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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 5:12

After the princes had been put to death their bodies were hung up by the hand to expose them to public contumely. Old age, again, no more availed to shield men from shameful treatment than the high rank of the princes. Such treatment of conquered enemies was not uncommon in ancient warfare. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 5:12-16

Lamentations 5:12-16. Princes are hanged up by their hand By the hand of their enemies. They took the young men to grind To grind at the mill was the common employment of slaves, Exodus 11:5. The children fell under the wood They made children turn the handle of the mill till they fell down through weariness: so some explain it with relation to the former part of the verse. But the expression may be understood of making them carry such heavy burdens of wood that they fainted under the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:1-22

A prayer for mercy (5:1-22)This poem was apparently written in Judah some time after the fall of Jerusalem. Only the people of no use to Babylon were left in the land, and this poem reflects the hardships they faced (cf. Jeremiah 52:16).In a plea to God for mercy, the people remind him of their present shame (5:1). Death has broken up their families, and the invaders have taken over their houses and lands (2-3). They live and work like slaves in their own country, and have to buy water from... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Lamentations 5:11

women = wives. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Lamentations 5:12

faces. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), App-6 , for the whole person. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Lamentations 5:12

Lamentations 5:12. By their hand— That is to say, by the hands of the Chaldeans. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 5:11

11. So in just retribution Babylon itself should fare in the end. Jerusalem shall for the last time suffer these woes before her final restoration ( :-). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 5:12

12. hanged . . . by their hand—a piece of wanton cruelty invented by the Chaldeans. GROTIUS translates, "Princes were hung by the hand of the enemy"; hanging was a usual mode of execution ( :-). elders—officials ( :-). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 5:1-18

A. A plea for remembrance 5:1-18 read more