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Ask a Questionlamentation--a funeral dirge, eulogizing her great attributes, to make the contrast the greater between her former and her latter state.
falling headlong, &c.--This information supplements, but by no means contradicts, what is said in Mt 27:5.
camels--These were probably in the countries east of the Jordan, and hence an Ishmaelite and Nazarite were appointed to take charge of them.
determined--(Job 7:1; Isa 10:23; Da 9:27; 11:36).
stretcheth...hand--wielding the spear, as a bold rebel against God (Job 9:4; Isa 27:4).
cast--namely, thunderbolts (Job 6:4; 7:20; 16:13; Ps 7:12, 13).
(Job 13:27). marketh--narrowly watches (Job 14:16; 7:12; 31:4).
meditation--moanings of that half-uttered form to which deep feeling gives rise--groanings, as in Ro 8:26, 27.
wash mine hands--expressive symbol of freedom from sinful acts (compare Mt 27:24).
hide not thyself, &c.--(compare Ps 13:1; 27:9), withhold not help.
(Compare Ps 5:8; 27:11). land of uprightness--literally, "an even land" (Ps 26:12).
fan--winnowed (compare Mt 3:12). whirlwind...scatter them--(Job 27:21; 30:22).
I spake also--translate, "And I spake," &c. Special application of the subject to Zedekiah.
consumed--as a distinct nation (Da 8:2-27). Fulfilled under Alexander and his successors.
In the time when...shall...shall--Now that thou art broken (wrecked)...thy merchandise...are fallen [Maurer].
This generation--not "this nation," as some interpret it, which, though admissible in itself, seems very unnatural here. It is rather as in Lu 9:27.
when the south wind blew softly, supposing they had attained their purpose--With such a wind they had every prospect of reaching their destination in a few hours.
put it under the compass of the altar beneath--that is, the grating in which they were carried to a clean place (Le 4:12).
Maharai--chief of the detachment of the guards who attended on the king in the tenth month, January (1Ch 27:13; 2Sa 23:28).
dust...clay--images of multitudes (Zec 9:3). Many changes of raiment are a chief constituent of wealth in the East.
Hide not, &c.--(Ps 4:6; 22:24). Against rejection he pleads former mercy and love.
Wait, &c.--in confident expectation. The last clause is, literally, "and wait," &c., as if expecting new measures of help.
speaketh--literally, "breathes out," habitually speaks (Ps 27:12; Ac 9:1).
It is folly to be fond of being praised; it is a temptation to pride.
Excessive zeal in praising raises suspicions of selfishness.(Compare Pr 19:13). very...day--literally, "a day of showers."
The success of ungodly men is their own misery.
(Compare Pr 26:27).At the time when Israel shall be delivered, and the ungodly nations punished, God shall punish also the great enemy of the Church.
stirreth--rouseth himself from spiritual drowsiness. take hold--(Isa 27:5).
until I have consumed them by his hand--until by these consuming visitations I have brought them under his power.
Why...die--by running on your own ruin in resisting Nebuchadnezzar after this warning (Eze 18:31).