Omit “as.”
Lamentations 3. The Third Lament. Here it is the singer that comes chiefly to the front; whereas in Lamentations 3:1 it had been Zion, and in La...
people . peoples.
They say here that they were exposed to reproach, so as to become, as it were, the sweepings of the world. Some render סחי, sachi, “refuse;”...
Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. Thou hast covered with anger - namely, thyself (so L...
Zion's Hope in God's Mercy This third poem is the most elaborate in structure and the most sublime in thought of all. The poet speaks not only for...
In the midst of the people. — Literally, peoples: i.e., the heathen nations of the world. A like phrase meets us in 1 Corinthians 4:13 .
GRIEVING BEFORE GOD Lamentations 3:43-54 AS might have been expected, the mourning patriot quickly forsakes the patch of sunshine which lights...
In this central and longest poem, Jeremiah identified himself completely with the experiences of his people. In the first movement, in language which...
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The LORD is good unto the...
Thou hast made us [as] the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. Had given them up into the hands of the Gentiles, the Chaldeans, to b...
Thou hast made us [as] the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. Ver. 45. Thou hast made us as the offscouring. ] Eradicationem, sa...
We have transgressed , &c. Here the prophet shows what will be the effect of a proper searching and trying of our ways; we shall be convinced of...
Complaining to God. B. C. 588. 42 We...
That is, thou hast made us to all nations extremely contemptible, so as they value us no more than the sweepings of their houses, or the most vile, r...
The People Are Called On To Seek YHWH, And They Face Up To The Situation That They Are In Whilst The Prophet Himself Continues To Plead For Them ( L...
EXEGETICAL NOTES. — (ס) Lamentations 3:43 . Thou hast covered with anger, whether Himself or us is not clear, but as the next clause, and purs...
We are about to read a chapter which is very full of sorrow; while you are listening to it, some of you may be saying, «We are not in that condition....
The Metre changes here. The letters of the Hebrew alphabet, twenty two in number, begin three hemistichs, which make sixty six verses. It would look...
EXPOSITION Lamentations 3:1-25 MONOLOGUE SPOKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER WHOSE FATE IS BOUND UP WITH THAT OF...
Confession of Sin and Complaint over the Cruelty of the Enemies
Thou hast made us, by refusing His assistance, as the off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the people. Israel, ground down to the dust, had beco...
Jeremiah 14:11 ; Jeremiah 15:1 ; Lamentations 3:8 ; Psalms 80:4 ; Psalms 97:2 ; Zechariah 7:13
45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.