Lamentations 3:34-38 NKJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:21-36

Here the clouds begin to disperse and the sky to clear up; the complaint was very melancholy in the former part of the chapter, and yet here the tune is altered and the mourners in Zion begin to look a little pleasant. But for hope, the heart would break. To save the heart from being quite broken, here is something called to mind, which gives ground for hope (Lam. 3:21), which refers to what comes after, not to what goes before. I make to return to my heart (so the margin words it); what we... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:37-41

That we may be entitled to the comforts administered to the afflicted in the Lam. 3:21-36, and may taste the sweetness of them, we have here the duties of an afflicted state prescribed to us, in the performance of which we may expect those comforts. I. We must see and acknowledge the hand of God in all the calamities that befal us at any time, whether personal or public, Lam. 3:37, 38. This is here laid down as a great truth, which will help to quiet our spirits under our afflictions and to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:34

To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. These words, with what follow in Lamentations 3:35 ; either depend upon the preceding, and are to be connected with them, "he doth not afflict", &c.; Lamentations 3:33 ; though he lays his hand on men, he do not crush them under his feet, or break them in pieces, and utterly destroy them, even such, and all such, as are bound in affliction and iron; or, in a spiritual sense, such as are prisoners to sin, Satan, and the law, as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:35

To turn aside the right of a man ,.... The Targum is, of a poor man; not to do him justice in a court of judicature; to cause judgment to incline to the wrong side; to give the cause against a man, to give a wrong sentence; this is disapproved of by the Lord, and forbidden by him: before the face of the most High ; either before the most high God, he being present and among the gods, the judges, when they pass sentence; and yet, to pass a wrong one in his presence, without any regard to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:36

To subvert a man in his cause ,.... A poor man, as the Targum, which aggravates it; as by courses and methods taken in an open court, so by secret underhand ways, to get the cause from him, and injure him in his property: the Lord approveth not ; or, "seeth not" F7 לא ראה "non vidit, vel videt", Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin. ; which some understand as spoken by wicked men, who do the above things, and flatter themselves that God sees not, and takes no notice of them, Ezekiel 9:9... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:37

Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass ?.... Or, "who that says this shall be , and it cometh to pass?" or, "who is he that saith this shall come to pass?" F9 So some in Gataker. this, or that, or the other thing, he wills and desires, and his heart is set upon: when the Lord commandeth it not ? has not willed and decreed it, but determined the contrary; for nothing escapes his knowledge and foreknowledge; or can resist his will; or control his power; or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:38

Out of the mouth of the most High proceed not evil and good? Certainly they do; they come to pass, both one and the other, as God has pronounced, and his will determined; even "evils", as it is in the plural number; not the evil of sin, or of fault; this comes not out of the mouth of God, but is forbidden and condemned by him; much less is he the author of it, or tempter to it; indeed it is not without his knowledge, nor in some sense without his will; not with his will of approbation, but... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:34

To crush under his feet - He can neither gain credit nor pleasure in trampling upon those who are already bound, and in suffering; such he knows to be the state of man here below. From which it most assuredly follows, that God never afflicts us but for our good, nor chastises but that we may be partakers of his holiness. All the prisoners of the earth - By the prisoners of the earth, or land, Dr. Blayney understands those insolvent debtors who were put in prison, and there obliged to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:35

To turn aside the right of a man - To make a man lose his right, because one of the higher orders opposes him. Dr. Blayney thinks that עליון elyon , instead of being referred to God, should be considered as pointing out one of the chief of the people. I do not see that we gain any thing by this. The evil fact is, turning aside the right of a man; and the aggravation of it is, doing it before the face of the Most High; that is, in a court of justice, where God is ever considered to be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:36

To subvert a man in his cause - To prevent his having justice done him in a lawsuit, etc., by undue interference, as by suborning false witnesses, or exerting any kind of influence in opposition to truth and right. - Blayney. The Lord approved not - Instead of אדני Adonai , seventeen MSS., of Kennicott's, and one ancient of my own, have יהוה Yehovah . Approveth not, ראה לא lo raah , doth not see, turns away his face from it, abhors it. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:21-36

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:37-41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:38

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:34

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:36

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