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Lamentaciones 1:16
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Por estas cosas lloro yo; mi ojo, mi ojo derrama agua, porque lejos de mí está el consolador, el que reanima mi alma. Mis hijos están desolados porque ha prevalecido el enemigo.
Por esta causa yo lloro; mis ojos, mis ojos fluyen aguas; porque el consolador que debiera reanimar mi alma se alej� de m�; mis hijos est�n desolados, porque el enemigo prevaleci�.
Ayin : Por esta causa yo lloro; mis ojos, mis ojos fluyen aguas; porque se alej� de m� el consolador que d� reposo a mi alma. Mis hijos son destruidos, porque el enemigo prevaleci�.
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I weep: Lamentations 1:2, Lamentations 1:9, Lamentations 2:11, Lamentations 2:18, Lamentations 3:48, Lamentations 3:49, Psalms 119:136, Jeremiah 9:1, Jeremiah 9:10, Jeremiah 13:17, Jeremiah 14:17, Luke 19:41-44, Romans 9:1-3
relieve: Heb. bring back, Hosea 9:12
my children: Lamentations 1:5, Lamentations 1:6, Lamentations 2:20-22, Lamentations 4:2-10, Jeremiah 9:21
Reciprocal: Job 16:16 - face Psalms 6:6 - I water Psalms 13:4 - I have Psalms 137:1 - we wept Isaiah 51:19 - by whom Isaiah 54:11 - not comforted Jeremiah 4:19 - My bowels Jeremiah 6:26 - make thee Jeremiah 8:18 - my Jeremiah 44:2 - a desolation Lamentations 1:17 - none Lamentations 1:21 - have heard that Lamentations 3:17 - thou Joel 1:9 - the priests Amos 5:2 - none Luke 13:34 - thy John 11:19 - to comfort John 11:35 - General
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For these [things] I weep,.... The congregation of Judah, the godly among them, particularly Jeremiah, who represented them, wept for the sins the people had been guilty of, and for the punishment inflicted on them, or the sore calamities that were brought upon them. The Targum goes into particulars, and paraphrases it thus,
"for the little ones that are dashed in pieces, and for the women big with child, whose bellies are ripped up, the congregation of Israel saith, I weep:''
mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water: which doubling of the words seems to express the vehemency of her passion; the greatness of the grief she was overwhelmed with. The Targum is,
"my both eyes flow with tears as a fountain of water:''
because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me; meaning God himself, who is the principal comforter of his people: saints may be comforters of one another, by relating to each other their gracious experiences; praying with one another, and building up each other in their most holy faith; by behaving in a kind, tender, and loving manner to each other; forgiving mutual offences; and conversing together about the glories of heaven, and being for ever with the Lord; but these sometimes are at a distance; or, like Job's friends, are miserable comforters. Ministers of the Gospel are by their character and office "Barnabases", "sons of consolation"; are trained up, appointed, and sent by the Lord to comfort his people; which they do by preaching the Gospel to them purely; by opening the Scriptures of truth clearly; by administering ordinances faithfully, and in all directing to Christ: but these sometimes are removed afar off by persecution or death; or those who bear this name do not perform their work aright. God is the chief comforter of his people; God, Father, Son, and Spirit: the Father comforts with his gracious presence; with views of covenant interest, and of the firmness and stability of it; with the precious promises of the word; with his everlasting and unchangeable love; and with discoveries of his pardoning grace and mercy. The Son is a comforter; one of the names of the Messiah with the Jews c is "Menachem", "the Comforter"; and who they say is here meant; and he is called the Consolation of Israel, Luke 2:25; who comforts by bringing near his righteousness and salvation; by his peace speaking blood, and atoning sacrifice; by directing to his fulness, and favouring with his presence. And the Holy Spirit is another comforter; who comforts by taking of the things of God, Christ, and the Gospel, and showing them to the saints; by opening and applying the promises to his people; by being the spirit of adoption, and the seal, earnest, and pledge of eternal glory: and thus, by being a comforter, the Lord "relieves the souls" of his people, under the weight of sin, the temptations of Satan, and the various afflictions of life; and prevents their fainting, and returns their souls, as the word d signifies; or fetches them back, when fainting and swooning away: but sometimes he withdraws himself, and stands at a distance, at least in their apprehensions; and this is matter of great grief and sorrow to them; which was the case of the church at this time:
my children are desolate: those which should help and relieve her, and be a comfort to her, were destitute themselves: or, were "destroyed" e, and were not; and which was the cause of her disconsolate state, as was Rachel's, Jeremiah 31:15;
because the enemy prevailed; that is, over them, as the Targum adds; over her children; and either put them to death or carried them captive.
c T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 98. 2. Echa Rabbati, fol. 50. 1. d משיב נפשי "reducens animam meam", V. L. Montanus; "qui restituat", Tigurine version. e שוממים "perditi", V. L.
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.
