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Verse 48. _MINE EYE RUNNETH DOWN_] I weep incessantly....
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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...
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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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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....
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_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....
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See intr. note....
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RUNNETH DOWN WITH— _Bathes in._ Schultens....
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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...
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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...
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3:48 ruin (e-11) Lit. 'breach.' see Jeremiah 6:14 ; Jeremiah 8:21 ;
Amos 6:6 ....
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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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MINE EYE... — A stronger utterance of the thought of Lamentations
1:16; Lamentations 2:18; Psalms 119:136....
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פַּלְגֵי ־מַ֨יִם֙ תֵּרַ֣ד עֵינִ֔י עַל
־שֶׁ֖בֶר...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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....
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CONFESSION OF SIN AND COMPLAINT OVER THE CRUELTY OF THE ENEMIES...
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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Lamentations 3:48 eyes H5869 overflow H3381 (H8799) rivers H6388 water
H4325 destruction H7667 daughter H1323 people...
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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...
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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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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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LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 3:1 I Am the Man Who Has Seen
Affliction. Chapter Lamentations 3:1 has one speaker, a man who has
endured suffering, expe
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LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 3:48 MY EYES FLOW WITH... TEARS.
Like Jerusalem (Lamentations 1:16;...
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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...
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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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Isaiah 24:17; Isaiah 24:18; Isaiah 51:19; Jeremiah 48:43; Jerem