Lamentations 1:21

Lamentations 1:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
• New International Version (NIV)“People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my distress; they rejoice at what you have done. May you bring the day you have announced so they may become like me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"They heard my groaning, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it. You have brought the day you announced; now let them be as I am.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“They have heard that I sigh, But no one comforts me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; They are glad that You have done it. Bring on the day You have announced, That they may become like me.

Context of Lamentations 1:21

19“I begged my allies for help, but they betrayed me. My priests and leaders starved to death in the city, even as they searched for food to save their lives. 20“Lord, see my anguish! My heart is broken and my soul despairs, for I have rebelled against you. In the streets the sword kills, and at home there is only death. “Others heard my groans, but no one turned to comfort me. When my enemies heard about my troubles, they were happy to see what you had done. Oh, bring the day you promised, when they will suffer as I have suffered. 22“Look at all their evil deeds, Lord. Punish them, as you have punished me for all my sins. My groans are many, and I am sick at heart.”

Lamentations 1:21 word by word

שָׁמְע֞וּ כִּ֧י נֶאֱנָחָ֣ה אָ֗נִי אֵ֤ין מְנַחֵם֙ לִ֔י כָּל־אֹ֨יְבַ֜י שָׁמְע֤וּ רָֽעָתִי֙ שָׂ֔שׂוּ כִּ֥י אַתָּ֖ה עָשִׂ֑יתָ הֵבֵ֥אתָ יוֹם־קָרָ֖אתָ וְיִֽהְי֥וּ כָמֽוֹנִי׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They have heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• that I sighאָנַח'ânach · to sighH584
• none to comfortנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162
• me: all mine enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• of my troubleרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
• they are gladשׂוּשׂώûώ ώîyώ · to rejoiceH7797
• that thou hast doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• thou wilt bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• thou hast calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call outH7121
• and they shall be likeכְּמוֹkemô kâmô · likeH3644

Cross-references for Lamentations 1:21

• Lamentations 1:2She sobs through the night; tears stream down her cheeks. Among all her lovers, there is no one left to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her and become her enemies.
• Lamentations 2:15All who pass by jeer at you. They scoff and insult beautiful Jerusalem, saying, “Is this the city called ‘Most Beautiful in All the World’ and ‘Joy of All the Earth’?”
• Lamentations 4:21Are you rejoicing in the land of Uz, O people of Edom? But you, too, must drink from the cup of the Lord’s anger. You, too, will be stripped naked in your drunkenness.
• Psalms 35:15But they are glad now that I am in trouble; they gleefully join together against me. I am attacked by people I don’t even know; they slander me constantly.
• Psalms 38:16I prayed, “Don’t let my enemies gloat over me or rejoice at my downfall.”
• Psalms 137:7O Lord, remember what the Edomites did on the day the armies of Babylon captured Jerusalem. “Destroy it!” they yelled. “Level it to the ground!”
• Jeremiah 48:27Did you not ridicule the people of Israel? Were they caught in the company of thieves that you should despise them as you do?
• Jeremiah 50:11“You rejoice and are glad, you who plundered my chosen people. You frisk about like a calf in a meadow and neigh like a stallion.
• Ezekiel 25:3Give the Ammonites this message from the Sovereign Lord: Hear the word of the Sovereign Lord! Because you cheered when my Temple was defiled, mocked Israel in her desolation, and laughed at Judah as she went away into exile,
• Ezekiel 26:2“Son of man, Tyre has rejoiced over the fall of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Ha! She who was the gateway to the rich trade routes to the east has been broken, and I am the heir! Because she has been made desolate, I will become wealthy!’
• Obadiah 1:12“You should not have gloated when they exiled your relatives to distant lands. You should not have rejoiced when the people of Judah suffered such misfortune. You should not have spoken arrogantly in that terrible time of trouble.
• Isaiah 13:1Isaiah son of Amoz received this message concerning the destruction of Babylon:
• Isaiah 14:1But the Lord will have mercy on the descendants of Jacob. He will choose Israel as his special people once again. He will bring them back to settle once again in their own land. And people from many different nations will come and join them there and unite with the people of Israel.
• Isaiah 47:1“Come down, virgin daughter of Babylon, and sit in the dust. For your days of sitting on a throne have ended. O daughter of Babylonia, never again will you be the lovely princess, tender and delicate.
• Jeremiah 25:17So I took the cup of anger from the Lord and made all the nations drink from it—every nation to which the Lord sent me.
• Jeremiah 46:1The following messages were given to Jeremiah the prophet from the Lord concerning foreign nations.

Commentaries on Lamentations 1:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21They have heard that I sigh - My affliction is public enough; but no one comes to comfort me. They are glad that thou hast done it - On the contrary, they exult in my misery; and they see that Thou hast done what they were incapable of performing. Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me - Babylon shall be visited in her turn; and thy judgments poured out upon her shall equal her state with my own. See the last six…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21They have heard … - Or, “They heard that I sigh,” that I have “no comforter.” Thou wilt bring the day … - literally, thou hast brought “the day thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.” The day of Judah‘s punishment was the proof that the nations now triumphing over Jerusalem‘s fall would certainly be visited.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. 21the day You have announced: The poet felt encouraged by the belief that God would establish a day for fair judgment of both oppressors and victims (see Isaiah 13:6, 9; Jeremiah 46:10–12, 27–28; Amos 5:18–20; Obadiah 1:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3; 2 Thessalonians 2:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. they are glad that thou hast done it--because they thought that therefore Judah is irretrievably ruined (Jr 40:3). the day ... called--(but) thou wilt bring on them the day of calamity which thou hast announced, namely, by the prophets (Jr 50:1-46; 48:27). like ... me--in calamities (Psa 137:8, 9; Jr 51:25, &c.). Tau.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