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The Lord has set at nothing all my mighty men in the midst of me; He has called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men: The Lord has trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.
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God's Active Judgment
The verse repeatedly identifies "the Lord" as the one taking action. Commentators note that God is not a passive observer but the active agent who "set at nought," "called an assembly," and "trod the winepress." This underscores the biblical truth that historical calamities, especially concerning His covenant people, are under His sovereign control and serve His purposes of judgment.
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The lamentation of the city, personified as a woman in grief over her fate.
(Lamentations 1:13)
It prevails - Or, …
19th Century
Anglican
Trodden under foot. —Better, has made contemptible, as those who are weighed in the balance and found wanting.
16th Century
Protestant
She first says that all her valiant men had been trodden underfoot. We know how much the Jews trusted in their men, even…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord has trodden under foot all my mighty [men] in the midst of me As a causeway …
Jerusalem, sitting dejected on the ground, calls on those that passed by, to consider whether her example did not concern them. Her outward sufferi…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet describes in detail the misery of their servitude.
He addresses this in two parts:
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