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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 4:17-20

A rapid sketch of the last days of the siege and the capture of the king.Lamentations 4:17Rather, “Still do our eyes waste away looking for our vain help.”In our watching - Or, “on our watchtower.”Lamentations 4:18Or, They hunted “our steps that we could not go out into the streets. To hunt” means here to lie in ambush, and catch by snares; and the streets are literally “the wide places,” especially at the gates. Toward the end of the siege the towers erected by the enemy would command these... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 4:18-20

Lamentations 4:18-20. They hunt our steps that we cannot go in our streets The Chaldeans, employed in the siege, are so close upon us, that we cannot stir a foot, nor look out at our doors, nor walk safely in the streets. Our end is near The end of our church and state; we are just at the brink of the ruin of both. Nay, our days are fulfilled, our end is come We are utterly undone; a fatal, final period is put to all our comforts; the days of our prosperity are fulfilled, they are... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:1-22

Corrupt leaders disgraced (4:1-22)Jerusalem’s former glory is contrasted with her present ruin. The once glorious temple, now defiled and shattered, is symbolic of the once glorious people now shamed and broken. Jerusalem’s dead lie in the streets like pieces of broken pottery (4:1-2). The writer recalls again the scene of horror during the siege. Wild beasts provide food for their young, but in Jerusalem mothers are unable to provide food for their children. Rich nobles die on the streets like... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Lamentations 4:19

persecutors = pursuers. swifter than the eagles. Ref, to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:49 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Lamentations 4:20

breath. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 . the anointed: i.e. Zedekiah was still Jehovah's "anointed", even as Saul was (1 Samuel 26:9 , 1Sa 26:11 , 1 Samuel 26:16 , 1 Samuel 26:23 ). pits = toils. Occurs only here and Psalms 107:20 . Hebrew. shichith. Compare Jeremiah 2:6 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Lamentations 4:19

Lamentations 4:19. Our persecutors, &c.— The Lord hath brought upon us the judgment that he threatened by Moses, of bringing a nation against us, as swift as the eagle flieth; for such are the Chaldean horsemen. See Jeremiah 4:13; Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:22. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Lamentations 4:20

Lamentations 4:20. The breath of our nostrils, &c.— That is to say, Our king; namely Zedekiah, whose flight the Chaldean soldiers intercepted, and on whose account the captive Jews hoped that their servitude would be lighter. So long as he was safe they might hope to preserve some face of religion and government. Calmet observes, that nothing can be more applicable than these words to our Lord Jesus Christ. This divine Saviour, the source of our life, the Lord and Master of the universe,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 4:19

19. The last times just before the taking of the city. There was no place of escape; the foe intercepted those wishing to escape from the famine-stricken city, "on the mountains and in the wilderness." swifter . . . than . . . eagles—the Chaldean cavalry ( :-). pursued—literally, "to be hot"; then, "to pursue hotly" ( :-). Thus they pursued and overtook Zedekiah (Jeremiah 52:8; Jeremiah 52:9). Resh. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 4:20

20. breath . . . anointed of . . . Lord—our king, with whose life ours was bound up. The original reference seems to have been to Josiah ( :-), killed in battle with Pharaoh-necho; but the language is here applied to Zedekiah, who, though worthless, was still lineal representative of David, and type of Messiah, the "Anointed." Viewed personally the language is too favorable to apply to him. live among the heathen—Under him we hoped to live securely, even in spite of the surrounding heathen... read more

Thomas Constable

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

B. Causes of the siege 4:12-20 read more