Revised Webster's Bible
Lamentations 1:2
2She weepeth bitterly 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.
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 doth the city sit desolate, that wasfull of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become a forced labourer! She weepeth bitterly 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. 3Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her in the midst of distress. 4The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
Read all of Lamentations 1Lamentations 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
- weepethבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
- nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
- tearsדִּמְעָהdim‛âh · tearsH1832
- cheeksלְחִיlechîy · jawH3895
- loversאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
- comfortנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162
- friendsרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
- treacherouslyבָּגַדbâgad · to act treacherouslyH898
- enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
Cross-references for Lamentations 1:2
- Lamentations 1:16For these things I weep; my eye, my eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
- Lamentations 2:11My eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
- Job 7:3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
- Psalms 6:6I am weary with my groaning; all the night I make my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
- Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
- Jeremiah 9:1O 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 ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD’S flock is carried away captive.
- Lamentations 1:19I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and my elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their food to relieve their souls.
- Jeremiah 4:30And when thou art laid waste, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou enlarge thy eyes with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
- Jeremiah 22:20Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passes: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
- Jeremiah 30:14All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thy iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
- Ezekiel 16:37Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them on every side against thee, and will uncover thy nakedness to them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
- Ezekiel 23:22Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;
- Hosea 2:7And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them : then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
- Revelation 17:13These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength to the beast.
- Lamentations 1:9Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her latter end; therefore she hath been marvellously abased: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath 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
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