“ But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. ”
Literally, “Unless thou hast utterly rejected us,” unless “thou art very wroth against us.” This is stated as a virtual impossibility. God’s anger can be but temporary Psalms 30:5 , and therefore...
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...
art . hast been. In the public reading of the Hebrew text Lamentations 5:21 is repeated after Lamentations 5:22 , so that the book may end with comfort. The same is the case with Ecclesiastes,...
The two words כי אם, ki am, are differently explained: some render them, “but if,” or “certainly if,” and thus separate the verse into two parts, “Surely if thou hast rejected us, thou art...
But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. But thou hast utterly rejected us - It appears as if thou hadst sealed our final reprobation, because thou showest against us exceed...
Renew our days, &c.— Renew our days as of old; Lamentations 5:22 . After thou hast rejected us and hast been very wroth against us. Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.— 1st, The prophet, in the nam...
But thou hast utterly rejected us - rather, 'Unless haply thou hast utterly rejected us, and art beyond measure wroth against us' - i:e., Unless thou art implacable, which is impossible, hear ou...
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...
But thou hast... — The Authorised version represents the mourner as falling back from the hopeful prayer into the depths of despair. For “but” we should, however, read unless. The hypothesis of u...
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;...
But thou hast utterly rejected us ,.... That looks as if they had no hope, and were in despair of having their petitions granted; since God had entirely rejected them from being his people, and woul...
But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. Ver. 22. But thou hast utterly rejected us. ] This is a sad catastrophe, or close of this doleful ditty, a Sometimes God's supp...
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...
OLBHeb; Our translators have here so rendered the particle yk that the words seem to express some diffidence in the prophet of God's mercy in restoring the people to their former state, some express...
Turn you us unto you, O YHWH, and we will be turned, Renew our days as of old. Unless (ki 'im) you have utterly rejected us, You are very angry against us. But he also realises that they cannot e...
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
Ezekiel 37:11 ; Hosea 1:6 ; Jeremiah 15:1-5 ; Psalms 44:9 ; Psalms 60:1 ; Psalms 60:2