That God is angry. He was so low that life seemed ebbing out, and he groaned. (Spurgeon), ii. Many of the young men were carried into captivity. here are mercies in the plural number, denoting the abundance and variety of those mercies. conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy 2. But here it seems to be meant of the yoke of affliction. Lamentations 3 New International Version 3 [ a]I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the Lord's wrath. 39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? These streams followed up to the fountain: It is of the Lord's mercies. That God does not approve of them. My soul has them still in remembrance. Do not be in a hurry; do not expect to be delivered out of your trouble the first time you begin to cry unto God. Let him put his mouth in the dust i. Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him, 29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. That they had hopes that he would at length look graciously upon them and relieve them; nay, they take it for granted that he will: "Though he contend long, he will not contend for ever, thou we deserve that he should." Surely He has turned His hand against me i. Here is one word of comfort. That God turns a deaf ear to his prayers (v. 8): "When I cry and shout, as one in earnest, as one that would make him hear, yet he shuts out my prayer and will not suffer it to have access to him." Here we find a different feeling; he humbles himself under the mighty hand of God, and then his hope revives. (Clarke). Their taunting song all the day. He has hedged me in: This also may refer to the lines drawn round the city during the siege. A serious consideration of ourselves and a reflection upon our past lives. Before the face of the Most High, The reasons here urged are very cogent. This St. Paul refers to in his account of the sufferings of the apostles. Wisdom Literature 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. Note, When we draw nigh to God in a way of duty we may by faith see him drawing nigh to us in a way of mercy. I have even given up all for gone, concluding, My strength and my hope have perished from the Lord (v. 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." 2. Here we find a different feeling; he humbles himself under the mighty hand of God, and then his hope revives, Lamentations 3:21. Blayney translates, "Thou wilt give with a hearty concordance thy curse unto them." As Abraham said of God, shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? Due thoughts of the evil of sin, and of our own sinfulness, will convince us that it is of the Lord's mercies we are not consumed. The New Testament Poetical Books The Chaldean forces broke in upon them as the breaking forth of waters, which rose so high as to flow over their heads; they could not wade, they could not swim, and therefore must unavoidably sink. Having sunk low in his soul (Lamentations 3:20), Jeremiah now remembered something that started hope within. And we must thus humble ourselves, if so be there may be hope, or (as it is in the original) peradventure there is hope.
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