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The Two-Fold Cause of Exile
Commentators see a dual cause for Judah's exile. The immediate cause was the "affliction and great servitude" from the Chaldean invasion. However, scholars like Gill and Henry emphasize a deeper reason: Judah's own sin, particularly oppressing the poor. As Matthew Henry notes, allowing sin to have dominion in our lives justly allows other enemies to have dominion over us as well.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 1:3
18th Century
Theologian
Because of ... – that is, the people, not of Jerusalem only, but of the whole land, is gone into exile to escape from the affliction and…
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 1:3
19th Century
Bishop
Because of affliction. — The Authorised Version suggests the thought that the words refer to the voluntary emigration of …
John Calvin
On Lamentations 1:3
16th Century
Theologian
Interpreters apply this, but in my view improperly, to the captivity of the people. On the contrary, the Prophet means that the Jews had been scatt…
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John Gill
On Lamentations 1:3
17th Century
Pastor
Judah is gone into captivity
Not only Jerusalem the metropolis of Judea was destroyed, but the whole country was rav…
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.…