Lamentations 1:2-3 BDS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-11

Those that have any disposition to weep with those that weep, one would think, should scarcely be able to refrain from tears at the reading of these verses, so very pathetic are the lamentations here. I. The miseries of Jerusalem are here complained of as very pressing and by many circumstances very much aggravated. Let us take a view of these miseries. 1. As to their civil state. (1.) A city that was populous is now depopulated, Lam. 2:1. It is spoken of by way of wonder?Who would have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:2

She weepeth sore in the night ,.... Or, "weeping weeps" F9 בכה תבכה "plorando plorat", Vatablus; "plorando plorabit", Pagninus, Montanus. ; two weepings, one for the first, the other for the second temples F11 T. Sanhedr. ib. col. 2. ; and while others are taking their sleep and rest; a season fit for mourners, when they can give their grief the greater vent, without any interruption from others; and it being now a night of affliction with her, which occasioned this sore... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:3

Judah is gone into captivity ,.... Not only Jerusalem the metropolis of Judea was destroyed, but the whole country was ravaged, and the inhabitants of it carried captive into Babylon: because of affliction, and because of great servitude ; because of their sins in oppressing and afflicting their poor brethren, and retaining them in a state of bondage after their seven years' servitude, contrary to the law of God; for which they were threatened with captivity, Jeremiah 34:13 ; so the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:2

Among all her lovers - Her allies; her friends, instead of helping her, have helped her enemies. Several who sought her friendship when she was in prosperity, in the time of David and Solomon, are now among her enemies. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:3

Between the straits - She has been brought into such difficulties, that it was impossible for her to escape. Has this any reference to the circumstances in which Zedekiah and the princes of Judah endeavored to escape from Jerusalem, by the way of the gates between the two walls? Jeremiah 52:7 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:2

Verse 2 Jeremiah still pursues the same subject, for he could not have spoken briefly and in a few words of things so bitter and mournful; and he seems to have felt deeply the ruin of his own country. And when we wish to penetrate into the hearts of those whose sorrow we desire to alleviate, it is necessary that they should understand that we sympathize with them. For when any one stronger than another seeks to mitigate another’s grief, he will be disregarded if what he adduces seems to proceed... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:3

Verse 3 Interpreters apply this, but in my view improperly, to the captivity of the people; on the contrary, the Prophet means that the Jews had been scattered and sought refuges when oppressed, as they were often, by the tyranny of their enemies, and then by degrees he advances to their exile; for he could not have said all things at the same time. Let, then, the order in which he speaks be observed: before he bewails their exile, he says that Judah had been scattered; for many, fleeing the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-2

The fate of Jerusalem is described in language which resembles here and there that used in Isaiah of fallen Babylon ( Isaiah 47:1 , Isaiah 47:8 ). It is probably the finest passage in the whole bock, and has inspired some grand lines in Mr. Swinburne's picture of the republican mater dolorosa— "Who is she that sits by the way, by the wild wayside, In a rust-stained garment, the robes of a cast-off bride, In the dust, in the rainfall, sitting with soiled feet bare, With the night... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-2

The contrasts of adversity. The keynote of this strain of sorrow, this poetical and pathetic dirge, is struck in the opening words of the composition. The heart of the prophet laments over the captured and ruined city. How natural that the present should recall the past! Jerusalem, now in the hands of the Chaldeans, was once, in the days of David and of Solomon, the scene of glory and the seat of empire, the joy of the whole earth. So much the sadder is the contrast, the deeper the fall,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-11

A WAIL OF DISTRESS FOR JERUSALEM . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-11

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