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CHAPTER II
_The prophet shows the dire effects of the Divine anger in the_
_miseries brought on his country; the unparalleled calamities of_
_which he charges, on a great measure, on the false prop...
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HOW ... - Or, “How” doth “אדני _'ădonāy_ cover.” He
hath east down etc. By God’s footstool seems to be meant the ark.
See Psalms 99:5 note....
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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...
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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...
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THE LORD*. One of the 134 places where the _Sopherim_ say they altered
"Jehovah" of the primitive text to "Adonai". See App-32.
THE BEAUTY OF ISRAEL. Probably referring to the Temple (Isaiah 64:11),...
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THE BEAUTY OF ISRAEL— "The temple and all its glory: and hath not
spared the ark itself, the _footstool_ of the Schechinah, which sat
between the Cherubim, as on a throne." See Matthew 11:23....
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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
A BROKEN PEOPLE
Lamentations 2:1-22
In content, form and theology chapter 2 is a continuation of chapter
1. Like chapter 1, the second chapter is also a national lament but
the...
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How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his
anger, and cast down from heaven How hath the Lord covered the
daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven...
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THE BEAUTY OF ISRAEL] the Temple (Isaiah 64:11), or possibly the
heroes of Jerusalem (2 Samuel 1:19). HIS FOOTSTOOL] the ark of the
covenant (1 Chronicles 28:2), or possibly the sanctuary ...
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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...
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• The words ‘the beauty of *Israel’ probably refer to *Jerusalem
and its magnificent *temple. See Isaiah 64:11.
• ‘He rested his feet’. See Isaiah 60:13.
V2 The *Lord has destroyed all the homes in...
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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...
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II.
(1) HOW HATH THE LORD... — The second dirge follows the pattern of
the first, opening with a description of the sufferings of Jerusalem,
(Lamentations 2:1), and closing with a dramatic soliloquy...
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אֵיכָה֩ יָעִ֨יב בְּ אַפֹּ֤ו ׀
אֲדֹנָי֙ אֶת ־ב
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GOD AS AN ENEMY
Lamentations 2:1
THE elegist, as we have seen, attributes the troubles of the Jews to
the will and. action of God. In the second poem he even ventures
further, and with daring logic p...
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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...
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How hath the Lord (a) covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his
anger, [and] cast down from (b) heaven to the earth the beauty of
Israel, and remembered not his (c) footstool in the day of his...
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_Obscurity. He continues to bewail the misery of Jerusalem. ---
Heaven, the highest glory, Isaias xiv. 12. --- Stool; the temple, and
the land. The ark fell not into the hands of the enemy. (Calmet) -...
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How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his
anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel,
and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
CONT...
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How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his
anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel,
and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger! The L...
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The Prophet again exclaims in wonder, that an incredible thing had
happened, which was like a prodigy; for at the first sight it seemed
very unreasonable, that a people whom God had not only received...
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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...
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HOW HATH THE LORD COVERED THE DAUGHTER OF ZION WITH A CLOUD IN HIS
ANGER,.... Not their persons for protection, as he did the Israelites
at the Red sea, and in the wilderness; nor their sins, which he...
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_How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his
anger, [and] cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of
Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!_...
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_How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud_ Changed
her condition for the worse, and turned the light of her prosperity
into the darkness of adversity. _And cast down, &c., the beaut...
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A DESCRIPTION OF JEHOVAH'S JUDGMENT...
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How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion, His own city, formerly
the seat of His Church, WITH A CLOUD IN HIS ANGER, with the chilly
darkness of ignominy and shame, AND CAST DOWN FROM HEAVEN UNTO...
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1-9 A sad representation is here made of the state of God's church,
of Jacob and Israel; but the notice seems mostly to refer to the hand
of the Lord in their calamities. Yet God is not an enemy to h...
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LAMENTATIONS CHAPTER 2 Jeremiah lamenteth the misery of Jerusalem, and
its causes, and their enemies derision, LAMENTATIONS 2:1. In
exhortation to true sorrow and repentance; a fervent prayer,
LAMENTA...
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Lamentations 2:1 Lord H136 covered H5743 daughter H1323 Zion H6726
cloud H5743 (H8686) anger H639 down H7993 ...
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THE LORD'S ANGER IS REVEALED IN THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM
(LAMENTATIONS 2:1).
In these verses we have a description of how in His ‘anger'
(antipathy towards sin) the Lord has brought destruction on...
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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...
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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...
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_How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in ms
anger._
CHASTISEMENTS
1. It is our duty to strive with ourselves to be affected with the
miseries of God’s people.
2. The chastise...
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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...
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EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
(א) Lamentations 2:1. The poet sees nature as if it were in
commotion. A storm-cloud piles up over Jerusalem, shrouding with its
gloom even the most commanding summit. But it is not...
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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.
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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...
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1 Chronicles 28:2; 1 Samuel 4:21; 2 Samuel 1:19; Ezekiel 24:21;...
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His footstool — His temple; but suffered the Chaldeans to destroy
it. Cast down — That is, thrown them down from the highest glory and
honour, to the meanest degree of servitude....