Lamentations 1:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Lamentations 1:14 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint He kept watch over my sins Lamentations 1:15 Or has set a time for me /...
e" that "the last sections were added later"; and, furthermore, "that the completion of the whole work must not be placed before the second half of the seventh century," because Zunz concludes that the empire of the Arabians is referred to even in a passage of the first chapter....
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version“I called to my allies but they betrayed me. My priests and my elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.New Living Translation“I begged my allies for help, but they betrayed me. My priests and lea...
The speaking voice in this chapter continues to be that of the גֶּבֶר (gever,“man”). The image of female Jerusalem in chs. 1-2 was fluid, being able to refer to the city or its inhabitants, both female and male. So too the “defeated soldier” or “everyman” (...
(1) state the general purpose andtheme(s) of the work; (2) identify the author's method and presuppositions (be sure to read the prefaces); (3) summarize the general content and main points of the introduction, eachchapter, and the conclusion; (4) indicate the strengths and weaknesses...
NAS 35TodepriveamanofjusticeIn thepresenceof theMostHigh, Read ChapterCompare PREVIOUSLamentations 3:34NEXTLamentations 3:36 Lamentations 3:35 Meaning and Commentary Lamentations 3:35 To turn aside the right of a man The Targum is, of a poor man; not to do him justice in a court of judicat...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionI became the laughingstock of all my people; they mock me in song all day long.New Living TranslationMy own people laugh at me. All day long they sing their mocking songs.English Standard VersionI have become the laughingstock of all peoples...
Read ChapterCompare PREVIOUSLamentations 3:38NEXTLamentations 3:40 Lamentations 3:39 Meaning and Commentary Lamentations 3:39 Wherefore doth a living man complain? &c.] Or murmur, or fret and vex, or bemoan himself; all which the wordF11may signify; as the prophet had done in his own person...
Lamentations 4:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Lamentations 4 New English Translation א (Alef) The Prophet Speaks 4 [a] Alas![b] Gold has lost its luster;[c]pure gold loses value.[d]Jewels[e] are ...
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