“ And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.d ”
Having dwelt upon the difficulties which hemmed in his path, he now shows that there are dangers attending upon escape. Lamentations 3:11 The meaning is, “God, as a lion, lying in wait, has m...
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 Lam...
By saying that his soul was remote from peace, he means that no good remained; for by peace, as it is well known, the Hebrews understood every kind of prosperity. And he explains himself by...
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. Those hast removed my soul - Prosperity is at such an utter distance from me, that it is impossible I should ever reach it; and...
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. He hath ... broken my teeth with gravel - referring to the grit that often mixes with bread baked in ashes, as...
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...
Thou hast removed my soul far off from peace. — The verb is found in this sense in Psalms 88:14 . By some critics it is taken as passive, and in the 3rd person feminine. My soul loathes peace, i....
THE MAN THAT HATH SEEN AFFLICTION Lamentations 3:1-21 WHETHER we regard it from a literary, a speculative, or a religious point of view, the third and central elegy cannot fail to strike us as...
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, r...
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all th...
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace ,.... From the time the city was besieged by the Chaldeans, and now the people was carried captive; who could have no true peace, being in a foreign...
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. Ver. 17. And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace. ] Prosperity and I are twain; we are utterly unacquainted.
I was a derision to all my people To all the wicked among them, who made themselves merry with the prophet's griefs and the public judgments; and their song all the day Hebrew, נגינתם, their inst...
The Prophet's Personal Affliction. B. C. 588. 1 I am the man that hath seen afflicti...
Peace here signifieth prosperity , rather than a freedom from war . Though during the siege they were far from peace in a strict sense, yet in their captivity they had that peace; but both their...
In His Initial Despair The Prophet Bewails His Own Sad Condition ( Lamentations 3:1-18 ). In this section God is simply spoken of as ‘He', the only mention of His Name being in Lamentations 3:18...
EXEGETICAL NOTES. — Lamentations 3:14 . The figure is hardly changed. Perhaps a laughing-stock to all my people, their song all the day, may be regarded as the shaft which went to the quick. Je...
I am about to read a portion of Holy Scripture which may seem very strange to some of you, but it belongs to a part of the congregation, and I hope it may be the means of giving them comfort. I read...
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 hemistich...
EXPOSITION Lamentations 3:1-25 MONOLOGUE SPOKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER WHOSE FATE IS BOUND UP WITH THAT OF THE NATION ; OR PERHAPS BY THE NATION...
A Lament over Grievous Sufferings
Genesis 41:30 ; Isaiah 38:17 ; Isaiah 54:10 ; Isaiah 59:11 ; Jeremiah 14:19 ; Jeremiah 16:5 ; Jeremiah 20:14-18 ; Jeremiah 8:15 ; Job 7:7 ; Lamentations 1:16 ; Psalms 119:155 ; Zechariah...