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Neither does God approve of wanton cruelty inflicted by one man on another. Three examples are given: the treatment of prisoners of war; the procur...
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...
Many interpreters think that these three verses are connected with the previous doctrine, and show the connection thus, — that God does not see...
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, To crush under his feet - He can neither gain credit nor pleasure in trampling upon those who...
All the prisoners of the earth— All the prisoners of the land. By "the prisoners of the land," I am persuaded are meant the poor insolvent debtor...
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, To crush ... to turn aside ... to subvert. This triplet has an infinitive in the begi...
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...
(34-36) To crush... — The triplet of verses forms one sentence dependent upon the final clause, “The Lord approveth not,” literally, doth not look...
QUIET WAITING Lamentations 3:25-36 HAVING struck a rich vein, our author proceeds to work it with energy. Pursuing the ideas that flow out of t...
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...
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. These words, with what follow in Lamentations 3:35 ; either depend upon the preceding, and...
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, Ver. 34. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, ] i.e., All those th...
To crush under his feet , &c. In these verses certain acts of tyranny, malice, and injustice are specified, in the practice of which men are pro...
Words of Comfort to Israel; The Benefit of Afflictions; Comfort to the Afflicted. B. C....
The Prophet Prays His Way Through To Confidence In YHWH ( Lamentations 3:19-39 ). When our souls have reached their lowest point there is only one...
EXEGETICAL NOTES. — (ל) Lamentations 3:34-36 . The Lord does not afflict willingly, yet He is not indifferent to the injustice of man to man. All...
The first part of this chapter is one of the saddest in the whole Book of God; yet I expect it has ministered as much consolation as some of the brig...
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...
God's Mercy and Power Revealed
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, as in the cruel treatment accorded the Jews by the Chaldeans,
Isaiah 14:17 ; Isaiah 49:9 ; Isaiah 51:22 ; Isaiah 51:23 ; Jeremiah 50:17 ; Jeremiah 50:33 ; Jeremiah 50:34 ; Jeremiah 51:33-36 ; Psalms 102...
34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,