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A Painful Reversal
Commentators emphasize the deep humiliation described in this verse. Israel, once a 'priestly kingdom' under God, was now ruled by 'servants'—low-level Babylonian officials. Scholars like Calvin and Ellicott explain this wasn't just conquest; it was a deliberate degradation designed to add insult to injury, making their suffering even more bitter.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 5:8
18th Century
Theologian
Servants – that is, slaves. A terrible degradation for a high-spirited Jew.
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 5:8
19th Century
Bishop
Servants have ruled over us. —The Chaldeans, it would seem, added insult to injury, sending as rulers those who had filled menial offices …
John Calvin
On Lamentations 5:8
16th Century
Theologian
Another circumstance aggravated the people's calamity: they came under the power of servants. This is more degrading than when the rich and those e…
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John Gill
On Lamentations 5:8
17th Century
Pastor
Servants have ruled over us
The Targum is, ''the sons of Ham, who were given to be servants to the sons of Shem, the…
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…