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Lamentations 1:6
6All her splendor has departed, from the daughter of Zion. Her princes are like stags that find no pasture. They have fled without strength before the pursuer.
Lamentations 1:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
- New International Version (NIV)All the splendor has departed from Daughter Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; in weakness they have fled before the pursuer.
- English Standard Version (ESV)From the daughter of Zion all her majesty has departed. Her princes have become like deer that find no pasture; they fled without strength before the pursuer.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And from the daughter of Zion All her splendor has departed. Her princes have become like deer That find no pasture, That flee without strength Before the pursuer.
Context of Lamentations 1:6
4The roads to Zion mourn for no one comes to her moadim. All her gates are desolate. Her kohanim groan, her maidens grieve— she is in bitter anguish. 5Her foes have become her masters. Her enemies are at ease. For Adonai has afflicted her, because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the adversary. All her splendor has departed, from the daughter of Zion. Her princes are like stags that find no pasture. They have fled without strength before the pursuer. 7In the days of her affliction and her wandering, Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers from the days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands, there was no one to help her. Her enemies saw her and mocked at her destruction. 8Jerusalem has greatly sinned— therefore, she has become niddah . All who honored her despise her, for they have seen her nakedness. She herself groans, and turns away.
Read all of Lamentations 1Lamentations 1:6 word by word
וַיֵּצֵ֥א מִבַּת צִיּ֖וֹן כָּל־הֲדָרָ֑הּ הָי֣וּ שָׂרֶ֗יהָ כְּאַיָּלִים֙ לֹא־מָצְא֣וּ מִרְעֶ֔ה וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ בְלֹא־כֹ֖חַ לִפְנֵ֥י רוֹדֵֽף׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And from the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
- of Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
- all her beautyהָדָרhâdâr · gloryH1926
- is departedיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
- her princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
- are become like hartsאַיָּל'ayâl · deerH354
- findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
- no pastureמִרְעֶהmir‛eh · pastureH4829
- and they are goneיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- without strengthכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
- beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- the pursuerרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
Cross-references for Lamentations 1:6
- 2 Kings 19:21This is the word that Adonai has spoken about him: “The virgin Daughter of Zion will despise you and mock you. The Daughter of Jerusalem will shake her head at you.
- Psalms 48:2Great is Adonai, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God —His holy mountain.
- Isaiah 1:21How the Faithful City became a harlot! She once was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her— but now murderers!
- Isaiah 4:5then Adonai will create over the whole area of Mount Zion and over her convocations, a cloud by day, and smoke and shining of a flaming fire by night. For over all, glory will be a canopy.
- Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout, inhabitant of Zion! For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”
- Zephaniah 3:14Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Israel! Rejoice and exult wholeheartedly, O daughter of Jerusalem!
- Lamentations 2:1How my Lord has clouded over the daughter of Zion in His anger! He hurled down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth. He has not remembered His footstool in the day of His anger.
- Psalms 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
- Psalms 96:9Bow down to Adonai in holy splendor. Tremble before Him, all the earth.
- Psalms 132:12if your children keep My covenant and My law that I will teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne forever.”
- Jeremiah 52:8But the Chaldean army pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the desert plains of Jericho. Then all his army was scattered from him.
- Ezekiel 7:20They took pride in their beautiful jewelry and made images of their abominations and their detestable idols. Therefore I made it niddah to them.
- Ezekiel 11:22Then the cheruvim lifted up their wings. The wheels were beside them. The glory of the God of Israel was over them from above.
- Ezekiel 24:21speak to the house of Israel, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I will profane My Sanctuary, the pride of your might, the desire of your eyes and the longing of your soul. Your sons and your daughters that you have left behind will fall by the sword.
- Leviticus 26:36“As for those who remain, I will bring weakness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that the sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as one flees from the sword and fall, even when no one is pursuing.
- Deuteronomy 28:25“Adonai will bring you to defeat before your enemies. You will go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. You will become a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Commentaries on Lamentations 1:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Her princes - Jeremiah had before his mind the sad flight of Zedekiah and his men of war, and their capture within a few miles of Jerusalem Jeremiah 39:4-5.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22Chapter 1 mourns the destruction and desolation of Jerusalem, recognizing that this was God’s well-deserved judgment on Israel’s sins.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. beauty ... departed--her temple, throne, and priesthood. harts that find no pasture--an animal timid and fleet, especially when seeking and not able to "find pasture." Zain.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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