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Yahweh is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: Please hear all you peoples, and see my sorrow: My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
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The Justice of God, The Guilt of Man
The verse opens with a pivotal confession: "The Lord is righteous." Commentators explain this is not just a statement of fact but a moment of true repentance. Jerusalem acknowledges her suffering is a just consequence of her rebellion. Scholars like John Calvin highlight that rebelling against God's "mouth" (His commandment) signifies a willful defiance of His clear word delivered by the prophets, making the sin particularly severe.
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
People: peoples, pagan nations.
19th Century
Anglican
The Lord is righteous ... — An echo from Jeremiah 12:1; 2 Chronicles 12:6. Misery does its work and issues in repentance. The …
16th Century
Protestant
Jerusalem again acknowledges, and more clearly expresses, that she suffered a just punishment. She had previously confessed that her enemies were c…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord is righteous Or, "righteous [is] he the Lord" {g}; in all these dispensations of his providence, how afflic…
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 captivity, and in this regard, he does three things.
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