lamentations-3:25

Sermon Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:25

Lamentations 3:25 Throughout the Scriptures the two terms, seeking and waiting, run parallel as describing prayer, earnest and effectual prayer, in all its acts and offices. The command to seek the Lord and the command to wait on the Lord have the same general meaning, and the same general promises are given to each. But in this passage they are for once combined; their combination suggesting a certain difference between them and the perfection of devotion which results from their union. I.... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Lamentations 3:25

DISCOURSE: 1092THE GOODNESS OF GOD TO SUPPLIANTSLamentations 3:25. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.“THE earth,” we are told, “is full of the goodness of the Lord [Note: Psalms 33:5.]:” and indeed it is not possible to behold the universe at large, or to inspect with accuracy any thing that is contained in it, without being convinced that God is good to all, and that his tender mercy is over all his works [Note: Psalms 145:9.]” But to the humble... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:1-66

Chapter 3In this third lamentation he begins from the depth of depression and despair. He begins with hopelessness, and hopelessness is always the experience behind depression. Depression is the loss of hope, no way out, nothing I can do. Hopelessness leads to depression.I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. He has led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light ( Lamentations 3:1-2 ).It seems like God has turned against the prophet. "I have seen the wrath of... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 3:1-66

The Metre changes here. The letters of the Hebrew alphabet, twenty two in number, begin three hemistichs, which make sixty six verses. It would look better, and read more poetically, if the hemistichs formed distinct lines, as in other poetry. The prophet commences with the idea of a prisoner, sitting in darkness, and bound with a chain. As Jeremiah intended this poem to be set to music, it was proper to preserve the rhythm and spirit of poetic composition. Lamentations 3:1 . I am the man... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:25

Lam 3:25 The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him. Ver. 25. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him. ] Which few can skill of, and I have somewhat to do to hit on, but would not now have missed of for all the world. a To the soul that seeketh him. ] Not giving over till he findeth him. a Et hoc apertam cruditionem continct. - Figu. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Lamentations 3:25

good: Lamentations 3:26, Genesis 49:18, Psalms 25:8, Psalms 27:14, Psalms 37:7, Psalms 37:34, Psalms 39:7, Psalms 40:1-Deuteronomy :, Psalms 61:1, Psalms 61:5, Psalms 130:5, Psalms 130:6, Isaiah 25:9, Isaiah 30:18, Isaiah 40:31, Isaiah 64:4, Micah 7:7, Micah 7:8, Zephaniah 3:8, 1 Thessalonians 1:10, James 5:7 unto: 1 Chronicles 28:9, 2 Chronicles 15:2, 2 Chronicles 19:3, 2 Chronicles 30:19, 2 Chronicles 31:21, Psalms 22:26, Psalms 27:8, Psalms 69:32, Psalms 105:3, Psalms 119:2, Isaiah 26:9,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:25-27

25-27. Good This teth ( שׂ ) verse has each of its clauses commencing with “good.” The present verse division serves somewhat to conceal the structure Good is Jehovah; Good that man hope and wait; and, Good that he bear the yoke in his youth. read more