Lamentations 1
NASB2020
Commentaries

Show in the text

Up to 5 commentaries at a time. Each excerpt opens in full.

ModeStrong’s numbers

New American Standard Bible 2020

Lamentations 1:1-3

1HowH351 1lonelyH910 sitsH3427 the cityH5892 That once had 2manyH7227 peopleH5971! She has becomeH1961 like a 3widowH490 Who was once 4greatH7227 among the nationsH1471! She who was a princessH8282 among the 5provincesH4082 Has becomeH1961 a 6forcedH4522 laborerH4522!2She 7weepsH1058 bitterlyH1058 in the nightH3915, And her tearsH1832 are on her cheeksH3895; She hasH369 noH369 oneH369 to comfortH5162 her AmongH4480 allH3605 her 8loversH157. AllH3605 her friendsH7453 have 9dealtH898 treacherouslyH898 with her; They have becomeH1961 her enemiesH340.310JudahH3063 has goneH1540 intoH1540 exileH1540 outH4480 of afflictionH6040 And 11harshH7230 servitudeH5656; She livesH3427 12among the nationsH1471, But she has not foundH4672 a restingH4494 placeH4494; AllH3605 those who 13pursuedH7291 her have overtakenH5381 her In the midstH996 of 14distressH4712.

Read all of Lamentations 1

Notes

  1. 1. Lamentations 1:1 Is 3:26 ↩
  2. 2. Lamentations 1:1 Is 22:2 ↩
  3. 3. Lamentations 1:1 Is 54:4 ↩
  4. 4. Lamentations 1:1 1 Kin 4:21; Ezra 4:20; Jer 31:7 ↩
  5. 5. Lamentations 1:1 Or districts ↩
  6. 6. Lamentations 1:1 2 Kin 23:35; Jer 40:9 ↩
  7. 7. Lamentations 1:2 Ps 6:6; 77:2-6; Lam 1:16 ↩
  8. 8. Lamentations 1:2 Jer 2:25; 3:1; 22:20-22 ↩
  9. 9. Lamentations 1:2 Job 19:13, 14; Ps 31:11; Mic 7:5 ↩
  10. 10. Lamentations 1:3 Jer 13:19 ↩
  11. 11. Lamentations 1:3 Lit great ↩
  12. 12. Lamentations 1:3 Lev 26:39; Deut 28:64-67 ↩
  13. 13. Lamentations 1:3 2 Kin 25:4, 5 ↩
  14. 14. Lamentations 1:3 Or narrow places ↩

Commentaries on Lamentations 1

New American Standard Bible 2020 — © 1960–2020 The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.