Commentaries:
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Lamentations 5:8

Servants . . . ruled . . . us—Servants under the Chaldean governors ruled the Jews (Nehemiah 5:15). Israel, once a "kingdom of priests" (Exodus 19:6), is become like Canaan, "a servant of servants," according to the curse (Genesis 9:25). The Chaldeans were designed to be "servants" of Shem, being descended from Ham (Genesis 9:26). Now through the Jews' sin, their positions are reversed.


 
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