Lamentations 4
1 Zion bewails her pitiful estate.
13 She confesses her sins.
21 Edom is threatened and Zion comforted.
Gold <02091> [How is the gold.]
Jewels <068> [the stones.]
sons <01121> [sons.]
treated <02803> [how.]
<08577> [sea monsters. or, sea calves. the daughter.]
ostriches <03283> [like.]
tongue <03956> [tongue.]
children <05768> [the young.]
feasted <0398> [that did.]
grew up <0539> [brought.]
amid <02263> [embrace.]
punishment .... people ... that <01323 02403 05771> [punishment of the iniquity of the daughter. or, iniquity of the daughter, etc.]
punishment ...... that <05771 02403> [the punishment.]
consecrated ones <05139> [Nazarites.]
brighter <02141> [purer.]
hair <01508> [their polishing.]
{Gizrathom,} rendered by Dr. Blayney, "their veining," from {gazar,} to divide, intersect, as the blue veins do the surface of the body. This is approved by Dr. A. Clarke, who remarks, "Milk will most certainly well apply to the whiteness of the skin; the beautiful ruby to the ruddiness of the flesh; and the sapphire, in its clear, transcendent purple, to the veins in a fine complexion."
appearance <08389> [visage.]
darker ... soot <07815 02821> [blacker than a coal. Heb. darker than blackness.]
Or, as Dr. Blayney renders, "duskier than the dawn;" {shachar} signifying "the dawn of the day, when it is neither light nor dark, but between both, at which time objects are not easily distinguished."
recognized <05234> [they.]
skin <05785> [their skin.]
those .......... food <01992 08570> [for.]
waste away <02100> [pine away. Heb. flow out.]
hands <03027> [hands.]
tenderhearted <07362> [pitiful.]
destroyed <07667> [in.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
started <03341> [kindled.]
sins <02403> [the sins.]
poured <08210> [that.]
wander <05128> [have wandered.]
defiled <01351> [they have polluted.]
no ... dares ... touch <03201 03808 05060> [so that men could not touch. or, in that they could not but touch.]
<06440> [anger. or, face. hath.]
longer <03254> [he will.]
show <05375> [they respected.]
eyes <05869> [our eyes.]
nation <01471> [for a.]
For the Egyptians, who were their pretended allies; but who were neither able nor willing to help them.
hunted <06679> [hunt.]
end drew near ........ end <07093 07126> [our end is near.]
pursued <07291> [persecutors.]
eagles <05404> [the eagles.]
The eagle, whose wings are of an extraordinary length, darts with amazing rapidity through the voids of heaven.
chased <01814> [they pursued.]
breath <07307> [breath.]
anointed king <04899> [the anointed.]
caught <03920> [was taken.]
<08055> [be glad.]
land <0776> [the land.]
cup <03563> [the cup.]
clothes <06168> [and shalt.]
punishment ...................... sin <05771> [The punishment of thine iniquity. or, Thine iniquity.]
prolong <03254> [he will no.]
punish <06485> [he will visit.]
exile ............. reveal ... offenses <02403 01540> [discover thy sins. or, carry thee captive for thy sins.]
