Lamentations 3:19,Lamentations 3:20

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

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 Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:19

Verse 19 The verb may be considered as an imperative; it is an infinitive mood, but it is often taken in Hebrew as an imperative. Thus, many deem it a prayer, Remember my affliction and my trouble, the gall and the poison This might be admitted; but what others teach I prefer: that this verse depends on the last. For the Prophet seems here to express how he had almost fallen away from hope, so that he no longer found strength from God, even because he was overwhelmed with evils; for it is very... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:1-21

MONOLOGUE SPOKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER WHOSE FATE IS BOUND UP WITH THAT OF THE NATION ; OR PERHAPS BY THE NATION PERSONIFIED (see Introduction). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:19

Remembering ; rather, remember. It is the language of prayer. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:19-20

Remembering affliction. As the prophet entreats the Lord to remember the afflictions he and his countrymen have passed through, he records his own vivid recollection of bygone misery and humiliation. Now, the counsel of the world would be—Forget your troubles; they are past; why allow them to disturb and to distress the mind? There are, however, good reasons why this advice should be rejected, why the afflictions we have passed through should sometimes be recalled to mind. I. THIS ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:19-21

These verses prepare the way for a brief interval of calmness and resignation. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:19-21

God taking notice of man's affliction, In his distress the sufferer cries to God, calling upon his great Helper to note his condition and remember it. Then he is calmed by prayer, and rests in the assurance that God does not forget his trouble. Recalling this thought to mind, he recovers hope. I. THE CRY FOR GOD 'S NOTICE . 1 . It is to God. At first it seems as though God bad forgotten his afflicted child. The vision of the Divine countenance is clouded; no voice... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 3:19

Remembering - Or, as in the margin. It is a prayer to Yahweh.My misery - Or, “my” homelessness (Lamentations 1:7 note). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 3:14-19

Lamentations 3:14-19. I was a derision to all my people To all the wicked among them, who made themselves merry with the prophet’s griefs and the public judgments; and their song all the day Hebrew, נגינתם , their instrument of music. The word, says Blaney, “is commonly rendered their song; but I rather think it means a subject upon which they played, as upon a musical instrument, for their diversion.” He hath filled me with bitterness A bitter sense of these calamities. God has... read more

Lamentations 3:19,lamentations 3:20

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

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:19-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:19-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:19-21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 3:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 3:14-19

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