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Yahweh has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured the foundations of it.
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God's Judgment Was Complete
Commentators emphasize that phrases like "accomplished his wrath" and "poured out his fierce anger" signify a complete and final judgment. This was not a partial or random punishment, but God deliberately executing the full measure of His righteous anger against unrepentant sin, leaving no doubt about the severity of the people's offenses.
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Lamentations
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19th Century
Anglican
And has kindled a fire ... —The phrase is partly literal (2 Chronicles 36:19), partly figurative, for the com…
16th Century
Protestant
He finally concludes that nothing was lacking to complete the extreme vengeance of God. For if the Jews had been chastised in an ordinary way, they…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord has accomplished his fury which rose up in his mind, and which he purposed in himself to bring upon the sinful p…
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Presbyterian
What a change is here! Sin tarnishes the beauty of the most exalted powers and the most excellent gifts; but that gold, tried in the fire, which Ch…
13th Century
Catholic
Here the prophet weeps over the captivity and destruction of the city.
In this passage, he addresses three points:
