Lamentations 4:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field. ”

Lamentations 4:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[They that are] slain with the sword are better than [they that are] slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for [lack of] the (f) fruits of the field. (f) For lack of food they pin...
Lamentations 4:9 - 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 4:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

are . have proved.
Lamentations 4:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The beginning of the verse is without any difficulty; for the Prophet says that it happened better to those who immediately perished by the sword than to others who had to struggle with famine,...
Lamentations 4:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Lamentations 4:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For these pine away— For they who are cut down by the sword, have departed quickly as the fruits of the field: "They who have perished by the sword, are quickly cut down like the ripe fruits of t...
Lamentations 4:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field. They that be slain with the sword a...
Lamentations 4:9 - 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 4:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For want of... — The italics indicate the difficulty of the sentence. Literally the clause stands, from the fruits of the field, and it has been explained by some as referring to those that died...
Lamentations 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[They that be] slain with the sword are better than [they that be] slain with hunger ,.... Not that they are better with respect to their state after death, but with respect to their manner of dying...
Lamentations 4:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lamentations 4:9 [They that be] slain with the sword are better than [they that be] slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for [want of] the fruits of the field. Ver. 9. They t...
Lamentations 4:9 - 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 4:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Desolate Condition of Jerusalem; Effects of Famine in Jerusalem; Destruction of Jerusalem. B. C. 588....
Lamentations 4:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

During the siege many were killed by the enemies sword, many more perished by famine; the prophet saith the condition of those who perished by the sword was much better than the condition of those wh...
Lamentations 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jerusalem's Affliction a Punishment for her Guilt
Lamentations 4:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 24:23 ; Ezekiel 33:10 ; Leviticus 26:39

Lamentations 4:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Lamentations 4:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 4:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Lamentations 4:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 4:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lamentations 4:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lamentations 4:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lamentations 4:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 4:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lamentations 4:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Lamentations 4:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Lamentations 4:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Lamentations 4:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lamentations 4:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lamentations 4:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lamentations 4:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Lamentations 4:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lamentations 4:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 4:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Lamentations 4:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lamentations 4:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Lamentations 4:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lamentations 4:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge