Lamentations 1:9

“Her filthiness [is] in her skirts, etc.] Her sin is manifest to all, being to be seen in her punishment. The allusion is to a menstruous woman, to whom she is compared, both before and after; whose blood flows down to the skirts of her garments, and there seen; by which it is known that she is in her separation. So the Targum, “the filthiness of the blood of her separation is in her skirts; she is not cleansed from it, nor does she repent of her sins:” she remembereth not her last end; she did not consider in the time of her prosperity what her sins would bring her to; what would be the issue of them; nay, though she was warned by the prophet, and was told what things would come to at last,…”

“Continuation of the image in Lam 1:8. Her ignominy and misery cannot be concealed but are apparent to all, as if a woman were suffering under such a flow as to reach the end of her skirts. remembereth not . . . last end-- (Deu 32:29; Isa 47:7). She forgot how fatal must be the end of her iniquity. Or, as the words following imply: She, in despair, cannot lift herself up to lay hold of God's promises as to her "latter end" [CALVIN]. wonderfully--Hebrew, "wonders," that is, with amazing dejection. O Lord, behold--Judah here breaks in, speaking for herself. for the enemy hath magnified himself--What might seem ground for despair, the elated insulting of the enemy, is rather ground for good…”

“Her filthiness is in her skirts - Her personal defilement is no longer concealed beneath the raiment Jeremiah 13:22. She came down wonderfully - Jerusalem once enthroned as a princess must sit on the ground as a slave. return to 'Top of Page'”

“filthiness: Lam 1:17; Jer 2:34, Jer 13:27; Eze 24:12, Eze 24:13 she remembereth: Deu 32:29; Isa 47:7; Jer 5:31; Pe1 4:17 came: Lam 1:1, Lam 4:1; Isa 3:8; Jer 13:17, Jer 13:18 she had: Lam 1:2, Lam 1:17, Lam 1:21, Lam 2:13; Ecc 4:1; Isa 40:2, Isa 54:11; Hos 2:14; Joh 11:19 behold: Exo 3:7, Exo 3:17, Exo 4:31; Deu 26:7; Sa1 1:11; Sa2 16:12; Kg2 14:26; Neh 9:32; Psa 25:18, Psa 119:153; Dan 9:17-19 for: Deu 32:27; Psa 74:8, Psa 74:9, Psa 74:22, Psa 74:23, Psa 140:8; Isa 37:4, Isa 37:17, Isa 37:23, Isa 37:29; Jer 48:26; Jer 50:29; Zep 2:10; Th2 2:4-8 Lamentations 1:10”

“In Lam 1:9 the figure if uncleanness is further developed. Her uncleanness sticks to the hems or skirts of her garment. טמאה is the defilement caused by touching a person or thing Levitically unclean, Lev 5:3; Lev 7:21; here, therefore, it means defilement by sins and crimes. This has now been revealed by the judgment, because she did not think of her end. These words point to the warning given in the song of Moses, Deu 32:29 : "If they were wise, they would understand this (that apostasy from the Lord brings heavy punishment after it), they would think of their end," i.e., the evil issue of continued resistance to God's commands. But the words are especially a quotation from Isa 47:7, where…”