The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary--those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly. Sermons
I. THE POSSESSIONS OF THE JEWS WERE FORCIBLY APPROPRIATED BY THEIR ADVERSARIES. The greed of the conqueror has ever been the theme of satire and reproach. Voe victis! "Woe to the conquered!" is an old proverb, founded upon an older propensity of human nature in its military condition. The pleasant and desirable things of a city are the spoil of the conqueror. It was so when the Chaldeans entered Jerusalem, sacked the city, and laid their hands upon whatever pleased their fancy. II. THE HOLY HOUSE OF JERUSALEM WAS SACRILEGIOUSLY ABUSED BY THE HEATHEN CONQUERORS. The temples of their gods are always the object of a nation's reverence and sometimes of affection. But the Jews had especial reason for venerating their sanctuary; it was the scene of their sacrifices and offerings, the depository of their oracles, the spot where the Shechinah glory was displayed. The more sacred portion of the edifice was reserved for the priests; even the devout Jews were not suffered to enter these consecrated precincts. What, then, must have been the disgust, the horror, with which the pious contemporaries of Jeremiah, and especially the prophet himself, witnessed the profanation of the sanctuary, as the Chaldean soldiers polluted it with their heathen presence and speech! Their feelings were injured in the most susceptible part of their nature. APPLICATION. Retribution is not an accident; neither is it the mere outworking of natural laws. There is Divine providence superintending it; it has a meaning, for it witnesses to human responsibility and sin; it has a purpose, for it summons to repentance and newness of life. - T.
The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things. 1. The wicked are usually merciless towards the godly, spoiling them and theirs in most cruel manner, if the Lord restrain them not (Psalm 53:4; Psalm 137:7).2. The outward things of this world are uncertain, and made subject to the violence of the wicked. (1) (2) 3. The outward things and means of God's service are often made a prey to the enemies; especially upon our abusing of them (Jeremiah 7:13; Luke 19:44). 4. The injuries that the wicked do unto the godly in their sight, are more grievous unto them than those that they do only hear of. 5. The wicked make havoc of and scorn all the exercises of religion. 6. The outward ordinances of God are of reverent account to them that fear His name. 7. Those that be open wicked ones are not (without their open repentance) to be admitted to the holy exercises of religion. (J. Udall.) People Jacob, JeremiahPlaces Jerusalem, ZionTopics Adversary, Assembly, Command, Commanded, Congregation, Desirable, Desired, Enemy, Enter, Entered, Forbid, Forbidden, Hands, Hater, Heathen, Holy, Invade, Laid, Meeting, Nations, Ones, Orders, Pagan, Pleasant, Precious, Sanctuary, Spread, Stretched, Treasures, YeaOutline 1. The miseries of Jerusalem and of the Jews lamented12. The attention of beholders demanded to this unprecedented case 18. The justice of God acknowledged, and his mercy supplicated. Dictionary of Bible Themes Lamentations 1:10Library No Sorrow Like Messiah's SorrowIs it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Behold, and see, if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow! A lthough the Scriptures of the Old Testament, the law of Moses, the Psalms, and the Prophecies (Luke 24:44) , bear an harmonious testimony to MESSIAH ; it is not necessary to suppose that every single passage has an immediate and direct relation to Him. A method of exposition has frequently obtained [frequently been in vogue], of a fanciful and allegorical cast [contrivance], under the pretext … John Newton—Messiah Vol. 1 Epistle vi. To Narses, Patrician . "Come unto Me, all Ye that Labour, and are Wearied," &C. Meditations for one that is Like to Die. Concerning the Sacrament of Baptism Lamentations Links Lamentations 1:10 NIVLamentations 1:10 NLT Lamentations 1:10 ESV Lamentations 1:10 NASB Lamentations 1:10 KJV Lamentations 1:10 Bible Apps Lamentations 1:10 Parallel Lamentations 1:10 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 1:10 Chinese Bible Lamentations 1:10 French Bible Lamentations 1:10 German Bible Lamentations 1:10 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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