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The Collapse of All Honor
Commentators agree that this verse depicts a complete societal breakdown. The conquerors showed no respect for the established order, subjecting both high-ranking princes and revered elders to the utmost public humiliation and violence. This demonstrated the totality of Judah's defeat and the loss of all social dignity.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 5:12
18th Century
Theologian
After the princes had been put to death, their bodies were hung up by the hand to expose them to public disgrace. Old age, likewise, no more shield…
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 5:12
19th Century
Bishop
Princes are hanged ... —The words point to the shameless exposure of the bodies of the dead. (Compare to the treatment of…
John Calvin
On Lamentations 5:12
16th Century
Theologian
The beginning of the verse may be explained in two ways. All interpret it this way: “The princes have been slain by their hand,” that is, by the ha…
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John Gill
On Lamentations 5:12
17th Century
Pastor
Princes are hanged up by their hand
According to some, as Aben Ezra observes, by the hand of the servants before men…
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…