Lamentations 1:10

The adversary has put his hand on all our precious treasures. 1 She has seen the nations enter her sanctuary, 1 even though you had commanded that they must not enter into your assembly place. 1

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The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

In Context

9She has become unclean beneath her skirts. She did not think about her future. 1 Her fall was terrible. There was no one to comfort her. 1 She cried out, “Look at my affliction, Yahweh, for the enemy has become too great!” 1

11All her people groan as they search for bread. 1 They have given their precious treasures for food to restore their lives. 1 Look, Yahweh, and consider me, for I have become worthless. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:4This is because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the road when you had come out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim, to curse you.

Nehemiah 13:1On that day they read in the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people. It was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should come into the assembly of God, forever.

Psalms 79:1God, foreign nations have come into your inheritance; 1 they have defiled your holy temple; 1 they have turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins. 1

Isaiah 63:18Your people possessed your holy place for a short time, but then our enemies trampled it. 1

Jeremiah 15:13I will give to your enemies your wealth and treasures as free plunder. 1 I will do this because of all your sins committed within all your borders. 1

Jeremiah 27:19Yahweh of hosts says this about the pillars, the large basin known as “The Sea” and its base, and the rest of the objects that remain in this city—

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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