Lamentations 1:21

They have heard that I sigh; 1 there is no Menachem (comforter); 1 all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; 1 they are glad that Thou hast done it; 1 Thou bringest the Yom Karata (the day that Thou has proclaimed), 1 that they + 1:21 see 1:18 [all the peoples] may be like me. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

In Context

20Consider, O Hashem how I am in distress; 1 my bowels are troubled; 1 mine lev is turned within me; 1 for I have grievously rebelled; 1 without, + 1:20 i.e., outside the cherev (sword) bereaveth, 1 within + 1:20 i.e., babayit, at home it is like mavet (death). 1

22Let all their wickedness come before Thee; 1 and do unto them, 1 as Thou hast done unto me for all my peysha'im; 1 for my sighs are many, 1 and my lev is faint.

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Cross References

Psalms 35:15But at mine stumbling they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together; 1 yes, the attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I had no da'as; 1 they did tear at me, + 35:15 with slander and ceased not: 1

Psalms 38:16For I wait for Thee, Hashem; 1 Thou wilt hear, Adonoi Elohai. 1

Isaiah 13:1The massa (burden) of Bavel (Babylon), which Yeshayah Ben Amotz did see. 1

Isaiah 51:22Thus saith thy L-rd Hashem, 1 and thy G-d that pleadeth the cause of His people: 1 Hinei, I have taken out of thine yad 1 the Kos HaTarelah (Cup of Reeling, the Cup that causes reeling), 1 even the dregs of the cup of My fury; 1 thou shalt no more drink it again; 1

Jeremiah 30:16Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; 1 and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; 1 and they that plunder thee shall become plunder, 1 and all that prey upon thee will I give for prey. 1

Jeremiah 48:27For was not Yisroel a derision unto thee? Was he found among ganavim (thieves)? For since thou spoke of him, thou dost scornful head wagging. 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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