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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Lamentations 4:1-10

How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:3

Sea-monsters. Literally, Lamia. Hebrew Tannim. (Haydock) --- The lamia has a face like a woman, and a body like beasts; and is cruel, yet feeds its young. (Worthington) --- The fabulous lamia is supposed to destroy all children, (Diod. Sic. xx.; Ovid, Fast. vi.) and cannot be meant. But the sea dog, though most cruel will not neglect its young ones. (Calmet) --- Ostrich. Hebrew henim, (Haydock) "swans," Isaias xiii. 21., and Job xxix. 14. The ostrich is said to break some of its eggs.... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:1-12

1-12 What a change is here! Sin tarnishes the beauty of the most exalted powers and the most excellent gifts; but that gold, tried in the fire, which Christ bestows, never will be taken from us; its outward appearance may be dimmed, but its real value can never be changed. The horrors of the siege and destruction of Jerusalem are again described. Beholding the sad consequences of sin in the church of old, let us seriously consider to what the same causes may justly bring down the church now.... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Lamentations 4:1-11

Jerusalem's Affliction a Punishment for her Guilt v. 1. How is the gold become dim! How is the most fine gold changed! losing its splendor and color. The stones of the Sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street, or, "The hallowed stones are cast forth at all street corners," with utter disregard of their costliness. The two expressions together are a picture of the holy people of the Lord, consecrated to be a kingdom of priests unto the Lord. v. 2. The precious sons of Zion, all its... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Lamentations 4:1-22

Lamentations 4:0Zion’s guilt and punishment graphically described by an eye-witness, [or the sufferings of the people of all grades and ranks of society.—W. H. H.]The Song consists plainly of four parts [or sections], Lamentations 4:1-6; Lamentations 4:7-11; Lamentations 4:12-16; Lamentations 4:17-20; and a conclusion, Lamentations 4:21-22PART I. Lam 4:1-11Sect. I. Lam 4:1-6א Lamentations 4:1. How doth gold become dim!The choice gold change its color!The hallowed stones are cast forthAt the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 4:1-22

The fourth poem is for the most part a dirge of desolation, which nevertheless ends in a song of hope. Jeremiah first described the disaster in Zion, declaring that it all arose as the result of the sin of the people, which was greater than that of Sodom. He then described the degradation of the people. From the perfection of health her nobles have degenerated into men on whom the stamp of an unutterable disease is clearly set. All this has resulted from the sins of the prophets and the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:1-11

The Sad Condition Of The People Of Jerusalem Due To The Anger Of YHWH (Lamentations 4:1-11 ). Lamentations 4:1 (Aleph) How is the gold become dim! How is the most pure gold changed! The (precious) stones of the sanctuary are poured out, At the head of every street. What is in mind here are not the gold and precious stones of the Temple, but the gold and precious stones as representing the people of Israel (so Lamentations 4:2). Note how in Lamentations 4:2 the sons of Zion are ‘weighed as... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:1-22

Lamentations 4. The Fourth Lament.— This has less literary finish than Lamentations 4:3, and it has also less spiritual value. It lacks much of the saints whom one seems to see in Lamentations 4:1, and we miss the love of worship that appears to be breathed in 2. The keenest pang felt in this fourth chant is in behalf of the suffering king of Judah. If we are right in thinking that it dates from about 60 B.C., then we may say that it was penned by a Sadducee, some strong supporter of the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Lamentations 4:3

The learned author of our English Annotations well observeth, that whatever creature is here intended by the word translated sea-monsters, yet our translation is not proper, the text speaking of creatures of God’s making, monsters properly signifying such as have something beyond their natural bulk and proportion. What creatures are signified by the Hebrew term, whether sea-calves, or dragons, or serpents, or whales, is very hard to say, the Hebrew word signifying some creatures, occurring so... read more