CHAPTER 3. IN THIS CHAPTER THE PROPHET COMMENCES BY BEMOANING HIS OWN PERSONAL AFFLICTIONS, BUT THEN GOES ON TO STRESS GOD'S FAITHFULNESS TO THOSE WHO TRUST IN HIM. COMPLAINING ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES HE IS FINALLY ASSURED THAT GOD WILL REQUITE HIS ADVERSARIES. Some commentators have suggested that in... [ Continue Reading ]
IN HIS INITIAL DESPAIR THE PROPHET BEWAILS HIS OWN SAD CONDITION (LAMENTATIONS 3:1). In this section God is simply spoken of as ‘He', the only mention of His Name being in Lamentations 3:18 where the prophet declares that his expectation from YHWH has perished. It describes what the prophet has had... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PROPHET PRAYS HIS WAY THROUGH TO CONFIDENCE IN YHWH (LAMENTATIONS 3:19). When our souls have reached their lowest point there is only one thing to do, and that is to cast ourselves on God. That is what the prophet now does. He remembers past times of affliction and misery and how God has kept h... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PEOPLE ARE CALLED ON TO SEEK YHWH, AND THEY FACE UP TO THE SITUATION THAT THEY ARE IN WHILST THE PROPHET HIMSELF CONTINUES TO PLEAD FOR THEM (LAMENTATIONS 3:40). The prophet now calls on the people to examine themselves and to seek YHWH and pray sincerely to Him from the heart, not just by lift... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PROPHET LOOKS BACK ON HIS OWN EXPERIENCES AND CALLS ON YHWH TO AVENGE HIM (LAMENTATIONS 3:52). The chapter commenced with the personal experience of the prophet in Lamentations 3:1 but there it was the present experiences that he was going through which were in mind. He now closes the chapter w... [ Continue Reading ]