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Lam_1:21 They have heard that I sigh: [there is] none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done [it]: thou wilt bring the day [that] thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
Ver. 21. They have heard that I sigh,.] My friends have, and yet they pity me not: this was a great vexation, and is much complained of. See Lam_1:2; Lam_1:16-17; Lam_1:19.
All mine enemies have heard of my trouble: they are glad.] This åðé÷áéñåêáêéá is the devil’s disease: the wicked compose comedies out of the saints’ tragedies, and revel in their ruins. But God’s people, in this case, have a double comfort: (1.) That God hath done it, and not the enemy; that he hath a holy hand in all the troubles that befall them. (2.) That their enemies shall not escape scot-free, but be soundly punished.
That thou hast done it.] Or, But thou hast done it; and sure we are thou wilt not overdo.
Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called.] The dismal day of vengeance that thou hast threatened Babylon with, especially by Isaiah and Jeremiah.
And they shall be like unto me.] Their future desolation is my present consolation.