Lamentations 1:15-17 The LORD has trodden under foot all my mighty men in the middle of me: he has called an assembly against me to crush my young men… 1. When God meaneth to afflict us, He will spoil us of all our helps wherein we may have any confidence. 2. God can as easily destroy in a fenced city as in a battle. 3. It is God that ruleth even the wicked, and setteth them on work against His servants. 4. Men can no more escape God's hand in punishing them, than the grapes can fly from the treader of the winepress. 5. The niceness of those that have lived daintily ("the virgin") is no reason to free them, but rather a provocation to bring afflictions upon them. (1) The pampering of ourselves is none of the ends for which God bestoweth His blessings upon us. (2) Such coy niceness as many be of is seldom without special sins that are incident to that condition, which God will not let pass unpunished. 6. Except the children forsake their sins, they shall not be spared for the godliness of their parents. (J. Udall.) Parallel Verses KJV: The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress. |
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