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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 2:1-9

It is a very sad representation which is here made of the state of God's church, of Jacob and Israel, of Zion and Jerusalem; but the emphasis in these verses seems to be laid all along upon the hand of God in the calamities which they were groaning under. The grief is not so much that such and such things are done as that God has done them, that he appears angry with them; it is he that chastens them, and chastens them in wrath and in his hot displeasure; he has become their enemy, and fights... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 2:3

He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel ,.... All its power and strength, especially its kingly power, which is often signified by a horn in Scripture; see Daniel 7:24 ; this the Lord took away in his fierce anger, and left the land destitute of all relief, help, defence and protection; whether from its king and princes, or from its men of war or fortified places; all being cut off and destroyed: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy ; either his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 2:3

The horn of Israel - His power and strength. It is a metaphor taken from cattle, whose principal strength lies in their horns. Hath drawn back his right hand - He did not support us when our enemies came against us. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 2:3

Verse 3 Jeremiah expresses the same thing in various ways; but all that he says tends to shew that it was an evidence of God’s extreme vengeance, when the people, the city, and the Temple, were destroyed. But it ought to be observed, that God is here represented as the author of that calamity: the Prophet would have otherwise lamented in vain over the ruin of his own country; but as in all adversities he acknowledged the hand of God, he afterwards added, that God had a just reason why he was so... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:3

All the horn; rather, every horn ; i.e. all the means of defence, especially the fortresses. He hath drawn back his right hand; i.e. he hath withdrawn his assistance in war. He burned against; rather, he burned up. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 2:3

Since the horn is the symbol of power, the cutting off of every horn means the depriving Israel of all power of resistance. The drawing back of God’s right hand signifies the withdrawal of that special Providence which used to protect the chosen people.And he burned ... - Or, “and” he kindled a fire in Jacob: as the active enemy of “Jacob,” Himself applying the torch. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 2:2-4

Lamentations 2:2-4. The Lord hath swallowed up the habitations, &c. Without showing any pity or concern for them. He hath thrown down the strong holds, &c. Hath suffered the enemies to batter down their fortifications to the ground. He hath polluted the kingdom, &c. “He hath shown no regard for the kingdom which himself had settled upon the family of David, but involved the royal family in one common destruction with the rest of the people. The expression is much the same... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 2:1-22

Sufferings sent by God (2:1-22)In this poem the main theme is that the calamity that has befallen Judah has been the work of God. He has humbled the exalted nation; he has turned her glory into darkness (2:1). City and field, temple and fortress have been destroyed by him. They expected God to be the defender of his people, but he has been the attacker. Far from showing pity towards them, he has been angry with them (2-5).God has destroyed the temple and left it looking like an old broken-down... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Lamentations 2:3

horn. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , for the self-protection afforded by it. right hand. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia . App-6 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Lamentations 2:3

Lamentations 2:3. He hath drawn back his right hand— "He hath withdrawn his wonted assistance, and given up his people into the hands of their enemies." See Psalms 74:11. read more