Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Lamentations 5:7
And are not; and we ... - Or, they are not; “we have borne their iniquities.” Our fathers who began this national apostasy died before the hour of punishment.
And are not; and we ... - Or, they are not; “we have borne their iniquities.” Our fathers who began this national apostasy died before the hour of punishment.
Verse 7. _OUR FATHERS HAVE SINNED_, AND ARE _NOT_] _Nations_, as such, cannot be punished in the _other world_; therefore national judgments are to be looked for only in this life. The punishment whi...
CHAPTER 5 THE PRAYER OF HOPE The lamentations end with a prayer: “Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us; consider and behold our reproach.” It is the prayer of confession and of hope, which reaches t...
LAMENTATIONS 5. A PRAYER. This chapter differs much from the previous four. It is not a Lament, but one long pleading; and it is not the chant of an individual, but of a company, a plural, we. It may...
BORNE. As. burden. The same word as in Isaiah 53:4; Isaiah 53:11. INIQUITIES. Hebrew. _avah._ App-44....
_we have borne their iniquities_ See on Jeremiah 31:29. The children, who, however, it must be acknowledged (see Lamentations 5:16) shared the guilt of preceding generations, have to bear the penalty...
OUR FATHERS HAVE SINNED— That is, "Though our fathers have been guilty of great sins, they have died without signal punishment and calamities; which are come upon us their children, who thus bear the...
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX A PENITENT NATION Lamentations 5:1-22 The form of the fifth poem differs in at least two respects from the four which precede it. First, this poem is not in the acrostic form. But...
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. OUR FATHERS ... SINNED, AND ARE NOT; AND WE HAVE BORNE THEIR INIQUITIES - (, "The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the ch...
ZION'S EARNEST PETITION FOR DELIVERANCE This final poem is not so much an elegy as a prayer or meditation. The tone is more calm and spiritual than the others, with no trace of vindictiveness. The poe...
AND WE HAVE BORNE THEIR INIQUITIES] not in contradiction to Jeremiah 31:29; Ezekiel 18:2, nor that they were not themselves great sinners, for Ezekiel 18:16 shows that they acknowledged they were, but...
JEREMIAH WEEPS IN THE DARKNESS LAMENTATIONS _ROY ROHU_ CHAPTER 5 JEREMIAH IS PRAYING. V1 Remember, *Lord, the suffering that has come upon us. Look down and see our shame....
WE HAVE BORNE THEIR INIQUITIES. — The words seem at first parallel to the proverb of the “sour grapes” in Jeremiah 31:29; Ezekiel 18:2. Here, however, it is followed in Lamentations 5:16 by a confessi...
אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ חָֽטְאוּ֙ _וְ_†_אֵינָ֔ם_† _וַ_†_אֲנַ֖חְנוּ_† עֲוֹנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם...
AN APPEAL FOR GOD'S COMPASSION Lamentations 5:1 UNLIKE its predecessors, the fifth and last elegy is not an acrostic. There is little to be gained by a discussion of the various conjectures that have...
The final poem is an appeal out of sorrow to Jehovah. Speaking on behalf of the whole nation, the prophet called on Jehovah to remember. He described the actual desolation, telling of the affliction o...
Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne (d) their iniquities. (d) As our fathers have been punished for their sins: so we that are guilty of the same sins are punished....
_Iniquities. This was the usual complaint of the Jews, (chap. xxxi. 29.) as if they had committed no offence themselves. If any virtuous people were involved in common ruin, they bore it with resignat...
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. Servants have ruled over us: there...
The Prophet seems here to contend with God, and to utter that blasphemy mentioned by Ezekiel. For when God severely chastised the people, that proverb was commonly used by them, “Our fathers did eat...
The prophet can now present the whole affliction of the people to God, as an object of compassion and mercy. This is an onward step in the path of these deep exercises of heart. He is at peace with Go...
OUR FATHERS HAVE SINNED, [AND ARE] NOT,.... In the world, as the Targum adds; they were in being, but not on earth; they were departed from hence, and gone into another world; and so were free from th...
Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities. Ver. 7. _Our fathers have sinned, and are not._] They had their payment, but not comparable to ours, who have outsinned the...
_Our fathers have sinned, and are not_ Death hath secured our fathers from these evils, though they had sinned; but the punishment they escaped, we suffer in the most grievous degree: see note on Jere...
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT MISERY...
Our fathers have sinned and are not, and we have borne their iniquities, the generation of Jews at the time of the destruction of the city being obliged to bear not only its own guilt, but that of the...
1-16 Is any afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt. If penitent and patient u...
We must not understand this in the same sense as EZEKIEL 18:2, where God reflecteth upon them for using a proverb to this sense. It is the prophet who here speaketh, and in the name of the godly Jews,...
Lamentations 5:7 fathers H1 sinned H2398 (H8804) no H369 bear H5445 (H8804) iniquities H5771 fathers -...
Our fathers sinned, and are not, And we have borne their iniquities. The prophet acknowledged that their fathers had sinned and were no longer alive. They had suffered the penalty of sin. And now the...
CONTENTS: Lamentation of the state of Judah in captivity. Supplications for the return of mercy. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: All our woes are owing to our own sin and folly, and God is th...
REFLECTIONS. Jeremiah in this last elegy continues the subject in more minute details; and having no hope for the present, he consoles himself with hope in the latter day. Psalms 85; Hosea 3. The insu...
_Our fathers have sinned, and are not, and we have borne their iniquities._ ZION’S SUFFERINGS The terms unfolded, When in the depths of our distress the iniquities of our forefathers come to our reme...
_Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us._ AN APPEAL FOR GOD’S COMPASSION The prayer opens with a striking phrase--“Remember, O Lord,” etc. It cannot be supposed that the elegist conceived of his God...
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 5:1 Restore Us to Yourself, O Lord. This concluding chapter is the community’s plea for restoration. It includes an opening petition (v....
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 5:7 Past mistakes (v. Lamentations 5:6) have led to terrible present realities. Though the Lord does not condemn people for others’ sins (see...
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Lamentations 5:6. Judæa was on the verge of famine through the foragings of the invaders, and, under the ominous shadow of starvation, TO EGYPT WE HAVE GIVEN THE HAND, _i.e.,_ implo...
EXPOSITION LAMENTATIONS 5:1 INSULT UPON INSULT HAS BEEN HEAPED UPON JERUSALEM. LAMENTATIONS 5:2...
Fifth lamentation: Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. We are orphans, fatherless, our mothers are...
Exodus 20:5; Ezekiel 18:2; Genesis 42:13; Genesis 42:36; Jeremiah 16:1
Their iniquities — The punishment of them....