Lamentations 1:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 1:12

Lamentations 1:12. Is it nothing to you? &c. The Vulgate reads this clause without an interrogation, thus: O vos omnes qui transitis per viam attendite, videte, &c. O all ye, who pass by the way, observe, see, &c. Lowth also and Blaney prefer reading it in a similar way; the former thus: O all ye that pass by; or, O! I appeal to all you that pass by: and the latter, O that among you, all ye that pass by the way, ye would look and see, &c. Our translation, however,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-22

THE FIVE POEMSDesolation in Jerusalem (1:1-22)Jerusalem, once a busy commercial city, is now empty. She is like a woman who has lost her husband, like a princess who has become a slave. The nations (her ‘lovers’) who she thought would help her have proved useless, some even treacherous (1:1-3).When Jerusalem’s hour of crisis came, all her leaders fled, leaving the people to be attacked, plundered and taken captive. Now that all the usual activities of daily life have ceased, there remain only... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Lamentations 1:12

behold = look attentively. Not the same word as in verses: Lamentations 1:9 , Lamentations 1:18 , Lamentations 1:20 . be = exists. Hebrew. yesh. See Genesis 18:24 .Proverbs 8:21 ; Proverbs 18:24 , &c. sorrow = pain. done unto me. Compare Lamentations 1:22 ; Lamentations 3:15 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Lamentations 1:12

Lamentations 1:12. Is it nothing to you— Come unto me all ye that pass by. Houbigant. Michaelis would render it, Not unto you that pass by, [namely, do I call]. The preceding verse ended thus, See, O Lord, and consider, for I am become vile; and then immediately follows, "Not unto you who pass by do I cry, Behold, and see," &c. that is, "I do not make this address to you who pass by; I do not call you who have heard this my complaint, as spectators and witnesses of my grief; ye are unable... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:12

12. The pathetic appeal of Jerusalem, not only to her neighbors, but even to the strangers "passing by," as her sorrow is such as should excite the compassion even of those unconnected with her. She here prefigures Christ, whom the language is prophetically made to suit, more than Jerusalem. Compare Israel, that is, Messiah, :-. Compare with "pass by," Matthew 27:39; Mark 15:29. As to Jerusalem, Mark 15:29- :. M AURER, from the Arabic idiom, translates, "do not go off on your way," that is,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 1:12

Jerusalem bewailed the lack of concern that her desolate condition drew from onlookers in this classic expression of grief. Her pain was uniquely great because the Lord had poured out His wrath on her.". . . real goodness is not indulgent of evil." [Note: Price, p. 697.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 1:12-19

1. Jerusalem’s call to onlookers 1:12-19 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 1:12-22

B. Jerusalem’s sorrow over her own condition 1:12-22In contrast to the first half of the lament, these verses present the picture of an inside observer looking out. Lamentations 1:12-19 record Jerusalem’s call to people who had observed her desolation, and Lamentations 1:20-22 contain her call to the Lord. read more

John Dummelow

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

Zion’s Desolation and SorrowThough the five poems contained in the book have practically the same theme—the downfall of Jerusalem—yet each poem dwells on a different phase of the subject as intimated in the opening words of each chapter This first one emphasises the desolation and misery of the city, describing it as ’solitary,’ as ’a widow,’ and as ’tributary,’ i.e. Judah has lost her independence; and there is ’no comforter,’ Lamentations 1:2, Lamentations 1:9, Lamentations 1:17, Lamentations... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Lamentations 1:12

(12) Is it nothing to you . . .—Literally, Not to you, ye passers by, which the Authorised version takes as a question. The LXX. and Vulg., however, seem to have taken the adverb as an interjection: “O all ye that pass by . . .” And some interpreters have taken the negative but not the question, “Nor to you . . . (do I say this).” The Authorised version, however, has most to commend it. What the mourning city felt most keenly was that her unparalleled sufferings were met with an unparalleled... read more

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