Lamentations 3:50

ing, or the breach, of my people: the Prophet speaks here in his own person, though there is no doubt but that he exhorts all others to join him in his sorrow. For the faithful would not have prayed to God with sufficient ardor, had they not been dreadfully broken and confounded; had not the calamity deeply affected them, as it ought to have done, there would have been no serious attention to prayer. This is the reason why the Prophet here mentions his own weepings, and groanings, and tears, even that he might rouse himself to prayer, and lead others also. It follows, -- Let the verb have a causative sense, to cause to descend, to bring down, and there will be no difficulty in the clause; so the Sept. and the Vulg., — Streams of water does mine eyes bring down For the breach of the daughter of my people, — Ed Lamentations 3:49 49. Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission. 49. Oculus meus defluxit, et non quievit a non intermissionibus (hoc est, ut non sint intermissiones, vel ut nulla sit requies.) He repeats the same in other words, — that his eyes flowed down with tears. He still retains the singular number, but this is common in Hebrew. He then says, that his eye without end flowed down, so that there was no rest But it afterwards follows -- Lamentations 3:50 50. Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. 50. Donec aspiciat et videat Jehova e coelis.

Till the Lord look do: on, and behold from heaven. Disperses and dissipates the cloud that was about him; shines forth and manifests himself, and looks favourably upon his people, and delivers them out of their troubles: this the prophet was in hope of, and was waiting for; but, till it came to pass, could have no rest and comfort. The Targum is, "till he look and behold my injury;'' as if he had regard to his own personal injury done him; but the former sense is best.

נגּר means to be poured out, empty self; cf. 2 Samuel 14:14 ; Micah 1:4 . "And is not silent" equals and rests not, i.e., incessantly; cf. Jeremiah 14:17 . מאין הפגות does not mean, eo quod non sint intermissiones miseriarum vel fletus (C. B. Michaelis and Rosenmller, following the Chaldee), but "so that there is no intermission or drying up." As to הפגות, which means the same as פּוּגה, see on Lamentations 2:18 . "Until the Lord look down from heaven and examine," in order to put an end to the distress, or to take compassion on His people. On ישׁקיף, cf. Psalm 14:2 ; Psalm 102:20 .

s of their houses, or the most vile, refuse, and contemptible things imaginable. Lamentations 3:46 That is, to mock, scoff, and reproach us. Lamentations 3:47 All manner of misery was come upon them. They were seized first with fears and terrors; going to escape these they fell into a snare, or (as it is in the Hebrew) into a pit, out of which they could not get; they were wasted, made desolate, and destroyed. Lamentations 3:48 No text from Poole on this verse. Lamentations 3:49 The prophet was deeply affected upon the prospect of this evil before it came, Jer_9:1, and was now much more affected when he saw the judgment was come; he wept plentifully and constantly, as for their sins which had brought these judgments upon them, so for the judgments themselves, as indications of God’s displeasure and wrath against them for their transgressions. Lamentations 3:50 That is, until the Lord show me some favour. See the notes on Lam_1:9. Lamentations 3:51 The eye and the ear are those organs of the body, by which the soul exerciseth its senses to bring in all objects, whether pleasant or sad, to the understanding to judge of them, according to the judgment of which upon them it is affected with joy or sorrow, desire or aversation, &c.; and the eye is

for the punishment of his sins —Instead of blaming God for his sufferings, he ought to recognize in them God's righteousness and the just rewards of his own sin. Nun. 40-42. us —Jeremiah and his fellow countrymen in their calamity. ## search —as opposed to the torpor wherewith men rest only on their outward sufferings, without attending to the cause of them (Psalms 139:23, 24). 41. heart with … hands —the antidote to hypocrisy (Psalms 86:4; 1 Timothy 2:8). 42. not pardoned —The Babylonian captivity had not yet ended. Samech. 43-45. covered —namely, thyself (so Lamentations 3:44), so as not to see and pity our calamities, for even the most cruel in seeing a sad spectacle are moved to pity. Compare as to God "hiding His face," Psalms 10:11; 22:25. 44. (Lamentations 3:8). The "cloud" is our sins, and God's wrath because of them (Isaiah 44:22; 59:2). 45. So the apostles were treated; but, instead of murmuring, they rejoiced at it (1 Corinthians 4:13). Pe. 46-48. Pe is put before Ain (Lamentations 3:43, 46), as in Lamentations 2:16, 17; 4:16, 17. (Lamentations 2:16.) 47. Like animals fleeing in fear, we fall into the snare laid for us. 48. (Jeremiah 4:19). Ain. 49-51. without … intermission —or else, "because there is no intermission" [P ISCATOR ], namely, of my miseries. 50. Till —His prayer is not without hope, wherein it differs from the blind grief of unbelievers. look down, &c.—(Isaiah 63:15). 51.

## The wheels by which a chariot or cart moves, are by an elegant metaphor attributed to God, Psalms 65:11 , "Thy cart-wheels drop fatness," (so the Hebrew,) that is, thy clouds distil down rain and snow, which refresh and fertilize the ground, so that with the blessing of God it produces various, profitable, and necessary fruits. The clouds are called the chariots and horses of God, and rain is said to make the earth fat and fruitful, Psalms 18:10-12; 144:2-3; Isaiah 19:1 . Orbitae tuae stillant pinguedinem. Riches are attributed to God, by which the abundance of his divine majesty and glory, as also his mercy and grace are noted, Proverbs 8:18; Romans 2:4; 9:23; 10:12; 11:33; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Ephesians 1:7-8,18; 2:4,7 , and Ephesians 3:8,16; Colossians 1:27; Philippians 4:19 . Such as receive these in true faith, are called rich in God, Luke 12:21 , and James 2:5 . Windows are ascribed to heaven, the habitation of God, out of which he has, as it were, a prospect, and sends good or evil upon men, Genesis 7:11; 8:2 ;--- 2 Kings 7:2; Isaiah 24:18; Malachi 3:10; Deuteronomy 26:15; Psalms 14:2; 102:19-20; Lamentations 3:8,50 . A furnace is attributed to God, Isaiah 31:9 , by which the divine vengeance, whereby God, as it were in a fiery oven, consumes the enemies of his church is intimated, Isaiah 30:30,33; Psalms 21:8-10