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Godly vs. Godless Grief
John Calvin powerfully contrasts this lament with pagan complaints. While a pagan might blame a 'cruel' god for suffering, the prophet models godly grief by directly linking Jerusalem's calamity to its own grievous sin. True lamentation involves self-examination and acknowledging God's justice, not bitterness or blasphemy against Him.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 1:8
18th Century
Theologian
Grievously sinned - literally, Jerusalem hath sinned a sin, giving the idea of a persistent continuance in wickedness.
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Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 1:8
19th Century
Bishop
Therefore she is removed. —The verb is used technically for the separation of a woman under ceremonial defilement; and the daughte…
John Calvin
On Lamentations 1:8
16th Century
Theologian
Here the Prophet expresses more clearly and strongly what he had briefly referred to: that all the evil which the Jews suffered came from God’s ven…
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John Gill
On Lamentations 1:8
17th Century
Pastor
Jerusalem has grievously sinned
Or, "has sinned a sin" {r}; a great sin, as the Targum; the sin of idolatry, accordi…
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.…