Lamentations 4:12-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:19

Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heavens ,.... That fly in the heavens; and which, as they have a quick sight to discern their prey afar off, are very swift to pursue it; they are the swiftest of birds, and are so to a proverb. Apuleius F9 Florida, l. 2. represents the swift pursuit of their prey, and sudden falling upon it, to be like thunder and lightning. Cicero F11 De Divinatione, l. 2. p. 2001. relates of a certain racer, that came to an interpreter of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits ,.... Or "the Messiah", or "the Christ of the Lord" F14 משיח יהוה χριστος κυριος , Sept. "Christus Dominus", V. L. "Christus Domini", Pagninus. ; not Josiah, as the Targum; and so Jarchi and others; for though he was the Lord's anointed, and the life of the people, being the head of them, as every king is, especially a good one; yet he was slain, and not taken, and much less in their pits, and that not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:21

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom ,.... The land of Idumea, and the inhabitants of it, who did indeed rejoice at the destruction of Jerusalem, Obadiah 1:12 ; and here, in an ironic manner, are bid to go on with their mirth, if they could, like the young man in Ecclesiastes 11:9 , as Aben Ezra observes; for it would not last long, their note would soon be changed: that dwellest in the land of Uz ; not the country of Job, which had its name from Uz the son of Nahor, Job 1:1 ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:22

The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion ,.... In part in the seventy years' captivity in Babylon, and more fully in their present captivity; for, as has been observed, there are some things in the preceding account, which had a further accomplishment in the destruction of Jerusalem, and the distress of the Jews by the Romans. The Targum is, "and after thine iniquity is fulfilled, O congregation of Zion, and thou shalt be delivered by the hands of the Messiah,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:12

The kings of the earth - Jerusalem was so well fortified, both by nature and art, that it appeared as a miracle that it should be taken at all. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:13

For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests - These most wretched beings, under the pretense of zeal for the true religion, persecuted the genuine prophets, priests, and people of God, and caused their blood to be shed in the midst of the city, in the most open and public manner; exactly as the murderous priests, and blood-thirsty preachers, under the reign of bloody Queen Mary, did in England. However, the profligate priests and idolatrous prophets in Jerusalem, only... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:14

They have wandered as blind men in the streets - Rather, "They ran frantic through the streets, they were stained with blood." This was in their pretended zeal for their cause. Bishop Bonner, who was at the head of those sanguinary executions in England, was accustomed to buffet the poor Protestants, when on their examinations they were too powerful for him in argument: - "He proved his doctrine orthodox, By apostolic blows and knocks." Just as his elder brethren, the false priests and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:15

When they fled away - These priests and prophets were so bad, that the very heathen did not like to permit them to sojourn among them. The prophet now resumes the history of the siege. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:17

We have watched for a nation - Viz., the Egyptians, who were their pretended allies, but were neither able nor wilting to help them against the Chaldeans. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:18

We cannot go in our streets - Supposed to refer to the darts and other missiles cast from the mounds which they had raised on the outside of the walls, by which those who walked in the streets were grievously annoyed, and could not shield themselves. read more

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