Lamentations 1:22

Let 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.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

In Context

21They 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

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Cross References

Nehemiah 4:4And Yehudah said, The koach of the bearers of burdens is giving out, and there is much rubble, so that we are not able to rebuild the Chomah (Wall).

Psalms 109:14Let the avon of his avot be remembered before Hashem; 1 and let not the chattat immo be blotted out. 1

Isaiah 13:7Therefore shall kol yadayim (all hands) fall weak, 1 and kol levav enosh shall melt; 1

Jeremiah 10:25Pour out Thy fury upon the Goyim that know Thee not, 1 and upon the mishpekhot that call not on Shimecha (Thy Name); + 10:25 See Yoel 3:5; Ac 2:21; Ro 10:13 1 for they have eaten up Ya'akov, 1 and devoured him, and consumed him, 1 and have made his habitation desolate.

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

Lamentations 1:13From above hath He sent eish 1 into my atzamot (bones), and it prevaileth against them; 1 He hath spread a net for my feet, 1 He hath turned me back; 1 He hath made me desolate and kol hayom (ever) languishing. 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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