Lamentations 1:2

She weeps and wails in the night, and her tears cover her cheeks. 1 None of her lovers comfort her. 1 All her friends have betrayed her. They have become her enemies. 1

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She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

In Context

1The city that once was full of people is now sitting all alone. 1 She has become like a widow, though she was a mighty nation. 1 She was a princess among the nations, but is now forced into slavery. 1

3After poverty and affliction, Judah has gone into exile. 1 She lives among the nations and finds no rest. 1 All her pursuers overtook her in her desperation. 1

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Cross References

Job 6:15But my brothers have been as faithful to me as a desert streambed, 1 as channels of water that pass away to nothing, 1

Job 19:13He has put my brothers far from me; 1 my acquaintances are wholly alienated from me. 1

Psalms 31:11Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; 1 my neighbors are appalled at my situation, 1 and those who know me are horrified. 1 Those who see me in the street run from me. 1

Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; 1 at night I stretched my hands out, and they would not become tired. 1 My soul refused to be comforted. 1

Isaiah 51:18There is no one among all the sons she has born to guide her; 1 there is no one among all the sons that she has raised to take her by the hand. 1

Jeremiah 4:30Now that you have been devastated, what will you do? For though you dress in scarlet, adorn yourself with gold jewelry, and make your eyes look bigger with paint, the men who lusted for you now reject you. Instead, they are trying to take away your life.

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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