Lecture 16

^1:16^ Ain. Therefore am I weeping, and my eyes run down with water: because the comforter is far from me, changing my soul: my children are desolate because the enemy has prevailed.

16. Here he weeps over the withdrawal of consolation.

And first, he speaks of the mourning of sorrow, weeping. Who will give water to my head? (Jer 9:1).

Second, the matter of the sorrow: because the comforter is far from me, the Egyptian; changing, from the misery which I now suffer, into my original prosperity. You have put away my acquaintance far from me (Ps 87:9).

Third, he speaks of the effect of this: my children are desolate. For the consequence of the lack of help is the power of the enemy and the captivity of the people. My people have been a lost flock (Jer 50:6).