Lamentations 3:31

For he doth not afflict willingly,.... Or, "from his heart" (e); he does afflict; for all afflictions are from God, but they do not come from the mere motion of his heart, or are the effects of his…

Reasons for the resignation urged in the previous triplet.

The Lord - אדני Adonai; but one of my ancient MSS. has יהוה Jehovah. The above verse is quoted in reference to our Lord's passion, by Mat 26:62.

Here the clouds begin to disperse and the sky to clear up; the complaint was very melancholy in the former part of the chapter, and yet here the tune is altered and the mourners in Zion begin to look…

This group contains the three thoughts which produce the resignation, (a) because punishment will be only for a time (cp. Isa 54:8), (b) because God is by nature merciful, (c) because even in…