Verse 48. _MINE EYE RUNNETH DOWN_] I weep incessantly....
The deep sympathy of the prophet, which pours itself forth in abundant tears over the distress of his people. Lamentations 3:51 Or, “Mine eye” causeth pain to my soul, i. e. maketh my soul ache, beca...
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...
MINE EYE RUNNETH DOWN. Compare Luke 19:41. App-85. EYE. tears: "eye" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for the tears which flow from it....
See intr. note....
_runneth down with rivers of water_ a still stronger expression than that of Lamentations 1:16, where see note. Cp. Jeremiah 13:17; Psalms 119:136....
RUNNETH DOWN WITH— _Bathes in._ Schultens....
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...
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. Pe is put before Ain, as in Elegy 2:16,17; 4:16,17. Verse 46. ALL OUR ENEMIES HAVE OPENED THEIR MOUTHS AGAINST US - (). Verse 47. FEAR AND A SNAR...
3:48 ruin (e-11) Lit. 'breach.' see Jeremiah 6:14 ; Jeremiah 8:21 ; Amos 6:6 ....
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...
MINE EYE... — A stronger utterance of the thought of Lamentations 1:16; Lamentations 2:18; Psalms 119:136....
פַּלְגֵי ־מַ֨יִם֙ תֵּרַ֣ד עֵינִ֔י עַל ־שֶׁ֖בֶר...
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....
Interpreters give different explanations of the beginning of this verse: some render it thus, “My eye comes down unto rivers of waters;” others, “My eye flows down unto rivers of waters,” or, “rivers...
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...
MINE EYE RUNNETH DOWN WITH RIVERS OF WATERS,.... Denoting the greatness of his grief and trouble at the afflictions of his people, and the vast profusion of tears on that account. Here the prophet spe...
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. Ver. 48. _Mine eye runneth down._] Heb., Mine eye descendeth; _i.e., _ falleth, as it were, wholly away. S...
_Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water_ In this and the three following verses the prophet shows that the misfortunes of his country constituted no small part of his personal affliction. _Mine ey...
CONFESSION OF SIN AND COMPLAINT OVER THE CRUELTY OF THE ENEMIES...
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water in an excess of sorrow, for the destruction of the daughter of my people. Cf Psalms 119:136....
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Lamentations 3:48 eyes H5869 overflow H3381 (H8799) rivers H6388 water H4325 destruction H7667 daughter H1323 people...
THE PEOPLE ARE CALLED ON TO SEEK YHWH, AND THEY FACE UP TO THE SITUATION THAT THEY ARE IN WHILST THE PROPHET HIMSELF CONTINUES TO PLEAD FOR THEM (LAMENTATIONS 3:40). The prophet now calls on the peopl...
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...
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— (פ) Lamentations 3:46 present significant intimations of their base condition. ENEMIES making sport of them FEAR AND PITFALLS surrounding them, and the oft-recurring feeling of utt...
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,...
Isaiah 24:17; Isaiah 24:18; Isaiah 51:19; Jeremiah 48:43; Jerem