The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary on the Old Testament: LamentationsFunk & Wagnalls, 1892 |
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... become as a widow , forsaken and under the reproach of widowhood , seeing that she is not in communion with the Lord , her Maker ; but still she is not quite a widow ; there is to be a restoration , because for a small moment have I ...
... become as a widow , forsaken and under the reproach of widowhood , seeing that she is not in communion with the Lord , her Maker ; but still she is not quite a widow ; there is to be a restoration , because for a small moment have I ...
Page 10
... become the head , as was threatened if unfaithful to the Lord ( Deut . xxviii . 44 ) ; her enemies prosper , are in peace , and rest secure , knowing that all resistance is over , so completely has she been crushed . This was brought ...
... become the head , as was threatened if unfaithful to the Lord ( Deut . xxviii . 44 ) ; her enemies prosper , are in peace , and rest secure , knowing that all resistance is over , so completely has she been crushed . This was brought ...
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... become desolate , and cannot cheer me , for the enemy has prevailed . ( D ) Ver . 17. The sobs of the weeper stifle her utterance . In the pause the poet himself seems to take up the word , something like the part of the chorus in Greek ...
... become desolate , and cannot cheer me , for the enemy has prevailed . ( D ) Ver . 17. The sobs of the weeper stifle her utterance . In the pause the poet himself seems to take up the word , something like the part of the chorus in Greek ...
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... become as a widow ! " ( ver . 1 ) . A city is often described as the mother of its inhabitants , the king as husband , the princes as children . When the king is gone , and not even a representative is left , the city is widowed and ...
... become as a widow ! " ( ver . 1 ) . A city is often described as the mother of its inhabitants , the king as husband , the princes as children . When the king is gone , and not even a representative is left , the city is widowed and ...
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... become her enemies " ( ver . 2 ) . Her allies , who made great protestations of attachment when all was prosperous , not only forsake her when adversity comes , but unite with her enemies in completing her destruction . It is a bitter ...
... become her enemies " ( ver . 2 ) . Her allies , who made great protestations of attachment when all was prosperous , not only forsake her when adversity comes , but unite with her enemies in completing her destruction . It is a bitter ...
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Page 31 - For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish : to the one we are the savour of death unto death ; and to the other the savour of life unto life.
Page 68 - All sacrifices do but speed forward that great day, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
Page 82 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 10 - Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me : thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
Page 177 - Although my house be not so with God; yet He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although He make it not to grow.
Page 82 - The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
Page 79 - Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning : thou hast the dew of thy youth.
Page 230 - BEHOLD, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; Neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, And your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Page 157 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Page 32 - That I have great heaviness, and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren my kinsmen according to the flesh...