Lamentations 1:9

Lamentations 1:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Her filthiness clung to her skirts; she did not consider her future. Her fall was astounding; there was none to comfort her. “Look, Lord, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Her uncleanness was in her skirts; she took no thought of her future; therefore her fall is terrible; she has no comforter. "O Lord, behold my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Her uncleanness is in her skirts; She did not consider her destiny; Therefore her collapse was awesome; She had no comforter. “O Lord, behold my affliction, For the enemy is exalted!”

Context of Lamentations 1:9

7Jerusalem's people are in trouble and they are away from their homes now. So they remember the good things that they had a long time ago. When their enemies came, nobody was there with them. Nobody helped them. Their enemies laughed when they destroyed Jerusalem. 8Jerusalem's people have sinned very much. That is why this city is not clean any longer. People thought that this city was the best. Now they think that it is not important. They see it as it is. Jerusalem's people make sad noises and they want to hide themselves away. Jerusalem seemed dirty because the people were so bad. They never thought that the end would be like this. But their enemies destroyed the city. They do not have anyone who can comfort them. God did not listen any longer when they asked for his help. ‘Lord, see our troubles. See how happy our enemies are,’ the people pray. 10The enemies have taken away all Jerusalem's valuable things. Foreign people have walked into God's holy house. But God had said that people like that must not go in there. They are not his people. 11Jerusalem's people are making sad noises. They are sad as they look for food. They sell things that they love. They use them to buy food. That way, they can keep themselves alive. ‘Lord, see what is happening. Think about me, because nobody else does,’ the people pray.

Lamentations 1:9 word by word

טֻמְאָתָ֣הּ בְּשׁוּלֶ֗יהָ לֹ֤א זָֽכְרָה֙ אַחֲרִיתָ֔הּ וַתֵּ֣רֶד פְּלָאִ֔ים אֵ֥ין מְנַחֵ֖ם לָ֑הּ רְאֵ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֶת־עָנְיִ֔י כִּ֥י הִגְדִּ֖יל אוֹיֵֽב׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Her filthinessטֻמְאָהţûm'âh · uncleannessH2932
• in her skirtsשׁוּלshûl · hemH7757
• she rememberethזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• not her last endאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
• therefore she came downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• wonderfullyפֶּ֫לֶאpele' · wonderH6382
• she had no comforterנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162
• O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• beholdרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• my afflictionעֳנִי‛ŏnîy · afflictionH6040
• for the enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• hath magnifiedגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431

Cross-references for Lamentations 1:9

• Lamentations 1:17Zion's people ask for help, but nobody is their friend. They are Jacob's children. But the Lord has said that he will cause their enemies to come from every country near them. Those other people think about Jerusalem as they would think about something dirty.
• Jeremiah 2:34You have been cruel to poor people for no reason. Your clothes have their blood on them! They had not robbed you, but you still killed them. You have done all these bad things, but still you say,
• Jeremiah 13:27People of Jerusalem, you are in terrible trouble! I have seen the disgusting things that you do. You are like a woman who has not been faithful to her husband. Like a prostitute, you look for other gods to serve. You cannot control yourselves, as you do disgusting things on the hills and in the fields. Will you never be clean and pure again?’
• Ezekiel 24:12Yes, I have tried to make it clean. But the disgusting dirt is still there. So throw the pot and all its dirt on the fire!
• Deuteronomy 32:29If they were wise, they would understand. They would know what would happen to them in the end.
• Isaiah 47:7You boasted, “I will rule other nations as queen for ever!” But you did not think about what you were doing. You did not think about what would happen in the end.
• Jeremiah 5:31The prophets speak messages that are not true. The priests make their own rules for people to obey. And my people love to live like this! But when all this comes to an end, my people will be helpless!’
• 1 Peter 4:17The time has come when God will start to judge people. He will first judge the people who belong to him. If he will start with his own people, what will happen to other people? They have refused to obey God's good news, so it will surely be very bad for them.
• Lamentations 1:1The city that was full of people is lonely now. The city is like the wife of a dead husband. Once she was great. She was like a queen among the other places in the country. Now she is a slave.
• Lamentations 4:1Look! The gold has stopped shining! Look how the best gold has changed! The valuable stones from the Holy Place lie at the end of every street!
• Isaiah 3:8Jerusalem is falling down! The towns of Judah are in trouble! The Lord hates the things that their people say and the things that they do. They have turned against the Lord and they insult him.
• Jeremiah 13:17If you refuse to listen to God's message, I will hide myself and I will weep. Because you are so proud, tears will pour from my eyes. I will cry because the Lord has sent his own people away as prisoners to a foreign land.
• Lamentations 1:2She weeps in the night and there are tears on her face. Not one of her lovers comforts her. All her friends have left her. They have gone against her and they are now her enemies.
• Lamentations 2:13I want to help you people of Jerusalem, but there is nothing that I can say to you. I do not know about anything like what has happened to you. God has destroyed Zion completely! I do not know anyone who can make you people better.
• Ecclesiastes 4:1I saw again all the ways that people are cruel on the earth. I saw some people who were crying because cruel people were hurting them. There was nobody who could help them. Nobody could rescue them from those cruel people.
• Isaiah 40:2Speak kindly to the people in Jerusalem. Tell them that their time of trouble has now finished. Their punishment has been enough. The Lord has made them pay for their sins. He has made them pay twice.’

Commentaries on Lamentations 1:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9She remembereth not her last end - Although evident marks of her pollution appeared about her, and the land was defiled by her sinfulness even to its utmost borders, she had no thought or consideration of what must be the consequence of all this at the last. - Blayney.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Her filthiness is in her skirts - Her personal defilement is no longer concealed beneath the raiment Jeremiah 13:22. She came down wonderfully - Jerusalem once enthroned as a princess must sit on the ground as a slave.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9Jerusalem lost everything the people valued, both physical things and spiritual blessings.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Continuation of the image in La 1:8. Her ignominy and misery cannot be concealed but are apparent to all, as if a woman were suffering under such a flow as to reach the end of her skirts. remembereth not ... last end--(De 32:29; Is 47:7). She forgot how fatal must be the end of her iniquity. Or, as the words following imply: She, in despair, cannot lift herself up to lay hold of God's promises as to her "latter end" [Calvin]. wonderfully--Hebrew…Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 1:9

• Afflictions and Adversities

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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