Lamentations 4:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The anger of the Lord. — Literally, the face, as the symbol of wrath.

They respected not. — The subject of the verbs has to be supplied. The enemies, or the heathen, or men in general, ceased to feel any reverence for the fugitive priests and elders.

Lamentations 4:16

16 The angerc of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.