14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Lamentations 5:14 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-16)Isa. any afflicted? let him pray ; and let him in prayer pour out his complaint to God, and make known before him his trouble. The people of God do so here; being overwhelmed with grief, they give vent to their sorrows at the footstool of the throne of grace, and so give themselves ease. They complain not of evils feared, but of evils felt: “ Remember what has come upon us , Lam. 5:1. What was of ...
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