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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:55-65

We may observe throughout this chapter a struggle in the prophet's breast between sense and faith, fear and hope; he complains and then comforts himself, yet drops his comforts and returns again to his complaints, as Ps. 42:1-11. But, as there, so here, faith gets the last word and comes off a conqueror; for in these verses he concludes with some comfort. And here are two things with which he comforts himself:? I. His experience of God's goodness even in his affliction. This may refer to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:57

Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee ,.... When persons draw nigh to God in a way of duty, and particularly in this of prayer, and calling on his name; he draws nigh to them in a way of grace and mercy, and manifests himself to them, and works salvation for them. The Targum is, "thou didst cause an angel to draw near to deliver me in the day that I prayed unto thee:' thou saidst, fear not ; any of thine enemies; or that thou shouldest not be delivered from them; see ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:57

Fear not - How powerful is this word when spoken by the Spirit of the Lord to a disconsolate heart. To every mourner we may say, on the authority of God, Fear not! God will plead thy cause, and redeem thy soul. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:57

Verse 57 Here the Prophet tells us that he had experienced the goodness of God, because he had not suffered a repulse when he prayed. And this doctrine is especially useful to us, that is, to call to mind that we had not in time past prayed in vain. For we may hence feel assured, that as God ever continues like himself, he will be ever ready to help us when- ever we implore his protection. This, then, is the reason why the Prophet declares here that he had experienced the readiness of God to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:52-66

THE SPEAKER 'S SUFFERINGS ; AN EARNESTLY BELIEVING PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE . He speaks as a representative of the nation; if we should not rather say that the nation itself, personified, is the speaker. In the first triad some have supposed a reference to the persecution suffered by Jeremiah at the hands of his countrymen. The "dungeon," or rather "pit," will in this case be the "dungeon" ("pit") mentioned in Jeremiah 38:6 . But a "pit" is a figure in the psalms for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:57

Thou drewest near, etc. The sacred poet reminds Jehovah of his former gracious interpositions. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:57

Fear not! The recollection of how God has forbidden one not to fear in the past is a plea in praying that he will remove the ground of fear in the present. I. WE MUCH NEED DIVINE ENCOURAGEMENTS TO OVERCOME FEAR . 1 . In real danger. It is not only the coward who fears. Indifference often gets the credit of courage. Many fear not simply because they are blind. To see would be to tremble. For the great powers of the universe, "the terror by night and the arrow that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:57-58

Prayer heard and answered. How natural that the mind of a pious man should, in seasons of distress and calamity, revert to the bygone days, remember the clouds by which they were overcast, and take encouragement at the vivid recollection of gracious interposition and help! I. THE DAY OF DELIVERANCE . 1 . This was a day of need and of distress, of sore need and of bitter distress. 2 . It was a day of prayer, a day in which Divine aid had been zealously and urgently... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 3:55-66

A prayer for deliverance and for vengeance upon his enemies.Lamentations 3:55Out of the low dungeon - “The lowest pit” of Psalms 88:6. Some consider that Psalms 69:0 was composed by Jeremiah, and is the prayer referred to here (Jeremiah 38:6 note).Lamentations 3:56Thou hast heard - In sending Ebedmelech to deliver me. The next clause signifies “Hide not thine ear to my relief to my cry,” i. e. to my cry for relief.Lamentations 3:58God now appears as the prophet’s next of kin, pleading the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 3:52-58

Lamentations 3:52-58. Mine enemies chased me sore “The prophet in this, and the following verses, describes his own sufferings, when his enemies seized him and put him into the dungeon, Jeremiah 37:16; Jeremiah 38:6. He compares them to a fowler in pursuit of a bird; so, saith he, they sought all opportunities to take an advantage against me, and to deprive me of my life and liberty: and this they did without any provocation given on my part. So the word חנם , without cause, signifies.”... read more

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