Lamentations 5:8
“Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Servants have ruled over us,.... The Targum is,
"the sons of Ham, who were given to be servants to the sons of Shem,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Servants - i. e. Slaves. A terrible degradation to a high-spirited Jew.
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Servants have ruled over us - To be subject to such is the most painful and dishonorable bondage: -
Quio domini…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Lamentations 5:1-16
Is any afflicted? let him pray; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God, and make known before him his…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Servants rule The reference may be to cases where slaves actually rose to positions of authority. Cp. Tobiah in Neh…
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