Lamentations 3:27-4:22

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:27

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. Either the yoke of the commandments, as the Targum; or of correction, as Aben Ezra; of afflictions, as fatherly chastisements; both senses may be retained. It is good to bear the yoke of the moral law, or the commandments of God, as they are in the hands of Christ, a rule of walk and conversation; a yoke obliging all mankind, and especially saints; it is the duty of all to submit their necks to this yoke; it is but their reasonable... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:27

That he bear the yoke in his youth - Early habits, when good, are invaluable. Early discipline is equally so. He who has not got under wholesome restraint in youth will never make a useful man, a good man, nor a happy man. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:27

Verse 27 This verse admits of two meanings; for the word yoke may be explained as signifying teaching, or the scourges of God. We, indeed, undertake or bear in two ways the yoke of God, even when we are taught to receive his doctrine, or when we are resigned when he chastises us, when we are not obstreperous, but willingly submit to his corrections. As then some take the word עול, for the yoke of instruction, and others for the yoke of chastisement, two explanations, as I have said, are given;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:22-36

RESIGNATION AND HOPEFULNESS . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:27

In his youth. The thought of this verse reminds us of Psalms 119:71 . Youth is mentioned as the time when it is easier to adapt one's self to circumstances, and when discipline is most readily accepted. The words do not prove that the writer is young, any more than Psalms 119:9 and Psalms 119:100 of Psalms 119:1-176 . prove that the psalmist was an aged man (against this view, see Psalms 119:84-87 ). There is no occasion, therefore, for the textual alteration (for as such I cannot... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:27

Youth. I. THE YOKE BELONGS TO YOUTH . It is common to hear youth spoken of as a time of pleasure. Older people do their best to damp the joyousness of the young by telling them that these are their happy days, soon will come the dark days of trouble, let them enjoy the bright time while it lasts. Even if such a view of life were correct, the wisdom of thrusting it forward is not easy to discover. Why spoil the feast by pointing to the sword of Damocles? Why direct the walk on a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:27

The yoke in youth. This is not a welcome lesson. It is natural to all, and especially the young, to resist authority, to defy restraint, to resent punishment. As the young ox has to be brought under the yoke, as the young horse has to be accustomed to the bit and the bridle, the harness and the saddle, so the young must learn the practical and valuable lesson of endurance and submission. I. IN HUMAN LIFE A YOKE IS IMPOSED UPON ALL . In some cases it is easier and in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:27

The discipline of youth. Remember how early Jeremiah was called to prophesy. He says at the beginning, "Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child" ( Jeremiah 1:6 ). He had to bear the yoke in his youth, and doubtless this did much to fit him for a useful and well controlled life afterwards. The comparison, of course, is plain. An ox might be put under the yoke when quite young, and then, though the restraint would be irksome for a while, at last the sense of restraint would... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 3:25-27

In these three verses, each beginning in the Hebrew with the word good, we have first the fundamental idea that Yahweh Himself is good, and if good to all, then especially is He so to those who being in adversity can yet wait in confidence upon His mercy.Lamentations 3:26And quietly wait - literally, “and be in silence,” i. e. abstain from all complaining.Lamentations 3:27The yoke - Or, a “yoke.” By bearing a yoke in his youth, i. e. being called upon to suffer in early age, a man learns... read more

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