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Lamentations 5:3 open_in_new
We — We are all of us without a king, (our common father) we are deprived of thy fatherly protection, and many young children among us are left without an earthly parent.
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Lamentations 5:4 open_in_new
Sold — Whereas at other times there was abundance of wood and water throughout Judea.
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Lamentations 5:6 open_in_new
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 power.
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Lamentations 5:7 open_in_new
Their iniquities — The punishment of them.
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Lamentations 5:9 open_in_new
The sword — The enemies lay encamped in all the plains, so that they could stir out no way but the sword of the Chaldeans was upon them.
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Lamentations 5:13 open_in_new
Fell — Not being able to stand under the burdens laid upon them.
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Lamentations 5:16 open_in_new
The crown — All our honour, splendor and dignity.
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Lamentations 5:19 open_in_new
Thy throne — Altho' for our sins thou sufferest our throne to be cast down, yet thou art the same, thy power is not diminished, nor thy goodness abated.
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Lamentations 5:21 open_in_new
Renew — Restore us to our former estate.