Lamentations 1:11
“All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
All her people sigh,.... Not her priests only, Lam 1:4; but all the common people, because of their affliction,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Sigh ... seek - Are sighing ... are seeking. The words are present participles, describing the condition of the people.…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
They have given their pleasant things - Jerusalem is compared to a woman brought into great straits, who parts with her…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Lamentations 1:1-11
Those that have any disposition to weep with those that weep, one would think, should scarcely be able to refrain from…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The people have already given up their most valuable possessions, that they had hitherto hoarded, for bread. There is…
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