Lamentations 1:9

Her filthiness is in her skirts; 1 she remembereth not her latter end; 1 therefore she sank appallingly; 1 she had no Menachem (comforter). 1 O Hashem, behold my affliction; 1 for the enemy hath triumphed. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.

In Context

8Yerushalayim hath grievously sinned; 1 therefore she is niddah + 1:8 Lv 15:19 (unclean, Jewish womanʼs untouchability during menstruation); 1 all that honored her despise her, 1 because they have seen her erom (nakedness); 1 yea, she sigheth, and turneth away for shame. 1

10The adversary hath spread out his hand 1 upon all her precious things; 1 for she hath seen how the Goyim 1 entered into her [Beis] Hamikdash, 1 whom Thou didst command that 1 they should not enter into Thy Kahal (congregation, community). 1

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Cross References

Exodus 3:7And Hashem said, I have surely seen the oni ami (affliction of My people) which are in Mitzrayim, and have heard their cry by reason of their nogesim (taskmasters); for I know their makhovim (sufferings);

Exodus 4:31And HaAm believed; and when they heard that Hashem had visited the Bnei Yisroel, and that He had looked upon their oni, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.

Deuteronomy 32:27Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, 1 lest their adversaries should misinterpret, 1 and lest they should say, Our hand is triumphant, 1 and Hashem hath not done all this. 1

1 Samuel 1:11And she vowed a neder (vow), and said, O Hashem Tzva'os, if thou wilt indeed look on the misery of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid zera anashim, then I will give him unto Hashem kol yamei of his chayyah, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

2 Kings 14:26For Hashem saw the oni Yisroel, that it was mar me'od (very bitter) for there was neither atzur (slave) nor azuv (free), no ozer (helper) at all for Yisroel.

Psalms 25:18[Resh] Look upon mine affliction and my pain; 1 and take away all my chattot. 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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