“ Wherefore doth a living man complain,k a man for the punishment of his sins? ”
Why then does a loving God, who disapproves of suffering when inflicted by man upon man, Himself send sorrow and misery? “Because of sins.” Lamentations 3:37 Literally, “Who is this that spak...
Why doth a living (t) man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? (t) When God afflicts him.
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...
Some explain the verb יתאונן, itaunen, by giving it the sense of lying, “Why should man lie?” others, “Why should man murmur?” But I see not what sense there can be in rendering it lying or...
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Wherefore doth a living man complain - He who has his life still lent to him has small cause of complaint. How great soever...
Wherefore doth a living man complain— If we consider God's afflictions as a just punishment of our evil doings, we shall never murmur or repine at Providence; and we ought to be thankful, however b...
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass. A double question is implied, Who is it that can (as God, Psalms 33...
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...
(37-39) New grounds of patient faith are given: (1) In an echo from Psalms 33:9 , affirming the sovereignty of God. The evil which He permits is under the control of this loving purpose; and (2) as...
GOD AND EVIL Lamentations 3:37-39 THE eternal problem of the relation of God to evil is here treated with the keenest discrimination. That God is the supreme and irresistible ruler, that no man...
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...
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....
THROUGH REPENTANCE TO FAITH Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Let us search and try our w...
Wherefore doth a living man complain ?.... Or murmur, or fret and vex, or bemoan himself; all which the word k may signify; as the prophet had done in his own person; or as representing the church,...
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Ver. 39. Wherefore doth a living man complain? ] Mourn immoderately, or murmur causelessly. 1. If he mourn, let him mour...
Wherefore , &c. The prophet here seems to check and blame himself for the complaints he had made in the former part of the chapter, wherein he appeared to reflect upon God as unkind and severe....
The Duties of the Afflicted. B. C. 588. 37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to...
This verse admits of various senses, caused from the various interpretation of the Hebrew word, which we translate complain , which also signifies to mourn or grieve; so some render it, Why doth a l...
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...
EXEGETICAL NOTES. — (מ) Lamentations 3:37 . The reason for not mentioning any name of God, as in Lamentations 3:1-17 , is now wholly dispensed with, and He is presented as conditionating all eve...
Lamentations 3:39 This question suggests two considerations; each of which demonstrates the injustice of the complaint Why should a living man complain? A living man! Life is still left thee; and...
We are about to read a chapter which is very full of sorrow; while you are listening to it, some of you may be saying, «We are not in that condition.» Well then, be thankful that you are not, and whi...
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...
God's Mercy and Power Revealed
Amos 3:6 ; Isaiah 45:7 ; Job 2:10 ; Proverbs 29:26 ; Psalms 75:7
Wherefore — The Jews, check themselves in their complaints from the consideration, that nothing had befallen them, but what was the just reward of their sins.