Lamentations 1:12

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 1:12-22

The complaints here are, for substance, the same with those in the foregoing part of the chapter; but in these verses the prophet, in the name of the lamenting church, does more particularly acknowledge the hand of god in these calamities, and the righteousness of his hand.[ 47a5 /P] I. The church in distress here magnifies her affliction, and yet no more than there was cause for; her groaning was not heavier than her strokes. She appeals to all spectators: See if there be any sorrow like... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:12

Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by ?.... O ye strangers and travellers that pass by, and see my distress, does it not at all concern you? does it not in the least affect you? can you look upon it, and have no commiseration? or is there nothing to be learned from hence by you, that may be instructive and useful to you? Some consider the words as deprecating; may the like things never befall you that have befallen me, O ye passengers; be ye who ye will; I can never wish the greatest... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:12

Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? - The desolations and distress brought upon this city and its inhabitants had scarcely any parallel. Excessive abuse of God's accumulated mercies calls for singular and exemplary punishment. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:12

Verse 12 The beginning of the verse is variously explained. Some read it interrogatively, “Is it nothing to you who pass by the way?” Others more simply, “I see that I am not cared for by you; to you my sorrow is nothing.” Some again read thus, “Let it not be a sorrow to you;” and others, “Let not sorrow be upon you,” that is, let not what I have happen to you; so that it is a prayer expressive of benevolence. What I prefer is the interrogation, Is it nothing to you who pass by the way ? for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:12

Is it nothing to you? The Hebrew is very difficult, and the translation therefore insecure. Keil, however, adopts a rendering very near that of the Authorized Version "(Cometh it) not unto you?" i.e. "Do ye not heed it?" Ewald supposes the phrase to be abbreviated from "Do I not call unto you?" (comp. Proverbs 8:4 ); but this would be a very harsh construction. The Septuagint has οἱ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ; the Targum, "I adjure you;" the Vulgate, O vos ;—all apparently pronouncing lū ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:12

Sorrow unequalled, yet unheeded. Jerusalem sits alone in her unparalleled grief, and the bitterness of it is intensified by the pitiless disregard of spectators. Bedouins of the desert pitch their tents in sight of her ruined towers, and merchants passing north and south see her deserted streets, and yet all gaze unmoved at the heart-rending picture. I. THE SORROW WAS UNEQUALLED . 1 . Never was city more favoured than Jerusalem. She was the chosen scat of Divine grace. In... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:12

Unparalleled woe. The prophecy here rises into poetry. The captured and afflicted city is personified. Like a woman bereaved and desolate and lonely, bewailing her misfortunes, and pouring out the anguish of her heart, Jerusalem sits in her solitary desolation and contempt, and calls upon bystanders to remark her sad condition, and to offer their sympathy to unequalled anguish.. I. THE CONSCIOUSNESS SORROW , DESOLATION , AND SHAME . How extreme is the distress and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:12

The observation of suffering. I. A SEEMINGLY UNREASONABLE COMPLAINT . "Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?" So speaks Jerusalem, personified under the guise of the weeping widow, with the tears on her cheeks and the beauty faded, deprived of all her pleasant things, and left in solitude so far as her familiar supports and consolations are concerned. She sits, as it were, by the highway, and the crowd passes on, taking no notice. Why, indeed, should it take notice? The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:12-22

The same subject; Jerusalem the speaker. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:12-16

The lamentation of the city, personified as a woman in grief over her fate.Lamentations 1:13It prevaileth - Or, hath subdued.He hath turned me back - Judaea, like a hunted animal, endeavors to escape, but finds every outlet blocked by nets, and recoils from them with terror and a sense of utter hopelessness.Lamentations 1:14Bound by his hand - As the plowman binds the yoke upon the neck of oxen, so God compels Judah to bear the punishment of her sins.They are wreathed, and ... - Or, they are... read more

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