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God's Sovereign Judgment
Commentators agree that the vivid imagery of 'fire from on high' and a 'net' for the feet points directly to God as the source of Jerusalem's suffering. Scholars like Calvin and Gill stress that this is not a random human event but a deliberate, sovereign act of divine judgment, highlighting its inescapable nature and overwhelming power.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 1:12–16
18th Century
Theologian
The lamentation of the city, personified as a woman in grief over her fate.
It prevails - Or, …
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 1:13
19th Century
Bishop
From above ... —The words are probably figurative. The judgments that had fallen on Jerusalem were as a fire from heaven, piercing…
John Calvin
On Lamentations 1:13
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet proceeds with the same subject: that God’s vengeance had raged most dreadfully against Jerusalem. But employing a metaphor, she says th…
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John Gill
On Lamentations 1:13
17th Century
Pastor
From above has he sent fire into my bones Which the Targum interprets of her fortified cities, towns, or castles; as Jeru…
Matthew Henry
On Lamentations 1:12–22
17th Century
Minister
Jerusalem, sitting dejected on the ground, calls on those that passed by, to consider whether her example did not concern them. Her outward sufferi…