They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
I cannot proceed farther now. PRAYER Grant, Almighty God, that since thou hast once stretched forth thy hand to consecrate us a people to thyself, — O grant, that thy paternal favor may perpetually shine on us, and that we may, on the other hand, strive always to glorify thy name, so that having once embraced us thou mayest continue thy goodness, until we shall...
In trouble, pour out your complaint before God and make it known; He sees and remembers all that befalls you. Their whole grief compressed into one word: reproach. This reproach cut deeper because it reflected on God's own honor, who had once owned them as His people.
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Commenting on Lamentations 5:1-16
They took the young men to grind,.... In the mill, which was laborious service; and which persons were sometimes put to, by way of punishment; and was the punishment of servants; see Jdg 16:21. Some render it, "the young men bore the grist" (x); carried the corn, the meal ground, from place to place.