Lamentations 1:15 NIV

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 1:15

The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me ,.... As a causeway is trodden; or as mire is trodden under foot in the streets; so were the mighty and valiant men, the soldiers and men of war, trodden under foot and destroyed by the Chaldeans in the streets of Jerusalem, and in the midst of Judea; the Lord so permitting it: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men ; the army of the Chaldeans, which were brought against Jerusalem by a divine... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:15

Called an assembly - The Chaldean army, composed of various nations, which God commissioned to destroy Jerusalem. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:15

Verse 15 She first says, that all her valiant men had been trodden underfoot. Now we know how much the Jews trusted in their men even to the very time when they were wholly subdued. As then they had shewed so much insolence and pride towards the prophets, it hence became a cause of greater sorrow, when Jerusalem herself saw that she was destitute of every protection, and that her valiant men were trodden under foot. She says,in the midst of me. And this ought to be observed; for if they had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:12-22

The same subject; Jerusalem the speaker. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:15

Hath trodden under foot; rather, hath rejected ; i.e. hath punished. Comp. Psalms 119:118 , Psalms 119:119 , where "thou rejectest [same verb as here] all them that wander from thy statutes" is followed by "thou puttest away all the ungodly of the earth like dross," Hath called an assembly; rather, hath proclaimed a festival. When Jehovah summons the instruments of his vengeance, the prophets describe it as the "proclaiming a festival." The Persians or Chaldeans, as the case may... 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 1:13-16

Lamentations 1:13-16. From above hath he sent fire into my bones Calamities as consuming and as afflictive as fire in the bones. He hath spread a net for my feet Hath brought me into a most miserable condition, in which I am so entangled that I cannot extricate myself nor escape from it. Thus the prophet teaches Jerusalem to look beyond the Babylonians, and to see the sin-avenging hand of God in her sufferings. As if he had said, It is God himself that hath sent these evils upon me; he... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-22

THE FIVE POEMSDesolation in Jerusalem (1:1-22)Jerusalem, once a busy commercial city, is now empty. She is like a woman who has lost her husband, like a princess who has become a slave. The nations (her ‘lovers’) who she thought would help her have proved useless, some even treacherous (1:1-3).When Jerusalem’s hour of crisis came, all her leaders fled, leaving the people to be attacked, plundered and taken captive. Now that all the usual activities of daily life have ceased, there remain only... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Lamentations 1:15

mighty men = valiant ones. Hebrew. 'abir . Not the same word as in Lamentations 3:1 , Lamentations 3:27 , Lamentations 3:35 , Lamentations 3:39 . called = proclaimed. Same word as in verses: Lamentations 1:19 , Lamentations 1:21 . an assembly = a festal gathering. Now that Israel's feasts had ceased, there was another of a different nature and with a different object. winepress. Hebrew. gath, where the grapes were trodden. Not the vat ( yekeb ) into which the juice was received. read more