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Lamentations 1

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 1 of 5

1 How alone sits the city that was full of people! She has become like a widow, one great among the nations; a noblewoman among the provinces has become a payer of tribute.

2 She bitterly weeps in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks. She has no one out of all the ones loving her. All her friends dealt deceitfully with her; they became enemies to her.

3 Judah went captive from affliction, and from great slavery. She dwells among the nations; she finds no rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her between the straits.

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Chapter Summary

The miserable state of Jerusalem by reason of sin.

Key Hebrew Words

צַר shew hostility toward H6887 · TWOT 1974
רֵעֶ֨י friend H7453 · TWOT 2186a
רֶ֤שֶׁת net H7568 · TWOT 920c
בָּ֣גְדוּ act treacherously H898 · TWOT 198
אַחֲרִיתָ֔ after-part H319 · TWOT 68g

People & Context

Zion Becomes a Widow

Jerusalem, once full of people and great among the nations, sits alone and becomes like a widow and a payer of tribute.

The Exile of Judah

Judah goes into captivity due to severe affliction and slavery, forced to dwell among the nations with no rest.

Invasion of the Holy Place

Oppressive nations spread their hands on Jerusalem's desirable things and enter into her holy place.

Timeline

Zion Becomes a Widow

Jerusalem, once full of people and great among the nations, sits alone and becomes like a widow and a payer of tribute.

Lamentations 1:1
The Exile of Judah

Judah goes into captivity due to severe affliction and slavery, forced to dwell among the nations with no rest.

Lamentations 1:3
Invasion of the Holy Place

Oppressive nations spread their hands on Jerusalem's desirable things and enter into her holy place.

Lamentations 1:10

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