Lamentations 2:6-9 And he has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he has destroyed his places of the assembly… 1. It is the Lord alone that giveth safety unto His Church, or layeth His people open to spoilers (Isaiah 5:5, 6; Psalm 80:12, 13). 2. No place on earth hath any holiness in it, or promise of a continuance, further than it is holily used. 3. God is angry with His own ordinances, and layeth a curse upon them, for the sins of those that abuse them (Psalm 74:5-7; Isaiah 1:13; Isaiah 6:10). 4. The Church of God on earth is not always visible and apparent to the eyes of men (Revelation 12:14). 5. When God will afflict a people, He will spoil them of the means of their peace and comfort (Isaiah 3:1-5). 6. It is a grievous plague of God for a people to be spoiled of their rulers; and to enjoy them is a great blessing. 7. It is the heaviest judgment that God's Church can have falling upon her in this life, to be deprived of that holy ministry which should build her up in true religion (Psalm 74:9; Micah 2:6). (J. Udall.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. |
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