Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 4:15

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15. They . . . them —"They," that is, "men" ( Lamentations 4:14 ). Even the very Gentiles, regarded as unclean by the Jews, who were ordered most religiously to avoid all defilements, cried unto the latter, "depart," as being unclean: so universal was the defilement of the city by blood. wandered —As the false prophets and their followers had "wandered" blind with infatuated and idolatrous crime in the city ( Lamentations 4:14- : ), so they must now "wander" among the heathen in blind consternation with calamity. they said —that is, the Gentiles said: it was said among the heathen, "The Jews shall no more sojourn in their own land" [GROTIUS]; or, wheresoever they go in their wandering exile, "they shall not stay long" [LUDOVICUS DE DIEU], ( Deuteronomy 28:65 ). Pe. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-16" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-lam-4-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/lam-4-15

Source

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