Matthew Poole and continuators on Lamentations 5:22

22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us .

Our Translators have here so rendered the particle [non-Latin text not transcribed] that the words seem to express some diffidence in the Prophet of Gods Mercy in restoring the people to their former state, some expressions of which nature we find falling from the most eminent Servants of God in an hour of great Temptation: but where such a sense is not necessary, it is hard to put it upon a Text. Some therefore expound [non-Latin text not transcribed] in this place by But if. Others translate them, Although thou hast, &c. Mr. Calvin prefereth the translation of them by Nisi, unless thou hast utterly rejected us, and thinks that by this expression the Prophet confirmeth himself against Temptations of diffidence, because it was impossible God should utterly cast off his People, Rom. 11.2. Others read it Interrogatively, Hast thou utterly rejected us? which doth not suppose that the Prophet believed he had, though his present Providence shewed him very angry with them.

Marginal references: Or, [illegible: 1 word] thou [illegible: 4 letters]ject us.