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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 5:1-16

Isa. any afflicted? let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God, and make known before him his trouble. The people of God do so here; being overwhelmed with grief, they give vent to their sorrows at the footstool of the throne of grace, and so give themselves ease. They complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt: ?Remember what has come upon us, Lam. 5:1. What was of old threatened against us, and was long in the coming, has now at length come upon us, and we are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:2

Our inheritance is turned to strangers ,.... The land of Canaan in general, which was given to Abraham and his seed to be their inheritance; and their field, and vineyards in particular, which came to them by inheritance from their fathers, were now in the hands of the Chaldeans, strangers to God, and aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, as all Gentiles were, Ephesians 2:12 ; our houses to aliens ; which they had built or purchased, or their fathers had left them, were now inhabited... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:3

We are orphans and fatherless ,.... In every sense; in a natural sense, their fathers having been cut off by the sword, famine, or pestilence; in a civil sense, their king being taken from them; and in a religious sense, God having forsaken them for their sins: our mothers are as widows ; either really so, their husbands being dead; or were as if they had no husbands, they not being able to provide for them, protect and deferred them. The Targum adds, "whose husbands are gone to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:4

We have drunken our water for money ,.... They who in their own land, which was a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, had wells of water of their own, and water freely and in abundance, now were obliged to pay for it, for drink, and other uses: our wood is sold unto us ; or, "comes to us by a price" F18 במחיר יבאו "in pretio venerunt", Pagninus, Montanus; "caro nobis pretio veniunt", Michaelis. ; and a dear one; in their own land they could have wood out of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:5

Our necks are under persecution ,.... A yoke of hard servitude and bondage was put upon their necks, as Jarchi interprets it; which they were forced to submit unto: or, "upon our necks we are pursued" F19 על צוארנו נרדפנו "super colla nostra persecutionem passi sumus", Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin; "vel patimur", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; or, "suffer persecution": which Aben Ezra explains thus, in connection with the Lamentations 5:4 ; if we carry water or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:6

We have given our hand to the Egyptians ,.... Either by way of supplication, to beg bread of them; or by way of covenant and agreement; or to testify subjection to them, in order to be supplied with food: many of the Jews went into Egypt upon the taking of the city, Jeremiah 43:5 ; and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread ; among whom many of the captives were dispersed; since from hence they are said to be returned, as well as from Egypt, Isaiah 11:16 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:7

Our fathers have sinned, and are not ,.... In the world, as the Targum adds; they were in being, but not on earth; they were departed from hence, and gone into another world; and so were free from the miseries and calamities their children were attended with, and therefore more happy: and we have borne their iniquities ; the punishment of them, or chastisement for them: this is not said by way of complaint, much less as charging God with injustice, in punishing them for their fathers'... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:2

Our inheritance is turned to strangers - The greater part of the Jews were either slain or carried away captive; and even those who were left under Gedaliah were not free, for they were vassals to the Chaldeans. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:4

We have drunken our water for money - I suppose the meaning of this is, that every thing was taxed by the Chaldeans, and that they kept the management in their own hands, so that wood and water were both sold, the people not being permitted to help themselves. They were now so lowly reduced by servitude, that they were obliged to pay dearly for those things which formerly were common and of no price. A poor Hindoo in the country never buys fire-wood, but when he comes to the city he is... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Our necks are under persecution - We feel the yoke of our bondage; we are driven to our work like the bullock, which has a yoke upon his neck. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 5:1-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:4

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

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