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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:2

Lovers ... friends - i. e. the states in alliance with Judaea, and all human helpers. read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 1:2

Lamentations 1:2. She weepeth sore in the night In the Hebrew, according to the idiom of that language, it is, Weeping she weepeth, which our old English version renders, She weepeth continually. The expression, in the night, is interpreted by some to signify her condition was so unhappy that, though oppressed with calamities, she did not dare to utter her complaints, unless secretly in the night, for fear of irritating her enemies. Among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-22

THE FIVE POEMSDesolation in Jerusalem (1:1-22)Jerusalem, once a busy commercial city, is now empty. She is like a woman who has lost her husband, like a princess who has become a slave. The nations (her ‘lovers’) who she thought would help her have proved useless, some even treacherous (1:1-3).When Jerusalem’s hour of crisis came, all her leaders fled, leaving the people to be attacked, plundered and taken captive. Now that all the usual activities of daily life have ceased, there remain only... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Lamentations 1:2

weepeth sore. Note Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ). The Hebrew = a weeping she weepeth. Thus well rendered. See note on Genesis 26:28 ; and note the Figure of speech Prosopopoeia ( App-6 ). lovers: i.e. allies, whom she had preferred to Jehovah. See Jeremiah 2:17 , Jeremiah 2:27 , Jeremiah 2:36 , Jeremiah 2:37 ; Jeremiah 4:30 ; Jeremiah 22:22 .Ezekiel 23:0 ; and Lam 29:6 , Lam 29:7 , Lam 29:16 . enemies. Especially the Edomites and Ammonites. Compare Jeremiah 12:14 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Lamentations 1:2

Lamentations 1:2. Among all her lovers, &c.— "All her allies, whose friendship she courted by sinful compliances, have forsaken her in the night of her afflictions, and even joined with her enemies in insulting over her." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:2

2. in the night—even in the night, the period of rest and oblivion of griefs ( :-). lovers . . . friends—the heathen states allied to Judah, and their idols. The idols whom she "loved" ( :-) could not comfort her. Her former allies would not: nay, some "treacherously" joined her enemies against her (2 Kings 24:2; 2 Kings 24:7; Psalms 137:7). Gimel. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 1:1-7

1. The extent of the devastation 1:1-7 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 1:1-11

A. An observer’s sorrow over Jerusalem’s condition 1:1-11Jeremiah first viewed Jerusalem’s destruction as an outsider looking in. Lamentations 1:1-7 describe the extent of the desolation and Lamentations 1:8-11 its cause. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 1:2

The prophet personified Jerusalem as a young girl abandoned by her lovers and betrayed by her friends (cf. Jeremiah 4:30; Jeremiah 30:14). Normally weeping gives way to sleep at night, but when it does not, sorrow is very great indeed. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:1-22

Zion’s Desolation and SorrowThough the five poems contained in the book have practically the same theme—the downfall of Jerusalem—yet each poem dwells on a different phase of the subject as intimated in the opening words of each chapter This first one emphasises the desolation and misery of the city, describing it as ’solitary,’ as ’a widow,’ and as ’tributary,’ i.e. Judah has lost her independence; and there is ’no comforter,’ Lamentations 1:2, Lamentations 1:9, Lamentations 1:17, Lamentations... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 1:2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Lamentations 1:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Lamentations 1:2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 1:1-7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 1:1-11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 1:2

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:1-22

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