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Selected Verse: Lamentations 1:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| La 1:2 |
Strong Concordance |
She weepeth [01058] sore [01058] in the night [03915], and her tears [01832] are on her cheeks [03895]: among all her lovers [0157] she hath none to comfort [05162] her: all her friends [07453] have dealt treacherously [0898] with her, they are become her enemies [0341]. |
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King James |
She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
in the night--even in the night, the period of rest and oblivion of griefs (Job 7:3).
lovers . . . friends--the heathen states allied to Judah, and their idols. The idols whom she "loved" (Jer 2:20-25) could not comfort her. Her former allies would not: nay, some "treacherously" joined her enemies against her (Kg2 24:2, Kg2 24:7; Psa 137:7). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Lovers ... friends - i. e. the states in alliance with Judaea, and all human helpers. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| In this sorrow of hers she has not a single comforter, since all her friends from whom she could expect consolation have become faithless to her, and turned enemies. בּכו תבכּה, "weeping she weeps," i.e., she weeps very much, or bitterly, not continually (Meier); the inf. abs. before the verb does not express the continuation, but the intensity of the action Gesenius, 131, 3, a; Ewald, 312]. בּלּילה, "in the night," not "on into the night" (Ewald). The weeping by night does not exclude, but includes, weeping by day; cf. Lam 2:18. Night is mentioned as the time when grief and sorrow are wont to give place to sleep. When tears do not cease to flow even during the night, the sorrow must be overwhelming. The following clause, "and her tears are upon her cheek," serves merely to intensify, and must not be placed (with Thenius) in antithesis to what precedes: "while her sorrow shows itself most violently during the loneliness of the night, her cheeks are yet always wet with tears (even during the day)." But the greatness of this sorrow of heart is due to the fact that she has no comforter, - a thought which is repeated in Lam 1:9, Lam 1:16, Lam 1:17, and Lam 1:21. For her friends are faithless, and have become enemies. "Lovers" and "friends" are the nations with which Jerusalem made alliances, especially Egypt (cf. Jer 2:36.); then the smaller nations round about, - Edomites, Moabites, Ammonites, and Phoenicians, with which Zedekiah had conspired against the king of Babylon, Jer 27:3. Testimony is given in Psa 137:7 to the hostile dealing on the part of the Edomites against Judah at the destruction of Jerusalem; and Ezekiel (Eze 25:3, Eze 25:6) charges the Ammonite and Tyrians with having shown malicious delight over the fall of Jerusalem; but the hostility of the Moabites is evident from the inimical behaviour of their King Baalis towards Judah, mentioned in Jer 40:14. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Among all her lovers - Her allies; her friends, instead of helping her, have helped her enemies. Several who sought her friendship when she was in prosperity, in the time of David and Solomon, are now among her enemies. |
7 Remember [02142], O LORD [03068], the children [01121] of Edom [0123] in the day [03117] of Jerusalem [03389]; who said [0559], Rase [06168] it, rase [06168] it, even to the foundation [03247] thereof.
7 And the king [04428] of Egypt [04714] came [03318] not again [03254] any more out of his land [0776]: for the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had taken [03947] from the river [05158] of Egypt [04714] unto the river [05104] Euphrates [06578] all that pertained to the king [04428] of Egypt [04714].
2 And the LORD [03068] sent [07971] against him bands [01416] of the Chaldees [03778], and bands [01416] of the Syrians [0758], and bands [01416] of the Moabites [04124], and bands [01416] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and sent [07971] them against Judah [03063] to destroy [06] it, according to the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], which he spake [01696] by [03027] his servants [05650] the prophets [05030].
20 For of old time [05769] I have broken [07665] thy yoke [05923], and burst [05423] thy bands [04147]; and thou saidst [0559], I will not transgress [05674] [05647]; when upon every high [01364] hill [01389] and under every green [07488] tree [06086] thou wanderest [06808], playing the harlot [02181].
21 Yet I had planted [05193] thee a noble vine [08321], wholly a right [0571] seed [02233]: how then art thou turned [02015] into the degenerate plant [05494] of a strange [05237] vine [01612] unto me?
22 For though thou wash [03526] thee with nitre [05427], and take thee much [07235] soap [01287], yet thine iniquity [05771] is marked [03799] before [06440] me, saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
23 How canst thou say [0559], I am not polluted [02930], I have not gone [01980] after [0310] Baalim [01168]? see [07200] thy way [01870] in the valley [01516], know [03045] what thou hast done [06213]: thou art a swift [07031] dromedary [01072] traversing [08308] her ways [01870];
24 A wild ass [06501] used [03928] to the wilderness [04057], that snuffeth up [07602] the wind [07307] at her pleasure [0185] [05315]; in her occasion [08385] who can turn her away [07725]? all they that seek [01245] her will not weary [03286] themselves; in her month [02320] they shall find [04672] her.
25 Withhold [04513] thy foot [07272] from being unshod [03182], and thy throat [01627] from thirst [06773]: but thou saidst [0559], There is no hope [02976]: no; for I have loved [0157] strangers [02114], and after [0310] them will I go [03212].
3 So am I made to possess [05157] months [03391] of vanity [07723], and wearisome [05999] nights [03915] are appointed [04487] to me.
14 And said [0559] unto him, Dost thou certainly [03045] know [03045] that Baalis [01185] the king [04428] of the Ammonites [01121] [05983] hath sent [07971] Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] to slay [05221] [05315] thee? But Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] believed [0539] them not.
6 For thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Because thou hast clapped [04222] thine hands [03027], and stamped [07554] with the feet [07272], and rejoiced [08055] in heart [05315] with all thy despite [07589] against the land [0127] of Israel [03478];
3 And say [0559] unto the Ammonites [01121] [05983], Hear [08085] the word [01697] of the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Because thou saidst [0559], Aha [01889], against my sanctuary [04720], when it was profaned [02490]; and against the land [0127] of Israel [03478], when it was desolate [08074]; and against the house [01004] of Judah [03063], when they went [01980] into captivity [01473];
7 Remember [02142], O LORD [03068], the children [01121] of Edom [0123] in the day [03117] of Jerusalem [03389]; who said [0559], Rase [06168] it, rase [06168] it, even to the foundation [03247] thereof.
3 And send [07971] them to the king [04428] of Edom [0123], and to the king [04428] of Moab [04124], and to the king [04428] of the Ammonites [01121] [05983], and to the king [04428] of Tyrus [06865], and to the king [04428] of Zidon [06721], by the hand [03027] of the messengers [04397] which come [0935] to Jerusalem [03389] unto Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063];
36 Why gaddest thou about [0235] so much [03966] to change [08138] thy way [01870]? thou also shalt be ashamed [0954] of Egypt [04714], as thou wast ashamed [0954] of Assyria [0804].
21 They have heard [08085] that I sigh [0584]: there is none to comfort [05162] me: all mine enemies [0341] have heard [08085] of my trouble [07451]; they are glad [07797] that thou hast done [06213] it: thou wilt bring [0935] the day [03117] that thou hast called [07121], and they shall be like [03644] unto me.
17 Zion [06726] spreadeth forth [06566] her hands [03027], and there is none to comfort [05162] her: the LORD [03068] hath commanded [06680] concerning Jacob [03290], that his adversaries [06862] should be round about [05439] him: Jerusalem [03389] is as a menstruous woman [05079] among them.
16 For these things I weep [01058]; mine eye [05869], mine eye [05869] runneth down [03381] with water [04325], because the comforter [05162] that should relieve [07725] my soul [05315] is far [07368] from me: my children [01121] are desolate [08074], because the enemy [0341] prevailed [01396].
9 Her filthiness [02932] is in her skirts [07757]; she remembereth [02142] not her last end [0319]; therefore she came down [03381] wonderfully [06382]: she had no comforter [05162]. O LORD [03068], behold [07200] my affliction [06040]: for the enemy [0341] hath magnified [01431] himself.
18 Their heart [03820] cried [06817] unto the Lord [0136], O wall [02346] of the daughter [01323] of Zion [06726], let tears [01832] run down [03381] like a river [05158] day [03119] and night [03915]: give [05414] thyself no rest [06314]; let not the apple [01323] of thine eye [05869] cease [01826].