Lamentations 5:3
We — We are all of us without a king, (our common father) we are deprived of thy fatherly protection, and many young children among us are left without an earthly parent.... [ Continue Reading ]
We — We are all of us without a king, (our common father) we are deprived of thy fatherly protection, and many young children among us are left without an earthly parent.... [ Continue Reading ]
Sold — Whereas at other times there was abundance of wood and water throughout Judea.... [ Continue Reading ]
We — The ten tribes were all carried captives into Assyria, and many of the kingdom of Judah fled into Egypt. Giving the hand may signify labouring for them: or, yielding up themselves to their power.... [ Continue Reading ]
Their iniquities — The punishment of them.... [ Continue Reading ]
The sword — The enemies lay encamped in all the plains, so that they could stir out no way but the sword of the Chaldeans was upon them.... [ Continue Reading ]
Fell — Not being able to stand under the burdens laid upon them.... [ Continue Reading ]
The crown — All our honour, splendor and dignity.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy throne — Altho' for our sins thou sufferest our throne to be cast down, yet thou art the same, thy power is not diminished, nor thy goodness abated.... [ Continue Reading ]
Renew — Restore us to our former estate.... [ Continue Reading ]