Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

Father Abraham--a well-founded, but unavailing, claim of natural descent (Luk 3:8; Joh 8:37). mercy on me--who never showed any (Jam 2:3). send Lazarus--the pining victim of his merciless neglect. that he may--take me hence? No; that he dares not to ask. dip . . . tongue--that is the least conceivable and the most momentary abatement of his torment; that is all. But even this he is told is (1) unreasonable.