Lamentations 3:66 NLT

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:66

Persecute and destroy them in anger ,.... As they have persecuted the people of God, do thou persecute them; and never leave pursuing them untie thou hast made a full end of them, as the effect of vindictive wrath and vengeance: from under the heavens of the Lord ; which are made by him, and in which he dwells; let them not have the benefit of them, nor so much as the sight of them; but let them perish from under them, Jeremiah 10:11 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:66

Persecute and destroy them - Thou wilt pursue them with destruction. These are all declaratory, not imprecatory. From under the heavens of the Lord - This verse seems to allude to the Chaldaic prediction, in Jeremiah 10:11 . By their conduct they will bring on themselves the curse denounced against their enemies. The Septuagint and Vulgate seem to have read "From under heaven, O Jehovah:" and the Syriac reads, "Thy heavens, O Jehovah!" None of these makes any material change in the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:66

Verse 66 He first asks God to persecute them in wrath, that is, to be implacable to them; for persecution is, when God not only chastises the wicked for a short time, but when he adds evils to evils, and accumulates them until they perish. He then adds, and prays God to destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah This phrase is emphatical; and they extenuate the weightiness of the sentence, who thus render it, “that God himself would destroy the ungodly from the earth.” For the Prophet does... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:52-66

THE SPEAKER 'S SUFFERINGS ; AN EARNESTLY BELIEVING PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE . He speaks as a representative of the nation; if we should not rather say that the nation itself, personified, is the speaker. In the first triad some have supposed a reference to the persecution suffered by Jeremiah at the hands of his countrymen. The "dungeon," or rather "pit," will in this case be the "dungeon" ("pit") mentioned in Jeremiah 38:6 . But a "pit" is a figure in the psalms for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:59-66

The great appeal. We can see the advantage to justice of appealing from a lower to a higher court. Sometimes the process has to be repeated and the case tried again and again until the best attainable verdict is riot from the very highest tribunal. In the East, where justice was commonly neglected by indolence, outraged by violence, or prostituted by bribery, men felt strongly the value of an appeal To the believer in the supreme Judge it was a great satisfaction that he could turn from... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:60-66

Jeremiah and his enemies. I. THE PROCEEDINGS OF THESE ENEMIES . The spirit of vengeance is in their hearts. Jeremiah has spoken steadily against them what Jehovah had laid on him to say. They know the language in which they have been described. It was, of course, just the thing to be expected that bad men should cherish vengeful purposes. And Jeremiah had to bear the consciousness of this—the very painful consciousness that he was the cause, however innocent, of showing up the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:64-66

Righteous recompense. Our conscience requires and approves of justice. Our weakness is too often in danger of cherishing resentment and malevolence. It is not safe, on most men's part, to hope for retribution upon their personal enemies. Perhaps the record of Jeremiah's feelings is not intended to be taken for an inculcation, or even a permission, of such imprecations upon our foes. I. THE GROUND UPON WHICH DIVINE JUDGMENT IS INVOKED . 1 . It was not personal... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 3:55-66

A prayer for deliverance and for vengeance upon his enemies.Lamentations 3:55Out of the low dungeon - “The lowest pit” of Psalms 88:6. Some consider that Psalms 69:0 was composed by Jeremiah, and is the prayer referred to here (Jeremiah 38:6 note).Lamentations 3:56Thou hast heard - In sending Ebedmelech to deliver me. The next clause signifies “Hide not thine ear to my relief to my cry,” i. e. to my cry for relief.Lamentations 3:58God now appears as the prophet’s next of kin, pleading the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 3:64-66

Lamentations 3:64-66. Render to them a recompense, &c. See note on Jeremiah 11:20. The verbs in these verses are not in the imperative mood, but all in the future tense, and certainly should have been so rendered, as indeed they are by the LXX., Αποδωσεις αυτοις ανταποδομα Κυριε Αποδωσεις αυτοις και διας μου μοχθον . Συ αυτους καταδιωξεις εν οργη , και εξαναλωσεις αυτους υποκατωθεν του ουρανου Κυριε . Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O Lord Thou wilt render unto them the grief... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:1-66

Grief, repentance and hope (3:1-66)This poem is different in style from the previous two. The poet speaks as if he is the representative of all Judah, describing Judah’s sufferings as if they were his own. And those sufferings are God’s righteous judgment (3:1-3). He is like a starving man ready to die. Indeed, he feels as if he already dwells in the world of the dead (4-6). He is like a man chained and locked inside a stone prison from which there is no way out (7-9).To the writer God seems... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:66

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:66

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:66

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:52-66

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:59-66

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:60-66

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:64-66

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 3:55-66

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 3:64-66

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:1-66

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