Lamentations 1:16

For these things I weep; 1 mine eye, mine eye runneth down with mayim, 1 because the Menachem (comforter) 1 that should refresh my nefesh is far from me; 1 my children are desolate, 1 because the enemy hath prevailed. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

In Context

15Adonoi hath taken away 1 all my strong ones in my midst; 1 He hath proclaimed a mo'ed (set time) against me 1 to crush my young men; 1 Adonoi hath trodden the winepress 1 for the Betulat Bat Yehudah. 1

17Tziyon stretcheth forth her hands, 1 yet there is no Menachem (comforter) for her; 1 Hashem hath commanded concerning Ya'akov, 1 that his adversaries should be round about him; 1 Yerushalayim is as a niddah (menstruous woman) among them. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 106:42Their oyevim also oppressed them, 1 and they were brought into subjection under their yad. 1

Ecclesiastes 4:1So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the shemesh, and, hinei, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no menachem (comforter); and on the side of their oppressors there was ko'ach (power); but they had no menachem (comforter).

Jeremiah 9:1Oh that I had in the midbar 1 a malon orkhim (travelersʼ lodge); 1 that I might leave my people, 1 and go from them! 1 For they are all no'afim (adulterers), 1 an atzeret bogedim (band of treacherous traitors). 1

Jeremiah 9:21Speak: Thus saith Hashem, 1 Even the nevilah of adam shall fall 1 like domen (dung) upon the sadeh, 1 and the omer (sheaf) after the kotzer (harvester), 1 and none shall gather them.

Jeremiah 14:17Therefore thou shalt say this davar unto them: 1 Let mine eyes run down with tears 1 lailah and yomam, and let them not cease: 1 for the Betulat Bat Ami is broken 1 with a shever gadol (great calamity), 1 with a severe wound. 1

Lamentations 1:2She weepeth bitterly in the lailah (night), 1 and her tears are on her cheeks; 1 among all her lovers she hath no Menachem (comforter); 1 all her friends have dealt treacherously with her; 1 they have become her enemies. 1

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 1:13-22

God Acknowledged in Affliction; Jerusalem's Complaint. ( b. c. 588.) 12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. 13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day. 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are… Read the whole commentary →

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