The lamentation of the daughter of Zion, the Jewish Church, at the devastation of the land, and her humble prayer to God for mercy ([Reference Jere…

With judgment. —The rendering is accurate, but the idea is, perhaps, better expressed by the translation of the same word in Jerem…

And a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. O LORD, I know that the way of man …

The Prophet again indirectly reproves and condemns the spiritual dullness of the people, because he saw that all his threats were despised.

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O Lord, correct me, but with judgment
The prophet here represents the body of the Jewish nation, especially the godl…

The Jews who continued in their own land felt secure. But, sooner or later, sinners will find all things as the word of God has declared, and that …

Here, he seeks mercy.