Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Ain and Pe are here transposed (Lamentations 4:16-17), as in Lamentations 2:16-17; Lamentations 3:46-51.
anger—literally, "face"; it is the countenance which, by its expression, manifests anger (Psalms 34:16). GESENIUS translates, "the person of Jehovah"; Jehovah present; Jehovah Himself (Exodus 33:14; II Samuel 17:11).
divided—dispersed the Jews.
they respected not . . . priests—This is the language of the Gentiles. "The Jews have no hope of a return: for they respected not even good priests" (II Chronicles 24:19-22) [GROTIUS]. MAURER explains it, "They (the victorious foe) regard not the (Jewish) priests when imploring their pity" (Lamentations 5:12). The evident antithesis to "As for us" (Lamentations 4:17) and the language of "the heathen" at the close of Lamentations 4:15, of which Lamentations 4:16 is the continuation, favor the former view.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Lamentations 4:16:
Isaiah 47:6
Lamentations 3:46-48
Lamentations 4:16
Lamentations 4:16
Lamentations 4:17
Lamentations 5:12
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