Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Lamentations 5:19
Verse 19. Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever] THOU sufferest no change. Thou didst once love us, O let that love be renewed towards us!
Verse 19. Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever] THOU sufferest no change. Thou didst once love us, O let that love be renewed towards us!
REMAINEST - Or, reignest. The earthly sanctuary is in ruins, but the heavenly throne in unchangeable glory....
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...
REMAINEST. sittest: i.e. as king....
_abidest_ mg. _sittest_as king. Cp. Psalms 102:12....
See intr. note to ch....
II. THE RESTORATION OF ZION REQUESTED Lamentations 5:19-22 TRANSLATION (19) You, O LORD, are enthroned forever! Your throne is from generation to generation. (20) Why have You forgotten us forever, f...
Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. THOU, O LORD, REMAINEST FOREVER - (). The perpetuity of God's rule over human affairs, however He may seem to let His peopl...
5:19 dwellest (b-3) Or 'sittest.' see Psalms 80:1 ....
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...
REMAINEST] RV 'sittest,' as king. Jehovah had not abdicated, though Zedekiah had (Psalms 45:6; Psalms 102:12)....
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....
THOU, O LORD, REMAINEST. — Literally, _Thou sittest: i.e.,_ as the next clause shows, upon a throne. The lamentation is drawing to its close, and the mourner finds comfort in the thought of the eterni...
אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְ עֹולָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖...
THE EVERLASTING THRONE Lamentations 5:19 WE have lingered long in the valley of humiliation. At the eleventh hour we are directed to look up from this scene of weary gloom to heavenly heights, radian...
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...
Thou, O LORD, remainest for (k) ever; thy throne from generation to generation. (k) And therefore your covenant and mercies can never fail....
Thou, O LORD, remainest forever; thy throne from generation to generation. Wherefore dost thou forget us forever, and forsake us so long time? Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; r...
The Prophet here raises up his eyes to God, and, by his example, he encourages all the godly, that they might not cease, notwithstanding their extreme calamities, to look to God, as we find in the hun...
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...
THOU, O LORD, REMAINEST FOR EVER,.... The same in his nature and perfections; in his grace and goodness; in his power and faithfulness; in his purposes and promises; though all things else change, are...
Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. Ver. 19. _Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever._] _Alioqui totus totus desperassem,_ as that good man said once in like ease, O...
_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...
Thou, O Lord, remainest forever, sitting as the one true Monarch ruling the entire world; THY THRONE FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, through all eternity....
Plea for the Renewal of Jehovah's Love...
17-22 The people of God express deep concern for the ruins of the temple, more than for any other of their calamities. But whatever changes there are on earth, God is still the same, and remains for...
That is, Lord, though for our sins thou sufferest these things to be done unto us, and our throne be through thy righteous providence thrown down, and thy throne in thy sanctuary amongst us be thrown...
Lamentations 5:19 LORD H3068 remain H3427 (H8799) forever H5769 throne H3678 generation H1755 generation H1755 remainest -...
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...
_Thou, O Lord, remainest forever; Thy throne from generation to generation._ THE EVERLASTING THRONE Thus at last our attention is turned from earth to heaven, from man to God. In this change of visio...
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 5:19 The book closes with a plea for renewal. The people confess God’s eternal nature and kingship (v. Lamentations 5:19), regret their ongoing su
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Lamentations 5:19. Nevertheless, whatever be the low estate of His sanctuary and people, the living God is and reigns. THOU, O JEHOVAH, ABIDEST FOR EVER. Not only is His continual e...
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...
1 Timothy 1:17; 1 Timothy 6:15; 1 Timothy 6:16; Daniel 2:44; Daniel
Thy throne — Altho' for our sins thou sufferest our throne to be cast down, yet thou art the same, thy power is not diminished, nor thy goodness abated....