Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Lamentations Chapter 4
Overview
Lam 4:1, Zion bewails her pitiful estate; Lam 4:13, She confesses her sins; Lam 4:21, Edom is threatened and Zion comforted.
How is the gold: Kg2 25:9, Kg2 25:10; Isa 1:21, Isa 14:12; Eze 7:19-22
the stones: Lam 2:19; Jer 52:13; Mat 24:2; Mar 13:2; Luk 21:5, Luk 21:6
how: Lam 2:21, Lam 5:12; Isa 30:14; Jer 19:11, Jer 22:28; Rom 9:21-23; Co2 4:7; Ti2 2:20
sea monsters: or, sea calves
the daughter: Lam 2:20, Lam 4:10; Lev 26:29; Deu 28:52-57; Kg2 6:26-29; Isa 49:15; Jer 19:9; Eze 5:10; Luk 23:28, Luk 23:29
like: Job 39:13-16; Rom 1:31
the young: Lam 1:11, Lam 2:11, Lam 2:12; Deu 32:24; Mat 7:9-11
that did: Deu 28:54-56; Isa 3:16-26, Isa 24:6-12, Isa 32:9-14; Jer 6:2, Jer 6:3; Amo 6:3-7; Luk 7:25; Ti1 5:6; Rev 18:7-9
brought: Sa2 1:24; Pro 31:21; Luk 16:19
embrace: Job 24:8; Jer 9:21, Jer 9:22; Luk 15:16
punishment of the iniquity of the daughter: or, iniquity of the daughter, etc. Isa 1:9, Isa 1:10; Eze 16:48-50; Mat 11:23, Mat 11:24; Luk 10:12, Luk 12:47
the punishment: Lam 4:9; Gen 19:25; Dan 9:12; Mat 24:21
Nazarites: Num. 6:2-21; Jdg 13:5, Jdg 13:7, Jdg 16:17; Amo 2:11, Amo 2:12; Luk 1:15
purer: Sa1 16:12; Psa 51:7, Psa 144:12; Sol 5:10; Dan 1:15
their polishing: Gizrathom rendered by Dr. Blayney, "their veining," from gazar to divide, intersect, as the blue veins do the surface of the body. This is approved by Dr. A. Clarke, who remarks, "Milk will most certainly well apply to the whiteness of the skin; the beautiful ruby to the ruddiness of the flesh; and the sapphire, in its clear, transcendent purple, to the veins in a fine complexion.
visage: Lam 5:10; Job 30:17-19, Job 30:30; Joe 2:6; Nah 2:10
blacker than a coal: Heb. darker than blackness. Or, as Dr. Blayney renders, "duskier than the dawn;" shachar signifying "the dawn of the day, when it is neither light nor dark, but between both, at which time objects are not easily distinguished."
they: Lam 4:1, Lam 4:2; Rut 1:19, Rut 1:20; Job 2:12; Isa 52:14
their skin: Job 19:20, Job 33:21; Psa 32:4, Psa 38:3, Psa 102:3-5, Psa 102:11, Psa 119:83
for: Lev 26:39; Eze 24:23, Eze 33:10
pine away: Heb. flow out
hands: Lam 4:3, Lam 2:20; Kg2 6:26-29
pitiful: Isa 49:15
in: Lam 3:48; Deu 28:56, Deu 28:57; Kg2 6:29
Lord: Lam 4:22, Lam 2:8, Lam 2:17; Deu 32:21-25; Jer 6:11, Jer 6:12, Jer 7:20, Jer 9:9-11, Jer 13:14; Jer 14:15, Jer 14:16, Jer 15:1-4, Jer 19:3-11, Jer 23:19, Jer 23:20, Jer 24:8-10; Eze 20:47, Eze 20:48; Eze 22:31; Dan 9:12; Zac 1:6; Luk 21:22
Deu 29:24-28; Kg1 9:8, Kg1 9:9; Psa 48:4-6
the sins: Lam 2:14; Jer 5:31, Jer 6:13, Jer 14:14, Jer 23:11-21; Eze 22:26-28; Mic 3:11, Mic 3:12; Zep 3:3, Zep 3:4
that: Jer 2:20, Jer 26:8, Jer 26:9; Mat 23:31, Mat 23:33-37; Luk 11:47-51; Act 7:52; Th1 2:15, Th1 2:16
have wandered: Deu 28:28, Deu 28:29; Isa 29:10-12, Isa 56:10, Isa 59:9-11; Mic 3:6, Mic 3:7; Mat 15:14; Eph 4:18
they have polluted: Num 35:33; Isa 1:15; Jer 2:34
so that men could not touch: or, in that they could not but touch, Num 19:16; Hos 4:2
anger: or, face
hath: Gen 49:7; Lev 26:33-39; Deu 28:25, Deu 28:64, Deu 28:65, Deu 32:26; Jer 15:4, Jer 24:9
he will: Psa 106:44; Heb 8:9
they respected: Lam 5:12; Kg2 25:18-21; Ch2 36:17; Isa 9:14-16
our eyes: Lam 1:19; Kg2 24:7; Isa 20:5, Isa 30:1-7, Isa 31:1-3; Jer 2:18, Jer 2:36, Jer 8:20; Jer 37:7-10; Eze 29:6, Eze 29:7, Eze 29:16
for a: For the Egyptians, who were their pretended allies; but who were neither able nor willing to help them.
hunt: Lam 3:52; Sa1 24:14; Kg2 25:4, Kg2 25:5; Job 10:16; Psa 140:11; Jer 16:16; Jer 39:4, Jer 39:5, Jer 52:7-9
our end is near: Jer 1:12, Jer 51:33; Eze 7:2-12, Eze 12:22, Eze 12:23, Eze 12:27; Amo 8:2
persecutors: Deu 28:49; Isa 5:26-28, Isa 30:16, Isa 30:17; Jer 4:13; Hos 8:1; Hab 1:8; Mat 24:27, Mat 24:28
the eagles: The eagle, whose wings are of an extraordinary length, darts with amazing rapidity through the voids of heaven.
they pursued: Amo 2:14, Amo 9:1-3
breath: Lam 2:9; Gen 2:7, Gen 44:30; Sa2 18:3
the anointed: Sa1 12:3, Sa1 12:5, Sa1 16:6, Sa1 24:6, Sa1 24:10, Sa1 26:9, Sa1 26:16; Sa2 1:14, Sa2 1:21, Sa2 19:21; Psa 89:20,Psa 89:21
was taken: Jer 39:5, Jer 52:8; Eze 12:13, Eze 17:18, Eze 19:4-8
be glad: Psa 83:3-12, Psa 137:7; Ecc 11:9; Eze 25:6, Eze 25:8, Eze 26:2, Eze 35:11-15; Oba 1:10-16
the cup: Isa. 34:1-17, Isa 63:1-6; Jer 25:15-29, Jer 49:12; Eze 25:12-14, Eze 35:3-9; Amo 1:11; Oba 1:1, Oba 1:10-14; Mal 1:2-4
and shalt: Ch2 28:19; Mic 1:11; Rev 16:15
The punishment of thine iniquity: or, Thine iniquity, Lam 4:6 *marg. Isa 40:2; Jer 46:27, Jer 46:28, Jer 50:20
he will no: Isa 52:1, Isa 60:18; Jer 32:40; Eze 37:28
he will visit: Lam 4:21; Psa 137:7
discover thy sins: or, carry thee captive for thy sins