Lamentations 1:17

Compare all

15 “The Lord has trampled underfoot all my mighty men in my midst;
He has called an assembly against me
To crush my young men;
^aThe Lord trampled as in a winepress
The virgin daughter of Judah.

16 “For these things I weep;
My eye, ^amy eye overflows with water;
Because the comforter, who should restore my life,
Is far from me.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy prevailed.”

17 ^aZion¹ spreads out her hands,
But no one comforts her;
The Lord has commanded concerning Jacob
That those ^baround him become his adversaries;
Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

18 “The Lord is ^arighteous,
For I ^brebelled against His commandment.
Hear now, all peoples,
And behold my sorrow;
My virgins and my young men
Have gone into captivity.

19 “I called for my lovers,
But they deceived me;
My priests and my elders
Breathed their last in the city,
While they sought food
To restore their life.

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

<< Lamentations 1:16

Lamentations 1:18 >>

Lamentations 1:17

Spreadeth forth her hands - In prayer Exodus 9:29, Exodus 9:33, but Zion entreats in vain. There is no one to comfort her - not God, for He is chastising her, nor man, for all the neighboring nations have become her enemies. See Lamentations 1:2.

That his adversaries ... - Rather, that those round about him should be his adversaries; all the neighboring states should regard him with aversion.

Jerusalem is ... - i. e. is become an abomination. The words are virtually the same as in Lamentations 1:8.

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Lamentations 1:17:**

Isaiah 53:4
Isaiah 64:6

<< Lamentations 1:16

Lamentations 1:18 >>

DISCLAIMER: Church of the Great God (CGG) provides these resources to aid the individual in studying the Bible. However, it is up to the individual to "prove all things, and hold fast to that which is good" (I Thessalonians 5:21). The content of these resources does not necessarily reflect the views of CGG. They are provided for information purposes only.