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Selected Verse: Lamentations 3:52 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| La 3:52 |
King James |
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
a bird--which is destitute of counsel and strength. The allusion seems to be to Pro 1:17 [CALVIN].
without cause-- (Psa 69:4; Psa 109:3-4). Type of Messiah (Joh 15:25). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Or, "They who without cause are mine enemies have hunted me sore like a bird." Probably the prophet is speaking of his personal sorrows. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| His pain and sorrow over the sad condition of the people recall to his memory the persecutions and sufferings which the godly have endured. The figure, "They who without cause are mine enemies have hunted me like a bird," is an imitation of Psa 11:1. איבי חנּם reminds one of שׂנאי , Psa 35:19 and Psa 69:5. But the prophet prefers איבי to שׂנאי, lest any one should restrict the words to persecutions which arose out of personal hatred. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Mine enemies chased me - From this to the end of the chapter the prophet speaks of his own personal sufferings, and especially of those which he endured in the dungeon. See Jer 38:6, etc. |
25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.