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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Lamentations 4:14-15

Lamentations 4:14-15. So that men could not touch their garments— It could not be avoided but their garments must be touched. Therefore the prophet immediately addresses the citizens of Jerusalem, Lamentations 4:15. Depart, proclaim ye their uncleanness; depart, depart, touch not, that they may fly away and wander. Say among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there. Houbigant. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 4:15

15. They . . . them—"They," that is, "men" (Lamentations 4:14). Even the very Gentiles, regarded as unclean by the Jews, who were ordered most religiously to avoid all defilements, cried unto the latter, "depart," as being unclean: so universal was the defilement of the city by blood. wandered—As the false prophets and their followers had "wandered" blind with infatuated and idolatrous crime in the city (Lamentations 4:14- :), so they must now "wander" among the heathen in blind consternation... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 4:12-20

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Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 4:15

Like lepers, they warned others to stay away from them (cf. Leviticus 13:45-46). They wandered away from their own people, and even the pagans did not want them living among them (cf. Deuteronomy 28:65-66). In Scripture, leprosy often illustrates the ravages of sin and death."As the false prophets and their followers had ’wandered’ blind with infatuated and idolatrous crime in the city (Lamentations 4:14), so they must now ’wander’ among the heathen in blind consternation with calamity." [Note:... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:1-22

Zion’s former Glory contrasted with her present HumiliationIn this fourth dirge the poet describes the miseries of the various classes in the sack of Jerusalem, concluding with a warning to Edom. In structure, each alphabetic v. is composed of two rather than of three sub-divisions, the ideas and phrases balancing as in ordinary Hebrew poetry. This is considered the finest poetry of the book. The mourner speaks throughout.1-10. The terrible distress of the people and nobles.1. How is the gold... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Lamentations 4:15

(15) They cried unto them—i.e., these, as they passed, cried to the blood-stained priests. The cry “unclean” was that uttered by the leper as a warning to those he met (Leviticus 13:45). Here it comes from those whom they meet, and who start back in their fear of defilement.When they fled away.—The words seem to refer to some lost facts, like those suggested by Lamentations 4:14 : the murderers fleeing from their own countrymen, and finding themselves equally abhorred among the heathen. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:13-16

LEPERSLamentations 4:13-16PASSING from the fate of the princes to that of the prophets and priests, we come upon a vividly dramatic scene in the streets of Jerusalem amid the terror and confusion that precede the final act of the national tragedy. The doom of the city is attributed to the crimes of her religious leaders, whose true characters are now laid bare. The citizens shrink from the guilty men with the loathing felt for lepers, and shriek to them to depart, calling them unclean, and... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Lamentations 4:1-22

CHAPTER 4 The Departed Glory and the Cup of Shame This new lament begins with a description of the former glory of Zion and its present wretchedness; the glory is departed: How is the gold become dim! The most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured forth at the top of every street. The precious sons of Zion, just like fine gold-- How are they now esteemed like earthen pitchers: the work of the potters’ hands! Even the jackals draw out the breast, giving suck to their young--... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:1-22

The touching significance of this book lies in the fact that it is the disclosure of the love and sorrow of Jehovah for the very people He is chastening a sorrow wrought by the Spirit in the heart of Jeremiah. Compare Jeremiah 13:7 ; Matthew 23:36-38 ; and Romans 9:1-5 . Scofield Reference Bible As regards its external structure, the composition of the book, both as a whole and in its several parts, is so artistic, that anything like it can hardly be found in any other book of Holy Scriptures.... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Lamentations 4:1-22

Dimming of the Gold Lam 4:1 Not changed in a moment, but changed imperceptibly. It evil things would only come at specified times, we should know how to prepare for them and to defend ourselves against them. Had the strong man known at what hour the thief would come, he would not have suffered his house to be broken through. But we cannot tell the time, nor the way, nor the speciality of the attack, nor the exact scope that will be taken by the enemy. "What I say unto you I say unto all,... read more