Lamentations 1:4

The darkhei Tziyon (approaches to Tziyon) do mourn, 1 because none come to mo'ed (set feasts); 1 all her she'arim (gates) are desolate; 1 her kohanim sigh, 1 her betulot (virgins) are afflicted, 1 and she is in bitterness. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.

In Context

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

5Her adversaries are now the rosh (supreme, master); 1 her enemies prosper; 1 for Hashem hath afflicted her 1 because of the multitude of her peysha'im (transgressions); 1 her olalim (little children) are gone 1 into captivity before the enemy. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 3:26And her gates shall lament and mourn; 1 and she being desolate shall sit upon ha'aretz.

Isaiah 32:9Rise up, ye nashim that are complacently at ease; 1 hear my voice, ye banot at ease; 1 give ozen unto my speech. 1

Jeremiah 10:22Hinei, the noise! The report is come, 1 and a great commotion out of Eretz Tzafon, 1 to make the towns of Yehudah desolate, 1 and a haunt of jackals. 1

Jeremiah 33:10Thus saith Hashem; Again there shall be heard in this makom, which ye say shall be desolate without adam and without behemah, even in the towns of Yehudah, and in the streets of Yerushalayim, that are desolate, without adam, and without inhabitant, and without behemah,

Lamentations 1:18Tzaddik is Hashem; 1 for I have rebelled against His mouth; 1 hear, I pray you, kol amim (all people), 1 and behold my sorrow; 1 my betulot and my bochurim 1 are gone into captivity. 1

Lamentations 2:9Her she'arim are sunk into the ground; 1 He hath destroyed and broken her bars; 1 her melech and her sarim (princes) are among the Goyim; 1 the torah is no more; 1 her nevi'im also find no chazon (vision) from Hashem. 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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