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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:1-20

The title of the Ps. 102:1-28 might very fitly be prefixed to this chapter?The prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the Lord; for it is very feelingly and fluently that the complaint is here poured out. Let us observe the particulars of it. The prophet complains, 1. That God is angry. This gives both birth and bitterness to the affliction (Lam. 3:1): I am the man, the remarkable man, that has seen affliction, and has felt it sensibly, by the rod... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:21-36

Here the clouds begin to disperse and the sky to clear up; the complaint was very melancholy in the former part of the chapter, and yet here the tune is altered and the mourners in Zion begin to look a little pleasant. But for hope, the heart would break. To save the heart from being quite broken, here is something called to mind, which gives ground for hope (Lam. 3:21), which refers to what comes after, not to what goes before. I make to return to my heart (so the margin words it); what we... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:37-41

That we may be entitled to the comforts administered to the afflicted in the Lam. 3:21-36, and may taste the sweetness of them, we have here the duties of an afflicted state prescribed to us, in the performance of which we may expect those comforts. I. We must see and acknowledge the hand of God in all the calamities that befal us at any time, whether personal or public, Lam. 3:37, 38. This is here laid down as a great truth, which will help to quiet our spirits under our afflictions and to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:18

And I said, my strength and my hope are perished from the Lord. The former of these words signifies, according to Aben Ezra, "my standing", my subsistence, my continuance in being, or my perpetuity; according to Jarchi, my abiding F18 נצחי "duratio mea", Montanus; "perennitas mea", Cocceius. in this world; it is rendered "blood" in Isaiah 63:3 ; which is the support of life; and which when gone, or ceases to circulate, a man ceases to be: the sense is, that the prophet, or those he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:19

Remembering mine affliction and my misery ,.... The miserable affliction of him and his people; the remembrance of which, and poring upon it continually, caused the despondency before expressed: though it may be rendered imperatively, "remember my affliction, and my misery" F19 זכר "recordare", Munster, Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Cocceius, Michealis. ; so the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions; and Aben Ezra observes, that the words may be considered as a request to God, and so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:20

My soul hath them still in remembrance ,.... That is, according to our version, affliction and misery, compared to wormwood and gall: but the words, "my soul", are fetched from the next clause, where they ought to stand, and this to be rendered, "in remembering thou wilt remember" F20 זכור תזכור "recordando recordaberis", Luther, Michaelis. ; or, "thou wilt surely remember", and so expresses the confidence of the prophet, and his firm belief, his faith and hope increasing in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:21

This I recall to my mind ,.... Not affliction and misery, but the Lord's remembrance of his people; what he had been used to do, and would do again; and particularly what follows, the abundant mercy of God, and his great faithfulness; these things the prophet fetched back to his mind; and revolved them in his heart; says he, and therefore have I hope ; this revived his hope, which he was ready to say was perished from the Lord, and there was no foundation for it; but now he saw there... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:22

It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed ,.... It was true of the prophet, that he died not in prison, or in the dungeon; and of the people of the Jews, who though many of them perished by the sword, famine, and pestilence, yet God did not make a full end of them, according to his gracious promise, Jeremiah 30:11 ; but left them a seed, a remnant, from whence the Messiah, the mercy promised, should come, and to which it was owing they were not utterly cut off for their sins:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:23

They are new every morning ,.... That is, the tender mercies or compassions of God are, which prove that they fail not; there are instances of them every day, not only in a temporal, but in a spiritual sense; they are ever new, always fresh and vigorous, constant and perpetual; such are the love, grace, and mercy of God, though of old, yet daily renewed in the manifestations thereof; and which make a morning of spiritual light, joy, and comfort; and whenever it is morning with the saints,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:24

The Lord is my portion, saith my soul ,.... The prophet, or the church, whom he represents, rises and increases in the exercise of faith; from considering the mercies, compassions, and faithfulness of God, concludes a sure and firm interest in him, as a portion and inheritance. The Lord is the portion of his people in life and in death, in time and to eternity; all he is, and has, is theirs; they are heirs of him, and shall enjoy him for ever, and therefore shall not be consumed; he is a... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:1-20

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:21-36

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:37-41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:24

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