Lamentations 1:8-9, Lamentations 1:17 NIV

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 1:8

Jerusalem hath grievously sinned ,.... Or, "hath sinned a sin" F18 חטא חטאה "peccatum peccavit", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus. ; a great sin, as the Targum; the sin of idolatry, according to some; or of covenant breaking, as others; though perhaps no particular sin is meant, but many grievous sins; since she was guilty of a multitude of them, as in Lamentations 1:5 ; therefore she is removed ; out of her own land, and carried captive into another: or, is "for commotion"... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:9

Her filthiness is in her skirts ,.... Her sin is manifest to all, being to be seen in her punishment. The allusion is to a menstruous woman, to whom she is compared, both before and after; whose blood flows down to the skirts of her garments, and there seen; by which it is known that she is in her separation. So the Targum, "the filthiness of the blood of her separation is in her skirts; she is not cleansed from it, nor does she repent of her sins:' she remembereth not her last end ;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:9

She remembereth not her last end - Although evident marks of her pollution appeared about her, and the land was defiled by her sinfulness even to its utmost borders, she had no thought or consideration of what must be the consequence of all this at the last. - Blayney. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:8

Verse 8 Here the Prophet expresses more clearly and strongly what he had briefly referred to, even that all the evil which the Jews suffered proceeded from God’s vengeance, and that they were worthy of such a punishment, because they had not lightly offended, but had heaped up for themselves a dreadful judgment, since they had in all manner of ways abandoned themselves to impiety. This is the substance of what is said. We hence learn that the Prophet did not compose this song to lament the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:9

Verse 9 He continues here, as I think, the same subject; he had said at the end of the last verse that turpitude or baseness had been seen at Jerusalem; and now he says that it was on the very fringes or skirts. The Prophet seems to allude to menstruous women who hide their uncleanness as much as they can; but. such a thing is of no avail, as nature must have its course. In short, the Prophet intimates that the Jews had become filthy in no common degree, being so afflicted that their... 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 1:8

Therefore she is removed; rather, she is become an abomination (literally, an impurity; comp. Le 15:19). The poet leaves out the preliminary clause, "therefore she is grievously punished." It was the humiliation of Jerusalem, rather than her sin, which brought upon her the contempt of her neighbours. The destruction of a city is often compared to the ill treatment of a defenceless woman ( Isaiah 47:3 ; Nahum 3:5 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:9

She remembereth not, etc.; rather, she thought not upon, etc. An allusion to Isaiah 47:7 . O Lord, behold, etc. This is the language in which the "sigh" ( Isaiah 47:8 ) finds expression. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:8

Grievously sinned - literally, “Jerusalem hath sinned a sin,” giving the idea of a persistent continuance in wickedness.Removed - Or, become an abomination. Sin has made Jerusalem an object of horror, and therefore she is cast away.Yea, she sigheth ... - Jerusalem groans over the infamy of her deeds thus brought to open shame, and turns her back upon the spectators in order to hide herself. read more

Lamentations 1:8-9, Lamentations 1:17 Niv

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 1:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 1:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 1:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 1:8

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