Lamentations 1:11,Lamentations 1:19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-11

Those that have any disposition to weep with those that weep, one would think, should scarcely be able to refrain from tears at the reading of these verses, so very pathetic are the lamentations here. I. The miseries of Jerusalem are here complained of as very pressing and by many circumstances very much aggravated. Let us take a view of these miseries. 1. As to their civil state. (1.) A city that was populous is now depopulated, Lam. 2:1. It is spoken of by way of wonder?Who would have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:11

All her people sigh ,.... Not her priests only, Lamentations 1:4 ; but all the common people, because of their affliction, particularly for want of bread. So the Targum, "all the people of Jerusalem sigh because of the famine;' for it follows: they seek bread ; to eat, as the Targum; inquire where it is to be had, but in vain: they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul : or, "to cause the soul to return" F24 להשיב נפש "ad reducendum animam",... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:11

They have given their pleasant things - Jerusalem is compared to a woman brought into great straits, who parts with her jewels and trinkets in order to purchase by them the necessaries of life. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:11

Verse 11 The Prophet here complains that all the citizens of Jerusalem were constantly groaning through want and famine. He first says, that all were sighing. The word “people” is collective, and hence he uses the plural number, נאנחיםץ , nanechim. Then he says that they were all sighing; but he expresses also the reason, because they were seeking bread. To seek bread is indeed common to all; but by this word he intimates extreme want., as though he had said, that they begged their bread. He... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-11

A WAIL OF DISTRESS FOR JERUSALEM . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:11

All her people sigh, etc. The sufferings of Jerusalem did not come to an end at the capture of the city. Some think that this verse relates solely to the miserable survivors. This is possible; at any rate, it includes the contemporaries of the writer. "Sigh" and "seek" are participles in the Hebrew. To relieve the soul; literally, to bring back the soul. The "soul," i.e. the principle of life, is conceived of as having for a time deserted the fainting frame. See, O Lord, etc. Another... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:11

The real need of the soul made manifest. I. REAL NEED CAN ONLY BE MADE MANIFEST BY PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE . The greatest need of the natural life is bread, taking the word "bread" as representative of all food. Clothing and Shelter, while they may indeed be reckoned as needs, are not needs after the same imperative fashion as food; and every one, however easily his dally bread comes to him, will assent to this same general truth that food is the great need of natural... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:11

Sigh ... seek - Are sighing ... are seeking. The words are present participles, describing the condition of the people. After a siege lasting a year and a half the whole country, far and near, would be exhausted.To relieve the soul - See the margin, i. e. to bring back life to them. They bring out their jewels and precious articles to obtain with them at least a meal. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 1:10-11

Lamentations 1:10-11. The adversary hath Or rather, did, spread his hand upon all her pleasant things Hebrew, מחמדיה , her desirable things, namely, her riches, and what else she most desired to preserve. She hath seen the heathen entered into her sanctuary, &c. She saw heathen nations, whom thou hadst forbidden even to be admitted into thy congregation, (as being uncircumcised,) enter into the sanctuary farther than ever her own people themselves were permitted to go. The... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-22

THE FIVE POEMSDesolation in Jerusalem (1:1-22)Jerusalem, once a busy commercial city, is now empty. She is like a woman who has lost her husband, like a princess who has become a slave. The nations (her ‘lovers’) who she thought would help her have proved useless, some even treacherous (1:1-3).When Jerusalem’s hour of crisis came, all her leaders fled, leaving the people to be attacked, plundered and taken captive. Now that all the usual activities of daily life have ceased, there remain only... read more

Lamentations 1:11,lamentations 1:19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 1:10-11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-22

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