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A Plea, Not a Protest
Commentators agree this is not a complaint against God's fairness, but a strategic plea for mercy. The people are not claiming to be innocent victims. Instead, they are arguing that the previous generations who began the apostasy have already died, hoping that God will now see fit to end the punishment and show favor to the current generation.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 5:7
18th Century
Theologian
And are not; and we ...— Or, they are not; we have borne their iniquities. Our fathers who began this national apostasy di…
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 5:7
19th Century
Bishop
We have borne their iniquities. —The words seem at first parallel to the proverb of the “sour grapes” in Jeremiah 31:29;[…
John Calvin
On Lamentations 5:7
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet seems here to contend with God, and to utter that blasphemy mentioned by Ezekiel. For when God severely chastised the people, that prov…
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John Gill
On Lamentations 5:7
17th Century
Pastor
Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not
In the world, as the Targum adds; they were in being, but not on earth; they …
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…