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The Humiliation of Labor
Scholars explain that the conquerors forced the young men of Judah into the most demeaning labor. Grinding at a mill was work typically done by female slaves or even animals. This was a deliberate act to strip them of their dignity and reduce them to what one commentator calls the "most abject condition."
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 5:13
18th Century
Theologian
They took the young men to grind - Or, “The young men” have worked at the mill, a menial and laborious task usually performed by slaves ().…
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 5:13
19th Century
Bishop
They took ... — Better, Young men bear the mill: that is, they were not only set to grind the handmill, which was itself …
John Calvin
On Lamentations 5:13
16th Century
Theologian
I cannot proceed further now.
Prayer:
Grant, Almighty God, that since you have once stretched forth your hand to consecrate us as a p…
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John Gill
On Lamentations 5:13
17th Century
Pastor
They took the young men to grind In the mill, which was laborious service; and which persons were sometimes put to, by way of punis…
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…