WebCommentary on Lamentations 3:42-54. If you turn to the life of Whitfield our great and mighty Whitfield in more modern times, what was his character? 21 When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. (AA), 16He has broken my teeth with gravel;(AB)he has trampled me in the dust. What Jeremiah saw of the devastation of Jerusalem pained him greatly. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. ii. I have even given up all for gone, concluding, My strength and my hope have perished from the Lord (Lamentations 3:18; Lamentations 3:18); I can no longer stay myself upon God as my support, for I do not find that he gives me encouragement to do so; nor can I look for his appearing in my behalf, so as to put an end to my troubles, for the case seems remediless, and even my God inexorable." If your ego is close to your super ego, then you're a well adjusted person. James speaks about the double minded man, unstable in all of his ways. Fever pains sometimes resemble the pain of a broken bone (cf. In a season of great suffering or calamity, it may be difficult to remember that God rules over all things if not directly, then in what He allows. It is similar to the "confessions" sections in the Book of Jeremiah, where the prophet opens up and lets the reader into his heart and mind. Without doubt it was his infirmity to say this (Psalms 77:10), for with God there is everlasting strength, and he is his people's never-failing hope, whatever they may think. He changed the thought patterns from, "Oh, woe is me. Web3 I am the one who has seen the afflictions. He has filled me with bitterness, he has made me drunken with wormwood. Likewise shouldering the heavy burden of Gods revealed will in ones youth is a good thing. 20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; My eyes bring suffering to my soul Job 5:18; Psalms 30:5; Isaiah 54:8). [Note: Jamieson, et al., p. God can interpret all. (Meyer). Jeremiah claimed to have seen much affliction because Yahweh had struck Jerusalem in His anger (cf. God has never stopped loving you. My eye runs down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. 2One whom he has driven and forced to walk. Without interruption, A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Jesus speaks of how the same fountain cannot bring forth bitter and sweet waters. c. Why should a living man complain: We may complain against God and His sovereignty, but that is profitless and ungrateful. Jeremiah 38:1-6). Bible Outlines is dedicated to helping others understand scriptures through the Big Idea concept. The word, obere, properly means assault, passing over limits; but what is peculiar to man is often in Scripture ascribed to God. For the destruction of the daughter of my people. a. (BP)47We have suffered terror and pitfalls,(BQ)ruin and destruction. And this chapter, as we shall see, is full of rich instruction, for it contains remarkable sentiments which we shall consider in their proper places. He doesn't want to lay the rod on you. It even gives us a foreglimpse of the sufferings of Christ with which it has affinities (Isaiah 3; Psalms 22)."[17]. Receive My strength, receive My ability, and I will make you that person that is pleasing and glorifying unto God. The verses are about one third as long as most of those in the first two chapters. Since 1947 the whole book is missing from, Only Lamentations 1:12:20 are extant in the. He gets no delight in the chastising of His children, but because He loves us. b. You're my dream come true. He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he has made me desolate. If you'll wait upon God, if you'll seek God, God is good, so good to those that wait upon Him and seek Him. False (T or F) Who, whom, whose, which, and what are interrogative pronouns. Read again the verses of this chapter containing the word hope. WebLamentations chapter 2. G We never send unsolicited requests for funds. Those curses came upon Jerusalem in Jeremiahs day; now he prayed that those curses come upon their enemies. Alas! And God knowing me as well as He knows me, still loving me is one of the great miracles. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. The title of the Psalms 102:1-28 might very fitly be prefixed to this chapter--The prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the Lord; for it is very feelingly and fluently that the complaint is here poured out. The Lord had desolated Jeremiah by opposing his ways and making him feel torn apart. It was only a breathing. (Clarke), ii. Now he prayed that their enemies would face Gods anger. I [am] the man [that] hath seen affliction,. Had a much experience of it, especially ever since he had been a prophet; being reproached and ill used by his own people, and suffering with them in their calamities; particularly, as Jarchi observes, his affliction was greater than the other prophets, who indeed prophesied of the destruction of the city and temple, but did not see it; whereas he lived to see it: he was not indeed the only man that endured affliction, but he was remarkable for his afflictions; he had a large share of them, and was herein a type of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and acquainted with griefs: by the rod of his wrath; that is, by the rod of the wrath of God, for he is understood; it is a relative without an antecedent, as in Song of Solomon 1:1; unless the words are to be considered in connection Lamentations 2:22. He had become full of bitter experiences, like poison, which the Lord had given him to drink (cf. Furthermore, my occurs 18 times in these verses. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. I am their song, their neginath, or hand-instrument of music, their tabret (Job 17:6), that they play upon, as Nero on his harp when Rome was on fire. Jeremiah knew that Yahweh had seen his affliction. He has filled me with bitterness, a bitter sense of his calamities." He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. 10He has been a bear lying in wait for me. "He speaks as a representative Israelite, facing the dark and baffling ways of Providence." 664.]. He's down, just the bottom. God never hides His ear from our breathing; or from those in- articulate cries, which express, as words could not do, the deep anguish and yearning of the heart. He has also (Lamentations 3:9; Lamentations 3:9) enclosed my ways with hewn stone, not only hedged up my way with thorns (Hosea 2:6), but stopped it up with a stone wall, which cannot be broken through, so that my paths are made crooked; I traverse to and fro, to the right hand, to the left, to try to get forward, but am still turned back." [Note: Chisholm, p. 1 How the Lord in his anger has set the daughter of Zion under a cloud! oh great is thy faithfulness ( Lamentations 3:23 ). But God does not approve of punishment that is unnecessarily cruel, ignores a persons rights or perverts justice (34-36).When people know that God is in control of all things, and confess that Gods judgment is just, they will bear his punishment patiently (37-39). God disciplines and trains, but those who are patient will enjoy the fulness of his salvation (25-27). His courage and hope are no longer found in his circumstances but in his God. 5 He has besieged[ k] and surrounded[] me with bitter hardship. It all depends on what side you are. * [3:4066] The plural voice in this lament suggests that a communal lament begins here; it then continues in the singular voice in vv. (AP)27It is good for a man to bear the yokewhile he is young. i. You have not pardoned. Numbers 18:20). The Lords rejection of His own is only temporary (cf. The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. 25The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,to the one who seeks him;(AN)26it is good to wait quietly(AO)for the salvation of the Lord. Walter Kaiser Jr.: In his book, A Biblical Approach to Personal Suffering, No book of the Bible is more of an orphan book than Lamentations; rarely, if ever, have interpreters chosen to use this book for a Bible study, an expository series of messages, or as a Bible conference textual exposition. Job 9:34; Job 21:9; Psalms 89:32; Isaiah 10:5). In his `Jeremiah' he had spoken in exactly the same way (the very same words) about those evil prophets. The prophet complains, 1. 15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. You have covered Yourself with a cloud, And that's using it in a generic sense, talking of the Homo Sapien. To give emphasis, Jeremiah asked the same question in different words. The heavy use of I and me indicate focus on self. A prophecy of Jesus Christ in the midst of this, even as Christ always is there in the time of suffering to bear the burdens and the reproach that we bear for Him. I am their taunting song. How great soever his affliction may be, he is still alive; therefore, he may seek and find mercy unto eternal life. the teeth have become broken and ground down because God has given His people stones to eat as punishment for venerating the images of Baal." God's compassions fail not. God is faithful in keeping His word. He doesn't afflict willingly. 46They have opened their mouths against us, 48* My eyes stream with tears over the destruction, 56You heard me call, Do not let your ear be deaf. Their enemies had brought them into the deepest miseries. (Poole). Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds. It's only by His mercies that I've not been consumed. All the prisoners of the earth, b. I called on your name, O LORD: Even from the pit Jeremiah knew he could call upon the LORD, and that God would hear His voice. That he is as one sorely afflicted both in body and mind. From under the heavens of the LORD. That God is angry. (5) Affliction is always in relationship to Gods sovereignty (Lamentations 3:37-38; cf. 8. That dramatic change is explained; the reason for it is explained in verse Lamentations 3:21 . We can think ourselves into despair and hopelessness. Here Jeremiah fulfills that role with tears that flow and do not cease, without interruption. WebOne clue that there may be multiple authors is that the gender and situation of the first-person witness changes: the narration is feminine in the first and second lamentation, and masculine in the third, while the fourth and fifth are eyewitness reports of But that's not the real me, you see. by the rod of his fury. 11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. That's not true love. Note, God is sometimes angry with his own people; yet it is to be complained of, not as a sword to cut off, by only as a rod to correct; it is to them the rod of his wrath, a chastening which, though grievous for the present, will in the issue be advantageous. Q; 6th century). Its not about me being seen worthy in others eyes, its about God being glorified! [So when I recall to my mind,] this I recall to my mind ( Lamentations 3:21 ). He then says that he had experienced many afflictions, and not only so, but that he had been given up as it were to miseries, how? But Jeremiah sees the, you know, like the prayers are just being closed off by a cloud between God and me.
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