The Lord is good. — The alliterative form of the Hebrew makes “good” the first word of this and the two following verses, the adjective being predicated, first of the essential character of Jehovah, and then of the conditions in man on which the manifestation of that character depends.
In these three verses, each beginning in the Hebrew with the word good, we have first the fundamental idea that Yahweh Himself is good, and if good to all, then especially is He so to those who being...
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...
WAIT FOR HIM. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 49:18, same word)....
_Good_is the leading word of this group. The knowledge of the Lord's goodness (25) is that which (26) makes it good that man should be hopeful and submissive and (27) makes him also to recognise the m...
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DISCOURSE: 1092 THE GOODNESS OF GOD TO SUPPLIANTS Lamentations 3:25. _The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him_. “THE earth,” we are told, “is full of the goodness o...
II. HIS CONFESSION OF FAITH Lamentations 3:19-39 Since the poet's outlook was bleak he tries the uplook. He calls upon God to remember his predicament (Lamentations 3:19) because he himself is not abl...
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. THE LORD IS GOOD ... IT IS GOOD ... IT IS GOOD. The repetition of "good" at the beginning of each of the three verses heigh...
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...
THE LORD _is_ GOOD] 'good' is the initial word of each v. in this group. Goodness to the poet is an essential attribute of Jehovah and the basis of his hope. He is too good to keep them always in desp...
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...
טֹ֤וב יְהוָה֙ _לְ_†_קֹוָ֔יו_† לְ נֶ֖פֶשׁ תִּדְרְשֶֽׁנּוּ׃...
QUIET WAITING Lamentations 3:25 HAVING struck a rich vein, our author proceeds to work it with energy. Pursuing the ideas that flow out of the great truth of the endless goodness of God, and the imme...
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....
He continues the same subject: he however adds now something to it, even that God always deals mercifully with his servants, who recumb on him, mid who seek him. We hence see that the last verse is co...
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...
THE LORD [IS] GOOD TO THEM THAT WAIT FOR HIM,.... For the enjoyment of him as their portion in this world, and in that to come; for his presence here and hereafter; which they are sometimes now depriv...
The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him. Ver. 25. _The Lord is good unto them that wait for him._] Which few can skill of, and I have somewhat to do to hit on,...
_The Lord is my portion, saith my soul_ An interest in the favour and love of God, and his presence with me, my heart tells me, is the best inheritance. And, possessing these, I have that which is suf...
The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, in this steadfast trust, TO THE SOUL THAT SEEKETH HIM, looking to Him alone for help and deliverance. The thoughts of Jehovah are always good and kind, ev...
God's Mercy and Power Revealed...
21-36 Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that they are not worse. We should observe what makes...
GOOD is a term of a very comprehensive notion. The nature of it lieth in a suitableness to the thing or person to whom it relateth; so it signifieth _profit_ and _pleasantness_. There is in God an ess...
Lamentations 3:25 LORD H3068 good H2896 wait H6960 (H8802) soul H5315 seeks H1875 (H8799) good -...
THE PROPHET PRAYS HIS WAY THROUGH TO CONFIDENCE IN YHWH (LAMENTATIONS 3:19). When our souls have reached their lowest point there is only one thing to do, and that is to cast ourselves on God. That i...
Lamentations 3:25 Throughout the Scriptures the two terms, seeking and waiting, run parallel as describing prayer, earnest and effectual prayer, in all its acts and offices. The command to seek the Lo...
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...
The first part of this chapter is one of the saddest in the whole Book of God; yet I expect it has ministered as much consolation as some of the brightest pages of Holy Writ, because there are childre...
I am about to read a portion of Holy Scripture which may seem very strange to some of you, but it belongs to a part of the congregation, and I hope it may be the means of giving them comfort. I read i...
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...
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
LAMENTATIONS—NOTE ON LAMENTATIONS 3:25 THE LORD IS GOOD. God’s goodness is the core of his character (Nehemiah 9:25;...
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— (ט) Lamentations 3:25. Such an acceptance suggests more knowledge. GOOD IS JEHOVAH TO THEM THAT WAIT FOR HIM, TO A SOUL THAT SEEKS HIM. He is ready to respond to those who feel nee...
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,...
1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 2 Chronicles 15:2; 2 Chronicles 19:3;...