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The Heartbreak of Lost Worship
Commentators like John Calvin emphasize that the deepest sorrow in this verse is the cessation of public worship. The empty roads and desolate gates signify that the people could no longer gather for the solemn feasts. This loss of corporate worship was considered more tragic than being plundered or losing one's family, highlighting the supreme value of gathering as God's people.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 1:4
18th Century
Theologian
Zion, as the holy city, is the symbol of the religious life of the people, just as Judah in the previous verse represents their national life. The …
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 1:4
19th Century
Bishop
The ways of Zion do mourn. —The words paint what we may call the religious desolation of Jerusalem. The roads leading to …
John Calvin
On Lamentations 1:4
16th Century
Theologian
Jeremiah refers here to another cause of sorrow: that the worship of God had ceased, having been interrupted; indeed, it seemed to have become exti…
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John Gill
On Lamentations 1:4
17th Century
Pastor
The ways of Zion do mourn
Being unoccupied, as in (Judges 5:6); or unfrequented: this is said by a rheto…
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.…