God hath not surprised us by these providences, he gave us notice what he would do, and hath done no more than what he threatened long since, Leviticus 26:16, &c.; Deuteronomy 28:15, &c. It is true lie hath severely punished us, so as in his dispensation there appear no prints of pity, he hath set up our enemies, and hath made them to triumph over his people, but in all this he hath but justified his truth, and fulfilled his word.
Verse 17. _THE LORD HATH DONE_ THAT] This and the _sixteenth_ verse should be interchanged, to follow the order of the letters in the Hebrew alphabet; as the _sixteenth_ has פ _phe_ for its acrostic l...
THAT WHICH HE HAD DEVISED - Or, what he purposed. Zion’s ruin was the fulfillment of God’s determination, of which they had been forwarned from the days of old (see the margin reference). FULFILLED -...
CHAPTER 2 WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE The great catastrophe continues in vivid description throughout this chapter also. Not an enemy has done it, not Nebuchadrezzar and his Chaldean hordes, but the Lord i...
LAMENTATIONS 2. THE SECOND LAMENT. This differs from the first in its contents, and in its literary form. The metrical matters are the same, _i.e._ there are twenty-two verses, wherein the first word...
For the transposition of the Hebrew alphabet here, see note on Lamentations 2:16, above. DEVISED. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:16; Leviticus 26:17;...
Lament over Zion's exposure to the mockery of her enemies....
_fulfilled_ mg. _finished_. Cp. the same Heb. verb in Isaiah 10:12 "perform." _in the days of old_ That which had happened was in fulfilment of the warnings of Leviticus 26:14 ff., Deuteronomy 28:15,...
THAT HE HAD COMMANDED, &C.— "He hath fulfilled the threatening which he had denounced against those who were disobedient to the law of Moses, as well as what he had denounced long before by his prophe...
III. THE PROPHET'S EXHORTATION TO HIS PEOPLE Lamentations 2:17-19 TRANSLATION (17) The LORD has done what He planned. He has fulfilled His word which He decreed in days of old. He has torn down witho...
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it...
THE LORD HATH DONE] The poet points to Jehovah as Zion's Destroyer, only later to show that He may become her Saviour....
ZION'S SORROWS DUE TO JEHOVAH'S ANGER In this second dirge, the cause of Zion's woe is dwelt upon. Jehovah has become angry with His people, therefore He has cast them off. Zion's miseries are the ju...
JEREMIAH WEEPS IN THE DARKNESS LAMENTATIONS _ROY ROHU_ CHAPTER 2 NOW JEREMIAH SPEAKS. V1 The *Lord’s anger is like a black cloud over Zion (*Jerusalem). He allowed enemies to destroy the beauty...
THE LORD HATH DONE... — The writer points, in opposition to the boasts of the enemies, to the true author of the misery of the people. In that thought, terrible as it might at first seem, there was an...
עָשָׂ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר זָמָ֗ם בִּצַּ֤ע אֶמְרָתֹו֙...
THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN Lamentations 2:10 PASSION and poetry, when they fire the imagination, do more than personify individual material things. By fusing the separate objects in the crucible of a co...
In the second poem, the prophet dealt with the sources of the sorrow he had described. Again affirming that it was the result of the direct action of Jehovah, he proceeded to describe it in its materi...
_Old, by Moses, (Deuteronomy xxviii. 15, 49., and Leviticus xxvi. 14.) Micheas, (chap. xxvi. 18.) Holda, &c. (Calmet)_...
What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach i...
Had the Prophet related only the boastings of enemies, the people would have probably become more hardened in their sorrow. But now, on the other hand, he assumes a different character. After having r...
The second chapter is a very deep and touching appeal. The desolation of Jerusalem is looked at as Jehovah's own work, on what was His own, and not as that of the enemy. Never had there been such sorr...
THE LORD HATH DONE [THAT] WHICH HE HAD DEVISED,.... It was not so much the Chaldeans that did it, though they ascribed it to themselves; but it was the Lord's doing, and what he had deliberately thoug...
The LORD hath done [that] which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused [thine] enemy to rejoi...
_All thine enemies have opened their mouths against thee_ As if they were ready to devour thee: see the margin. Or they have opened them in scoffs, reproaches, and insults. _They hiss and gnash their...
The Lord hath done that which He had devised, what He had resolved upon; HE HATH FULFILLED HIS WORD THAT HE HAD COMMANDED IN THE DAYS OF OLD, for the holiness of the Lord demands the punishment of eve...
THE VANITY OF HUMAN CONSOLATION TOGETHER WITH A PLEA FOR HELP...
10-22 Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by famine. Even little children were slain by their mother's hands, and eaten, according to the threatening, Deuteronomy 28:53. Multitu...
Lamentations 2:17 LORD H3068 done H6213 (H8804) purposed H2161 (H8804) fulfilled H1214 (H8765) word H565 co
THE PROPHET ADDRESSES JERUSALEM RECOGNISING THAT THAT HER UNIQUE STATE IS SUCH THAT HE CAN OFFER NO COMFORT BECAUSE ALL IS AGAINST HER (LAMENTATIONS 2:13). The prophet sees the people of Jerusalem as...
CONTENTS: Lamentation on the effect of the calamities of Judah. God's passionate consideration appealed to. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: The wormwood and gall in affliction is the thought t...
Lamentations 2:1. _How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud._ The day break, but no sun shines, no opening of future hope. Lamentations 2:2. _The Lord hath swallowed up all the inha...
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 2:1 God Has Set Zion under a Cloud. This chapter emphasizes the completeness of God’s judgment on Jerusalem. The verses unfold in three parts, each of which has a dif...
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 2:17 WHAT HE PURPOSED. See Lamentations 1:18 and...
_HOMILETICS_ EXEGETICAL NOTES.— (ם) Lamentations 2:15. Casual strangers on their travels felt glad at sight of desolated Jerusalem. THEY CLAP THEIR HANDS AT THEE, ALL WHO PASS BY THE WAY, and add sco...
ZION'S JUDGMENT IS OF GOD. LAMENTATIONS AND SUPPLICATIONS. EXPOSITION LAMENTATIONS 2:1 HATH THE LORD COVERED; rather, _doth _… _cover_. THE DAUGHTER OF ZION; i.e.
The second lamentation: How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and he has cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool...
Habakkuk 2:11; Hosea 7:14; Isaiah 26:16; Isaiah 26:17; Jeremiah 13:17