Waters flowed over mine head; [then] I said, I am cut off.
Ver. 54. Waters flowed over mine head.] Many and great miseries have overwhelmed and oppressed me, both in body and soul. These are frequently compared to waters.
Then I said, I am cut off,] sc., From the land of the living; but God was better to me than my hopes.
WATERS FLOWED OVER MINE HEAD - A figurative expression for great mental trouble....
CHAPTER 3 THE PROPHET'S SUFFERING AND DISTRESS This chapter is intensely personal. None but Jeremiah could have written these wonderful expressions of sorrow, the sorrows of the people of God into whi...
LAMENTATIONS 3. THE THIRD LAMENT. Here it is the singer that comes chiefly to the front; whereas in Lamentations 3:1 it had been Zion, and in Lamentations 3:2 it was Yahweh. EV hardly puts Lamentation...
OVER MINE HEAD. Compare Psalms 69:2. I AM CUT OFF. Compare Psalms 88:5....
There is a possible reference on the part of the writer to Jeremiah 38:6, but this is rendered unlikely by the fact that the "dungeon" had no water in it, and thus Lamentations 3:54 is inapplicable. T...
See intr. note....
_Waters flowed over mine head_ figuratively. So in Psalms 42:7; Psalms 69:2, which latter Ps. was traditionally ascribed to Jeremiah. _I am cut off_ Cp. Psalms 31:22;...
DISCOURSE: 1095 THE EFFICACY OF PRAYER Lamentations 3:54. _Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon. Thou hast heard my voice: h...
IV. HIS PERSONAL SUFFERING Lamentations 3:48-54 TRANSLATION (48) With streams of water my eyes flow because of the destruction of the daughter of my people. (49) My eyes flow without ceasing, without...
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. MINE ENEMIES CHASED ME SORE, LIKE A BIRD - which is destitute of counsel and strength. The allusion seems to be to (Calvin). WITHOUT CAUSE -...
ZION'S HOPE IN GOD'S MERCY This third poem is the most elaborate in structure and the most sublime in thought of all. The poet speaks not only for himself, but for the nation. The order of thought is...
JEREMIAH WEEPS IN THE DARKNESS LAMENTATIONS _ROY ROHU_ CHAPTER 3 JEREMIAH SPEAKS. In this chapter, the writer speaks on behalf of all God’s people. Much of what he says is true also of the troub...
צָֽפוּ ־מַ֥יִם עַל ־רֹאשִׁ֖י אָמַ֥רְתִּי נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃ ס...
GRIEVING BEFORE GOD Lamentations 3:43 AS might have been expected, the mourning patriot quickly forsakes the patch of sunshine which lights up a few verses of this elegy. But the vision of it has not...
In this central and longest poem, Jeremiah identified himself completely with the experiences of his people. In the first movement, in language which throbs with pain, he described his own sorrows, re...
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him....
He now adds a third comparison, — that he had been overwhelmed, as it were, with a flood of evils. This similitude occurs often in Scripture, especially in the Psalms; for when David wished to set for...
In chapter 3 we find the language of faith, of sorrowing faith, of the Spirit of Christ in the remnant, on the occasion of the judgment of Jerusalem in which God had dwelt. Before, the prophet (or the...
WATERS FLOWED OVER MINE HEAD,.... As in a pit or dungeon, where there is not only mire and clay, but much water, into which persons being put, sink, and are covered therewith; see Psalms 69:1; this is...
_Mine enemies chased me sore_ “The prophet in this, and the following verses, describes his own sufferings, when his enemies seized him and put him into the dungeon, Jeremiah 37:16; Jeremiah 38:6. He...
CONFESSION OF SIN AND COMPLAINT OVER THE CRUELTY OF THE ENEMIES...
Waters flowed over mine head, the picture of a flood of waters being used to give some idea of the greatness and intensity of his suffering; THEN I SAID, I AM CUT OFF, abandoned by God, removed from t...
42-54 The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued waiting; and neither did nor would expect relie...
Afflictions often in Scripture are called _waters_, ISAIAH 28:17,18 ISAIAH 59:19. I AM CUT OFF; that is, I am utterly undone, there is no hope for me....
Lamentations 3:54 waters H4325 over H6687 (H8804) head H7218 said H559 (H8804) off H1504 (H8738)...
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 wa...
Lamentations 3:52. _Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off...
We are about to read a chapter which is very full of sorrow; while you are listening to it, some of you may be saying, «We are not in that condition.» Well then, be thankful that you are not, and whil...
CONTENTS: Complaint of God's displeasure and comfort to God's people. Appeal to God's justice against persecutors. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Bad as things may be, it is owing to the mer...
The Metre changes here. The letters of the Hebrew alphabet, twenty two in number, begin three hemistichs, which make sixty six verses. It would look better, and read more poetically, if the hemistichs...
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 3:1 I Am the Man Who Has Seen Affliction. Chapter Lamentations 3:1 has one speaker, a man who has endured suffering, expe
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 3:54 I AM LOST. There seemed to be no hope (see v. Lamentations 3:18)....
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— (צ) Lamentations 3:52. THEY HAVE HUNTED ME DOWN LIKE A BIRD is hunted when pursued with the eagerness of THOSE WHO ARE MY ENEMIES WITHOUT CAUSE, and who will not relax efforts till...
EXPOSITION LAMENTATIONS 3:1 MONOLOGUE SPOKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER WHOSE FATE IS BOUND UP WITH THAT OF THE
In this third lamentation he begins from the depth of depression and despair. He begins with hopelessness, and hopelessness is always the experience behind depression. Depression is the loss of hope,...
Daniel 6:17; Jeremiah 37:20; Jeremiah 38:6; Jeremiah 38:9; Matthew
Cut off — I am undone, there is no hope for me....