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Lamentations 4:17-22

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17 1Our eyes failed, ever watching 2vainly for help; in our watching we watched for 3a nation which could not save.
18 4They dogged our steps so that we could not walk in our streets; 5our end drew near; our days were numbered, for our end had come.
19 Our pursuers were 6swifter than the eagles in the heavens; they chased us on the mountains; they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
20 7The breath of our nostrils, 8the LORD's anointed, was captured 9in their pits, of whom we said, 10"Under his shadow we shall live among the nations."
21 11Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, you who dwell in 12the land of Uz; but to you also 13the cup shall pass; you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.
22 14The punishment of your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, is accomplished; he will keep you in exile no longer;[a] but 15your iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he will punish; he will uncover your sins.
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Lamentations 4:17-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LAMENTATIONS 4

The prophet begins this chapter with a complaint of the ill usage of the dear children of God, and precious sons of Zion, La 4:1,2; relates the dreadful effects of the famine during the siege of Jerusalem, La 4:3-10; the taking and destruction of that city he imputes to the wrath of God; and represents it as incredible to the kings and inhabitants of the earth, La 4:11,12; the causes of which were the sins of the prophets, priests, and people, La 4:13-16; expresses the vain hopes they once had, but now were given up entirely, their king being taken, La 4:17-20; and the chapter is concluded with a prophecy of the destruction of the Edomites, and of the return of the Jews from captivity, La 4:21,22.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 15

  • 1. Psalms 119:82, 123; [Jeremiah 3:23]
  • 2. Psalms 119:82, 123; [Jeremiah 3:23]
  • 3. Jeremiah 37:7, 8
  • 4. Lamentations 3:52
  • 5. Ezek. 7:2, 3, 6; Amos 8:2
  • 6. Jeremiah 4:13; [2 Samuel 1:23; Habakkuk 1:8]
  • 7. [Genesis 2:7]
  • 8. [Lamentations 2:9; 2 Kings 25:5, 6]
  • 9. [Ezekiel 12:13; Ezekiel 17:20; Ezekiel 19:4, 8]
  • 10. [Judges 9:15; Ezekiel 31:6, 17]
  • 11. [Lamentations 1:21]
  • 12. Job 1:1; Jeremiah 25:20
  • 13. See Jeremiah 25:15, 16
  • 14. [Isaiah 40:2]
  • 15. Obadiah 10

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or he will not exile you again
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