1:1 The miseries of Jerusalem and of the Jews pathetically lamented, with confessions of their sins;
1:12 The attention and compassion of beholders demanded to this unprecedented case;
1:18 The justice of God acknowledged, and his mercy supplicated, with prayers against insulting foes. Verse 1How dothThe LXX have the following words as an introduction: "And it came to pass after Israel had been carried captive, and Jerusalem was become desolate, that Jeremiah sat weeping, and lamented with this lamentation over Jerusalem, and said." Lamentations 2:1, 4:1; Isaiah 14:12; Jeremiah 50:23; Zephaniah 2:15; Revelation 18:16, 18:17 sitLamentations 2:10; Isaiah 3:26, 47:1-15, 50:5, 52:2, 52:7; Jeremiah 9:11; Ezekiel 26:16 fullPsalm 122:4; Isaiah 22:2; Zechariah 8:4, 8:5 as aIsaiah 47:8, 47:9, 54:4; Revelation 18:7 great1 Kings 4:21; 2 Chronicles 9:26; Ezra 4:20 how isLamentations 5:16; 2 Kings 23:33, 23:35; Nehemiah 5:4, 9:37ReciprocalLeviticus 13:46 - without; 26:31 - And I will make; Deuteronomy 28:16 - in the city; Isaiah 24:12 - General; 47:5 - silent; 49:21 - am desolate; 54:11 - not comforted; 60:15 - thou; 64:10 - General; Jeremiah 12:11 - it mourneth; 15:9 - She that hath; 34:22 - and I will; 42:2 - left; 44:2 - a desolation; 48:39 - How is it; 51:34 - the king; Lamentations 1:9 - came; Ezekiel 26:2 - the gates; 26:17 - How art; 36:3 - they have made; Daniel 9:2 - the desolations; Amos 6:1 - named; Obadiah 1:5 - how; Micah 2:4 - a doleful lamentation Verse 2weepethLamentations 1:16, 2:11, 2:18, 2:19; Job 7:3; Psalm 6:6, 77:2-6; Jeremiah 9:1, 9:17-19, 13:17 amongLamentations 1:19; Jeremiah 4:30, 22:20-22, 30:14; Ezekiel 16:37, 23:22-25; Hosea 2:7; Revelation 17:13, 17:16 noneLamentations 1:9, 1:16, 1:17, 1:21; Isaiah 51:18, 51:19 all her friendsJob 6:15, 19:13, 19:14; Psalm 31:11; Proverbs 19:7; Micah 7:5ReciprocalEcclesiastes 4:1 - they had; Isaiah 5:5 - I will take; 24:16 - the treacherous; 54:11 - not comforted; 60:15 - thou; Jeremiah 6:26 - make thee; 9:18 - our eyes; 10:19 - Woe; 23:10 - the land; 38:22 - have set; 41:3 - General; John 11:19 - to comfort Verse 3gone2 Kings 24:14, 24:15, 25:11, 25:21; 2 Chronicles 36:20, 36:21; Jeremiah 39:9, 52:15, 52:27-30 because of great servitudeHeb. for the greatness of servitudesheLamentations 2:9; Leviticus 26:36-39; Deuteronomy 28:64-67; Jeremiah 24:9; Ezekiel 5:12 allLamentations 4:18, 4:19; Jeremiah 16:16, 52:8; Amos 9:1-4ReciprocalLeviticus 26:33 - General; Judges 20:42 - the battle; Ezra 2:1 - whom Nebuchadnezzar; Psalm 32:3 - bones; 129:1 - have they; Isaiah 23:12 - there also; Jeremiah 39:5 - Chaldeans' Verse 4waysLamentations 2:6, 2:7, 5:13; Isaiah 24:4-6; Jeremiah 14:2; Micah 3:12 all her gatesLamentations 2:9; Jeremiah 9:11, 10:22, 33:10-12 her priestsLamentations 1:11, 1:12, 1:18-20, 2:10, 2:11, 2:19-21; Isaiah 32:9-14; Joel 1:8-13ReciprocalLeviticus 23:2 - the feasts; 26:22 - your high; Judges 5:6 - the highways; Psalm 144:14 - no breaking in; Isaiah 3:26 - her gates; 24:12 - General; 27:10 - the defenced; 33:8 - highways; Lamentations 1:8 - she sigheth; 3:47 - desolation; 5:14 - elders; Ezekiel 5:14 - I will; Joel 1:9 - the priests; Zephaniah 3:18 - sorrowful Verse 5adversariesLamentations 2:17, 3:46; Leviticus 26:17; Deuteronomy 28:43, 28:44; Psalm 80:6, 89:42; Isaiah 63:18; Jeremiah 12:7; Micah 7:8-10 forLamentations 1:18, 3:39-43; Leviticus 26:15-46; Deuteronomy 4:25-27, 28:15-68, 29:18-28; 31:16-18, 31:29, 32:15-27; 2 Chronicles 36:14-16; Nehemiah 9:33, 9:34; Psalm 90:7, 90:8; Jeremiah 5:3-9, 5:29, 23:14, 30:14, 30:15, 44:21, 44:22; Ezekiel 8:17, 8:18, 9:9, 22:24-31; Daniel 9:7-16; Micah 3:9-12; Zephaniah 3:1-8 her childrenJeremiah 39:9, 52:27-30ReciprocalDeuteronomy 28:41 - thou shalt not enjoy them; 2 Kings 21:14 - deliver; Ezra 2:1 - whom Nebuchadnezzar; Psalm 5:10 - the; 13:2 - exalted; Isaiah 22:5 - breaking; Jeremiah 5:6 - because; Lamentations 1:8 - hath; 1:16 - my children Verse 6from2 Kings 19:21; Psalm 48:2, 48:3; Isaiah 1:21, 4:5, 12:6; Zephaniah 3:14-17 allLamentations 2:1-7; 2 Samuel 4:11, 4:12; Psalm 50:2, 96:9, 132:12, 132:13; Jeremiah 52:8, 52:11, 52:13; Ezekiel 7:20-22, 11:22, 11:23, 24:21, 24:25 her princesLeviticus 26:36, 26:37; Deuteronomy 28:25, 32:30; Joshua 7:12, 7:13; Psalm 44:9-11; Jeremiah 29:4; 48:41, 51:30-32, 52:7 harts14:5, 14:6, 47:3ReciprocalIsaiah 23:10 - no more; Lamentations 1:16 - my children; 1:18 - my virgins; Romans 5:6 - without Verse 7rememberedJob 29:2-25, 30:1; Psalm 42:4, 77:3, 77:5-9; Hosea 2:7; Luke 15:17, 16:25 all herDeuteronomy 4:7, 4:8, 4:34-37, 8:7-9; Psalm 147:19, 147:20; Isaiah 5:1-4 pleasantor, desirable, Lamentations 1:10 the adversaries2:15, 2:16; Psalm 79:4, 137:3, 137:4; Micah 4:11ReciprocalGenesis 21:9 - mocking; 1 Kings 20:6 - pleasant; Nehemiah 1:3 - in great; Isaiah 64:11 - all our; Jeremiah 20:5 - I will deliver; Daniel 9:8 - because; Micah 7:14 - as; Zephaniah 3:18 - sorrowful Verse 8hathLamentations 1:5, 1:20; 1 Kings 8:46, 8:47, 9:7, 9:9; Isaiah 59:2-13; Jeremiah 6:28; Ezekiel 14:13-21; 22:2-15 removedHeb. become a removing, or wandering, Jeremiah 15:4, 24:9, 34:17; Ezekiel 23:46 *marg.allLamentations 4:15, 4:16, 5:12-16; 1 Samuel 2:30 theyLamentations 4:21; Isaiah 47:3; Jeremiah 13:22, 13:26; Ezekiel 16:37-39, 23:29; Hosea 2:3, 2:10; Revelation 3:18 she sighethLamentations 1:4, 1:11, 1:21, 1:22, 2:10; Jeremiah 4:31ReciprocalLeviticus 13:46 - without; 15:19 - and her issue; Isaiah 1:21 - become; Jeremiah 4:17 - because; 32:23 - therefore; 32:31 - that I; 44:3 - of their; 44:23 - ye have burned; Lamentations 2:15 - clap; 5:16 - woe; Ezekiel 5:14 - I will; 28:26 - despise; 39:23 - the heathen; Daniel 9:8 - because; 9:16 - Jerusalem; Zephaniah 1:17 - because; Luke 19:44 - because Verse 9filthinessLamentations 1:17; Jeremiah 2:34, 13:27; Ezekiel 24:12, 24:13 she rememberethDeuteronomy 32:29; Isaiah 47:7; Jeremiah 5:31; 1 Peter 4:17 cameLamentations 1:1, 4:1; Isaiah 3:8; Jeremiah 13:17, 13:18 she hadLamentations 1:2, 1:17, 1:21, 2:13; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Isaiah 40:2, 54:11; Hosea 2:14; John 11:19 beholdExodus 3:7, 3:17, 4:31; Deuteronomy 26:7; 1 Samuel 1:11; 2 Samuel 16:12; 2 Kings 14:26; Nehemiah 9:32; Psalm 25:18, 119:153; Daniel 9:17-19 forDeuteronomy 32:27; Psalm 74:8, 74:9, 74:22, 74:23, 140:8; Isaiah 37:4, 37:17, 37:23, 37:29; Jeremiah 48:26; 50:29; Zephaniah 2:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:4-8ReciprocalLeviticus 15:19 - and her issue; Deuteronomy 28:59 - General; Psalm 9:13 - consider; 13:2 - enemy; Isaiah 1:21 - become; 4:4 - washed away; 29:4 - thou shalt; 51:19 - who shall; Lamentations 1:11 - see; 1:16 - I weep; 1:20 - Behold; Ezekiel 7:2 - An end; 16:36 - Because; Daniel 9:16 - Jerusalem; Revelation 17:4 - filthiness Verse 10spreadLamentations 1:7; Isaiah 5:13, 5:14; Jeremiah 15:13, 20:5, 52:17-20 pleasantor, desirable, Lamentations 1:7 seenPsalm 74:4-8, 79:1-7; Isaiah 63:18, 64:10, 64:11; Jeremiah 51:51, 52:13; Ezekiel 7:22; 9:7 whomDeuteronomy 23:3; Nehemiah 13:1; Ezekiel 44:7; Mark 13:14ReciprocalLeviticus 26:31 - and bring; Deuteronomy 23:1 - shall not enter; 1 Kings 20:6 - pleasant; 2 Kings 21:14 - deliver; 25:9 - he burnt; 25:13 - the; 2 Chronicles 12:9 - took away; Nehemiah 13:7 - in preparing; Psalm 74:3 - all; Jeremiah 12:10 - trodden; 14:21 - disgrace; 17:3 - I will; 39:8 - burned; 50:28 - vengeance of his; Ezekiel 7:20 - set it far from them; 24:10 - spice; 24:21 - I will; Daniel 11:31 - they shall pollute; Zechariah 14:2 - the houses; Acts 21:28 - brought; Revelation 11:2 - it is Verse 11seekLamentations 1:19, 2:12, 4:4-10; Deuteronomy 28:52-57; 2 Kings 6:25; Jeremiah 19:9, 38:9, 52:6; Ezekiel 4:15-17, 5:16, 5:17 relieve the soulHeb. make the soul to come again, 1 Samuel 30:11, 30:12 seeLamentations 1:9, 1:20, 2:20; Job 40:4; Psalm 25:15-19ReciprocalGenesis 47:19 - buy us; Psalm 9:13 - consider; Isaiah 64:11 - all our; Jeremiah 12:10 - trodden; Lamentations 1:4 - her priests; 1:8 - she sigheth; 1:21 - have heard that; Ezekiel 4:16 - eat Verse 12Is it nothingor, It is nothingpass byHeb. pass by the wayifThe church in distress here magnifies her affliction; and yet no more than there was cause for her groaning was not heavier than her strokes. She appeals to all spectators - see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow. This might truly be said of the griefs which were suffered in Jerusalem of old; but Christians are apt to apply these words too sensibly and sensitively to themselves, when they are in trouble, and sometimes more than there is reasonable cause to warrant. All men feel most from their own burden, and cannot be persuaded to reconcile themselves to it; how often do thy cry out in the words we are illustrating! whereas, if their troubles were to be thrown into a common stock with those of others, and then an equal dividend made, share and share alike, rather than approve such an arrangement, each would be ready to say, "Pray give me my own again." - Henry. Lamentations 2:13, 4:6-11; Daniel 9:12; Matthew 24:21; Luke 21:22, 21:23, 23:28-31ReciprocalDeuteronomy 28:59 - General; 2 Chronicles 35:13 - roasted; Job 1:18 - there came; 19:6 - compassed; Isaiah 13:13 - in the wrath; 30:27 - burning; 51:19 - who shall; Jeremiah 10:19 - Woe; 15:5 - For who; 17:4 - for; 20:18 - to see; 30:7 - so; Lamentations 1:4 - her priests; 1:18 - hear; 1:21 - have heard that; 3:1 - the man; Ezekiel 27:32 - What city; Zechariah 1:2 - Lord; Matthew 27:39 - reviled; 27:46 - Eli; Mark 13:19 - in those; 14:34 - My soul; 15:29 - they; 15:34 - why; Luke 22:44 - being; John 19:5 - Behold; Romans 9:2 - General Verse 13aboveLamentations 2:3, 2:4; Deuteronomy 32:21-25; Job 30:30; Psalm 22:14, 31:10, 102:3-5; Nahum 1:6; Habakkuk 3:16; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Habakkuk 3:1 he hath spreadLamentations 4:17-20; Job 18:8, 19:6; Psalm 66:11; Ezekiel 12:13, 17:20, 32:3; Hosea 7:12 he hath turnedPsalm 35:4, 70:2, 70:3, 129:5; Isaiah 42:17 desolateLamentations 1:22, 5:17; Deuteronomy 28:65; Jeremiah 4:19-29ReciprocalExodus 12:9 - but roast with fire; Deuteronomy 28:66 - General; 2 Chronicles 35:13 - roasted; Proverbs 29:5 - spreadeth; Isaiah 30:27 - burning; Jeremiah 38:22 - they are; 45:3 - I fainted; Lamentations 3:11 - he hath made; 3:47 - desolation; Micah 6:13 - in; 1 Timothy 5:5 - and desolate Verse 14yokeDeuteronomy 28:48; Proverbs 5:22; Isaiah 14:25, 47:6; Jeremiah 27:8, 27:12, 28:14 delivered25:9, 34:20, 34:21, 37:17, 39:1-9; Ezekiel 11:9, 21:31, 23:28, 25:4, 25:7; Hosea 5:14ReciprocalNumbers 19:2 - upon which; Psalm 38:4 - as an; Isaiah 24:20 - the transgression; 28:22 - lest; 42:24 - General; Jeremiah 51:34 - the king; Lamentations 3:7 - made; 5:5 - Our necks are under persecution; Micah 2:3 - necks; Zephaniah 1:17 - because; Zechariah 5:8 - the weight Verse 15trodden2 Kings 9:33, 24:14-16, 25:4-7; Psalm 119:118; Isaiah 5:5, 28:18; Jeremiah 50:26 *marg. Daniel 3:13; Micah 7:10; Malachi 4:3; Luke 21:24; Habakkuk 3:1 crushLamentations 3:34; Deuteronomy 28:33; Judges 10:8 *marg. Jeremiah 51:34 the virginetc. or, the winepress of the virgin, etc. 14:17as inIsaiah 63:3; Revelation 14:19, 14:20, 19:15Reciprocal2 Kings 19:21 - The virgin; Isaiah 23:12 - thou oppressed; 25:10 - even; 28:3 - shall; 37:22 - The virgin; 51:20 - sons; Jeremiah 18:13 - virgin; 31:4 - O; Lamentations 2:21 - my virgins; Joel 3:13 - for the press Verse 16I weepLamentations 1:2, 1:9, 2:11, 2:18, 3:48, 3:49; Psalm 119:136; Jeremiah 9:1, 9:10, 13:17, 14:17; Luke 19:41-44; Romans 9:1-3 relieveHeb. bring back, Hosea 9:12 my childrenLamentations 1:5, 1:6, 2:20-22, 4:2-10; Jeremiah 9:21ReciprocalJob 16:16 - face; Psalm 6:6 - I water; 13:4 - I have; 137:1 - we wept; Isaiah 51:19 - by whom; 54:11 - not comforted; Jeremiah 4:19 - My bowels; 6:26 - make thee; 8:18 - my; 44:2 - a desolation; Lamentations 1:17 - none; 1:21 - have heard that; 3:17 - thou; Joel 1:9 - the priests; Amos 5:2 - none; Luke 13:34 - thy; John 11:19 - to comfort; 11:35 - General Verse 17spreadeth1 Kings 8:22, 8:38; Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 4:31 noneLamentations 1:2, 1:9, 1:16, 1:19, 1:21 commanded2:1-8, 2:17-22; 2 Kings 24:2-4, 25:1; Jeremiah 6:3, 16:6, 21:4, 21:5, 34:22; Ezekiel 7:23, 7:24; Hosea 8:8; Luke 19:43, 19:44 JerusalemLamentations 1:9, 4:15; Leviticus 15:19-27; Ezekiel 36:17ReciprocalIsaiah 30:22 - as a; 51:19 - who shall; 54:11 - not comforted; Jeremiah 8:18 - my Verse 18LordExodus 9:27; Deuteronomy 32:4; Judges 1:7; Ezra 9:13; Nehemiah 9:33; Psalm 119:75, 145:17; Jeremiah 12:1; Daniel 9:7, 9:14; Zephaniah 3:5; Romans 2:5, 3:19; Revelation 15:3, 15:4, 16:5-7 for ILamentations 3:42; 1 Samuel 12:14, 12:15, 15:23; Nehemiah 1:6-8, 9:26; Psalm 107:11; Daniel 9:9-16 commandmentHeb. mouth, 1 Kings 13:21 hearLamentations 1:12; Deuteronomy 29:22-28; 1 Kings 9:8, 9:9; Jeremiah 22:8, 22:9, 25:28, 25:29, 49:12; Ezekiel 14:22, 14:23 my virginsLamentations 1:5, 1:6; Deuteronomy 28:32-41ReciprocalGenesis 45:21 - commandment; Leviticus 26:14 - General; 2 Chronicles 12:6 - the Lord; Psalm 102:10 - Because; 129:4 - The Lord; Isaiah 42:24 - General; 63:10 - they rebelled; Jeremiah 4:17 - because; 32:23 - therefore; Lamentations 1:4 - her priests; 1:20 - for; 2:21 - my virgins; 3:51 - the daughters; 5:16 - woe; Daniel 9:8 - because; Amos 8:13 - General; Micah 7:9 - bear; Zephaniah 1:17 - because; Zechariah 1:6 - Like Verse 19forLamentations 1:2, 4:17; Job 19:13-19; Jeremiah 2:28, 30:14, 37:7-9 my priestsLamentations 1:11, 2:20, 4:7-9, 5:12; Jeremiah 14:15-18, 23:11-15, 27:13-15ReciprocalIsaiah 51:20 - sons; Jeremiah 4:30 - in vain; 22:20 - for; Lamentations 1:17 - none; 5:14 - elders; Ezekiel 16:37 - General; Obadiah 1:7 - the men of; Matthew 26:31 - and the Verse 20BeholdLamentations 1:9, 1:11; Isaiah 38:14 my bowelsLamentations 2:11; Job 30:27; Psalm 22:14; Isaiah 16:11; Jeremiah 4:19, 31:20, 48:36; Hosea 11:8; Habakkuk 3:16 forLamentations 1:18; Leviticus 26:40-42; 1 Kings 8:47-50; Job 33:27; Psalm 51:3, 51:4; Proverbs 28:13; Jeremiah 2:35, 3:13; Luke 15:18, 15:19, 18:13, 18:14 abroadLamentations 4:9, 4:10; Deuteronomy 32:25; Jeremiah 9:21, 9:22, 14:18; Ezekiel 7:15ReciprocalJob 10:15 - see; Isaiah 63:10 - they rebelled; Jeremiah 4:31 - because; Lamentations 1:8 - hath; 5:1 - Remember; Ezekiel 14:13 - when Verse 21have heard thatLamentations 1:2, 1:8, 1:11, 1:12, 1:16, 1:22 they are2:15, 4:21, 4:22; Psalm 35:15, 38:16, 137:7; Jeremiah 48:27, 50:11; Ezekiel 25:3, 25:6, 25:8, 25:15, 26:2; Obadiah 1:12, 1:13 thou wiltIsaiah 13:1-14:32, 47:1-15; Jeremiah 25:17-29, 46:1-51:64; Ezekiel 25:1-32:32; Amos 1:1-15 the dayPsalm 37:13; Joel 3:14 calledor, proclaimedthey shallLamentations 4:22; Deuteronomy 32:41-43; Psalm 137:8, 137:9; Isaiah 51:22, 51:23; Jeremiah 50:15, 50:29, 50:31; 51:24, 51:49; Micah 7:9, 7:10; Habakkuk 2:15-17; Revelation 18:6ReciprocalIsaiah 52:5 - make; 54:11 - not comforted; Jeremiah 30:16 - General; 48:26 - and he also; 50:27 - their day; Lamentations 1:9 - she had; 1:17 - none; Ezekiel 31:11 - I have driven; Haggai 1:11 - I called; John 11:19 - to comfort Verse 22all theirNehemiah 4:4, 4:5; Psalm 109:14, 109:15, 137:7-9; Jeremiah 10:25, 18:23, 51:35; Luke 23:31; Revelation 6:10 my heartLamentations 1:13, 5:17; Isaiah 13:7; Jeremiah 8:18; Ephesians 3:13ReciprocalIsaiah 21:2 - all the; Jeremiah 45:3 - I fainted; Lamentations 1:8 - she sigheth; 1:21 - have heard that