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Verse 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....
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Men cried to these priests, “Away! Unclean! Away! Away! Touch
not.” “Unclean” was the cry of the leper whenever he appeared in
public: here it is the warning shout of those who meet the murderers.
WH...
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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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DEPART YE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Lev 18:46).
HEATHEN. nations....
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Those who met these blood-stained priests and prophets in the street
abhorred them, and warned them off with the cry which the leper was
himself to raise, _Unclean, unclean!_(Leviticus 13:45). Theirs...
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SO THAT MEN COULD NOT TOUCH THEIR GARMENTS— _It could not be avoided
but their garments must be touched._ Therefore the prophet immediately
addresses the citizens of Jerusalem, Lamentations 4:15. _Dep...
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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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They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch
not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen,
They shall no more sojourn there.
THEY CRIED UNTO THEM, DEPA...
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4:15 Unclean! (a-6) See Isaiah 52:11 ....
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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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THEY CRIED UNTO THEM] the people applied to them what lepers were
required to declare of themselves, viz. Unclean! Unclean! (Leviticus
13:45). Theirs was spiritual leprosy. THEY SAID AMONG THE HEATHEN...
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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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THEY CRIED UNTO THEM — _i.e.,_ these, as they passed, cried to the
blood-stained priests. The cry “unclean” was that uttered by the
leper as a warning to those he met (Leviticus 13:45). Here it comes...
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ס֣וּרוּ טָמֵ֞א קָ֣רְאוּ לָ֗מֹו
ס֤וּרוּ ס֨וּרוּ֙...
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LEPERS
Lamentations 4:13
PASSING from the fate of the princes to that of the prophets and
priests, we come upon a vividly dramatic scene in the streets of
Jerusalem amid the terror and confusion that...
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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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_Depart. They were not ashamed to speak thus to others, or the
citizens address the priests contaminated with blood. Even the
Chaldeans looked upon the Jews with abhorrence, as an abandoned
people. --...
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For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that
have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, They have
wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves...
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The Prophet confirms the former verse, as I have said, even that no
part of the city was free from filth, because they cried everywhere,
“Depart, depart — unclean!” That what is said may be more
evide...
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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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THEY CRIED UNTO THEM, DEPART YE, [IT IS] UNCLEAN,.... Or, O ye
"unclean" e; that is, the people said so to the priests, being
polluted with blood; they abhorred them, did not care they should come
nig...
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They cried unto them, Depart ye; [it is] unclean; depart, depart,
touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the
heathen, They shall no more sojourn [there].
Ver. 15. _They cried un...
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_They have wandered as blind men in the streets_ They strayed from the
paths of righteousness, and were blind to every thing that was good,
but to do evil they were quick-sighted; _they have polluted...
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IT IS UNCLEAN:
Or, ye polluted...
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13-20 Nothing ripens a people more for ruin, nor fills the measure
faster, than the sins of priests and prophets. The king himself cannot
escape, for Divine vengeance pursues him. Our anointed King al...
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The various application of the pronoun _they_ by interpreters makes
them aa much divided in the sense of this as of the former verse.
Either the Jews that made conscience of keeping to the law against...
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Lamentations 4:15 cried H7121 (H8804) away H5493 (H8798) unclean H2931
away H5493 (H8798) away H5493 ...
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JERUSALEM'S PREDICAMENT WAS LARGELY DUE TO THE PRIESTS AND THE
PROPHETS WHO WOULD SUFFER ACCORDINGLY (LAMENTATIONS 4:12).
The prophet now draws attention to the fact of how much of Jerusalem's
predic...
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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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EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
(מ) Lamentations 4:13. It is needful to connect this verse with the
last by words like, _This incredible thing came to pass,_ BECAUSE OF
THE SINS OF HER PROPHETS, THE INIQUITIES OF...
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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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2 Corinthians 6:17; Leviticus 13:45; Micah 2:10; Numbers 16:26;...
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Touch not — The Jews that made conscience of keeping the law against
touching dead bodies, cried to the other Jews to leave the city as
themselves did, the city being now so full of dead bodies that t...