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Verse 8. _SERVANTS HAVE RULED OVER US _] To be subject to such is the
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Quio domini faciant, audent cum talia fures?
_Virg_. Ecl. iii. 16.
"Since slaves so i...
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SERVANTS - i. e. Slaves. A terrible degradation to a high-spirited
Jew....
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CHAPTER 5 THE PRAYER OF HOPE
The lamentations end with a prayer: “Remember, O LORD, what is come
upon us; consider and behold our reproach.” It is the prayer of
confession and of hope, which reaches t...
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LAMENTATIONS 5. A PRAYER. This chapter differs much from the previous
four. It is not a Lament, but one long pleading; and it is not the
chant of an individual, but of a company, a plural, we. It may...
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_Servants rule_ The reference may be to cases where slaves actually
rose to positions of authority. Cp. Tobiah in Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah
2:19. Budde suggests that such persons may have seized upon pr...
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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
A PENITENT NATION
Lamentations 5:1-22
The form of the fifth poem differs in at least two respects from the
four which precede it. First, this poem is not in the acrostic form.
But...
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5:8 deliverer (d-8) Lit. 'none that rendeth away.' see Psalms 136:24 ....
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SERVANTS HAVE RULED OVER US] Babylonian satraps were often simply
house-hold favourites, promoted by the king to posts of honour, such
as the headship of the wretched remnant of Judah (Jeremiah 39:3)....
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ZION'S EARNEST PETITION FOR DELIVERANCE
This final poem is not so much an elegy as a prayer or meditation. The
tone is more calm and spiritual than the others, with no trace of
vindictiveness. The poe...
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JEREMIAH WEEPS IN THE DARKNESS
LAMENTATIONS
_ROY ROHU_
CHAPTER 5
JEREMIAH IS PRAYING.
V1 Remember, *Lord, the suffering that has come upon us. Look down and
see our shame....
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SERVANTS HAVE RULED OVER US. — The Chaldæans, it would seem, added
insult to injury, sending as rulers those who had filled menial
offices in the courts of their kings. (Comp. Jeremiah 39:3.)...
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עֲבָדִים֙ מָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֔נוּ פֹּרֵ֖ק
אֵ֥ין מִ י
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AN APPEAL FOR GOD'S COMPASSION
Lamentations 5:1
UNLIKE its predecessors, the fifth and last elegy is not an acrostic.
There is little to be gained by a discussion of the various
conjectures that have...
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The final poem is an appeal out of sorrow to Jehovah. Speaking on
behalf of the whole nation, the prophet called on Jehovah to remember.
He described the actual desolation, telling of the affliction o...
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_Servants. One had command over another, Matthew xxiv. 45. The
Chaldeans were like slaves, and the race of Cham was condemned to
servitude, Genesis ix. 26. (Calmet) --- The Jews had formerly dominion...
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We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be
satisfied with bread. Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we
have borne their iniquities. Servants have ruled over us: there...
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Another circumstance aggravated the calamity of the people, that they
came under the power of servants, which is more degrading than when
the rich and the eminent in wealth and power make us their ser...
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The prophet can now present the whole affliction of the people to God,
as an object of compassion and mercy. This is an onward step in the
path of these deep exercises of heart. He is at peace with Go...
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SERVANTS HAVE RULED OVER US,.... The Targum is,
"the sons of Ham, who were given to be servants to the sons of Shem,
they have ruled over us;''
referring to the prophecy of Noah, Genesis 9:26; or su...
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_Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us]
out of their hand._
Ver. 8. _Servants have ruled over us._] And they are usually most
insolent, as was Tobiah the servant. Neh 2:1...
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_Our fathers have sinned, and are not_ Death hath secured our fathers
from these evils, though they had sinned; but the punishment they
escaped, we suffer in the most grievous degree: see note on Jere...
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Servants have ruled over us, many of the Chaldean overseers and petty
officers actually being slaves; THERE IS NONE THAT DOTH DELIVER US OUT
OF THEIR HAND, the former kingdom of priests having become...
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT MISERY...
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1-16 Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out
his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not
of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient u...
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Either those who sometimes were our servants, tributary to us, or the
posterity of Ham, condemned of old to be servants to our forefather
Shem, GENESIS 9:26; or the servants of those masters whom we s...
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Lamentations 5:8 Servants H5650 rule H4910 (H8804) deliver H6561
(H8802) hand H3027
Servants -...
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Servants rule over us,
There is none to deliver us out of their hand.
It is an open question here whether this means ‘servants' of the
king of Babylon, signifying Babylonian officials (in which case...
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CONTENTS: Lamentation of the state of Judah in captivity.
Supplications for the return of mercy.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly, and God
is th...
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REFLECTIONS. Jeremiah in this last elegy continues the subject in more
minute details; and having no hope for the present, he consoles
himself with hope in the latter day. Psalms 85; Hosea 3. The insu...
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_Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us._
AN APPEAL FOR GOD’S COMPASSION
The prayer opens with a striking phrase--“Remember, O Lord,” etc.
It cannot be supposed that the elegist conceived of his God...
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LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 5:1 Restore Us to Yourself, O
Lord. This concluding chapter is the community’s plea for
restoration. It includes an opening petition (v....
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EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
Lamentations 5:6. Judæa was on the verge of famine through the
foragings of the invaders, and, under the ominous shadow of
starvation, TO EGYPT WE HAVE GIVEN THE HAND, _i.e.,_ implo...
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EXPOSITION
LAMENTATIONS 5:1
INSULT UPON INSULT HAS BEEN HEAPED UPON JERUSALEM.
LAMENTATIONS 5:2...
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Fifth lamentation:
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our
reproach. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to
aliens. We are orphans, fatherless, our mothers are...
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Deuteronomy 28:43; Genesis 9:25; Hosea 2:10; Isaiah 43:13; Job 10:7;...