Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible: Lamentations: Lamentations Chapter 5
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley, [1754-65]
Lamentations 5:3
lam 5:3
We - We are all of us without a king, (our common father) we are deprived of thy fatherly protection, and many young children among us are left without an earthly parent.
Lamentations 5:4
lam 5:4
Sold - Whereas at other times there was abundance of wood and water throughout Judea.
Lamentations 5:6
lam 5:6
We - The ten tribes were all carried captives into Assyria, and many of the kingdom of Judah fled into Egypt. Giving the hand may signify labouring for them: or, yielding up themselves to their power.
Lamentations 5:7
lam 5:7
Their iniquities - The punishment of them.
Lamentations 5:9
lam 5:9
The sword - The enemies lay encamped in all the plains, so that they could stir out no way but the sword of the Chaldeans was upon them.
Lamentations 5:13
lam 5:13
Fell - Not being able to stand under the burdens laid upon them.
Lamentations 5:16
lam 5:16
The crown - All our honour, splendor and dignity.
Lamentations 5:19
lam 5:19
Thy throne - Altho' for our sins thou sufferest our throne to be cast down, yet thou art the same, thy power is not diminished, nor thy goodness abated.
Lamentations 5:21
lam 5:21
Renew - Restore us to our former estate.