Lamentations 1:2

Lamentations 1:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
• English Standard Version (ESV)She 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)She weeps bitterly in the night, Her tears are 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.

Context of Lamentations 1:2

1How lonely sits the city That was full of people! She has become like a widow Who was once great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces Has become a forced laborer! She weeps bitterly in the night And her tears are on her cheeks; She has none to comfort her Among all her lovers. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies. 3Judah has gone into exile under affliction And under harsh servitude; She dwells among the nations, But she has found no rest; All her pursuers have overtaken her In the midst of distress. 4The roads of Zion are in mourning Because no one comes to the appointed feasts. All her gates are desolate; Her priests are groaning, Her virgins are afflicted, And she herself is bitter.

Lamentations 1:2 word by word

בָּכ֨וֹ תִבְכֶּ֜ה בַּלַּ֗יְלָה וְדִמְעָתָהּ֙ עַ֣ל לֶֽחֱיָ֔הּ אֵֽין־לָ֥הּ מְנַחֵ֖ם מִכָּל־אֹהֲבֶ֑יהָ כָּל־רֵעֶ֙יהָ֙ בָּ֣גְדוּ בָ֔הּ הָ֥יוּ לָ֖הּ לְאֹיְבִֽים׃ סRead the interlinear

• weepsבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
• in the nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• And her tearsדִּמְעָהdim‛âh · tearsH1832
• are on her cheeksלְחִיlechîy · jawH3895
• She hasאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• to comfortנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162
• Amongמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• loversאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• her friendsרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• dealtבָּגַדbâgad · to act treacherouslyH898
• They have becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• her enemiesאָיַב'âyab · be hostileH340

Cross-references for Lamentations 1:2

• Lamentations 1:16For these things I weep; My eyes run down with water; Because far from me is a comforter, One who restores my soul. My children are desolate Because the enemy has prevailed.”
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail because of tears, My spirit is greatly troubled; My heart is poured out on the earth Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, When little ones and infants faint In the streets of the city.
• Job 7:3So am I allotted months of vanity, And nights of trouble are appointed me.
• Psalms 6:6I am weary with my sighing; Every night I make my bed swim, I dissolve my couch with my tears.
• Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; In the night my hand was stretched out without weariness; My soul refused to be comforted.
• Jeremiah 9:1Oh that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!
• Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not listen to it, My soul will sob in secret for such pride; And my eyes will bitterly weep And flow down with tears, Because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.
• Lamentations 1:19I called to my lovers, but they deceived me; My priests and my elders perished in the city While they sought food to restore their strength themselves.
• Jeremiah 4:30And you, O desolate one, what will you do? Although you dress in scarlet, Although you decorate yourself with ornaments of gold, Although you enlarge your eyes with paint, In vain you make yourself beautiful. Your lovers despise you; They seek your life.
• Jeremiah 22:20Go up to Lebanon and cry out, And lift up your voice in Bashan; Cry out also from Abarim, For all your lovers have been crushed.
• Jeremiah 30:14All your lovers have forgotten you, They do not seek you; For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, With the punishment of a cruel one, Because your iniquity is great And your sins are numerous.
• Ezekiel 16:37therefore, behold, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, even all those whom you loved and all those whom you hated. So I will gather them against you from every direction and expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness.
• Ezekiel 23:22“Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold I will arouse your lovers against you, from whom you were alienated, and I will bring them against you from every side:
• Hosea 2:7She will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them; And she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go back to my first husband, For it was better for me then than now!’
• Revelation 17:13These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
• Lamentations 1:9Her uncleanness was in her skirts; She did not consider her future. Therefore she has fallen astonishingly; She has no comforter. “See, O Lord, my affliction, For the enemy has magnified himself!”

Commentaries on Lamentations 1:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Among all her lovers - Her allies; her friends, instead of helping her, have helped her enemies. Several who sought her friendship when she was in prosperity, in the time of David and Solomon, are now among her enemies.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Lovers … friends - i. e. the states in alliance with Judaea, and all human helpers.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The lovers were the fertility gods, Baal and Asherah, whom most people in Judah worshiped. who were worshiped by most people in Judah. Her friends were her military allies, notably Egypt, who was not strong enough to defeat Babylon in battle (Jeremiah 37:5–11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. in the night--even in the night, the period of rest and oblivion of griefs (Job 7:3). lovers ... friends--the heathen states allied to Judah, and their idols. The idols whom she "loved" (Jr 2:20-25) could not comfort her. Her former allies would not: nay, some "treacherously" joined her enemies against her (2Ki 24:2, 7; Psa 137:7). Gimel.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