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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 5:5

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

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:6

We have given the hand to the Egyptians - We have sought alliances both with the Egyptians and Assyrians, and made covenants with them in order to get the necessaries of life. Or, wherever we are now driven, we are obliged to submit to the people of the countries in order to the preservation of our lives. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:5

Verse 5 Here he says that the people were oppressed with a grievous bondage. It is, indeed, a metaphorical expression when he says, that people suffered persecution on their necks. Enemies may sometimes be troublesome to us, either before our face, or behind our backs, or by our sides; but when they so domineer as to ride on our necks, in this kind of insult there is extreme degradation. Hence the Prophet here complains of the servile and even disgraceful oppression of the people when he says,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:6

Verse 6 He speaks here of the mendicity of the people, that they sought bread from every quarter. To give the hand, is explained in three ways: some say that it means humbly to ask; others, to make an agreement; and others, to extend it in token of misery, as he who cannot ask for help, intimates his wants by extending his hand. But the Prophet seems simply to mean that the people were so distressed by want, that they begged bread. I then take the expression, to give the hand, as meaning that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:1-18

INSULT UPON INSULT HAS BEEN HEAPED UPON JERUSALEM . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:5

Our necks are under persecution . Persecution is here compared to a yoke. But this rendering and explanation hardly suit the phrase, which rather means, " We are pursued close upon our necks." The harassing conduct of the Babylonian conquerors is compared to the pursuit of a foe fast gaining upon a fugitive. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:6

We have given the hand, etc. Starvation awaits the Jews unless they submit to one or the other of their hereditary foes. Some escape to Egypt and "give the hand" ( i.e. surrender, Jeremiah 1:15 ) to the lords of the fertile Nile valley; others acquiesce in the fate of the majority, and sue for the alms of the Babylonians. read more

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

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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:6

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