Lamentations - 4:16 Meaning
“The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.”
King James Version (KJV)
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
4:13-20 Nothing ripens a people more for ruin, nor fills the measure faster, than the sins of priests and prophets. The king himself cannot escape, for Divine vengeance pursues him. Our anointed King alone is the life of our souls; we may safely live under his shadow, and rejoice in Him in the midst of our enemies, for He is the true God and eternal life.
“By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:”
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