The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:37-54
EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE ; RENDERED , LAMENTATION . read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:40-51
Confession of sin, followed by sighs and groans. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:46-48
Here occurs a break in the alphabetic order, as these three verses begin, not, as they should, with ayin, but with pe (see Introduction). read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:48
Runneth down, etc. (comp. Lamentations 1:16 ). read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:48-51
Sympathetic sorrow. This passage is sufficient to justify the title prefixed to this collection of sacred lyrics. It is indeed a "lamentation." And, what is deserving of special notice, the lament is not for personal affliction, it is occasioned by the distress and woe of the fellow countrymen of the prophet. I. THE OCCASION OF THIS SYMPATHETIC SORROW . 1 . The affliction of "the daughters of the city." Whether by this expression we are to understand dependent towns or... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:49
Trickleth down; rather, poureth down. Ceaseth not ; literally, is not silent (comp. Jeremiah 14:17 ). read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:49-50
Tears which only God can wipe away. I. THERE ARE TEARS WHICH ONLY GOD CAN WIPE AWAY . Jerusalem is so desolate that one who mourns her sad estate weeps such tears. But in all ages there have been sufferers in similar trial. 1 . When sorrow is acute. The lighter troubles may be patiently endured, or resisted, or mitigated, or driven away by sympathy and brotherly aid. There are troubles which no man can touch, sores which no balm of Gilead can ease, a secret... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:51
Affecteth mine heart; rather, paineth me; literally, paineth my soul, the soul being mentioned as the centre of the feelings and emotions. The daughters of my city. The sad fate of the virgins of Jerusalem oppressed the spirit of the writer (pomp. Lamentations 1:4 , Lamentations 1:18 ; Lamentations 2:10 , Lamentations 2:21 ). read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:51
The eye and the life. "Mine eye affecteth mine heart." More correctly, "Mine eye paineth my soul, or my life;" that is, what I see, so melancholy is it, that it preys on my mind and undermines my health. Note— I. THE EFFECT OF THE SENSES ON THE LIFE . The eye is more than an optical instrument. The effect produced by the image on the retina depends upon who it is that sees and what it is that he sees. Age, education, peculiarities of experience, will make all the... read more
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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:51
Verse 51 He had said, that his eye flowed down, and then, that it was like a fountain, from which many streams or rivers flowed: he now adopts another mode of speaking, that his eyes grieved his soul; and it is a sign of the greatest sorrow when he who weeps seeks some relief, and is at the same time overpowered by that external feeling. For many indulge in grief and inflame themselves; then the soul of man is like a fan to rouse the burning. But when we weep and our eyes shed tears, and when... read more