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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Lamentations 4:1 - 4:1
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Lam 4:1-22. The sad capture of Jerusalem, the hope of restoration, and the retribution awaiting Idumea for joining Babylon against Judea.
Aleph
gold - the splendid adornment of the temple [Calvin] (Lam 1:10; 1Ki 6:22; Jer 52:19); or, the principal men of Judea [Grotius] (Lam 4:2).
stones of ... sanctuary - the gems on the breastplate of the high priest; or, metaphorically, the priests and Levites.