Lam 3:40-47 | JFB | STEP | 40-42. us-- Jeremiah and his fellow countrymen in their calamity. search-- as opposed to the torpor wherewith men rest only on their outward sufferings, without attending to the cause of them ( , ).

‏ Lamentations 3:40-47

40-42. us--Jeremiah and his fellow countrymen in their calamity.

search--as opposed to the torpor wherewith men rest only on their outward sufferings, without attending to the cause of them (Psa 139:23, 24).

43-45. covered--namely, thyself (so La 3:44), so as not to see and pity our calamities, for even the most cruel in seeing a sad spectacle are moved to pity. Compare as to God "hiding His face," Psa 10:11; 22:25.

46-48. Pe is put before Ain (La 3:43, 46), as in La 2:16, 17; 4:16, 17. (La 2:16.)