Lamentations 2:15 All that pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying… 1. God is wont to whip His children for their sins, by the multitude of unbelievers that hate the truth (Isaiah 10:5, 6; Jeremiah 25:9; Exodus 1:13, 14). 2. It is a property of a wicked heart, to insult over the distressed, whom we should pity and relieve (Psalm 35:15; Psalm 79:4; 2 Samuel 16:7, 8; Matthew 27:39). 3. The wicked seeing the godly afflicted, take occasion thereby to blaspheme God and His truth (Psalm 74:10, 18; 2 Kings 18:30, 35; 2 Kings 19:12). 4. There only is true joy and excellency where God's truth is rightly preached, and His name called upon (Psalm 50:2; Ezekiel 47:8, 9, 12). (J. Udall.) Parallel Verses KJV: All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? |
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