Lamentations 5:22

But thou hast utterly rejected us,.... That looks as if they had no hope, and were in despair of having their petitions…

Literally, “Unless thou hast utterly rejected us,” unless “thou art very wroth against us.” This is stated as a virtual…

But thou hast utterly rejected us - It appears as if thou hadst sealed our final reprobation, because thou showest…

Here, I. The people of God express the deep concern they had for the ruins of the temple, more than for any other of…

But, etc.] better as mg., Unless thou… and art, etc. The whole sentence is an hypothesis not to be accepted as fact.…