Lamentations 4:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The angerc of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders. ”

Lamentations 4:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Literally, The countenance of Yahweh hath scattered them, has driven these outlawed priests here and there, “and He will no more regard them” with favor.
Lamentations 4:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no longer regard them: (k) they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders. (k) That is, the enemies.
Lamentations 4:16 - 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 4:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

anger . face. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6, as manifesting the anger felt. persons . face. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), for the whole person.
Lamentations 4:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He explains himself by saying, that they had been scattered from the face of Jehovah. He had said, that they had fled into foreign lands, and that they believed their exile to be perpetual; he...
Lamentations 4:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
Lamentations 4:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders. The anger - literally, the face of the Lord....
Lamentations 4:16 - 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 4:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The anger of the Lord. — Literally, the face, as the symbol of wrath. They respected not. — The subject of the verbs has to be supplied. The enemies, or the heathen, or men in general, ceased...
Lamentations 4:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

LEPERS Lamentations 4:13-16 PASSING from the fate of the princes to that of the prophets and priests, we come upon a vividly dramatic scene in the streets of Jerusalem amid the terror and confu...
Lamentations 4:16 - 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 4:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselve...
Lamentations 4:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The anger of the Lord hath divided them ,.... Or, "the face of the Lord" f; the anger that appeared in his face, in the dispensation of his providence, removed them out of their own land, and disper...
Lamentations 4:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders. Ver. 16. The anger of the Lord hath divided them....
Lamentations 4:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They have wandered as blind men in the streets They strayed from the paths of righteousness, and were blind to every thing that was good, but to do evil they were quick-sighted; they have polluted...
Lamentations 4:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Cause of Jerusalem's Sorrows. B. C. 588. 13 For the sins of her prophets, and the in...
Lamentations 4:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

These words seem to be the language of their enemies triumphing over them, as discerning that their God was provoked against them, and would have no more regard or respect unto them; and that they ha...
Lamentations 4:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jerusalem's Predicament Was Largely Due To The Priests And The Prophets Who Would Suffer Accordingly ( Lamentations 4:12-17 ). The prophet now draws attention to the fact of how much of Jerusalem'...
Lamentations 4:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXEGETICAL NOTES. — (מ) Lamentations 4:13 . It is needful to connect this verse with the last by words like, This incredible thing came to pass, because of the sins of her prophets, the iniqui...
Lamentations 4:16 - 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 4:16 - 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 4:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Judgment a Consequence of the Sins of the Prophets and Priests
Lamentations 4:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 36:17 ; 2 Kings 25:18-21 ; Deuteronomy 28:25 ; Deuteronomy 28:64 ; Deuteronomy 28:65 ; Deuteronomy 32:26 ; Genesis 49:7 ; Hebrews 8:9 ; Isaiah 9:14-16 ; Jeremiah 15:4 ; Jeremi...
Lamentations 4:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The anger — These words seem to be the language of their enemies triumphing over them. They — Their enemies had no regard to the most venerable persons among them.

Lamentations 4:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lamentations 4:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Lamentations 4:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 4:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Lamentations 4:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 4:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lamentations 4:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lamentations 4:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 4:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lamentations 4:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Lamentations 4:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Lamentations 4:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Lamentations 4:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lamentations 4:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lamentations 4:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lamentations 4:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Lamentations 4:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lamentations 4:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 4:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Lamentations 4:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lamentations 4:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Lamentations 4:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lamentations 4:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Lamentations 4:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes