Lamentations 5:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 5:19-22

Lamentations 5:19-22. Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever Though, for our sins, thou hast suffered these calamities to befall us, and our throne, through thy righteous providence, is thrown down; yet thou art still the same God that thou ever wast: thy power is not diminished, nor thy goodness abated. Thou still governest the world, and orderest all the events of it, and shalt rule it, and superintend its affairs, for ever and ever. Thou art, therefore, always able to help us, and art thou not... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:1-22

A prayer for mercy (5:1-22)This poem was apparently written in Judah some time after the fall of Jerusalem. Only the people of no use to Babylon were left in the land, and this poem reflects the hardships they faced (cf. Jeremiah 52:16).In a plea to God for mercy, the people remind him of their present shame (5:1). Death has broken up their families, and the invaders have taken over their houses and lands (2-3). They live and work like slaves in their own country, and have to buy water from... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Lamentations 5:19

remainest = sittest: i.e. as king. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Lamentations 5:19

THE FINAL TRIUMPHANT APPEAL TO GOD"Thou, O Jehovah, abidest forever;Thy throne is from generation to generation.Wherefore dost thou forget us forever,And forsake us so long time?Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned.Renew our days as of old.But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.""Thy throne is from generation to generation" (Lamentations 5:19). "Although the crown has fallen from the head of David's dynasty (Lamentations 5:16), which has been sent... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 5:19

19. ( :-). The perpetuity of God's rule over human affairs, however He may seem to let His people be oppressed for a time, is their ground of hope of restoration. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 5:19

Jeremiah acknowledged the eternal sovereignty of Yahweh, Israel’s true king. Judah was not suffering because her God was inferior to the gods of Babylon, but because sovereign Yahweh had permitted her overthrow. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 5:19-22

B. A plea for restoration by Yahweh 5:19-22The writer now turned from reviewing the plight of the people to consider the greatness of their God."In Lamentations 5:19-20 the writer carefully chose his words to summarize the teaching of the entire book by using the split alphabet to convey it. Lamentations 5:19 embraces the first half of the alphabet by using the aleph word (. . . ’you’) to start the first half of the verse, and the kaph word (. . . ’throne’) to start the second half. This verse... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 5:1-22

Zion’s earnest Petition for DeliveranceThis final poem is not so much an elegy as a prayer or meditation. The tone is more calm and spiritual than the others, with no trace of vindictiveness. The poet, speaking for the people, ’will have God know everything.’ Though divided into 22 vv., it is not an acrostic. Rhyme takes the place of the alphabetical structure, the poem having not less than 45 words ending in the sound u: cp. Psalms 124. Like Lamentations 4, each v. is composed of two members... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Lamentations 5:19

(19) Thou, O Lord, remainest.—Literally, Thou sittest: i.e., as the next clause shows, upon a throne. The lamentation is drawing to its close, and the mourner finds comfort in the thought of the eternity of God (Psalms 102:12), and therefore the unchangeableness of His purpose of love towards His people. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Lamentations 5:19-22

THE EVERLASTING THRONELamentations 5:19-22 WE have lingered long in the valley of humiliation. At the eleventh hour we are directed to look up from this scene of weary gloom to heavenly heights, radiant with sunlight. It is not by accident that the new attitude is suggested only at the very end of the last elegy. The course of the thought and the course of experience that underlies it have been preparing for the change. On entering the valley the traveller must look well to his feet; it is not... read more

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