We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price. Sermons
We have drunken our water for money, our wood is sold unto us. 1. Common necessaries denied by adversaries. Fire and water are two necessary elements, but though God in nature have given these in common to His creatures, the Jews being captives are now denied them by their cruel adversaries. Time was when they could command the fields, the wheat, the olives, and the wines, hut at this instant, such is their misery, that they cannot so much as have wood or water without price, unless for money.(1) (2) 2. Wood and water sweet mercies. 3. We must not sit fast upon our present enjoyments. Full little did these Jews in their prosperity think that their water should become their charge, and that their wood, their fire, should be sold to themselves for money. From whence we note — That Christians ought to sit loose upon their enjoyments, and to look upon themselves as strangers and pilgrims in their most sure possessions. Do not glory, be not proud of what you have now at your own command (Ecclesiastes 5:13; Jeremiah 9:23). The tide may turn, your condition may alter and not yourselves, not your friends, but your enemies may be their possessors Though we may complain we must not murmur, we must in patience possess our souls, when our very necessaries become a prey to others. Thus did the primitive Christians in their great afflictions (Hebrews 10:34; Hebrews 11:37, 38). (D. Swift.) People Assyrians, Egyptians, JeremiahPlaces Assyria, Egypt, Mount Zion, ZionTopics Bought, Drank, Drink, Drinking, Drunk, Drunken, Money, Pay, Price, Sold, WoodOutline 1. A complaint of Zion in prayer unto God.Dictionary of Bible Themes Lamentations 5:4Library Whether an Angel Needs Grace in Order to Turn to God?Objection 1: It would seem that the angel had no need of grace in order to turn to God. For, we have no need of grace for what we can accomplish naturally. But the angel naturally turns to God: because he loves God naturally, as is clear from what has been said ([543]Q[60], A[5]). Therefore an angel did not need grace in order to turn to God. Objection 2: Further, seemingly we need help only for difficult tasks. Now it was not a difficult task for the angel to turn to God; because there was no obstacle … Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica Man's Inability to Keep the Moral Law Lamentations Links Lamentations 5:4 NIVLamentations 5:4 NLT Lamentations 5:4 ESV Lamentations 5:4 NASB Lamentations 5:4 KJV Lamentations 5:4 Bible Apps Lamentations 5:4 Parallel Lamentations 5:4 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 5:4 Chinese Bible Lamentations 5:4 French Bible Lamentations 5:4 German Bible Lamentations 5:4 Commentaries Bible Hub |