Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Lamentations 4:16
Literally, The countenance of Yahweh hath scattered them, has driven these outlawed priests here and there, “and He will no more regard them” with favor.
Literally, The countenance of Yahweh hath scattered them, has driven these outlawed priests here and there, “and He will no more regard them” with favor.
CHAPTER 4 THE DEPARTED GLORY AND THE CUP OF SHAME This new lament begins with a description of the former glory of Zion and its present wretchedness; the glory is departed: How is the gold become dim...
LAMENTATIONS 4. THE FOURTH LAMENT. This has less literary finish than Lamentations 4:3, and it has also less spiritual value. It lacks much of the saints whom one seems to see in Lamentations 4:1, and...
ANGER. face. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6, as manifesting the anger felt. PERSONS. face. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), for the whole person....
_hath divided them hath scattered them_(among the nations). _they_ MEN, as in the previous _v_. _elders_ with LXX read _prophets_, which is more in harmony with the preceding context. Pe. suggests t...
II. AN EXPLANATION OF THE JUDGMENT Lamentations 4:11-20 TRANSLATION (11) The LORD has given vent to His wrath. He has poured out His fierce anger. He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has consumed h...
The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders. THE ANGER - literally, the face of the Lord. It is...
4:16 divided (b-6) Or 'hath dispersed,' see Genesis 49:7 ....
ZION'S FORMER GLORY CONTRASTED WITH HER PRESENT HUMILIATION In this fourth dirge the poet describes the miseries of the various classes in the sack of Jerusalem, concluding with a warning to Edom. In...
THE ANGER OF THE LORD HATH DIVIDED THEM] lit. 'the face of Jehovah hath scattered them.' 17-20. The vain hope of escape; even the king being captured. This short section is in the first person plural...
JEREMIAH WEEPS IN THE DARKNESS LAMENTATIONS _ROY ROHU_ CHAPTER 4 JEREMIAH CONTINUES TO SPEAK. V1 Look! The gold has stopped shining! Look how the best gold has changed! The stones of the *temple...
THE ANGER OF THE LORD. — Literally, _the face,_ as the symbol of wrath. THEY RESPECTED NOT. — The subject of the verbs has to be supplied. The enemies, or the heathen, or men in general, ceased to fe...
פְּנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ חִלְּקָ֔ם לֹ֥א יֹוסִ֖יף לְ הַ
LEPERS Lamentations 4:13 PASSING from the fate of the princes to that of the prophets and priests, we come upon a vividly dramatic scene in the streets of Jerusalem amid the terror and confusion that...
The fourth poem is for the most part a dirge of desolation, which nevertheless ends in a song of hope. Jeremiah first described the disaster in Zion, declaring that it all arose as the result of the s...
The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no longer regard them: (k) they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders. (k) That is, the enemies....
_They, the Jews; or rather the prophet thus describes the Chaldeans, chap. v. 12., and Deuteronomy xxviii. 50._...
For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves...
He explains himself by saying, that they had been scattered from the face of Jehovah. He had said, that they had fled into foreign lands, and that they believed their exile to be perpetual; he now ass...
Jeremiah, having now found Jehovah in the affliction, tranquilly measures its whole extent. But this is itself a consolation. For after all Jehovah who changes not is there to comfort the heart. This...
THE ANGER OF THE LORD HATH DIVIDED THEM,.... Or, "the face of the Lord" f; the anger that appeared in his face, in the dispensation of his providence, removed them out of their own land, and dispersed...
The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders. Ver. 16. _The anger of the Lord hath divided them._]...
_They have wandered as blind men in the streets_ They strayed from the paths of righteousness, and were blind to every thing that was good, but to do evil they were quick-sighted; _they have polluted...
God's Judgment a Consequence of the Sins of the Prophets and Priests...
The anger of the Lord hath divided them, literally, "the countenance of Jehovah has scattered them"; HE WILL NO MORE REGARD THEM, no longer look upon them in mercy; THEY, the enemies, RESPECTED NOT TH...
ANGER: Or, face...
13-20 Nothing ripens a people more for ruin, nor fills the measure faster, than the sins of priests and prophets. The king himself cannot escape, for Divine vengeance pursues him. Our anointed King al...
These words seem to be the language of their enemies triumphing over them, as discerning that their God was provoked against them, and would have no more regard or respect unto them; and that they had...
Lamentations 4:16 face H6440 LORD H3068 scattered H2505 (H8765) longer H3254 (H8686) regards H5027 (H8687)
JERUSALEM'S PREDICAMENT WAS LARGELY DUE TO THE PRIESTS AND THE PROPHETS WHO WOULD SUFFER ACCORDINGLY (LAMENTATIONS 4:12). The prophet now draws attention to the fact of how much of Jerusalem's predic...
CONTENTS: Lamentation on the direful effects of calamities of Judah. Sins of the leaders acknowledged. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Nothing ripens a people more for ruin, nor fills the mea...
Lamentations 4:1. _How is the gold,_ זהב _zahab,_ so called because of its superior lustre to other metals, now _become dim._ Gold does not oxidize, and scarcely receives a tarnish; yet the rulers and...
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 4:1 How the Gold Has Grown Dim. Chapter Lamentations 4:1 returns to themes in chs....
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 4:16 THE LORD HIMSELF... SCATTERED THEM. See Lamentations 1:4,...
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— (מ) Lamentations 4:13. It is needful to connect this verse with the last by words like, _This incredible thing came to pass,_ BECAUSE OF THE SINS OF HER PROPHETS, THE INIQUITIES OF...
THE SUFFERINGS OF JERUSALEM; NO CLASS IS EXEMPT. EDOM'S TRIUMPHING. EXPOSITION LAMENTATIONS 4:1 HOW IS THE GOLD BECOME DIM!… THE STONES OF THE SANCTUARY, etc. "Alas f
The fourth lamentation: How is the gold become dim! the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine go...
2 Chronicles 36:17; 2 Kings 25:18; Deuteronomy 28:25; Deuteronomy 28:64;...
The anger — These words seem to be the language of their enemies triumphing over them. They — Their enemies had no regard to the most venerable persons among them....