“ Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. ”
The foxes - Or, jackals. As these animals live among ruins, and shun the presence of man, it shows that Zion is laid waste and deserted.
Lamentations 5. A Prayer. This chapter differs much from the previous four. It is not a Lament, but one long pleading; and it is not the chant of an individual, but of a company, a plural, we. It m...
foxes . jackals.
Though he had in general included all kinds of evils, he yet mentions now the principal cause of sorrow, that mount Sion had lost its beauty and its excellency. For that place had been chose...
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. The foxes walk upon it - Foxes are very numerous in Palestine, see on Judges 15:4 (note). It was usual among the Hebrews...
Because of the mountain of Zion— Houbigant connects this with the preceding verse; For these things our eyes are dim; for mount Zion, because it is desolate, and the foxes walk upon it. See Judg...
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. The mountain of Zion ... foxes walk upon it - they frequent desolate places, where they can freely and fearlessly r...
Zion's earnest Petition for Deliverance This final poem is not so much an elegy as a prayer or meditation. The tone is more calm and spiritual than the others, with no trace of vindictiveness. The...
Foxes. — Better, jackals, who are thought of as haunting the ruins of Jerusalem. (Comp. Psalms 63:10 .)
SIN AND SHAME Lamentations 5:11-18 THE keynote of the fifth elegy is struck in its opening verse when the poet calls upon God to remember the reproach that has been cast upon His people. The pr...
The final poem is an appeal out of sorrow to Jehovah. Speaking on behalf of the whole nation, the prophet called on Jehovah to remember. He described the actual desolation, telling of the affliction...
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. Servants have ruled over us: there...
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate ,.... Meaning either the city of Jerusalem in general, or the temple in particular, which both lay in ruins: but the latter gave the truly godly th...
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. Ver. 18. Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, ] q.d., Next unto our sins (which are our greatest sor...
For this our heart is faint And sinks under the load of its own heaviness. Our eyes are dim See on Lamentations 2:11 . Our spirits fail us, and we are almost blind with weeping. Because of the...
Unchangeableness of God; Prayer for Mercy and Grace. B. C. 588. 17 For this our heart...
Foxes and other wild beasts, which flee from places inhabited for fear of men inhabiting, and are much in desolate places. The mountain of Zion, where the temple once stood, and people met to worship...
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, The jackals walk on it. Capping all that has gone before was the fact that the mountain of Zion, that mountain that had once throbbed with the sound of...
EXEGETICAL NOTES. — Lamentations 5:17 . How depressing is the conviction of personal sin. For this our heart has become faint. Many sorrows had surged over them and exhausted the faculty of ext...
REFLECTIONS . Jeremiah in this last elegy continues the subject in more minute details; and having no hope for the present, he consoles himself with hope in the latter day. Psalms 85 ; Hosea 3 . T...
The elders have ceased from the gate. The seat of justice overthrown 1. It is a grievous plague unto a people when the seat of justice is overthrown from among them. (1) Reasons. (a) It b...
EXPOSITION Lamentations 5:1-25 INSULT UPON INSULT HAS BEEN HEAPED UPON JERUSALEM . Lamentations 5:2 Our inheritance. The land had been "given" to Abraham ( Genesis 13...
Plea for the Renewal of Jehovah's Love
1 Kings 9:7 ; 1 Kings 9:8 ; Isaiah 32:13 ; Isaiah 32:14 ; Jeremiah 17:3 ; Jeremiah 26:9 ; Jeremiah 52:13 ; Jeremiah 9:11 ; Lamentations 2:8 ; Lamentations 2:9 ; Micah 3:12 ; Psalms 74:2 ;...