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Grief's Physical Toll
Commentators explain that phrases like "my liver is poured upon the earth" are ancient ways of describing a complete emotional and physical breakdown. The author's grief is so profound that it feels like his internal organs are failing. This visceral language communicates a sorrow that goes beyond tears to a state of total collapse.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 2:11
18th Century
Theologian
Troubled - See the margin reference note.
Liver - As the heart was regarded by the Jews as the seat of the intellect, so the l…
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 2:11
19th Century
Bishop
My liver is poured upon the earth ... —The phrase is not found elsewhere, but allows for an easy explanation. The “liver,…
John Calvin
On Lamentations 2:11
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet himself now speaks, and says that his eyes were consumed with tears while weeping because of the calamities of the people. Eve…
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John Gill
On Lamentations 2:11
17th Century
Pastor
Mine eyes do fail with tears According to Aben Ezra, everyone of the elders before mentioned said this; but rather they a…
Matthew Henry
On Lamentations 2:10–22
17th Century
Minister
Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by famine. Even little children were slain by their mother's hands and eaten, according t…