Lamentations 4:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire: ”

Lamentations 4:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Nazarites from their temperance were remarkable for health and personal beauty, besides being held in religious veneration. Rubies - Or, corals. Their polishing was of sapphire - Or, th...
Lamentations 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here the Prophet speaks of Nazarites, by whom we know the worship of God was honored; for they, who were not content with the common observance of the Law, consecrated themselves to God, that b...
Lamentations 4:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire: Her Nazarites were purer than snow - נזיר nazir does not a...
Lamentations 4:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They were more ruddy, &c.— They were brighter in body than pearls, &c. See Bochart, lib. 2: cap. 6.
Lamentations 4:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire: Her Nazarites - literally, separated ones ( Numbers...
Lamentations 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Her Nazarites... — The word has been rendered “princes” by some commentators, on the ground that it means literally those who are “separated” from their brethren ( Genesis 49:26 ; Deuteronomy 33:1...
Lamentations 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they...
Lamentations 4:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE NAZARITES ‘Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk.’ Lamentations 4:7 I. The Ideal. —The wealth of a great people consists not so much in its material possessions...
Lamentations 4:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Her Nazarites were purer than snow ,.... Such who separated themselves by a vow to the Lord, and abstained from drinking wine and strong drink, and by a moderate diet, and often washing themselves,...
Lamentations 4:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing [was] of sapphire: Ver. 7. Her Nazarites. ] Who served God in a singular w...
Lamentations 4:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Her Nazarites were purer than snow It seems the word, נזיריה, ought not to be translated here Nazarites , or those who were separated by a vow to God; but princes , or chief men: so Waterland...
Lamentations 4:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Desolate Condition of Jerusalem; Effects of Famine in Jerusalem; Destruction of Jerusalem. B. C. 588....
Lamentations 4:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By Nazarites in this place the most and best interpreters do not understand persons who were of the religious order of Nazarites, the laws of which order are to be read Num 6 , and of whom we read...
Lamentations 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXEGETICAL NOTES. — (ג). Lamentations 4:3 . Beasts of prey show affection for their brood. Even the jackals draw out —present— the breast; a familiar fact testifying that they were true to thei...
Lamentations 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jerusalem's Affliction a Punishment for her Guilt
Lamentations 4:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 16:12 ; Amos 2:11 ; Amos 2:12 ; Daniel 1:15 ; Judges 13:5 ; Judges 13:7 ; Judges 16:17 ; Luke 1:15 ; Numbers 6:2-21 ; Psalms 144:12 ; Psalms 51:7 ; Song of Solomon 5:10
Lamentations 4:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Nazarites — Her Nazarites in this place signify her separated ones, who either in respect of birth, education, estate, or place of magistracy, were distinguished from the rest of the people.

Lamentations 4:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lamentations 4:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 4:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 4:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lamentations 4:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lamentations 4:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lamentations 4:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 4:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lamentations 4:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Lamentations 4:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Lamentations 4:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Lamentations 4:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Lamentations 4:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lamentations 4:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lamentations 4:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lamentations 4:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Lamentations 4:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lamentations 4:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 4:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Lamentations 4:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lamentations 4:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Lamentations 4:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lamentations 4:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Lamentations 4:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes