Lamentations 1:7

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 1:7

Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries ,.... When carried captive, and in exile in a foreign land; when surrounded with distresses and calamities of various kinds; which are a means sometimes of rubbing up and refreshing the memories of persons with those good things they take little notice of in the times of prosperity; the worth of such things being best known and prized by the want of them: even all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old ;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:7

Did mock at her Sabbaths - משבתה mishbatteha . Some contend that Sabbaths are not intended here. The Septuagint has κατοικεσια αυτης , "her habitation;" the Chaldee, טובהא על al tubaha , "her good things;" the Syriac, al toboroh , "her breach." The Vulgate and Arabic agree with the Hebrew. Some of my oldest MSS. have the word in the plural number, משבתיה mishbatteyha , "her Sabbaths." A multitude of Kennicott's MSS. have the same reading. The Jews were despised by the heathen... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:7

Verse 7 He confirms the former verse when he says, that Jerusalem remembered her desirable things when she was afflicted by God’s hand, and reduced to extreme want. And he in-intimates by these words, that when Jerusalem was in its splendor, it did not sufficiently consider the blessings of God; for the despisers of God cram themselves with whatever flows from his bounty, and yet do not acknowledge him; for ingratitude is like an abyss which absorbs all the fullness of God’s blessings. Then the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-11

A WAIL OF DISTRESS FOR JERUSALEM . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:7

Remembered; rather, remembereth. Miseries . The Hebrew is difficult, and perhaps means wanderings. At her sabbaths; rather, at her extinguishment. The word has nothing to do with the sabbaths; indeed, a reference to these would have been rather misplaced; it was no subject of wonder to the Babylonians that the Jews celebrated a weekly day of rest, as they had one of their own ( sabattu ) . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:7

Pleasant things in the days of old. I. IN TIMES OF TROUBLE WE CALL TO MIND THE PLEASANT THINGS IN THE DAYS OF OLD . 1 . There have been pleasant things in the days of old. Few lives, if any, are wholly joyless from cradle to grave. There are rifts in the clouds of the darkest lot. Indeed, for most of us, the pleasant things far outnumber the painful. 2 . These pleasant things are too often undervalued when in our possession. The fact that they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:7

Mournful memories. The recollection of the past may be the occasion of the highest joy or of the profoundest sorrow. To remember former happiness is one of the great pleasures of human life, if that happiness did but lead on to its own continuance and increase. The first beginnings of a delightful friendship, the first steps of a distinguished career, are remembered by the prosperous and happy with satisfaction and joy. It is otherwise with the memory of a morning of brightness which soon... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:7

Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction,And of her homelessness,All her pleasant things which have been from the days of old:Now that her people fall by the hand of the adversary,And she hath no helper;Her adversaries have seen her,They have mocked at her sabbath-keepings.The word rendered “homelessless” means wanderings, and describes the state of the Jews, cast forth from their homes and about to be dragged into exile.Sabbaths - Or, sabbath-keepings, and the cessation from labor... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 1:7

Lamentations 1:7. Jerusalem remembered in her affliction and misery. The word מרודים , here rendered misery, frequently signifies banishment and captivity. The LXX. render it απωσμων , rejections, or expulsions; all her pleasant things All her former riches and glory, and the various benefits she enjoyed from God’s favour and protection, particularly the honour and happiness of having his peculiar presence in the temple, and among his people, and the manifestation he gave of his... read more

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