Lamentations 5:6

We have given the hand— We have submitted.

Related Commentaries of 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...
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,...
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 a...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

given the hand. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Adjunct), App-6, for voluntary submission.
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 sa...
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 soug...
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...
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 tha...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

To the Assyrians ] Babylonians of course are meant ( Jeremiah 2:18 ; 2 Kings 23:29 ).
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 “Babylo...
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...
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...
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 th...
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 test...
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, an...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

An Appeal to God; Complicated Sorrows. B. C. 588....
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....
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...
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 s...
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...
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 can...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Lamentations 5:1-25 INSULT UPON INSULT HAS BEEN HEAPED UPON JERUSALEM . Lamentations 5:2 Our inheritance....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Description of the Present Misery
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

We have given the hand, stretching it out in humble supplication, to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread, since the nati...
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...
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...

⁶ We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

Related Commentaries of Lamentations 5:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Lamentations 5:6