Lamentations 3:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. ”

Lamentations 3:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In these three verses, each beginning in the Hebrew with the word good, we have first the fundamental idea that Yahweh Himself is good, and if good to all, then especially is He so to those who bei...
Lamentations 3:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Lamentations 3:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

quietly wait . wait, and he silent.
Lamentations 3:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

It is, indeed, an abrupt phrase when he says, Good and he will wait; for these words are without a subject; but as it is a general statement, there is no ambiguity. The Prophet means that it is...
Lamentations 3:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. It is good that a man should both hope - Hope is essentially necessary to faith; he that hopes not, cannot b...
Lamentations 3:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. The Lord is good ... It is good ... It is good. The repetition of "good" at the beginning of each of the three vers...
Lamentations 3:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Lamentations 3:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Quietly wait. — Literally, wait in silence: i.e. abstain from murmurs and complaints.
Lamentations 3:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

QUIET WAITING Lamentations 3:25-36 HAVING struck a rich vein, our author proceeds to work it with energy. Pursuing the ideas that flow out of the great truth of the endless goodness of God, and...
Lamentations 3:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Lamentations 3:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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....
Lamentations 3:26 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

HOPE AND PATIENCE ‘It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.’ Lamentations 3:26 The organ at Freiburg, one of the most beautiful in the world, af...
Lamentations 3:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait ,.... This follows from the former; for if God is good to such, it must be good for them to hope and wait for him; it is both their duty a...
Lamentations 3:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lamentations 3:26 [It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. Ver. 26. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait. ] Heb., Be si...
Lamentations 3:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord is my portion, saith my soul An interest in the favour and love of God, and his presence with me, my heart tells me, is the best inheritance. And, possessing these, I have that which is su...
Lamentations 3:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Words of Comfort to Israel; The Benefit of Afflictions; Comfort to the Afflicted. B. C. 588. ...
Lamentations 3:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Good here either signifies honestum , what becomes men, and is their duty; or utile, what is profitable, and will turn to good account to them. Hoping and waiting differ but as the mother and...
Lamentations 3:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet Prays His Way Through To Confidence In YHWH ( Lamentations 3:19-39 ). When our souls have reached their lowest point there is only one thing to do, and that is to cast ourselves on God...
Lamentations 3:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXEGETICAL NOTES. — (ט) Lamentations 3:25 . Such an acceptance suggests more knowledge. Good is Jehovah to them that wait for him, to a soul that seeks him. He is ready to respond to those who...
Lamentations 3:26 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Lamentations 3:26 I. The first thing is to understand what is meant by "the salvation of the Lord." The salvation of the Lord here is something else than the first view which a sinful man obtains...
Lamentations 3:26 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Lamentations 3:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Lamentations 3:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Lamentations 3:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Mercy and Power Revealed
Lamentations 3:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:13 ; 2 Chronicles 20:17 ; Exodus 14:13 ; Galatians 4:18 ; Genesis 49:18 ; Hebrews 10:35 ; Hebrews 3:14 ; Isaiah 30:15 ; Isaiah 30:7 ; Psalms 119:166 ; Psalms 119:174 ; Psalms 13...

Lamentations 3:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lamentations 3:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 3:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Lamentations 3:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 3:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lamentations 3:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lamentations 3:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 3:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lamentations 3:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Lamentations 3:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Lamentations 3:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Lamentations 3:26 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Lamentations 3:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lamentations 3:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lamentations 3:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lamentations 3:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Lamentations 3:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lamentations 3:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 3:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Lamentations 3:26 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Lamentations 3:26 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Lamentations 3:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lamentations 3:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Lamentations 3:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lamentations 3:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge