Lamentations 1:9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembers not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD… 1. The only refuge in distress is to fly to the Lord by faithful and fervent prayer. (1) He it is that smiteth, and none else can heal. (2) He hath promised to hear and deliver us, calling upon Him in the day of our troubles (Psalm 50:15). 2. This prayer being made by the prophet in the name of the people, teacheth us: it is a great blessing of God to that people that hath a minister who is both able and willing not only to teach them the truth, but also to be their mouth to direct them. 3. God so pitieth His people that the view of their miseries moveth Him to help them, even when all men are against them. (1) He loveth them with an everlasting love. (2) He will not suffer them to be trodden down of their enemies for ever. (J. Udall.) Parallel Verses KJV: Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself. |
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