John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:15
The joy of our heart is ceased ,.... ward joy was gone, as well as the external signs of it: it "sabbatized" F25 שבת "sabbatizat". , as it may be rendered; alluding perhaps to the cordial joy expressed formerly on their sabbaths and other festivals, now not observed; at least, not with that joy, inward and outward, they formerly were: our dance is turned into mourning ; which also was used at their solemn feasts, as well as at their common diversions, Judges 21:21 ; but now no... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 5:1-16
Isa. any afflicted? let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God, and make known before him his trouble. The people of God do so here; being overwhelmed with grief, they give vent to their sorrows at the footstool of the throne of grace, and so give themselves ease. They complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt: ?Remember what has come upon us, Lam. 5:1. What was of old threatened against us, and was long in the coming, has now at length come upon us, and we are... read more