Lamentations 2

Lamentations 2:1

HOw hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion, &c.] Heb. thickned. or, clouded. Darkened her lightsome estate: brought her out of prosperitie into adversitie, Chap. 3. 2, 44. Joel 2. 2. Amos 5. 18, 20.

cast down from heaven unto the earth] Given her a sore fall: thrown her down from the highest pitch of prosperitie, unto the lowest degree of miserie, Isaiah 14:12. Matthew 11:23.

remembred not his footstool] The Temple; or the Ark; 1 Chronicles 28:2. Psalms 99:5. & Psalms 132:7. surprised by the Chaldeans; as before by the Philistines, 1 Samuel 4:11. Psal. 78. 60, 61. and now without recoverie.

Lamentations 2:2

hath swallowed up all] Vers. 5.

hath not pitied] Vers. 17.

he hath brought them down to the ground] Heb. made to touch the ground. Isaiah 25:12.

hath polluted the kingdome] Delt with it, as with a thing polluted and unclean, Isaiah 29:22. Or, as with a thing now no more sacred and inviolable, 1 Samuel 26:9. Psal. 89. 39, 44. & 74. 3. Isaiah 43:28.

Lamentations 2:3

in his fierce anger] Heb. burning heat of anger. Deuteronomy 29:24.

all the horn of Israel] Their glory and strength, 1 Samuel 2:1. Jeremiah 48:25. Vers. 17.

hath drawn back his right hand] His powerfull protection, and succour, formerly afforded us, Psalms 44:3. and 118. 15, 16.

from before the enemie] Upon the enemies approch, Isaiah 21:15.

he burned against Jacob] In wrath, Psalms 79:5. and Psalms 84:46. and Psalms 97:3.

like a flaming fire] Heb. fire of flame. Isaiah 4:5.

devoureth round about] Psalms 50:3. & Psalms 97:3. Isaiah 42:25.

Lamentations 2:4

He hath bent his bow] Psalms 7:12. Chap. 3. 12. Heb. trod. Jeremiah 50:14.

like an enemie] Job 13:24. & Job 33:10. Vers. 5.

he stood with his right hand as an adversary] Which was formerly for her, Isaiah 63:10. Chap. 3. 3.

slew all that were pleasant to the eye] Heb. all the desireable of the eye. Chap. 1. 10. Ezekiel 24:16.

in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion] Jeremiah 10:20.

he poured out his furie] Jeremiah 6:11. & Jeremiah 10:25.

like fire] Chap. 1. 13.

Lamentations 2:5

was as an enemie] Isaiah 63:10. Jeremiah 30:14. Vers. 4.

hath swallowed up Israel] Vers. 2. Jeremiah 9:21.

mourning and lamentation] Isaiah 29:2.

Lamentations 2:6

taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden] Or, hedge, Psalms 5:2. & Psalms 80:12. and 89. 40. as of a garden. He hath withdrawn his protection, Isa. 4. 5, 6. & 5. 5. or, thrown down his Temple, like an hovel in a garden, Job 27:18. Isaiah 1:8. and Isaiah 38:12. Jeremiah 4:20. Psalms 5:12. & Psalms 27:5. & Psalms 76:2.

he hath destroyed his places of the assembly] Heb. his assembly. Chap. 1. 4, 15. or, place of assembly. Exodus 27:21. his Temple, Psal. 74. 7, 8.

the king and the priest] For the enemie spared neither. Vers. 2. 20. Chap. 4. 16. & 5. 12. Jeremiah 52:9; Jeremiah 52:24.

Lamentations 2:7

he hath given up] Heb. shut up. Psalms 31:8.

into the hand of the enemie] Or, power. Chap. 1. 7. Isaiah 19:4.

they have made a noyse in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast] The enemie is now as loud in blaspheming God with shouts and cries in his house; as his people had wont to be in praising his name there at their feasts, Psal. 74. 3, 4.

Lamentations 2:8

he hath stretched out a line] Over Jerusalem the line of destruction; as workmen mark with a line what is to be cut off, or hewn down: Or, to level the ground by, where before it stood, and to lay it all even: 2 Kings 21:13. Isaiah 34:11.

hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying] Heb. from swallowing up. Vers. 2. 5.

he made the rampart and the wall to lament] So great is the calamity, that the very senslesse creatures may seem sensible of it: Jeremiah 4:28. Or, they have a very lamentable aspect, and such as may well move to lamentation, Chap. 1. 4.

Lamentations 2:9

her king and her princes are among the Gentiles] In captivitie, 2 Kings 24:14. & 2 Kings 25:7. 2 Chron. 36. 20.

the law is no more] It is neither publikely taught, nor constantly kept: yea the Tables of it are lost; and the volumes of it burnt with the Temple.

her prophets also find no vision] Psalms 74:9. Ezekiel 7:26. Or, have none. Chap. 1. 3.

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground] Not on those chairs or seats, on which they had wont to sit in judgement, Psalms 122:5. Matthew 19:28. and Matthew 23:2.

cast up dust upon their heads] In token of sorrow, Job 2:12. 2 Samuel 13:19. Isaiah 15:3. Jeremiah 48:38.

girded themselves with sackcloth] Heb. sacks. Jeremiah 4:8. and Jeremiah 49:3.

the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads] Out of shame and confusion; Isaiah 5:15. as the contrarie a note of courage and confidence, Psal. 110 7. Luke 21:28.

Lamentations 2:11

Mine cyes do fail with tears] Psalms 6:7.

my bowels are troubled] Chap. 1. 20.

my liver is poured upon the earth] My gall, or choler, is cast up: as in extremitie of grief mixt with indignation is oft done, Job 16:13.

for the destruction] Heb. breach. Chap. 3. 47. Jeremiah 4:20.

the children and the sicklings] Jeremiah 6:11.

swoon in the streets] Or, faint. Heb. are covered; or, overwhelmed. Isaiah 57:16.

Lamentations 2:12

Where is corn and wine] Chap. 4. 4. Or, bread. Corn for bread. Zechariah 9:17. as bread for corn, Isaiah 28:28.

their soul was poured out into their mothers bosome] Heb. poured out it self. Job 30:16. They went away in their mothers laps; wanting wherewith to relieve them, Chap. 4. 9. Vers. 11.

Lamentations 2:13

What thing shall I take to witnesse for thee? &c.] What arguments shall I use to comfort thee: or, to convince thee that thou hast not so much cause of grief as thou pretendest? Or, what example shall I produce of any, that have been in the like miserie? Isaiah 51:19. Chap. 1. 12.

thy breach is great like the sea] As vast and wide as the sea is broad, Job 11:9. or, as the breach that the sea maketh; that cannot be made up again. Jeremiah 51:42.

who can heal thee] Heb. shall heal thee. as Jeremiah 51:9.

Lamentations 2:14

Thy prophets] Not mine; such as I sent to thee: but thine own; such as thou chosest to they self, and wast willing to be led by, Jeremiah 2:8. & Jeremiah 5:31. & Jeremiah 6:14. & 8. 11. & 14. 13, 14. and 23. 26. & 29. 8, 15.

have seen vain and foolish things for thee] They took upon them to be Seers; but saw not, what they should see; and told, what they saw not, Jeremiah 23:16. & 27. 14, 15.

have seen for thee false burdens, and causes of banishment] Heb. burdens of vanitie and expulsions. Prophecies of threatnings against thine enemies, Isaiah 13:1. but false ones, Jeremiah 38:2; Jeremiah 38:4; Jeremiah 38:11. and flattering ones; such as have been means of expelling thee out of thy land, by hardning thee in thy sinne, Isaiah 3:12.

Lamentations 2:15

All that passe by] Heb. by the way. Chap. 1. 12.

clap their hands at thee] In way of derision and contempt: Job 27:23. Chap. 1. 8.

the perfection of beauty] Psalms 48:2. & Psalms 50:2.

the joy of the whole earth] Or, land. as Isaiah 5:8. & Isaiah 6:12. See Jeremiah 51:41.

Lamentations 2:16

All thine enemies have opened their mouth] Widened it: as is wont in mocking: Chap. 3. 46. Psalms 22:13. Isaiah 59:4.

they hisse and gnash their teeth] In disdain and despite, Job 16:9. Psalms 35:16. & Psalms 37:12. Acts 7:54.

We have swallowed her up] Psalms 56:2. & Psalms 124:3. Proverbs 1:12.

we have seen it] What we desired, with delight, Psalms 35:21. & Psalms 59:10. & Psalms 92:11.

Lamentations 2:17

The LORD hath done that which he had devised, &c.] Or, performed. Isaiah 10:12. Chap. 1. 21. His menaces contained in the Law, Leviticus 26:16. Deut. 28. 15, &c.

in the dayes of old] Heb. antiquitic. Chap. 1. 7.

he hath thrown down, &c.] Vers. 2. 21.

caused thine enemy to rejoyce over thee] Psalms 38:16. & Psalms 89:42. Chap. 1. 21.

set up the horn of thine adversaries] Advanced them: 1 Samuel 2:1. Psalms 75:10. Vers. 3.

Lamentations 2:18

Their heart cried unto the Lord] The heart of Gods people in their affliction and distresse; Isa. 26. 9, 16.

O wall of the daughter of Zion] O wall, now demolished, and laid levell with the ground, 2 Kings 24:10. Or, O citie now ruined; and nothing but a bare wall, without housing and inhabitants. vers. 7. 8. Spoken as to the citie; but meant to the people: who are called upon to be instant and earnest with God for restitution.

let tears runne down like a river day and night] Jeremiah 9:1. & Jeremiah 14:17. Chap. 1. 16. & 3. 48.

let not the apple of thine eyes cease] Heb. daughter of thine eyes. Zechariah 2:8.

Lamentations 2:19

cry out in the night] Give not over crying to God night and day, Isa. 62. 6, 7. Psalms 119:147.

in the beginning of the watches] Heb. in the head. Ezekiel 40:1. Either when the watch is first set; or at the beginning of each watch. See Psalms 119:147. & Psalms 130:6.

poure out thine heart like water] 1 Samuel 7:6. Psalms 22:14. & Psalms 42:4. and 142. 2.

lift up thy hands] Jeremiah 14:18.

for the life] Heb. soul. as Jeremiah 34:20.

of thy young children that faint for hunger] Vers. 12. Chap. 3. 4.

in the top of every street] Heb. head. Chap. 4. 1.

Lamentations 2:20

consider to whom thou hast done this] To thine own people: and what more canst thou do to thine enemies? Isaiah 26:17. and Isaiah 63:19. Jeremiah 30:14.

shall the women eat their fruit] The fruit of their womb, Deuteronomy 28:4; Deuteronomy 28:18. Psalms 127:3. Their own children, for want of food, Leviticus 26:29. Deuteronomy 28:53. 2 King. 6. 28, 29. Jeremiah 19:9. Chap. 4. 3, 10. Ezekiel 5:10.

children of a span long] Psalms 39:5. Or, swaddled with thei hands. Vers. 22.

priest and the prophet be slain, &c.] Vers. 6.

Lamentations 2:21

thou hast killed] Chap. 3. 43.

and not pitied] Vers. 17.

Lamentations 2:22

Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrours round about] Thou hast mustered up, and brought in my calamities altogether upon me; as multitudes of people flock together to a festivall: and beset me with them on every side, Jerem. 20. 3. 10. Chap. 1. 15.

that I have swaddled and brought up] Ezekiel 19:2.

hath mine enemie consumed] As if I had bred them for the sword, Hosea 9:12-13.