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Lamentazioni 1:20

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20 Signore, riguarda; perciocchè io son distretta; Le mie interiora si conturbano; il mio cuore si riversa dentro di me; Perciocchè in vero io sono stata ribelle; La spada ha dipopolato di fuori, e dentro non vi è stato altro che morte.

Lamentazioni 1:20 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 1:20

Behold, O Lord, for I [am] in distress
Thus she turns from one to another; sometimes she addresses strangers, people that pass by; sometimes she calls to her lovers; and at other times to God, which is best of all, to have pity and compassion on her in her distress; and from whom it may be most expected, who is a God of grace and mercy: my bowels are troubled;
as the sea, agitated by winds, which casts up mire and dirt; or as any waters, moved by anything whatsoever, become thick and muddy; or like wine in fermentation; so the word <arabic> F12, in the Arabic language, signifies, expressive of great disturbance, confusion, and uneasiness: mine heart is turned within me;
has no rest nor peace: for I have grievously rebelled;
against God and his word; her sins were greatly aggravated, and these lay heavy on her mind and conscience, and greatly distressed her: abroad the sword bereaveth;
this, and what follows in the next clause, describe the state and condition of the Jews, while the city was besieged; without it, the sword of the Chaldeans bereaved mothers of their children, and children of their parents, and left them desolate: at home [there is] as death;
within the city, and in the houses of it, the famine raged, which was as death, and worse than immediate death; it was a lingering one: or, "in the house [was] certain death" F13; for the "caph" here is not a mere note of similitude, but of certainty and reality; to abide at home was sure and certain death, nothing else could be expected. The Targum is

``within the famine kills like the destroying angel that is appointed over death;''
see ( Hebrews 2:14 ) ; and Jarchi interprets it of the fear of demons and noxious spirits, and the angels of death.
FOOTNOTES:

F12 <arabic> "fermentavit, commiscuit, alteravit, turbavique [mentem]", Castel. col. 1294.
F13 (twmk tybb) "in domo mors ipsa", Munster; "plane mors"; Junius & Tremellius.
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Lamentazioni 1:20 In-Context

18 Il Signore è giusto; Perciocchè io sono stata ribelle alla sua bocca. Deh! ascoltate, e vedete la mia doglia, o popoli tutti; Le mie vergini, e i miei giovani, sono andati in cattività.
19 Io ho chiamati i miei amanti, ma essi mi hanno ingannata; I miei sacerdoti, ed i miei anziani sono spirati nella città; Perciocchè si han cercato del cibo, Per ristorar l’anima loro.
20 Signore, riguarda; perciocchè io son distretta; Le mie interiora si conturbano; il mio cuore si riversa dentro di me; Perciocchè in vero io sono stata ribelle; La spada ha dipopolato di fuori, e dentro non vi è stato altro che morte.
21 Altri mi ode sospirare; io non ho alcuno che mi consoli; I miei nemici hanno udito il mio male, e se ne son rallegrati; Perciocchè tu l’hai fatto; Quando tu avrai fatto venire il giorno che tu hai pubblicato, saranno simili a me.
22 Tutte la lor malvagità venga nel tuo cospetto, E fa’ loro come hai fatto a me per tutti i miei misfatti; Perciocchè i miei sospiri son molti, E il mio cuore è addolorato.
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