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An Appeal to Relationship
Commentators explain that the plea, "See... to whom you have done this," is a powerful appeal to God's covenant relationship with His people. It's not a complaint of unfairness but a desperate cry from His chosen children, reminding God of His promises and asking for mercy based on their special identity as His own. This teaches believers to approach God in prayer based on their identity in Christ.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 2:20
18th Century
Theologian
The sense is: See, Yahweh, and look! Whom have You treated thus? Shall women eat their fruit—children whom they must still carry?, the swa…
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 2:20
19th Century
Bishop
To whom you have done this — i.e., not to a heathen nation, but to the people whom Jehovah Himself had chosen.
John Calvin
On Lamentations 2:20
16th Century
Theologian
Here, also, Jeremiah dictates words, or a form of prayer, to the Jews. This complaint served to excite pity, because God had afflicted not stranger…
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John Gill
On Lamentations 2:20
17th Century
Pastor
Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom you have done this. On whom you have brought these calamities of famine and sword; n…
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…