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Lamentaciones 1:15
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A todos mis valientes ha rechazado el Señor de en medio de mí; ha convocado contra mí un tiempo determinado para quebrantar a mis jóvenes; el Señor ha hollado como en un lagar a la virgen hija de Judá.
El Se�or ha hollado a todos mis hombres fuertes en medio de m�; Convoc� contra m� asamblea para quebrantar mis j�venes; como lagar ha pisoteado el Se�or a la virgen hija de Jud�.
S�mec : El Se�or ha hollado todos mis fuertes en medio de m�; llam� contra m� compa��a para quebrantar mis j�venes, como lagar ha pisado el Se�or a la Virgen hija de Jud�.
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trodden: 2 Kings 9:33, 2 Kings 24:14-16, 2 Kings 25:4-7, Psalms 119:118, Isaiah 5:5, Isaiah 28:18, Jeremiah 50:26, *marg. Daniel 3:13, Micah 7:10, Malachi 4:3, Luke 21:24, Hebrews 10:29
crush: Lamentations 3:34, Deuteronomy 28:33, Judges 10:8,*marg. Jeremiah 51:34
the virgin: etc. or, the winepress of the virgin, etc. Jeremiah 14:17
as in: Isaiah 63:3, Revelation 14:19, Revelation 14:20, Revelation 19:15
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 19:21 - The virgin Isaiah 23:12 - thou oppressed Isaiah 25:10 - even Isaiah 28:3 - shall Isaiah 37:22 - The virgin Isaiah 51:20 - sons Jeremiah 18:13 - virgin Jeremiah 31:4 - O Lamentations 2:21 - my virgins Joel 3:13 - for the press
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty [men] in the midst of me,.... As a causeway is trodden; or as mire is trodden under foot in the streets; so were the mighty and valiant men, the soldiers and men of war, trodden under foot and destroyed by the Chaldeans in the streets of Jerusalem, and in the midst of Judea; the Lord so permitting it:
he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men; the army of the Chaldeans, which were brought against Jerusalem by a divine appointment and call; against whom the choicest and stoutest of them, even their young men, could not stand; but were crushed and broken to pieces by them. The word for "assembly" sometimes signifies an appointed time; a time fixed for solemn festivals, and for calling the people to them; and so the Targum here,
"he hath called or appointed a time to break the strength of my young men;''
the time of Jerusalem's destruction by the Babylonians:
the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, [as] in a winepress; in the winepress of his wrath; or however in the winepress of the Babylonians, who are compared to one; into whose hands the Jews falling, were like grapes cast into a winepress, and there trodden by men, in order to squeeze and get out the wine; and in like manner were their blood squeezed out of them and shed. The Targum interprets it of the blood of virginity being poured out, as wine in a press; the virgins of Judah being ravished and defiled by the enemy.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The lamentation of the city, personified as a woman in grief over her fate.
Lamentations 1:13
It prevaileth - Or, hath subdued.
He hath turned me back - Judaea, like a hunted animal, endeavors to escape, but finds every outlet blocked by nets, and recoils from them with terror and a sense of utter hopelessness.
Lamentations 1:14
Bound by his hand - As the plowman binds the yoke upon the neck of oxen, so God compels Judah to bear the punishment of her sins.
They are wreathed, and ... - Or, they are knotted together, “they come up” etc. Judah’s sins are like the cords by which the pieces of the yoke are fastened together Jeremiah 27:2; they are knotted and twined like a bunch upon the neck, and bind the yoke around it so securely that it is impossible for her to shake it off.
He hath made ... - Or, it hath made “my strength” to stumble. The yoke of punishment thus imposed and securely fastened, bows down her strength by its weight, and makes her totter beneath it.
The Lord - The third distich of the verse begins here, and with it a new turn of the lamentation. The title Adonai (properly, my Lord) is in the Lamentations used by itself in fourteen places, while the name Yahweh is less prominent; as if in their punishment the people felt the lordship of the Deity more, and His covenant-love to them less.
Lamentations 1:15
The Lord hath trodden under foot - Or, אדני 'ădonāy has made contemptible (i. e. put into the balance, made to go up as the lighter weight, and so made despicable) “my war-horses” (put metaphorically for heroes).
In the midst of me - They had not fallen gloriously in the battlefield, but remained ignominiously in the city.
Assembly - Or, “a solemn feast;” the word especially used of the great festivals Leviticus 23:2. אדני 'ădonāy has proclaimed a festival, not for me, but against me.
The Lord hath trodden ... - Or, “אדני 'ădonāy hath trodden the winepress for the virgin daughter of Judah.” See Jeremiah 51:14 note. By slaying Judah’s young men in battle, God is trampling for her the winepress of His indignation.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 15. Called an assembly — The Chaldean army, composed of various nations, which God commissioned to destroy Jerusalem.
