Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 1:14

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14. yoke . . . is bound by his hand — ( Deuteronomy 28:48 ). Metaphor from husbandmen, who, after they have bound the yoke to the neck of oxen, hold the rein firmly twisted round the hand. Thus the translation will be, " in His hand." Or else, "the yoke of my transgressions" (that is, of punishment for my transgressions) is held so fast fixed on me " by " God, that there is no loosening of it; thus English Version, " by His hand." wreathed —My sins are like the withes entwined about the neck to fasten the yoke to. into their hands, from whom —into the hands of those, from whom, &c. MAURER translates, " before whom I am not able to stand." Samech. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-15" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

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절 (explains)

bible-text/lam-1-14

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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