Lamentations 5:15 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 5:1-16

Isa. any afflicted? let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God, and make known before him his trouble. The people of God do so here; being overwhelmed with grief, they give vent to their sorrows at the footstool of the throne of grace, and so give themselves ease. They complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt: ?Remember what has come upon us, Lam. 5:1. What was of old threatened against us, and was long in the coming, has now at length come upon us, and we are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:15

The joy of our heart is ceased ,.... ward joy was gone, as well as the external signs of it: it "sabbatized" F25 שבת "sabbatizat". , as it may be rendered; alluding perhaps to the cordial joy expressed formerly on their sabbaths and other festivals, now not observed; at least, not with that joy, inward and outward, they formerly were: our dance is turned into mourning ; which also was used at their solemn feasts, as well as at their common diversions, Judges 21:21 ; but now no... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:15

Verse 15 He pursues the same subject, but he seems more clearly to explain what he had briefly stated in the preceding verse, when he says that all joy of the heart had ceased, and that all the dances were turned into mourning (234) We know that life is more bitter than death when men are in constant mourning; and truly where there is no hilarity, that state of life is worse than death. And this is what the Prophet now means by saying that all joy had ceased, and that all dances were converted... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:1-18

INSULT UPON INSULT HAS BEEN HEAPED UPON JERUSALEM . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 5:15

The cessation of joy. This fate had been foretold. "Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate." Well is it for those who take the warning which is given beforehand, and do not wait, as Jerusalem waited, for the stern lessons of a retributive providence. I. THERE IS CESSATION OF JOY WHICH IS ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 5:12-16

Lamentations 5:12-16. Princes are hanged up by their hand By the hand of their enemies. They took the young men to grind To grind at the mill was the common employment of slaves, Exodus 11:5. The children fell under the wood They made children turn the handle of the mill till they fell down through weariness: so some explain it with relation to the former part of the verse. But the expression may be understood of making them carry such heavy burdens of wood that they fainted under the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:1-22

A prayer for mercy (5:1-22)This poem was apparently written in Judah some time after the fall of Jerusalem. Only the people of no use to Babylon were left in the land, and this poem reflects the hardships they faced (cf. Jeremiah 52:16).In a plea to God for mercy, the people remind him of their present shame (5:1). Death has broken up their families, and the invaders have taken over their houses and lands (2-3). They live and work like slaves in their own country, and have to buy water from... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Lamentations 5:15

ALL GOD'S PEOPLE ARE HEARTBROKEN"The joy of our heart is ceased;Our dance is turned into mourning.The crown is fallen from our head:Woe unto us! for we have sinned.For this our heart is faint;For these things our eyes are dim.For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate:The foxes walk upon it.""The joy of our heart is ceased" (Lamentations 5:15). "At last the community have come to realize the deep significance of her sin by its consequences."[15] Today if sinners walking in their own lustful... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 5:1-18

A. A plea for remembrance 5:1-18 read more