Lamentations
Lamentations 1
Overview
1:1 The miseries of Jerusalem and of the Jews pathetically lamented, with confessions of their sins;
1:12 The attention and compassion of beholders demanded to this unprecedented case;
1:18 The justice of God acknowledged, and his mercy supplicated, with prayers against insulting foes. Verse 1 How dothThe LXX have the following words as an introduction: "And it came to pass after Israel had been carried captive, and Jerusalem was become desolate, that Jeremiah sat weeping, and lamented with this lamentation over Jerusalem, and said." Lamentations 2:1, 4:1; Isaiah 14:12; Jeremiah 50:23; Zephaniah 2:15; Revelation 18:16, 18:17 sit Lamentations 2:10; Isaiah 3:26, 47:1-15, 50:5, 52:2, 52:7; Jeremiah 9:11; Ezekiel 26:16 full Psalm 122:4; Isaiah 22:2; Zechariah 8:4, 8:5 as a Isaiah 47:8, 47:9, 54:4; Revelation 18:7 great 1 Kings 4:21; 2 Chronicles 9:26; Ezra 4:20 how is Lamentations 5:16; 2 Kings 23:33, 23:35; Nehemiah 5:4, 9:37 Reciprocal Leviticus 13:46 - without; 26:31 - And I will make; Deuteronomy 28:16 - in the city; Isaiah 24:12 - General; 47:5 - silent; 49:21 - am desolate; 54:11 - not comforted; 60:15 - thou; 64:10 - General; Jeremiah 12:11 - it mourneth; 15:9 - She that hath; 34:22 - and I will; 42:2 - left; 44:2 - a desolation; 48:39 - How is it; 51:34 - the king; Lamentations 1:9 - came; Ezekiel 26:2 - the gates; 26:17 - How art; 36:3 - they have made; Daniel 9:2 - the desolations; Amos 6:1 - named; Obadiah 1:5 - how; Micah 2:4 - a doleful lamentation Verse 2 weepeth Lamentations 1:16, 2:11, 2:18, 2:19; Job 7:3; Psalm 6:6, 77:2-6; Jeremiah 9:1, 9:17-19, 13:17 among Lamentations 1:19; Jeremiah 4:30, 22:20-22, 30:14; Ezekiel 16:37, 23:22-25; Hosea 2:7; Revelation 17:13, 17:16 none Lamentations 1:9, 1:16, 1:17, 1:21; Isaiah 51:18, 51:19 all her friends Job 6:15, 19:13, 19:14; Psalm 31:11; Proverbs 19:7; Micah 7:5 Reciprocal Ecclesiastes 4:1 - they had; Isaiah 5:5 - I will take; 24:16 - the treacherous; 54:11 - not comforted; 60:15 - thou; Jeremiah 6:26 - make thee; 9:18 - our eyes; 10:19 - Woe; 23:10 - the land; 38:22 - have set; 41:3 - General; John 11:19 - to comfort Verse 3 gone 2 Kings 24:14, 24:15, 25:11, 25:21; 2 Chronicles 36:20, 36:21; Jeremiah 39:9, 52:15, 52:27-30 because of great servitudeHeb. for the greatness of servitudeshe Lamentations 2:9; Leviticus 26:36-39; Deuteronomy 28:64-67; Jeremiah 24:9; Ezekiel 5:12 all Lamentations 4:18, 4:19; Jeremiah 16:16, 52:8; Amos 9:1-4 Reciprocal Leviticus 26:33 - General; Judges 20:42 - the battle; Ezra 2:1 - whom Nebuchadnezzar; Psalm 32:3 - bones; 129:1 - have they; Isaiah 23:12 - there also; Jeremiah 39:5 - Chaldeans' Verse 4 ways Lamentations 2:6, 2:7, 5:13; Isaiah 24:4-6; Jeremiah 14:2; Micah 3:12 all her gates Lamentations 2:9; Jeremiah 9:11, 10:22, 33:10-12 her priests Lamentations 1:11, 1:12, 1:18-20, 2:10, 2:11, 2:19-21; Isaiah 32:9-14; Joel 1:8-13 Reciprocal Leviticus 23:2 - the feasts; 26:22 - your high; Judges 5:6 - the highways; Psalm 144:14 - no breaking in; Isaiah 3:26 - her gates; 24:12 - General; 27:10 - the defenced; 33:8 - highways; Lamentations 1:8 - she sigheth; 3:47 - desolation; 5:14 - elders; Ezekiel 5:14 - I will; Joel 1:9 - the priests; Zephaniah 3:18 - sorrowful Verse 5 adversaries Lamentations 2:17, 3:46; Leviticus 26:17; Deuteronomy 28:43, 28:44; Psalm 80:6, 89:42; Isaiah 63:18; Jeremiah 12:7; Micah 7:8-10 for Lamentations 1:18, 3:39-43; Leviticus 26:15-46; Deuteronomy 4:25-27, 28:15-68, 29:18-28; 31:16-18, 31:29, 32:15-27; 2 Chronicles 36:14-16; Nehemiah 9:33, 9:34; Psalm 90:7, 90:8; Jeremiah 5:3-9, 5:29, 23:14, 30:14, 30:15, 44:21, 44:22; Ezekiel 8:17, 8:18, 9:9, 22:24-31; Daniel 9:7-16; Micah 3:9-12; Zephaniah 3:1-8 her children Jeremiah 39:9, 52:27-30 Reciprocal Deuteronomy 28:41 - thou shalt not enjoy them; 2 Kings 21:14 - deliver; Ezra 2:1 - whom Nebuchadnezzar; Psalm 5:10 - the; 13:2 - exalted; Isaiah 22:5 - breaking; Jeremiah 5:6 - because; Lamentations 1:8 - hath; 1:16 - my children Verse 6 from 2 Kings 19:21; Psalm 48:2, 48:3; Isaiah 1:21, 4:5, 12:6; Zephaniah 3:14-17 all Lamentations 2:1-7; 2 Samuel 4:11, 4:12; Psalm 50:2, 96:9, 132:12, 132:13; Jeremiah 52:8, 52:11, 52:13; Ezekiel 7:20-22, 11:22, 11:23, 24:21, 24:25 her princes Leviticus 26:36, 26:37; Deuteronomy 28:25, 32:30; Joshua 7:12, 7:13; Psalm 44:9-11; Jeremiah 29:4; 48:41, 51:30-32, 52:7 harts 14:5, 14:6, 47:3 Reciprocal Isaiah 23:10 - no more; Lamentations 1:16 - my children; 1:18 - my virgins; Romans 5:6 - without Verse 7 remembered Job 29:2-25, 30:1; Psalm 42:4, 77:3, 77:5-9; Hosea 2:7; Luke 15:17, 16:25 all her Deuteronomy 4:7, 4:8, 4:34-37, 8:7-9; Psalm 147:19, 147:20; Isaiah 5:1-4 pleasantor, desirable, Lamentations 1:10 the adversaries 2:15, 2:16; Psalm 79:4, 137:3, 137:4; Micah 4:11 Reciprocal Genesis 21:9 - mocking; 1 Kings 20:6 - pleasant; Nehemiah 1:3 - in great; Isaiah 64:11 - all our; Jeremiah 20:5 - I will deliver; Daniel 9:8 - because; Micah 7:14 - as; Zephaniah 3:18 - sorrowful Verse 8 hath Lamentations 1:5, 1:20; 1 Kings 8:46, 8:47, 9:7, 9:9; Isaiah 59:2-13; Jeremiah 6:28; Ezekiel 14:13-21; 22:2-15 removedHeb. become a removing, or wandering, Jeremiah 15:4, 24:9, 34:17; Ezekiel 23:46 *marg.all Lamentations 4:15, 4:16, 5:12-16; 1 Samuel 2:30 they Lamentations 4:21; Isaiah 47:3; Jeremiah 13:22, 13:26; Ezekiel 16:37-39, 23:29; Hosea 2:3, 2:10; Revelation 3:18 she sigheth Lamentations 1:4, 1:11, 1:21, 1:22, 2:10; Jeremiah 4:31 Reciprocal Leviticus 13:46 - without; 15:19 - and her issue; Isaiah 1:21 - become; Jeremiah 4:17 - because; 32:23 - therefore; 32:31 - that I; 44:3 - of their; 44:23 - ye have burned; Lamentations 2:15 - clap; 5:16 - woe; Ezekiel 5:14 - I will; 28:26 - despise; 39:23 - the heathen; Daniel 9:8 - because; 9:16 - Jerusalem; Zephaniah 1:17 - because; Luke 19:44 - because Verse 9 filthiness Lamentations 1:17; Jeremiah 2:34, 13:27; Ezekiel 24:12, 24:13 she remembereth Deuteronomy 32:29; Isaiah 47:7; Jeremiah 5:31; 1 Peter 4:17 came Lamentations 1:1, 4:1; Isaiah 3:8; Jeremiah 13:17, 13:18 she had Lamentations 1:2, 1:17, 1:21, 2:13; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Isaiah 40:2, 54:11; Hosea 2:14; John 11:19 behold Exodus 3:7, 3:17, 4:31; Deuteronomy 26:7; 1 Samuel 1:11; 2 Samuel 16:12; 2 Kings 14:26; Nehemiah 9:32; Psalm 25:18, 119:153; Daniel 9:17-19 for Deuteronomy 32:27; Psalm 74:8, 74:9, 74:22, 74:23, 140:8; Isaiah 37:4, 37:17, 37:23, 37:29; Jeremiah 48:26; 50:29; Zephaniah 2:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:4-8 Reciprocal Leviticus 15:19 - and her issue; Deuteronomy 28:59 - General; Psalm 9:13 - consider; 13:2 - enemy; Isaiah 1:21 - become; 4:4 - washed away; 29:4 - thou shalt; 51:19 - who shall; Lamentations 1:11 - see; 1:16 - I weep; 1:20 - Behold; Ezekiel 7:2 - An end; 16:36 - Because; Daniel 9:16 - Jerusalem; Revelation 17:4 - filthiness Verse 10 spread Lamentations 1:7; Isaiah 5:13, 5:14; Jeremiah 15:13, 20:5, 52:17-20 pleasantor, desirable, Lamentations 1:7 seen Psalm 74:4-8, 79:1-7; Isaiah 63:18, 64:10, 64:11; Jeremiah 51:51, 52:13; Ezekiel 7:22; 9:7 whom Deuteronomy 23:3; Nehemiah 13:1; Ezekiel 44:7; Mark 13:14 Reciprocal Leviticus 26:31 - and bring; Deuteronomy 23:1 - shall not enter; 1 Kings 20:6 - pleasant; 2 Kings 21:14 - deliver; 25:9 - he burnt; 25:13 - the; 2 Chronicles 12:9 - took away; Nehemiah 13:7 - in preparing; Psalm 74:3 - all; Jeremiah 12:10 - trodden; 14:21 - disgrace; 17:3 - I will; 39:8 - burned; 50:28 - vengeance of his; Ezekiel 7:20 - set it far from them; 24:10 - spice; 24:21 - I will; Daniel 11:31 - they shall pollute; Zechariah 14:2 - the houses; Acts 21:28 - brought; Revelation 11:2 - it is Verse 11 seek Lamentations 1:19, 2:12, 4:4-10; Deuteronomy 28:52-57; 2 Kings 6:25; Jeremiah 19:9, 38:9, 52:6; Ezekiel 4:15-17, 5:16, 5:17 relieve the soulHeb. make the soul to come again, 1 Samuel 30:11, 30:12 see Lamentations 1:9, 1:20, 2:20; Job 40:4; Psalm 25:15-19 Reciprocal Genesis 47:19 - buy us; Psalm 9:13 - consider; Isaiah 64:11 - all our; Jeremiah 12:10 - trodden; Lamentations 1:4 - her priests; 1:8 - she sigheth; 1:21 - have heard that; Ezekiel 4:16 - eat Verse 12 Is it nothingor, It is nothingpass byHeb. pass by the wayifThe church in distress here magnifies her affliction; and yet no more than there was cause for her groaning was not heavier than her strokes. She appeals to all spectators - see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow. This might truly be said of the griefs which were suffered in Jerusalem of old; but Christians are apt to apply these words too sensibly and sensitively to themselves, when they are in trouble, and sometimes more than there is reasonable cause to warrant. All men feel most from their own burden, and cannot be persuaded to reconcile themselves to it; how often do thy cry out in the words we are illustrating! whereas, if their troubles were to be thrown into a common stock with those of others, and then an equal dividend made, share and share alike, rather than approve such an arrangement, each would be ready to say, "Pray give me my own again." - Henry. Lamentations 2:13, 4:6-11; Daniel 9:12; Matthew 24:21; Luke 21:22, 21:23, 23:28-31 Reciprocal Deuteronomy 28:59 - General; 2 Chronicles 35:13 - roasted; Job 1:18 - there came; 19:6 - compassed; Isaiah 13:13 - in the wrath; 30:27 - burning; 51:19 - who shall; Jeremiah 10:19 - Woe; 15:5 - For who; 17:4 - for; 20:18 - to see; 30:7 - so; Lamentations 1:4 - her priests; 1:18 - hear; 1:21 - have heard that; 3:1 - the man; Ezekiel 27:32 - What city; Zechariah 1:2 - Lord; Matthew 27:39 - reviled; 27:46 - Eli; Mark 13:19 - in those; 14:34 - My soul; 15:29 - they; 15:34 - why; Luke 22:44 - being; John 19:5 - Behold; Romans 9:2 - General Verse 13 above Lamentations 2:3, 2:4; Deuteronomy 32:21-25; Job 30:30; Psalm 22:14, 31:10, 102:3-5; Nahum 1:6; Habakkuk 3:16; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Habakkuk 3:1 he hath spread Lamentations 4:17-20; Job 18:8, 19:6; Psalm 66:11; Ezekiel 12:13, 17:20, 32:3; Hosea 7:12 he hath turned Psalm 35:4, 70:2, 70:3, 129:5; Isaiah 42:17 desolate Lamentations 1:22, 5:17; Deuteronomy 28:65; Jeremiah 4:19-29 Reciprocal Exodus 12:9 - but roast with fire; Deuteronomy 28:66 - General; 2 Chronicles 35:13 - roasted; Proverbs 29:5 - spreadeth; Isaiah 30:27 - burning; Jeremiah 38:22 - they are; 45:3 - I fainted; Lamentations 3:11 - he hath made; 3:47 - desolation; Micah 6:13 - in; 1 Timothy 5:5 - and desolate Verse 14 yoke Deuteronomy 28:48; Proverbs 5:22; Isaiah 14:25, 47:6; Jeremiah 27:8, 27:12, 28:14 delivered 25:9, 34:20, 34:21, 37:17, 39:1-9; Ezekiel 11:9, 21:31, 23:28, 25:4, 25:7; Hosea 5:14 Reciprocal Numbers 19:2 - upon which; Psalm 38:4 - as an; Isaiah 24:20 - the transgression; 28:22 - lest; 42:24 - General; Jeremiah 51:34 - the king; Lamentations 3:7 - made; 5:5 - Our necks are under persecution; Micah 2:3 - necks; Zephaniah 1:17 - because; Zechariah 5:8 - the weight Verse 15 trodden 2 Kings 9:33, 24:14-16, 25:4-7; Psalm 119:118; Isaiah 5:5, 28:18; Jeremiah 50:26 *marg. Daniel 3:13; Micah 7:10; Malachi 4:3; Luke 21:24; Habakkuk 3:1 crush Lamentations 3:34; Deuteronomy 28:33; Judges 10:8 *marg. Jeremiah 51:34 the virginetc. or, the winepress of the virgin, etc. 14:17 as in Isaiah 63:3; Revelation 14:19, 14:20, 19:15 Reciprocal 2 Kings 19:21 - The virgin; Isaiah 23:12 - thou oppressed; 25:10 - even; 28:3 - shall; 37:22 - The virgin; 51:20 - sons; Jeremiah 18:13 - virgin; 31:4 - O; Lamentations 2:21 - my virgins; Joel 3:13 - for the press Verse 16 I weep Lamentations 1:2, 1:9, 2:11, 2:18, 3:48, 3:49; Psalm 119:136; Jeremiah 9:1, 9:10, 13:17, 14:17; Luke 19:41-44; Romans 9:1-3 relieveHeb. bring back, Hosea 9:12 my children Lamentations 1:5, 1:6, 2:20-22, 4:2-10; Jeremiah 9:21 Reciprocal Job 16:16 - face; Psalm 6:6 - I water; 13:4 - I have; 137:1 - we wept; Isaiah 51:19 - by whom; 54:11 - not comforted; Jeremiah 4:19 - My bowels; 6:26 - make thee; 8:18 - my; 44:2 - a desolation; Lamentations 1:17 - none; 1:21 - have heard that; 3:17 - thou; Joel 1:9 - the priests; Amos 5:2 - none; Luke 13:34 - thy; John 11:19 - to comfort; 11:35 - General Verse 17 spreadeth 1 Kings 8:22, 8:38; Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 4:31 none Lamentations 1:2, 1:9, 1:16, 1:19, 1:21 commanded 2:1-8, 2:17-22; 2 Kings 24:2-4, 25:1; Jeremiah 6:3, 16:6, 21:4, 21:5, 34:22; Ezekiel 7:23, 7:24; Hosea 8:8; Luke 19:43, 19:44 Jerusalem Lamentations 1:9, 4:15; Leviticus 15:19-27; Ezekiel 36:17 Reciprocal Isaiah 30:22 - as a; 51:19 - who shall; 54:11 - not comforted; Jeremiah 8:18 - my Verse 18 Lord Exodus 9:27; Deuteronomy 32:4; Judges 1:7; Ezra 9:13; Nehemiah 9:33; Psalm 119:75, 145:17; Jeremiah 12:1; Daniel 9:7, 9:14; Zephaniah 3:5; Romans 2:5, 3:19; Revelation 15:3, 15:4, 16:5-7 for I Lamentations 3:42; 1 Samuel 12:14, 12:15, 15:23; Nehemiah 1:6-8, 9:26; Psalm 107:11; Daniel 9:9-16 commandmentHeb. mouth, 1 Kings 13:21 hear Lamentations 1:12; Deuteronomy 29:22-28; 1 Kings 9:8, 9:9; Jeremiah 22:8, 22:9, 25:28, 25:29, 49:12; Ezekiel 14:22, 14:23 my virgins Lamentations 1:5, 1:6; Deuteronomy 28:32-41 Reciprocal Genesis 45:21 - commandment; Leviticus 26:14 - General; 2 Chronicles 12:6 - the Lord; Psalm 102:10 - Because; 129:4 - The Lord; Isaiah 42:24 - General; 63:10 - they rebelled; Jeremiah 4:17 - because; 32:23 - therefore; Lamentations 1:4 - her priests; 1:20 - for; 2:21 - my virgins; 3:51 - the daughters; 5:16 - woe; Daniel 9:8 - because; Amos 8:13 - General; Micah 7:9 - bear; Zephaniah 1:17 - because; Zechariah 1:6 - Like Verse 19 for Lamentations 1:2, 4:17; Job 19:13-19; Jeremiah 2:28, 30:14, 37:7-9 my priests Lamentations 1:11, 2:20, 4:7-9, 5:12; Jeremiah 14:15-18, 23:11-15, 27:13-15 Reciprocal Isaiah 51:20 - sons; Jeremiah 4:30 - in vain; 22:20 - for; Lamentations 1:17 - none; 5:14 - elders; Ezekiel 16:37 - General; Obadiah 1:7 - the men of; Matthew 26:31 - and the Verse 20 Behold Lamentations 1:9, 1:11; Isaiah 38:14 my bowels Lamentations 2:11; Job 30:27; Psalm 22:14; Isaiah 16:11; Jeremiah 4:19, 31:20, 48:36; Hosea 11:8; Habakkuk 3:16 for Lamentations 1:18; Leviticus 26:40-42; 1 Kings 8:47-50; Job 33:27; Psalm 51:3, 51:4; Proverbs 28:13; Jeremiah 2:35, 3:13; Luke 15:18, 15:19, 18:13, 18:14 abroad Lamentations 4:9, 4:10; Deuteronomy 32:25; Jeremiah 9:21, 9:22, 14:18; Ezekiel 7:15 Reciprocal Job 10:15 - see; Isaiah 63:10 - they rebelled; Jeremiah 4:31 - because; Lamentations 1:8 - hath; 5:1 - Remember; Ezekiel 14:13 - when Verse 21 have heard that Lamentations 1:2, 1:8, 1:11, 1:12, 1:16, 1:22 they are 2:15, 4:21, 4:22; Psalm 35:15, 38:16, 137:7; Jeremiah 48:27, 50:11; Ezekiel 25:3, 25:6, 25:8, 25:15, 26:2; Obadiah 1:12, 1:13 thou wilt Isaiah 13:1-14:32, 47:1-15; Jeremiah 25:17-29, 46:1-51:64; Ezekiel 25:1-32:32; Amos 1:1-15 the day Psalm 37:13; Joel 3:14 calledor, proclaimedthey shall Lamentations 4:22; Deuteronomy 32:41-43; Psalm 137:8, 137:9; Isaiah 51:22, 51:23; Jeremiah 50:15, 50:29, 50:31; 51:24, 51:49; Micah 7:9, 7:10; Habakkuk 2:15-17; Revelation 18:6 Reciprocal Isaiah 52:5 - make; 54:11 - not comforted; Jeremiah 30:16 - General; 48:26 - and he also; 50:27 - their day; Lamentations 1:9 - she had; 1:17 - none; Ezekiel 31:11 - I have driven; Haggai 1:11 - I called; John 11:19 - to comfort Verse 22 all their Nehemiah 4:4, 4:5; Psalm 109:14, 109:15, 137:7-9; Jeremiah 10:25, 18:23, 51:35; Luke 23:31; Revelation 6:10 my heart Lamentations 1:13, 5:17; Isaiah 13:7; Jeremiah 8:18; Ephesians 3:13 Reciprocal Isaiah 21:2 - all the; Jeremiah 45:3 - I fainted; Lamentations 1:8 - she sigheth; 1:21 - have heard that