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CHAPTER 4 THE DEPARTED GLORY AND THE CUP OF SHAME
This new lament begins with a description of the former glory of Zion
and its present wretchedness; the glory is departed:
How is the gold become dim...
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LAMENTATIONS 4. THE FOURTH LAMENT. This has less literary finish than
Lamentations 4:3, and it has also less spiritual value. It lacks much
of the saints whom one seems to see in Lamentations 4:1, and...
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THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.
KINDLED. FIRE. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:22). App-92....
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_hath kindled a fire_ metaphorical, as in Lamentations 1:13;
Lamentations 2:3....
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II. AN EXPLANATION OF THE JUDGMENT
Lamentations 4:11-20
TRANSLATION
(11) The LORD has given vent to His wrath. He has poured out His
fierce anger. He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has consumed h...
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ZION'S FORMER GLORY CONTRASTED WITH HER PRESENT HUMILIATION
In this fourth dirge the poet describes the miseries of the various
classes in the sack of Jerusalem, concluding with a warning to Edom.
In...
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KINDLED A FIRE IN ZION] poetic for the glowing of Jehovah's anger (2
Chronicles 36:19)....
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JEREMIAH WEEPS IN THE DARKNESS
LAMENTATIONS
_ROY ROHU_
CHAPTER 4
JEREMIAH CONTINUES TO SPEAK.
V1 Look! The gold has stopped shining! Look how the best gold has
changed! The stones of the *temple...
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AND HATH KINDLED A FIRE... — The phrase is partly literal (2
Chronicles 36:19), partly figurative, for the complete destruction of
Jerusalem by the wrath of Jehovah....
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כִּלָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֶת ־חֲמָתֹ֔ו
שָׁפַ֖ךְ חֲרֹ֣ון...
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CONTRASTS
Lamentations 4:1
IN form the fourth elegy is slightly different from each of its
predecessors. Following the characteristic plan of the Book of
Lamentations, it is an acrostic of twenty-two...
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The fourth poem is for the most part a dirge of desolation, which
nevertheless ends in a song of hope. Jeremiah first described the
disaster in Zion, declaring that it all arose as the result of the s...
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The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce
anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the
foundations thereof. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants...
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He at length concludes that nothing was wanting to complete the
extreme vengeance of God; for had the Jews been chastised in an
ordinary way, they would have still extenuated their sins, as we know
th...
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Jeremiah, having now found Jehovah in the affliction, tranquilly
measures its whole extent. But this is itself a consolation. For after
all Jehovah who changes not is there to comfort the heart. This...
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THE LORD HATH ACCOMPLISHED HIS FURY,.... Which rose up in his mind,
and which he purposed in himself to bring upon the sinful people of
the Jews:
HE HATH POURED OUT HIS FIERCE ANGER; the vials of his...
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The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce
anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the
foundations thereof.
Ver. 11. _The Lord hath accomplished his fury....
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_The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children_ The
affection of a mother toward her children is the strongest of all
natural affections, and yet the famine hath forced that tender sex...
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JERUSALEM'S AFFLICTION A PUNISHMENT FOR HER GUILT...
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The Lord hath accomplished His fury, fulfilling the designs of His
wrath; HE HATH POURED OUT HIS FIERCE ANGER AND HATH KINDLED A FIRE IN
ZION, AND IT HATH DEVOURED THE FOUNDATIONS THEREOF, the referen...
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1-12 What a change is here! Sin tarnishes the beauty of the most
exalted powers and the most excellent gifts; but that gold, tried in
the fire, which Christ bestows, never will be taken from us; its...
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An unusual fire, which burns up not only the roof and superstructure,
but the foundations, leaving no bottom for hopes of being restored.
See DEUTERONOMY 32:22....
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Lamentations 4:11 LORD H3068 fulfilled H3615 (H8765) fury H2534 out
H8210 (H8804) fierce H2740 anger H639 k
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THE SAD CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM DUE TO THE ANGER OF YHWH
(LAMENTATIONS 4:1).
Lamentations 4:1
(Aleph) How is the gold become dim!
How is the most pure gold changed!
The (precious) sto...
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CONTENTS: Lamentation on the direful effects of calamities of Judah.
Sins of the leaders acknowledged.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Nothing ripens a people more for ruin, nor fills the
mea...
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Lamentations 4:1. _How is the gold,_ זהב _zahab,_ so called because
of its superior lustre to other metals, now _become dim._ Gold does
not oxidize, and scarcely receives a tarnish; yet the rulers and...
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LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 4:1 How the Gold Has Grown Dim.
Chapter Lamentations 4:1 returns to themes in chs....
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LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 4:11 THAT CONSUMED ITS
FOUNDATIONS. Babylon was God’s instrument in carrying out this task
(Jeremiah 52:12)....
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_HOMILETICS_
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
(כ) Lamentations 4:11 is a conclusion from the immediately preceding
verses, as Lamentations 4:6 is from those preceding it. JEHOVAH HAS
ACCOMPLISHED, _i.e.,_ has put...
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THE SUFFERINGS OF JERUSALEM; NO CLASS IS EXEMPT. EDOM'S TRIUMPHING.
EXPOSITION
LAMENTATIONS 4:1
HOW IS THE GOLD BECOME DIM!… THE STONES OF THE SANCTUARY, etc. "Alas
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The fourth lamentation:
How is the gold become dim! the most fine gold changed! the stones of
the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. The precious
sons of Zion, comparable to fine go...
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Daniel 9:12; Deuteronomy 32:21; Deuteronomy 32:22; Ezekiel 20:47;...