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Klagelieder 2:9

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9 Ihre Tore liegen tief in der Erde; er hat die Riegel zerbrochen und zunichte gemacht. Ihr König und ihre FĂŒrsten sind unter den Heiden, wo sie das Gesetz nicht ĂŒben können und ihre Propheten kein Gesicht vom HERRN haben.

Klagelieder 2:9 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 2:9

Her gates are sunk into the ground
Either the gates of the city or temple, or both; being broke and demolished, and laid level with the ground, and covered with rubbish; for as for the Midrash, or exposition, that Jarchi mentions, that the gates sunk into the earth upon the approach of the enemy, that they might not have power over them, through which the ark passed, is a mere fable of their Rabbins; and equally as absurd is the additional gloss of the Targum,

``her gates sunk into the earth, because they sacrificed a hog, and brought of the blood of it to them:''
he hath destroyed and broken her bars;
with which the gates were bolted and barred, that so the enemy might enter; it was God that did it, or suffered it to be done, or it would not have been in the power of the enemy: her king and her princes [are] among the Gentiles;
Zedekiah, and the princes that were not slain by the king of Babylon, were carried captive thither; and there they lived, even among Heathens that knew not God, and despised his worship: the law [is] no [more];
the book of the law was burnt in the temple, and the tables of it carried away with the ark, or destroyed; and though, no doubt, there were copies of the law preserved, yet it was not read nor expounded; nor was worship performed according to the direction of it; nor could it be in a strange land. Mr. Broughton joins this with the preceding clause, as descriptive of the Heathens: "her king and her princes [are] among Heathen that have no law"; see ( Romans 2:12 ) ; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord;
there was none but Jeremiah left in the land, and none but Ezekiel and Daniel in the captivity; prophets were very rare at this time, as they were afterwards; for we hear of no more after the captivity, till the coming of the Messiah, but Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi; so that there was very little open vision; the word of the Lord was precious or scarce; there was a famine of hearing it, ( 1 Samuel 3:1 ) ( Amos 8:11 ) ( Psalms 74:9 ) .
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Klagelieder 2:9 In-Context

7 Der HERR hat seinen Altar verworfen und sein Heiligtum entweiht; er hat die Mauern ihrer PalĂ€ste in des Feindes HĂ€nde gegeben, daß sie im Hause des Herrn geschrieen haben wie an einem Feiertag.
8 Der HERR hat gedacht zu verderben die Mauer der Tochter Zion; er hat die Richtschnur darĂŒbergezogen und seine Hand nicht abgewendet, bis er sie vertilgte; die Zwinger stehen klĂ€glich, und die Mauer liegt jĂ€mmerlich.
9 Ihre Tore liegen tief in der Erde; er hat die Riegel zerbrochen und zunichte gemacht. Ihr König und ihre FĂŒrsten sind unter den Heiden, wo sie das Gesetz nicht ĂŒben können und ihre Propheten kein Gesicht vom HERRN haben.
10 Die Ältesten der Tochter Zion liegen auf der Erde und sind still; sie werfen Staub auf ihre HĂ€upter und haben SĂ€cke angezogen; die Jungfrauen von Jerusalem hĂ€ngen ihr HĂ€upter zur Erde.
11 Ich habe schier meine Augen ausgeweint, daß mir mein Leib davon wehe tut; meine Leber ist auf die Erde ausgeschĂŒttet ĂŒber den Jammer der Tochter meines Volkes, da die SĂ€uglinge und UnmĂŒndigen auf den Gassen in der Stadt verschmachteten, {~}

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