Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary in 8 Volumes: Volume 7, The Book of Lamentations

By Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke was a 19th century British Methodist best known for his scholarly commentaries on the Bible, a multi-volume, comprehensive work.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Krill Press
• Release date: Dec 2, 2015
• ISBN: 9781518321627

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ADAM CLARKE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY IN 8 VOLUMES: VOLUME 7, THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS

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Adam Clarke

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Adam Clarke’s Bible Commentary in 8 Volumes: Volume 7, The Book of Lamentations

By

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke’s Bible Commentary in 8 Volumes: Volume 7, The Book of Lamentations

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First published circa 1832

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INTRODUCTION

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THIS BOOK, LIKE THE SEVERAL books of the Pentateuch, is denominated in Hebrew hkyaeicah, how, from its first word; and sometimes twnyq kinnoth, lamentations, from its subject. In the Septuagint it is termed yrhnoi tou ieremiou, for the same reason. TheSyriac and Arabic copy or follow the Septuagint; and so does the Vulgate, from theLamentationes of which, the book has that name which it bears in our language. In theChaldee it has no name; and in it, and perhaps anciently in the Hebrew, it was written consecutively with the last chapter of Jeremiah.

It is one of the books of the twlygm Megilloth, or Roll, among the Jews; and because it relates to the ruin of their affairs, and contains promises of restoration, it is peculiarly prized, and frequently read. The five Megilloth are: Ecclesiastes, Canticles, Lamentations, Ruth, and Esther.

There has been little difference among learned men concerning the author of this book. The whole current of antiquity and modern times has pointed out Jeremiah as the writer: of this the style is a sufficient evidence. Mr. John Henry Pareau, in a Dissertation prefixed to his Translation and Notes on this book, (8vo. Lugd. Bat. 1790,) has proved this point amply from a general collation of the prophecy of Jeremiah with select passages in this book. I have heard of but