Lamentations 1:2

She 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 doth HaIr (the city, Yerushalayim) sit solitary, 1 that was full of people! 1 How is she become like an almanah (widow)! 1 She that was great among the Goyim, 1 and sarah (princess) among the provinces, 1 how is she become a forced laborer! 1

3Yehudah is gone into the Golus (Exile) under affliction, 1 and under great avodah (servitude); 1 she dwelleth among the Goyim; 1 she findeth no manoach (rest); 1 all her rodefim (persecutors) 1 overtook her in dire straits. 1

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Cross References

Job 6:15Achai (my brethren) have dealt deceitfully as a wadi, 1 and as the torrents of wadis they vanish away; 1

Job 19:13He hath put achai (my brethren) far from me, 1 and mine acquaintances are verily estranged from me. 1

Psalms 31:11For my life is spent with grief, 1 and my years with groaning; 1 my ko'ach faileth because of mine avon (iniquity), 1 and my atzmot waste away. 1

Psalms 77:2I cried unto Elohim with my voice, 1 even unto Elohim with my voice; and He gave ear unto me. 1

Isaiah 51:18Among kol banim whom she hath given birth to, 1 there is none to guide her; 1 neither is there any that taketh her by the yad 1 of kol banim that she hath reared. 1

Jeremiah 4:30And thou, O plundered one, + 4:30 Jerusalem 1 what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, 1 though thou deckest thee with jewelry of zahav, 1 though thou paintest thy eyes with cosmetics, 1 in vain thou adornest thyself; 1 thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy nefesh. 1

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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