Lamentations 1:2

She weeps sore in the night, 1 And her tears are on her cheeks; 1 And there is none of all her lovers to comfort her: 1 All that were her friends have dealt deceitfully with her, 1 They are become her enemies. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1How does the city that was filled with people sit solitary! 1 She is become as a widow: 1 She that was magnified among the nations, 1 And princess among the provinces, 1 Has become tributary. 1

3Judea is gone into captivity by reason of her affliction, 1 And by reason of the abundance of her servitude: 1 She dwells among the nations, 1 She has not found rest: 1 All her pursuers have overtaken her between her oppressors. 1

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Cross References

Job 6:15My nearest relations have not regarded me; 1 They have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave. 1

Job 19:13My brethren have stood aloof from me; 1 They have recognized strangers rather than me: 1 And my friends have become pitiless. 1

Psalms 31:11Be glad in the Lord, and exult, ye righteous: 1 And glory, all ye that are upright in heart.

Psalms 77:2I will open my mouth in parables: 1 I will utter dark sayings which have been from the beginning. 1

Isaiah 51:18and there was none to comfort thee of all the children whom thou borest; and there was none to take hold of thy hand, not even of all the children whom thou hast reared.

Jeremiah 4:30And what wilt thou do? Though thou clothe thyself with scarlet, and adorn thyself with golden ornaments; though thou adorn thine eyes with stibium, thy beauty will be in vain: thy lovers have rejected thee, they seek thy life.

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 1:2-12

Lamentations Since what Solomon says, though contrary to the common opinion of the world, is certainly true, that sorrow is better than laughter, and it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting, we should come to the reading and consideration of the melancholy chapters of this book, not only willingly, but with an expectation to edify ourselves by them; and, that we may do this, we must compose ourselves to a holy sadness and resolve to weep with the weeping prophet. Let us consider,… Read the whole commentary →

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