Lamentations 1:9

Lamentations 1:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O Lord, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
• New International Version (NIV)Her filthiness clung to her skirts; she did not consider her future. Her fall was astounding; there was none to comfort her. “Look, Lord, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Her uncleanness was in her skirts; she took no thought of her future; therefore her fall is terrible; she has no comforter. "O Lord, behold my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Her uncleanness is in her skirts; She did not consider her destiny; Therefore her collapse was awesome; She had no comforter. “O Lord, behold my affliction, For the enemy is exalted!”

Context of Lamentations 1:9

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. Her uncleanness was in her skirts. She did not consider her future. Her demise was astonishing, there was no one to comfort her. “Adonai, see my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!” 10The enemy has stretched his hand over all her treasures. She even saw nations enter her sanctuary— those You had commanded not to enter Your congregation. 11All her people groan, as they seek bread. They traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. “Look, Adonai, and see! For I have become despised!”

Lamentations 1:9 word by word

טֻמְאָתָ֣הּ בְּשׁוּלֶ֗יהָ לֹ֤א זָֽכְרָה֙ אַחֲרִיתָ֔הּ וַתֵּ֣רֶד פְּלָאִ֔ים אֵ֥ין מְנַחֵ֖ם לָ֑הּ רְאֵ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֶת־עָנְיִ֔י כִּ֥י הִגְדִּ֖יל אוֹיֵֽב׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Her filthinessטֻמְאָהţûm'âh · uncleannessH2932
• in her skirtsשׁוּלshûl · hemH7757
• she rememberethזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• not her last endאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
• therefore she came downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• wonderfullyפֶּ֫לֶאpele' · wonderH6382
• she had no comforterנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162
• O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• beholdרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• my afflictionעֳנִי‛ŏnîy · afflictionH6040
• for the enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• hath magnifiedגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431

Cross-references for Lamentations 1:9

• Lamentations 1:17Zion spreads out her hands— there is no one to comfort her. Adonai has decreed against Jacob. Those surrounding him have become his foes; Jerusalem has become niddah in their eyes.
• Jeremiah 2:34Moreover on your skirts is found the blood of the innocent poor —you did not find them breaking in. Yet in spite of all these things,
• Jeremiah 13:27Your adulteries, your lustful neighings, the lewdness of your prostitution— on the hills in the field I have seen your loathsome acts. Oy you, Jerusalem! You are unclean! How much longer?”
• Ezekiel 24:12It has wearied toil, yet its thick rust will not come out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion!
• Deuteronomy 32:29“If they were wise, they would discern this, they would understand their hereafter.
• Isaiah 47:7You said, “Forever, I will be the eternal mistress-queen!” You did not lay these things to heart or remember their end.
• Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, the kohanim rule by their own authority, and My people love it this way! But what will you do in the end?”
• 1 Peter 4:17For the time has come for judgment to begin with the house of God. If judgment begins with us first, what will be the end for those who disobey the Good News of God?
• Lamentations 1:1How lonely sits the city, once so full of people! She who was once great among the nations has become like a widow. The princess among the provinces has become a forced laborer.
• Lamentations 4:1How dulled is the gold, how tarnished the fine gold. The sacred gems are poured out at the corner of every street.
• Isaiah 3:8For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah is fallen. For their tongue and their actions are against Adonai, defying the eyes of His glory.
• Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not listen, my soul will sob in secret before such pride, and my eyes will weep bitterly and overflow with tears, for Adonai’s flock will be taken captive.
• Lamentations 1:2Bitterly she weeps in the night, her 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!
• Lamentations 2:13How can I admonish you? To what can I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, so that I might console you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea! Who can heal you?
• Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I looked and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and behold, I saw the tears of the oppressed, but they have no comforter. Power is in the hand of their oppressors, but they had no comforter.
• Isaiah 40:2Speak kindly to the heart of Jerusalem and proclaim to her that her warfare has ended, that her iniquity has been removed. For she has received from Adonai’s hand double for all her sins.

Commentaries on Lamentations 1:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9She remembereth not her last end - Although evident marks of her pollution appeared about her, and the land was defiled by her sinfulness even to its utmost borders, she had no thought or consideration of what must be the consequence of all this at the last. - Blayney.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Her filthiness is in her skirts - Her personal defilement is no longer concealed beneath the raiment Jeremiah 13:22. She came down wonderfully - Jerusalem once enthroned as a princess must sit on the ground as a slave.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9Jerusalem lost everything the people valued, both physical things and spiritual blessings.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Continuation of the image in La 1:8. Her ignominy and misery cannot be concealed but are apparent to all, as if a woman were suffering under such a flow as to reach the end of her skirts. remembereth not ... last end--(De 32:29; Is 47:7). She forgot how fatal must be the end of her iniquity. Or, as the words following imply: She, in despair, cannot lift herself up to lay hold of God's promises as to her "latter end" [Calvin]. wonderfully--Hebrew…Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 1:9

• Afflictions and Adversities

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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