The Chaldeans employed in the siege are so close upon us, that we cannot stir a foot about our businesses, nor look out at our doors, nor walk safely in the streets; we are ruined, there is an end of our civil state; our period is come, and the time of our prosperity is elapsed.
Verse 18. _WE CANNOT GO IN OUR STREETS_] Supposed to refer to the _darts_ and other _missiles_ cast from the mounds which they had raised on the outside of the walls, by which those who walked in the...
A rapid sketch of the last days of the siege and the capture of the king. Lamentations 4:17 Rather, “Still do our eyes waste away looking for our vain help.” IN OUR WATCHING - Or, “on our watchtowe...
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...
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...
_They hunt our steps_ This expresses the danger which existed in the "streets" (lit. broad places, and therefore exposed) from the towers which were gradually advanced nearer to the walls by the besie...
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...
They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come. THEY HUNT OUR STEPS - the Chaldeans do so. WE CANNOT GO IN OUR STREETS - without...
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...
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...
THEY HUNT OUR STEPS. — Better, _They lie in wait._ The words probably point to the posts occupied here and there near the wide places of the city, which led people to avoid them through fear of being...
צָד֣וּ צְעָדֵ֔ינוּ מִ לֶּ֖כֶת בִּ רְחֹבֹתֵ֑ינוּ...
VAIN HOPES Lamentations 4:17 THE first part of the fourth elegy was specially concerned with the fate of the gilded youth of Jerusalem; the second and closely parallel part with that of the princes;...
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...
_Streets. There were enemies within as well as without. (Calmet)_...
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...
Many apply this verse to the Egyptians, that they insidiously enticed the Jews to flee to them in their difficulties. It is indeed, true, that the Jews had been deceived by their false promises; and,...
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...
THEY HUNT OUR STEPS, THAT WE CANNOT GO IN OUR STREETS,.... The Chaldeans, from their forts and batteries, as they could see, they watched the people as they came out of their houses, and walked about...
They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come. Ver. 18. _They hunt our steps._] There is an elegance in the original, as if we sh...
_They hunt our steps that we cannot go in our streets_ The Chaldeans, employed in the siege, are so close upon us, that we cannot stir a foot, nor look out at our doors, nor walk safely in the streets...
They hunt our steps that we cannot go in our streets, that is, the Chaldeans were so vigilant in their siege that there was no chance to escape. OUR END IS NEAR, OUR DAYS ARE FULFILLED; FOR OUR END IS...
God's Judgment a Consequence of the Sins of the Prophets and Priests...
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...
Lamentations 4:18 tracked H6679 (H8804) steps H6806 walk H3212 (H8800) streets H7339 end H7093 near H7126
THE AFTERMATH OF THE TAKING OF THE CITY (LAMENTATIONS 4:18). In vivid terms the prophet describes what followed the taking of the city. People cowered in their houses afraid to go out. For those who d...
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...
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...
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 4:1 How the Gold Has Grown Dim. Chapter Lamentations 4:1 returns to themes in chs....
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 4:18 OUR END HAD COME. The day of the Lord (see Joel 2:1; Amos 5
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— (ע) Lamentations 4:17 refers to the persons remaining in the city, who, notwithstanding that God’s righteous judgments had so afflicted prophets and priests, yet thought longingly o...
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 f
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...
1 Samuel 24:14; 2 Kings 25:4; 2 Kings 25:5; Amos 8:2; Ezekiel 12:22;...
They — The Chaldeans....