Lam 4:16 | JFB | STEP | 16. Ain and Pe are here transposed ( ), as in . anger —literally, "face"; it is the countenance which, by its expression, manifests anger ( ). GESENIUS translates, "the person of Jehovah"; Jehovah present; Jehovah Himself ( ). 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 " ( ) [GROTIUS ]. MAURER explains it, "They (the victorious foe) regard not the (Jewish) priests when imploring their pity" ( ). The evident antithesis to "As for us " ( ) and the language of "the heathen" at the close of , of which is the continuation, favor the former view. Ain.

Lamentations 4:16

16. Ain and Pe are here transposed (La 4:16, 17), as in La 2:16, 17; 3:46-51.

anger—literally, "face"; it is the countenance which, by its expression, manifests anger (Ps 34:16). GESENIUS translates, "the person of Jehovah"; Jehovah present; Jehovah Himself (Ex 33:14; 2Sa 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" (2Ch 24:19-22) [GROTIUS]. MAURER explains it, "They (the victorious foe) regard not the (Jewish) priests when imploring their pity" (La 5:12). The evident antithesis to "As for us" (La 4:17) and the language of "the heathen" at the close of La 4:15, of which La 4:16 is the continuation, favor the former view.

Ain.