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God's Active Hand in Judgment
Commentators unanimously emphasize that God is not a passive observer but the active agent of judgment. The verse portrays Him as the one who "cuts off" Israel's strength, "draws back" His protective hand, and actively "burns" against His people. This shows that judgment comes directly from the God they had forsaken.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 2:3
18th Century
Theologian
Since the horn is the symbol of power, the cutting off of every horn means depriving Israel of all power of resistance. The drawing back of God’s r…
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 2:3
19th Century
Bishop
All the horn of Israel ... —The horn, as elsewhere (1 Samuel 2:1; Psalms 92:10; Psalms 112:9),…
John Calvin
On Lamentations 2:3
16th Century
Theologian
Jeremiah expresses the same thing in various ways; but all that he says tends to show that it was an evidence of God’s extreme vengeance when the p…
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John Gill
On Lamentations 2:3
17th Century
Pastor
He has cut off in [his] fierce anger all the horn of Israel , &c.] All its power and strength, especially its kingly powe…
Matthew Henry
On Lamentations 2:1–9
17th Century
Minister
A sad representation is made here of the state of God's church, of Jacob and Israel; but the focus seems mostly to be on the hand of the Lord in th…