“ Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. ”
A prayer for deliverance and for vengeance upon his enemies. Lamentations 3:55 Out of the low dungeon - “ The lowest pit” of Psalms 88:6 . Some consider that Psalms 69 was composed by Jer...
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 adds here a conclusion; for he has hitherto been relating, as I have said, the evils which he suffered, and also the reproaches and unjust oppressions, in order that; he might have God propi...
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. Render unto them a recompence - ( Jeremiah 11:20 ; 2 Timothy 4:14 , "Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil;...
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...
Render unto them... — The words are noticeable as being taken from Psalms 28:4 , and reproduced by St. Paul in 2 Timothy 4:14 .
DE PROFUNDIS Lamentations 3:55-66 As this third elegy-the richest and the most elaborate of the five that constitute the Book of Lamentations-draws to a close it retains its curious characte...
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....
Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render this, and the following verses, not as petitions, but as prophecies of...
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. Ver. 64. Render unto them a recompense. ] Call them to an account, and requite them. Let their music be marred, and the...
Render to them a recompense , &c. See note on Jeremiah 11:20 . The verbs in these verses are not in the imperative mood, but all in the future tense, and certainly should have been so rendered,...
God's Goodness Acknowledged; An Appeal to God. B. C. 588. 55 I called upon thy name, O...
These three last verses are all but the same general petition, though expressed in various phrases; the prophet had prayed, Lamentations 3:59 , that God would judge his people's cause, here he pra...
The Prophet Looks Back On His Own Experiences And Calls On YHWH To Avenge Him ( Lamentations 3:52-66 ). The chapter commenced with the personal experience of the prophet in Lamentations 3:1-18 b...
EXEGETICAL NOTES. — Lamentations 3:59 . Trials are not things of the past only. Under their continuous pressure endurance is sought for in the truth that the eye and ear of the Lord are ever open...
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...
Prayer for Deliverance
Job 30:9 ; Lamentations 3:14 ; Psalms 139:2