Lamentations 4:1, Zion bewails her pitiful estate; Lamentations 4:13, She confesses her sins; Lamentations 4:21, Edom is threatened and Zion comforted.
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Lamentations 4
Lamentations 4 — Overview
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Lamentations 4 — OverviewLamentations 4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis chapter is another single alphabet of Lamentations for the
destruction of Jerusalem, like those in the first two chapters. I. The
prophet here laments the injuries and indignities done to those to whom…Lamentations 4 — OverviewLamentations 4 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThe prophet begins this chapter with a complaint of the ill usage of the dear children of God, and precious sons of Zion, La 4:1; relates the dreadful effects of the famine during the siege of Jerusalem, La 4:3; the…Lamentations 4:1-12Lamentations 4:1-12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe elegy in this chapter begins with a lamentation of the very sad and
doleful change which the judgments of God had made in Jerusalem. The
city that was formerly as gold, as the most fine gold, so rich and…Lamentations 4:1Lamentations 4:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryHow is the gold become dim!… the stones of the sanctuary, etc. "Alas for the sad sights of the capture of Jerusalem! The most fine gold has lost its brilliance now that the fire of Nebuzar-adan (2 Kings 25:9) has passed…Lamentations 4:1Lamentations 4:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe gold dimmed.
Present adversity brings to mind, by force of contrast, the prosperity of bygone days. The Hebrew prophet of sorrow might well recall the golden days of old.
"A poet's crown of sorrow is remembering…Lamentations 4:1-22Lamentations 4:1-22 · The Pulpit CommentaryTHE SUFFERINGS OF JERUSALEM; NO CLASS IS EXEMPT. EDOM'S TRIUMPHING.
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