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Zion spreads forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are round about him should be his adversaries: Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.
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A Desperate, Unanswered Plea
Commentators explain that Zion "spreading forth her hands" is a powerful image of desperate prayer and a plea for help. However, this gesture is met with silence. There is "none to comfort her"—not God, who is actively chastising her, nor her neighbors, who have become her enemies. This illustrates the profound isolation and abandonment experienced as a consequence of sin.
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Spreadeth forth her hands - In prayer (Exodus 9:29, Exodus 9:33), but Zion entreats in vain. There is no one…
19th Century
Anglican
Zion spreads out her hands ...— The normal attitude of Eastern prayer, or, perhaps, of lamentation and despair.
That…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet first says that Jerusalem had expanded her hands, as a token of sorrow, or that she might seek friends from every side; for wh…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Zion spreads forth her hands Either as submitting to the conqueror, and imploring mercy; or rather as calling to her…
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 he weeps over the second captivity, which took place under Zedekiah when all the people were taken captive. Concerning this, he does three thi…
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