Lamentations
Chapter
3 (Continued)
43~~Therefore,
You have covered Yourself with anger,
and
have pursued us.
You
have slain without pity.
44~~You
have covered Yourself with a cloud,
so
that {our} prayer should not pass through.
45~~You
have made us scum and excrement/refuse
'among
the nations'/'in the middle of the people'.
{Note: Were the blessed Client Nation to God. Now they had no testimony to give to their neighbors (evangelism) so their blessings ended and they are seen as excrement.}
46~~All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us.
47~~{We
suffer} . . . Terror and pitfalls,
ruin
and destruction.
48~~Streams
of tears flow from my eyes {says Jeremiah}
because
the daughter of my people are destroyed.
49~~Streams
of tears flow from my eyes
ceasingly
and without relief.
{Note: Jeremiah LOVED his congregation! THEY would not listen to HIM! So, when the 5th cycle of discipline came to the Jews, Jeremiah could not control his emotional outflow.}
50``Jehovah/God
keeps on being caused to look down,
and
keeps on beholding from heaven.
51~~What
I see brings grief to my soul {nephesh}
because
of all the daughters/women of my city.
52~~Those
who were my enemies without a cause
hunted
me like a bird.
53~~They
tried to end my {Jeremiah's} life in a pit,
and
placed a stone {to seal off the slimy cistern}.
{Note: Jeremiah tried to warn the people. So the rulers threw him into a pit/'slimy cistern' and sealed it off with a large stone - trying to shut him up!}
54~~Waters
flowed over my head.
I
thought I was cut off {about to die}.
55~~I
called upon Your name, O Jehovah/God,
from
the depths of the pit/cistern.
56~~You
heard my plea.
You
did not close Your ears to my cry.
57~~You
came near when I called You
and
You said, "Do not fear."
58~~`O
'Adonay /Lord,
You
have taken up the case/cause of my soul
{Plaintiff in a 'law suit' analogy}.
You
have redeemed my life {chay}
{deliverance by the Lord of Jeremiah from out of the cistern}.
59~~O
Jehovah/God,
You
have seen the wrong done to me.
'Uphold
my cause'/'You judge my case'!
60~~You
have seen the depth of their vengeance
and
all their 'evil intentions'/plots against me.
61~~O
Jehovah/God,
You
have heard their insults,
and
all their plots against me.
62~~"My
enemies whisper and plot
against
me all day long.
63~~Look
at them setting and standing.
They
mock me in their songs.
{Jeremiah's
Imprecatory Prayer _ Really Putting the Matter in God's
Hands
and Not seeking Personal Revenge}
64~~Pay
them back what they deserve, O Jehovah/God,
for
what their hands have done.
65~~Put
a veil over their hearts/'right lobes',
and
may Your curse be on them.
66~~Persue
them in anger and destroy them
from
under the heavens of Jehovah/God.
{Note: Why did Jeremiah pray this? Because He knew this was the ONLY means of the survival of the Southern Kingdom at this time (and any Client Nation to God in the future). The removal from history by God those whose carnality is so deep they corrupt the entire nation away from Him and His Word. But LEAVE IT TO GOD! He needs no creature's help!}
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