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More Than Material Loss
Commentators agree that the “pleasant things” plundered were not just personal riches but the sacred treasures of the Temple, like the altar and holy vessels. John Calvin notes this spiritual devastation was more painful to the faithful than losing all their personal property, as it represented an attack on God's honor.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 1:10
18th Century
Theologian
Her pleasant things – Chiefly, the sacred vessels of the temple (2 Chronicles 36:10).
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Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 1:10
19th Century
Bishop
Upon all her pleasant things ... —The use of a similar phrase in 2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Chronicles 36:19, of the ve…
John Calvin
On Lamentations 1:10
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet again deplores the profanation of all sacred things. This complaint, as I have said, proceeded from the bitterest sorrow. For though it…
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John Gill
On Lamentations 1:10
17th Century
Pastor
The enemy has spread out his hands on all her pleasant
things
Meaning not the wealth …
Matthew Henry
On Lamentations 1:1–11
17th Century
Minister
The prophet sometimes speaks in his own person. At other times, Jerusalem, personified as a distressed woman, or some of the Jews are the speakers.…