LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON Lamentations 1:3 gone into exile. See Jeremiah 52:24. because of affliction and hard servitude. See Lamentations 1:7, Lamentations 1:9; Lamentations 3:1, Lamentations 3:19. Exiles were often forced to work constantly. Such labor reminds readers of Israel’s Egyptian bondage (see Exodus 1:1; Exodus 2:23; Exodus 6:6). dwells now among the nations... no resting place. A reversal of God’s own promises to Israel (e.g., Deuteronomy 12:10).

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