Lamentations 4:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof. ”

Lamentations 4:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 4. The Fourth Lament. This has less literary finish than Lamentations 4:3 , and it has also less spiritual value. It lacks much of the saints whom one seems to see in Lamentations 4:...
Lamentations 4:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. kindled. fire. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 32:22 ). App-92.
Lamentations 4:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He at length concludes that nothing was wanting to complete the extreme vengeance of God; for had the Jews been chastised in an ordinary way, they would have still extenuated their sins, as we...
Lamentations 4:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
Lamentations 4:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof. A fire in Zion ... hath devoured the fo...
Lamentations 4:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zion's former Glory contrasted with her present Humiliation In this fourth dirge the poet describes the miseries of the various classes in the sack of Jerusalem, concluding with a warning to Edom....
Lamentations 4:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And hath kindled a fire... — The phrase is partly literal ( 2 Chronicles 36:19 ), partly figurative, for the complete destruction of Jerusalem by the wrath of Jehovah.
Lamentations 4:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CONTRASTS Lamentations 4:1-12 IN form the fourth elegy is slightly different from each of its predecessors. Following the characteristic plan of the Book of Lamentations, it is an acrostic of t...
Lamentations 4:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The fourth poem is for the most part a dirge of desolation, which nevertheless ends in a song of hope. Jeremiah first described the disaster in Zion, declaring that it all arose as the result of the...
Lamentations 4:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitant...
Lamentations 4:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Lord hath accomplished his fury ,.... Which rose up in his mind, and which he purposed in himself to bring upon the sinful people of the Jews: he hath poured out his fierce anger ; the vials o...
Lamentations 4:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof. Ver. 11. The Lord hath accomplished his fur...
Lamentations 4:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children The affection of a mother toward her children is the strongest of all natural affections, and yet the famine hath forced that tender se...
Lamentations 4:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Desolate Condition of Jerusalem; Effects of Famine in Jerusalem; Destruction of Jerusalem. B. C. 588....
Lamentations 4:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

An unusual fire, which burns up not only the roof and superstructure, but the foundations, leaving no bottom for hopes of being restored. See Deuteronomy 32:22 .
Lamentations 4:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Sad Condition Of The People Of Jerusalem Due To The Anger Of YHWH ( Lamentations 4:1-11 ). Lamentations 4:1 (Aleph) How is the gold become dim! How is the most pure gold changed! The (pre...
Lamentations 4:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HOMILETICS EXEGETICAL NOTES. — (כ) Lamentations 4:11 is a conclusion from the immediately preceding verses, as Lamentations 4:6 is from those preceding it. Jehovah has accomplished, i.e....
Lamentations 4:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lamentations 4:1 . How is the gold, זהב zahab, so called because of its superior lustre to other metals, now become dim. Gold does not oxidize, and scarcely receives a tarnish; yet the rulers...
Lamentations 4:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

THE SUFFERINGS OF JERUSALEM ; NO CLASS IS EXEMPT . EDOM 'S TRIUMPHING . EXPOSITION Lamentations 4:1 How is the gold become dim!… the stones of the sanctuary, etc. "Alas f...
Lamentations 4:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jerusalem's Affliction a Punishment for her Guilt
Lamentations 4:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 9:12 ; Deuteronomy 32:21-25 ; Deuteronomy 32:22 ; Ezekiel 20:47 ; Ezekiel 20:48 ; Ezekiel 22:31 ; Jeremiah 13:14 ; Jeremiah 14:15 ; Jeremiah 14:16 ; Jeremiah 15:1-4 ; Jeremiah 19:3-...

Lamentations 4:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 4:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Lamentations 4:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 4:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lamentations 4:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lamentations 4:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 4:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lamentations 4:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Lamentations 4:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Lamentations 4:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Lamentations 4:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lamentations 4:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lamentations 4:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lamentations 4:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Lamentations 4:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lamentations 4:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 4:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Lamentations 4:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lamentations 4:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Lamentations 4:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lamentations 4:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge