Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from their hand.
Bondmen rule over us: there is no deliverer out of their hand.
Lamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.
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The curse of Canaan had now become the doom of Judah: A servant of servants shall he be. They would not be ruled by their God, and by his servants the prophets, whose rule was gentle and gracious, and therefore justly are they ruled with rigour by their enemies and their servants.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Israel, once a "kingdom of priests" (Ex 19:6), is become like Canaan, "a servant of servants," according to the curse (Ge 9:25). The Chaldeans were designed to be "servants" of Shem, being descended from Ham (Ge 9:26). Now through the Jews' sin, their positions are reversed.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
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Nehemiah 5:15But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people:…
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Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.
Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon…
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Nehemiah 2:19But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do?…
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wherein was written, It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel; for which cause thou art building the wall: and thou wouldest be their…
Now it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and unto the rest of our enemies, that I had builded the wall, and that there…
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Psalms 7:2Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
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Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:
But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of…
I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
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For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah; but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor’s hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;
Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say unto them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.
Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:
And now will I uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.
His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:
Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?
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Deuteronomy1
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