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.”
• 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!”
• New Living Translation (NLT)She defiled herself with immorality and gave no thought to her future. Now she lies in the gutter with no one to lift her out. “Lord, see my misery,” she cries. “The enemy has triumphed.”

Context of Lamentations 1:9

7Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and wandering all the precious things that were hers from days of old. When her people fell into the hand of the foe, and there was none to help her, her foes gloated over her; they mocked at her downfall. 8Jerusalem sinned grievously; therefore she became filthy; all who honored her despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns her face away. 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!" 10The enemy has stretched out his hands over all her precious things; for she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary, those whom you forbade to enter your congregation. 11All her people groan as they search for bread; they trade their treasures for food to revive their strength. "Look, O Lord, and see, for I am despised."

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 stretches out her hands, but there is none to comfort her; the Lord has commanded against Jacob that his neighbors should be his foes; Jerusalem has become a filthy thing among them.
• Jeremiah 2:34Also on your skirts is found the lifeblood of the guiltless poor; you did not find them breaking in. Yet in spite of all these things
• Jeremiah 13:27I have seen your abominations, your adulteries and neighings, your lewd whorings, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are made clean?"
• Ezekiel 24:12She has wearied herself with toil; its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion!
• Deuteronomy 32:29If they were wise, they would understand this; they would discern their latter end!
• Isaiah 47:7You said, "I shall be mistress forever," so that you did not lay these things to heart or remember their end.
• Jeremiah 5:31the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
• 1 Peter 4:17For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
• Lamentations 1:1How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave.
• Lamentations 4:1How the gold has grown dim, how the pure gold is changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every street.
• Isaiah 3:8For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence.
• Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the Lord's flock has been taken captive.
• Lamentations 1:2She weeps bitterly in the night, with tears on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they have become her enemies.
• Lamentations 2:13What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is vast as the sea; who can heal you?
• Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.
• Isaiah 40:2Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins.

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