Lamentations 1:14

Lamentations 1:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
• New International Version (NIV)“My sins have been bound into a yoke; by his hands they were woven together. They have been hung on my neck, and the Lord has sapped my strength. He has given me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"My transgressions were bound into a yoke; by his hand they were fastened together; they were set upon my neck; he caused my strength to fail; the Lord gave me into the hands of those whom I cannot withstand.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“The yoke of my transgressions was bound; They were woven together by His hands, And thrust upon my neck. He made my strength fail; The Lord delivered me into the hands of those whom I am not able to withstand.

Context of Lamentations 1:14

12‘Come and really look at me! All you people who pass me do not show any interest in me. But you have never seen anything as sad as I am. The Lord was very angry with me. So it was the Lord who did this to me. 13It is like God has sent fire down into our bones to hurt us. He wants us to turn towards him again, so he has caused things to be very difficult for us. All day he causes us to feel lonely and weak. He has caused our sins to seem like something very heavy that lies on our necks. It makes us weak. He has let the enemy be very strong. He let them win against us. So we cannot beat them. 15The Lord has let the enemy beat all our strong men. He brought a big army to fight our young men, and the enemy won that fight. The Lord God has punished us, like people walk on grapes to break them. He has let the enemy destroy the people of Judah. 16We weep because of these things. Tears run down our faces because God is not with us. Nobody will help us. We are the children of this city and we have nothing now. The enemy has won.’

Lamentations 1:14 word by word

נִשְׂקַד֩ עֹ֨ל פְּשָׁעַ֜י בְּיָד֗וֹ יִשְׂתָּֽרְג֛וּ עָל֥וּ עַל־צַוָּארִ֖י הִכְשִׁ֣יל כֹּחִ֑י נְתָנַ֣נִי אֲדֹנָ֔י בִּידֵ֖י לֹא־אוּכַ֥ל קֽוּם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The yokeעֹל‛ôl ‛ôl · yokeH5923
• of my transgressionsפֶּ֫שַׁעpesha‛ · transgressionH6588
• is boundשָׂקַדώâqad · to bindH8244
• by his handיָדyâd · handH3027
• they are wreathedשָׂרַגώârag · to intertwineH8276
• come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• upon my neckצַוָּארtsavvâ'r tsavvâr tsavvârôn tsavvâ'râh · neckH6677
• he hath made my strengthכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• to fallכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• hath deliveredנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• handsיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• I am not ableיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• to rise upקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965

Cross-references for Lamentations 1:14

• Deuteronomy 28:48So you will serve your enemies that the Lord will send to attack you. You will be hungry and thirsty. You will be so poor that you do not even have clothes to wear. Your enemies will make you work so hard that they will destroy you.
• Proverbs 5:22The sins of a wicked person will be the trap that catches him. They will hold him like strong ropes.
• Isaiah 14:25I will destroy the Assyrians who are in my land. I will knock them down on my mountains. They will no longer be cruel to my people. My people will not be their slaves any more.
• Isaiah 47:6I was angry with my own people. They belonged to me as my special people, but I punished them like ordinary people. I gave you the power to hurt them, and you were not kind to them. You were very cruel to old people.
• Jeremiah 27:8But if the people of any nation or kingdom refuse to serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, I will punish those people. They must agree to work for him, like oxen that have a yoke around their necks. If they refuse, I will cause the king of Babylon to punish that nation. I will destroy them with war, famine or disease.
• Jeremiah 28:14Yes, the Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says this: I have put an iron yoke around the necks of all those nations. They will have to serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon as his slaves. Everything will be under his power, even the wild animals.” ’
• Jeremiah 25:9So I, the Lord, tell you that I will call the nations in the north to come. I will call my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, to come. I will bring them to attack this land and the people who live here. They will also attack all the nations that are around you. I will completely destroy this land, its people and all the nations around it. Their houses will become heaps of stones for ever. The land will become a terrible place. People will always see how foolish my people are.
• Jeremiah 34:20I will put them under the power of their enemies. Their enemies will kill them. Birds and wild animals will eat their dead bodies as food.
• Jeremiah 37:17Then King Zedekiah told his officers to bring Jeremiah to the palace. When they were alone, the king asked him, ‘Do you have any message for me from the Lord?’ Jeremiah replied, ‘Yes, there is a message. Soldiers will put you under the power of the king of Babylon.’
• Jeremiah 39:1This is how the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon got power over Jerusalem. In the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah had ruled Judah as king, Nebuchadnezzar's army marched to attack Jerusalem. The whole army made their camp around the city.
• Ezekiel 11:9“I will remove you from this city. I will put you under the power of a foreign army. I will use them to punish you.
• Ezekiel 21:31I will punish you very strongly, because I am so angry with you. I will put you under the power of cruel men who know how to destroy people.
• Ezekiel 23:28This is what the Almighty Lord says: “Listen! I will put you under the power of people that you hate. Those were the people that you turned away from because you were upset.
• Ezekiel 25:4So listen to me! I will give you to the people in the east to be their slaves. Their soldiers will come and they will put their tents among you. They will live among you. They will eat your fruit and they will drink your milk.
• Hosea 5:14I will attack Ephraim's people like a lion. I will also attack Judah's people like a young lion. I myself will tear them into pieces. I will carry them away. Nobody will be able to rescue them.

Commentaries on Lamentations 1:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14The yoke of my transgressions - I am now tied and bound by the chain of my sins; and it is so wreathed, so doubled and twisted round me, that I cannot free myself. A fine representation of the miseries of a penitent soul, which feels that nothing but the pitifulness of God's mercy can loose it.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12-16Verses 12-16 The lamentation of the city, personified as a woman in grief over her fate. Lamentations 1:13 It prevaileth - Or, hath subdued. He hath turned me back - Judaea, like a hunted animal, endeavors to escape, but finds every outlet blocked by nets, and recoils from them with terror and a sense of utter hopelessness. Lamentations 1:14 Bound by his hand - As the plowman binds the yoke upon the neck of oxen, so God compels Judah to bear the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-22Verses 12-22 Jerusalem, sitting dejected on the ground, calls on those that passed by, to consider whether her example did not concern them. Her outward sufferings were great, but her inward sufferings were harder to bear, through the sense of guilt. Sorrow for sin must be great sorrow, and must affect the soul. Here we see the evil of sin, and may take warning to flee from the wrath to come. Whatever may be learned from the sufferings of Jerusalem, far…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Because of their sins, the people of Judah were punished. The Babylonians tied them together with ropes and took them away as captives (prisoners of war). They forced them to go into exile (to live in a foreign land).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. yoke ... is bound by his hand--(De 28:48). Metaphor from husbandmen, who, after they have bound the yoke to the neck of oxen, hold the rein firmly twisted round the hand. Thus the translation will be, "in His hand." Or else, "the yoke of my transgressions" (that is, of punishment for my transgressions) is held so fast fixed on me "by" God, that there is no loosening of it; thus English Version, "by His hand." wreathed--My sins are like the withes…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Lamentations 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings