Klagelieder 3:36

36 einem Menschen Unrecht tue in seiner Streitsache: Sollte der Herr nicht darauf achten?

Klagelieder 3:36 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:36

To subvert a man in his cause
A poor man, as the Targum, which aggravates it; as by courses and methods taken in an open court, so by secret underhand ways, to get the cause from him, and injure him in his property: the Lord approveth not;
or, "seeth not" F7; which some understand as spoken by wicked men, who do the above things, and flatter themselves that God sees not, and takes no notice of them, ( Ezekiel 9:9 ) ; and others read it interrogatively, "doth not the Lord see?" F8 he does; he sees all the actions of men, nothing is hid from him; but he sees not with approbation; he do not look upon such things with delight and pleasure, but with abhorrence, ( Habakkuk 1:13 ) . The Targum is,

``is it possible that it should not be revealed before the Lord?''

FOOTNOTES:

F7 (har al) "non vidit, vel videt", Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin.
F8 "Non videret?" Piscator.

Klagelieder 3:36 In-Context

34 Daß man alle Gefangenen der Erde unter seinen Füßen zertrete,
35 das Recht eines Mannes beuge vor dem Angesicht des Höchsten,
36 einem Menschen Unrecht tue in seiner Streitsache: Sollte der Herr nicht darauf achten?
37 Wer ist, der da sprach, und es geschah, ohne daß der Herr es geboten?
38 Das Böse und das Gute, geht es nicht aus dem Munde des Höchsten hervor?
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