Lamentations 5:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. ”

Lamentations 5:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“To give the hand” means to submit oneself. Absolutely it was Babylon that had just destroyed their national existence, but Jeremiah means that all feelings of patriotism were crushed, and the sole...
Lamentations 5:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

We have given the (c) hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. (c) We are joined in league and amity with them, or have submitted ourselves to them.
Lamentations 5:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Lamentations 5:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

given the hand. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Adjunct), App-6, for voluntary submission.
Lamentations 5:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He speaks here of the mendicity of the people, that they sought bread from every quarter. To give the hand, is explained in three ways: some say that it means humbly to ask; others, to make an...
Lamentations 5:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. We have given the hand to the Egyptians - We have sought alliances both with the Egyptians and Assyrians...
Lamentations 5:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

We have given the hand— We have submitted.
Lamentations 5:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. We have given the hand to - in token of submission (note, Jeremiah 50:15 ). To the Egyptians -...
Lamentations 5:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Lamentations 5:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

We have given the hand. — The recognised phrase for submission ( Jeremiah 1:15 ). “Assyria,” as in Jeremiah 2:18 ; Ezra 6:22 , stands for “Babylon.” The people had been forced by sheer pressure o...
Lamentations 5:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

AN APPEAL FOR GOD'S COMPASSION Lamentations 5:1-10 UNLIKE its predecessors, the fifth and last elegy is not an acrostic. There is little to be gained by a discussion of the various conjectures...
Lamentations 5:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Lamentations 5:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Lamentations 5:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

We have given our hand [to] the Egyptians ,.... Either by way of supplication, to beg bread of them; or by way of covenant and agreement; or to testify subjection to them, in order to be supplied wi...
Lamentations 5:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. Ver. 6. We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians. ] Enemies to the Chaldeans, no...
Lamentations 5:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Consider, and behold our reproach Which we suffer from the heathen nations. Our inheritance is turned to strangers Namely, to the Babylonians and others, to whom our lands are given. We are orph...
Lamentations 5:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

An Appeal to God; Complicated Sorrows. B. C. 588. 1 Remember, O L ORD , what is come upo...
Lamentations 5:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The ten tribes were all carried captives into Assyria, many of the kingdom of Judah, as we have heard, fled into Egypt after the taking of Jerusalem. Giving the hand may either signify working with...
Lamentations 5:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. In view of the mention of the Assyrians some see this as looking back to the past when they had had to com...
Lamentations 5:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXEGETICAL NOTES. — Lamentations 5:6 . Judæa was on the verge of famine through the foragings of the invaders, and, under the ominous shadow of starvation, To Egypt we have given the hand, i.e...
Lamentations 5:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Lamentations 5:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us. An appeal for God’s compassion The prayer opens with a striking phrase--“Remember, O Lord,” etc. It cannot be supposed that the elegist conceived of his...
Lamentations 5:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Lamentations 5:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Description of the Present Misery
Lamentations 5:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 10:15 ; Ezekiel 17:18 ; Genesis 24:2 ; Hosea 12:1 ; Hosea 5:13 ; Hosea 7:11 ; Hosea 9:3 ; Isaiah 30:1-6 ; Isaiah 31:1-3 ; Isaiah 57:9 ; Jeremiah 2:18 ; Jeremiah 2:36 ; Jeremiah 4...
Lamentations 5:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

We — The ten tribes were all carried captives into Assyria, and many of the kingdom of Judah fled into Egypt. Giving the hand may signify labouring for them: or, yielding up themselves to their pow...

Lamentations 5:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lamentations 5:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Lamentations 5:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 5:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Lamentations 5:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 5:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lamentations 5:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lamentations 5:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lamentations 5:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 5:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lamentations 5:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Lamentations 5:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Lamentations 5:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Lamentations 5:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lamentations 5:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lamentations 5:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lamentations 5:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Lamentations 5:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lamentations 5:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 5:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Lamentations 5:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lamentations 5:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Lamentations 5:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Lamentations 5:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lamentations 5:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Lamentations 5:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes