_Consider, and behold our reproach_ Which we suffer from the heathen nations. _Our inheritance is turned to strangers_ Namely, to the Babylonians and others, to whom our lands are given. _We are orphans and fatherless_ All the chief men being carried away to Babylon, lest they should make any fresh... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 Jeremiah 31:29. The expression, _is not_, or, _are not_, is often used of those who are departed out of... [ Continue Reading ]
_Princes are hanged up by their hand_ By the hand of their enemies. _They took the young men to grind_ To grind at the mill was the common employment of slaves, Exodus 11:5. _The children fell under the wood_ They made children turn the handle of the mill till they fell down through weariness: so so... [ Continue Reading ]
_For this our heart is faint_ And sinks under the load of its own heaviness. _Our eyes are dim_ See on Lamentations 2:11. Our spirits fail us, and we are almost blind with weeping. _Because of the mountain of Zion_ The holy mountain, and the temple built upon it. Nothing lies with so heavy a load up... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever_ Though, for our sins, thou hast suffered these calamities to befall us, and our throne, through thy righteous providence, is thrown down; yet thou art still the same God that thou ever wast: thy power is not diminished, nor thy goodness abated. Thou still governest... [ Continue Reading ]