Lamentations 3:9-10 NASB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:1-20

The title of the Ps. 102:1-28 might very fitly be prefixed to this chapter?The prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the Lord; for it is very feelingly and fluently that the complaint is here poured out. Let us observe the particulars of it. The prophet complains, 1. That God is angry. This gives both birth and bitterness to the affliction (Lam. 3:1): I am the man, the remarkable man, that has seen affliction, and has felt it sensibly, by the rod... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:9

He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone ,.... Not with a hedge of thorns, or mud walls, but with a fence of stones; and these not rough, and laid loosely together, but hewn and put in order, and well cemented. The Targum is, with marble hewn stones, which are harder than common stones, and not so easily demolished; this may respect the case of the prophet in prison, and in the dungeon, and in Jerusalem, when besieged; or in general his afflictive state, from whence he had no prospect of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:10

He was unto me as a bear lying in wait ,.... For its prey, which seizes on it at once, and tears it in pieces; such were the Chaldeans to the Jews by divine permission: and as a lion in secret places ; lurking there, in order to take every opportunity and advantage, and fall upon any creature that comes that way. The same thing is signified here as before; see Hosea 5:14 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:9

He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone - He has put insuperable obstacles in my way; and confounded all my projects of deliverance and all my expectations of prosperity. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:9

Verse 9 Other metaphors are used. Some think that the Prophet refers to the siege of Jerusalem, but such a view is not suitable. The metaphors correspond with one another, though they are somewhat different. He had said before, that he was enclosed by God, or surrounded as with a mound; and now he transfers this idea to his ways. When the life of man is spoken of, it is, we know, compared to a way. Then the Prophet includes under this word all the doings of his life, as though he had said, that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:10

Verse 10 Harsh is the complaint when Jeremiah compares God to a. bear and a lion. But we have said that the apprehension of God’s wrath so terrified the faithful, that they could not sufficiently express the atrocity of their calamity; and then borne in mind must also be what we have stated, that they spoke according to the judgment of the flesh; for they did not always so moderate their feelings, but that something fell from them worthy of blame. We ought not, then, to make as a rule in... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:1-21

MONOLOGUE SPOKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER WHOSE FATE IS BOUND UP WITH THAT OF THE NATION ; OR PERHAPS BY THE NATION PERSONIFIED (see Introduction). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:7-9

Three figures, interrupted by a literal statement of the ill success of prayer. A traveller who finds himself suddenly caged up by a high thorn hedge (comp. Job 3:23 ; Hosea 2:6 ). A prisoner with a heavy chain. Again, a traveller suddenly shut up by solid stone walls (comp. Hosea 2:8 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:7-9

The way of life hedged and built up. The man who enjoys prosperity seems also to enjoy liberty; his way lies straight and level and open before him. But it often happens in human life that liberty is changed into restraint, that every path that is smooth and peaceful is closed, that, in the figurative language of this passage, a hedge is planted, a fence is staked out, a wall is built across the traveller's way. I. MAN 'S DELIGHT IS NATURALLY IN LIBERTY AND PROSPERITY .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:9

Inclosed ; or, walled up; the participle of this verb is rendered "masons" in the Authorized Version of 2 Kings 12:12 . Made my paths crooked; i.e. hath compelled me to walk in byways. But this hardly seems appropriate to the context. The semitas meas subvertit of the Vulgate is preferable. Render, therefore, turned my path upside down (comp. Isaiah 24:1 ). An analogous expression m Job 30:13 is rendered in the Authorized Version, "they mar my path." Thenius thinks that the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:1-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:7-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:7-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 3:9

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