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A Sacrilege in a Holy Place
Commentators like John Calvin and John Gill emphasize that this horrific act was committed in 'Zion,' God's holy mountain. This location makes the crime not just an atrocity against people but a sacrilegious act that profaned a sacred space. It was a defilement of the place where God chose to dwell, adding a layer of spiritual violation to the physical violence.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 5:11
18th Century
Theologian
They ravished - They humbled.
John Calvin
On Lamentations 5:11
16th Century
Theologian
He mentions here another kind of reproach: that women had been ravished in Jerusalem and in other cities. God had commanded chastity to be observed…
John Gill
On Lamentations 5:11
17th Century
Pastor
They ravished the women in Zion
Or "humbled" them F23 ; an euphemism; the women that were married to men …
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Matthew Henry
On Lamentations 5:1–16
17th Century
Minister
Is anyone afflicted? Let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God. The people of God do so here; they do not complain of evils…