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The High Price of Survival
Commentators emphasize the extreme desperation of the famine. The people were not just hungry; they were trading their most precious possessions and heirlooms for a single meal. The phrase "to refresh the soul" literally means to bring life back from the brink of death, showing the severity of their suffering.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 1:11
18th Century
Theologian
Sigh ... seek — Are sighing ... are seeking. The words are present participles, describing the condition of the people. After a siege …
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 1:11
19th Century
Bishop
All her people sigh....—The words which describe the famine at Jerusalem are in the present tense, either as painting the…
John Calvin
On Lamentations 1:11
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet here complains that all the citizens of Jerusalem were constantly groaning because of lack and famine. He first says that all were …
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John Gill
On Lamentations 1:11
17th Century
Pastor
All her people sigh Not her priests only, (Lamentations 1:4); but all the common people, because of their affliction, p…
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.…