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Verse 31. _THE LORD_] אדני _Adonai_; but one of my ancient MSS.
has יהוה _Jehovah_. The above verse is quoted in reference to our
Lord's passion, by Matthew 26:62....
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Reasons for the resignation urged in the previous triplet....
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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...
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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...
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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. Here some
codices, with two early printed editions, also read "Jehovah"....
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See intr. note....
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Cp. Psalms 30:5 (with mg.), Psalms 77:7 ff., Psalms 103:9; Isaiah
57:16; Micah 7:1
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This group contains the three thoughts which produce the resignation,
(_a_) because punishment will be only for a time (cp. Isaiah 54:8),
(_b_) because God is by nature merciful, (_c_) because even in...
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DISCOURSE: 1094
COMFORT FOR THE AFFLICTED
Lamentations 3:31. _The Lord will not cast off for ever: but though he
cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of
his mercies. Fo...
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B. Reflections About Suffering Lamentations 3:26-39
TRANSLATION
(26) It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the
LORD. (27) It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his yout...
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For the Lord will not cast off for ever: THE LORD WILL NOT CAST OFF
FOREVER. True repentance is never without hope (). Verse 32. THOUGH HE
CAUSE GRIEF, YET WILL HE HAVE COMPASSION ACCORDING TO THE MU...
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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...
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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...
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FOR THE LORD... — The counsels of submission are followed by the
grounds of hope. The first, a quotation from Psalms 77:7, had been of
old a favourite thought of the writer’s (Jeremiah 3:5; Jeremiah
3...
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כִּ֣י לֹ֥א יִזְנַ֛ח לְ עֹולָ֖ם
אֲדֹנָֽי׃...
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QUIET WAITING
Lamentations 3:25
HAVING struck a rich vein, our author proceeds to work it with energy.
Pursuing the ideas that flow out of the great truth of the endless
goodness of God, and the imme...
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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...
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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....
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It is certain that there will be no patience, except there be hope, as
it has already appeared. As, then, patience cherishes hope, so hope is
the foundation of patience; and hence consolation is, acco...
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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...
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FOR THE LORD WILL NOT CAST OFF FOR EVER. Which is not to be understood
of all his creatures; for there are some he does cast off for ever, as
the angels that sinned; reprobate men, profligate and aban...
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For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
Ver. 31. _For the Lord will not cast off for ever._] No, not at all,
however he may seem to some so to do. _Non deserit etiamsi deserat,_
saith a father: He d...
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_The Lord will not cast off for ever_ The truly penitent that put
their trust in him, and sincerely desire and seek reconciliation with
him: though he may for a time appear to estrange himself from th...
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God's Mercy and Power Revealed...
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For the Lord will not cast off forever, Cf Psalms 77:8;...
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21-36 Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows
how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the
mercy of God that they are not worse. We should observe what makes...
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This is that which beareth up his spirits, that though the Lord may
for a time estrange himself from his people, yet he will not always
forsake them....
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Lamentations 3:31 Lord H136 off H2186 (H8799) forever H5769
1 Samuel 12:22;...
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THE PROPHET PRAYS HIS WAY THROUGH TO CONFIDENCE IN YHWH (LAMENTATIONS
3:19).
When our souls have reached their lowest point there is only one thing
to do, and that is to cast ourselves on God. That i...
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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...
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The first part of this chapter is one of the saddest in the whole Book
of God; yet I expect it has ministered as much consolation as some of
the brightest pages of Holy Writ, because there are childre...
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I am about to read a portion of Holy Scripture which may seem very
strange to some of you, but it belongs to a part of the congregation,
and I hope it may be the means of giving them comfort. I read i...
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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...
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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...
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EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
(כ) Lamentations 3:31. For this silent waiting on the Lord, amid
humiliations and scorn, there is all-sufficient strength. It is in the
Lord Himself, in the belief that He is at wor...
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EXPOSITION
LAMENTATIONS 3:1
MONOLOGUE SPOKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER WHOSE FATE IS BOUND UP WITH
THAT OF THE
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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,...
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1 Samuel 12:22; Isaiah 54:7; Isaiah 57:16; Jeremiah 31:37; J