the good 1. The cause apparent of all the miseries of God’s people is the prospering and prevailing of their enemies. 2....
Lamentations 1:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Lamentations 1:1-25 A WAIL OF DISTRESS FOR JERUSALEM . Lamentations 1:1 , Lamentations 1:2 The fate of Jerusalem is described in language which resembles here...
Lamentations 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Description of the Shameful Lot which has come upon Jerusalem
Lamentations 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 36:14-16 ; Daniel 9:7-16 ; Deuteronomy 28:15-68 ; Deuteronomy 28:43 ; Deuteronomy 28:44 ; Deuteronomy 29:18-28 ; Deuteronomy 31:16-18 ; Deuteronomy 31:29 ; Deuteronomy 32:15-27...
Lamentations 1:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Lamentations of Jeremiah Lamentations 1:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The compassionate Christ. Even now we can, in our imagination, see the Lord Jesus Christ as He wept over Jerusalem. We ca...

Lamentations 1:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lamentations 1:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Lamentations 1:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 1:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Lamentations 1:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lamentations 1:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lamentations 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lamentations 1:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lamentations 1:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Lamentations 1:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Lamentations 1:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Lamentations 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lamentations 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lamentations 1:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lamentations 1:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Lamentations 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lamentations 1:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 1:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Lamentations 1:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lamentations 1:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Lamentations 1:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Lamentations 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lamentations 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Lamentations 1:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary