“ Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, ”
The deep sympathy of the prophet, which pours itself forth in abundant tears over the distress of his people. Lamentations 3:51 Or, “Mine eye” causeth pain to my soul, i. e. maketh my soul ac...
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...
He repeats the same in other words, — that his eyes flowed down with tears. He still retains the singular number, but this is common in Hebrew. He then says, that his eye without end flowed d...
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, Without any intermission - or else, 'because there is no intermission' (Piscator), namely, of my miseries. Verse 50. Till...
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...
Trickleth down. — Better, poureth down.
GRIEVING BEFORE GOD Lamentations 3:43-54 AS might have been expected, the mourning patriot quickly forsakes the patch of sunshine which lights up a few verses of this elegy. But the vision of i...
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....
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not ,.... From weeping, as the Targum: the prophet was continually weeping; the distresses of his people were always uppermost in his mind; and which so affected...
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, Ver. 49. Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not. ] Put fire under the still, and water droppeth from roses. Fiery afflictions...
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water In this and the three following verses the prophet shows that the misfortunes of his country constituted no small part of his personal affliction. Mine e...
Complaining to God. B. C. 588. 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast no...
The prophet was deeply affected upon the prospect of this evil before it came, Jeremiah 9:1 , and was now much more affected when he saw the judgment was come; he wept plentifully and constantly,...
The People Are Called On To Seek YHWH, And They Face Up To The Situation That They Are In Whilst The Prophet Himself Continues To Plead For Them ( Lamentations 3:40-51 ). The prophet now calls on...
EXEGETICAL NOTES. — (פ) Lamentations 3:46-48 present significant intimations of their base condition. Enemies making sport of them fear and pitfalls surrounding them, and the oft-recurring f...
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...
Confession of Sin and Complaint over the Cruelty of the Enemies
Jeremiah 13:17 ; Jeremiah 4:19 ; Jeremiah 9:1 ; Jeremiah 9:18 ; Lamentations 2:11 ; Lamentations 2:18 ; Psalms 119:136 ; Romans 9:1-3
Mine eye — The prophet speaks this of himself.