“ Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. ”
Remainest - Or, reignest. The earthly sanctuary is in ruins, but the heavenly throne in unchangeable glory.
Thou, O LORD, remainest for (k) ever; thy throne from generation to generation. (k) And therefore your covenant and mercies can never fail.
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...
remainest . sittest: i.e. as king.
The Prophet here raises up his eyes to God, and, by his example, he encourages all the godly, that they might not cease, notwithstanding their extreme calamities, to look to God, as we find in...
Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever - Thou sufferest no change. Thou didst once love us, O let that love be renewed towards us...
Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. Thou, O Lord, remainest forever - ( Psalms 102:12 ). The perpetuity of God's rule over human affairs, however He ma...
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...
Thou, O Lord, remainest. — Literally, Thou sittest: i.e., as the next clause shows, upon a throne. The lamentation is drawing to its close, and the mourner finds comfort in the thought of the ete...
THE EVERLASTING THRONE Lamentations 5:19-22 WE have lingered long in the valley of humiliation. At the eleventh hour we are directed to look up from this scene of weary gloom to heavenly height...
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...
Thou, O LORD, remainest forever; thy throne from generation to generation. Wherefore dost thou forget us forever, and forsake us so long time? Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned;...
Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever ,.... The same in his nature and perfections; in his grace and goodness; in his power and faithfulness; in his purposes and promises; though all things else change,...
Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. Ver. 19. Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever. ] Alioqui totus totus desperassem, as that good man said once in like ease,...
Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever Though, for our sins, thou hast suffered these calamities to befall us, and our throne, through thy righteous providence, is thrown down; yet thou art still the sam...
Unchangeableness of God; Prayer for Mercy and Grace. B. C. 588. 17 For this our heart...
That is, Lord, though for our sins thou sufferest these things to be done unto us, and our throne be through thy righteous providence thrown down, and thy throne in thy sanctuary amongst us be thrown...
EXEGETICAL NOTES. — Lamentations 5:19 . Nevertheless, whatever be the low estate of His sanctuary and people, the living God is and reigns. Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever. Not only is His co...
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...
Thou, O Lord, remainest forever; Thy throne from generation to generation. The everlasting throne Thus at last our attention is turned from earth to heaven, from man to God. In this change of v...
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 Timothy 1:17 ; 1 Timothy 6:15 ; 1 Timothy 6:16 ; Daniel 2:44 ; Daniel 7:14 ; Daniel 7:27 ; Deuteronomy 33:27 ; Habakkuk 1:12 ; Hebrews 1:10-12 ; Hebrews 1:8 ; Hebrews 1:9 ; Hebrews 13:8...
Thy throne — Altho' for our sins thou sufferest our throne to be cast down, yet thou art the same, thy power is not diminished, nor thy goodness abated.