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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:22

But thou hast utterly rejected us - It appears as if thou hadst sealed our final reprobation, because thou showest against us exceeding great wrath. But convert us, O Lord, onto thee, and we shall be converted. We are now greatly humbled, feel our sin, and see our folly: once more restore us, and we shall never again forsake thee! He heard the prayer; and at the end of seventy years they were restored to their own land. This last verse is well rendered in the first printed edition of our... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:17

Verse 17 He connects sorrow here with the acknowledgment of sin, that the people under the pressure and agony of sorrow might apply their minds so as to consider their own sins. At the same time the Prophet, no doubt, includes here all that we have already observed, as though he had said that the people were not without reason wearied with sorrow, for they had ample and manifold reasons for their grief. For this reason, he says, that is, we do not exceed a due measure in our sorrow, for our... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:18

Verse 18 Though he had in general included all kinds of evils, he yet mentions now the principal cause of sorrow, that mount Sion had lost its beauty and its excellency. For that place had been chosen by God, as though he had descended there from heaven, that he might dwell there; and we know also that its beauty is spoken of in high terms. For there the face of God shone forth, as Moses and the Prophets often speak. It was then an extremely sad change, that as God had dwelt in mount Sion,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:19

Verse 19 The Prophet here raises up his eyes to God, and, by his example, he encourages all the godly, that they might not cease, notwithstanding their extreme calamities, to look to God, as we find in the hundred and second Psalm, where the Psalmist speaks of the destruction of the city of Jerusalem. Indeed the subject of that psalm is similar to that of this chapter; nor is there a doubt but that it was composed when the people, as it clearly appears, were in exile in Babylon. There the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:20

Verse 20 He seems, indeed, here to expostulate with God; but the faithful, even when they patiently bear their evils, and submit to God’s scourges, do yet familiarly deposit their complaints in his bosom, and thus unburden themselves. We see that David prayed, and no doubt by the real impulse of the Spirit, and at the same time expostulated, “Why dost thou forget me perpetually?” (Psalms 13:1.) Nor is there a doubt but that the Prophet took this complaint from David. Let us, then, know, that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:21

Verse 21 The Prophet shews, in this verse, that the remedy is in God’s hand whenever he is pleased to succor his people. He, then, exalts here the power of God, as though he had said, that God is not without power, but that he can, whenever he pleases, help his people. This is not, indeed, a sufficient ground for confidence, yet it is the beginning of hope; for whence is it that despair weakens us, so that we cannot call on God? because we think that it is all over with us; and whence is this?... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:22

Verse 22 The two words כי אם, ki am, are differently explained: some render them, “but if,” or “certainly if,” and thus separate the verse into two parts, “Surely if thou hast rejected us, thou art very angry;” but this is a forced meaning, not intended, as I think, by the Prophet. And these seem to have been compelled by necessity to pervert the Prophet’s words; because it appears hard simply to declare that the people had been wholly rejected by God. As, then, this harshness offended them,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:1-18

INSULT UPON INSULT HAS BEEN HEAPED UPON JERUSALEM . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:16-17

The degradation of sin. The promise of sin is something very different from this; no flattery is untried, no prospect withheld, which may induce men to rebel against God. But, as with our first parents, as with the dwellers in Jerusalem, so is it in the experience of all men; the promises which sin makes are unfulfilled; the wages of sin are death. I. THE PICTURE OF DEGRADATION . It is highly figurative language which the prophet here employs; but it is not exaggerated, it is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:17

The faint heart and the dim eyes. I. THE PENETRATING EFFECT OF THE DIVINE CHASTISEMENTS . Jerusalem had been satisfied with outward things. Wherever it turned, there had been enough to satisfy its pride and its pleasure. And now Jehovah, by efficient agents, had taken these outward things away. The difference that had been made in Jerusalem was perceptible to any eye. But another difference could only be known when it was confessed, namely, the difference made in the hearts... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:16-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:17

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