Lamentations 1 · Verse 15

Lamentations 1:15

The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
Lamentations 1:15, King James Version

Lamentations 1:15 in other translations

BSBThe Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.
WEB“The Lord has set at nothing all my mighty men within me. He has called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men. The Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah as in a wine press.
ASVThe Lord hath set at nought all my mighty men in the midst of me; He hath called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men: The Lord hath trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.
YLTTrodden down all my mighty ones hath the Lord in my midst, He proclaimed against me an appointed time, To destroy my young men, A wine-press hath the Lord trodden, To the virgin daughter of Judah.
DARBYThe Lord hath cast down all my mighty men in the midst of me; he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men; the Lord hath trodden as a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.
BBEThe Lord has made sport of all my men of war in me, he has got men together against me to send destruction on my young men: the virgin daughter of Judah has been crushed like grapes under the feet of the Lord.
WebsterThe Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a wine-press.

What does Lamentations 1:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. trodden, &c.--Maurer, from Syriac root, translates, "cast away"; so 2Ki 23:27. But Psa 119:118, supports English Version. in ... midst of me--They fell not on the battlefield, but in the heart of the city; a sign of the divine wrath. assembly--the collected forces of Babylon; a very different "assembly" from the solemn ones which once met at Jerusalem on the great feasts. The Hebrew means, literally, such a solemn "assembly" or feast (compare La 2:22). trodden ... virgin ... in a wine-press--hath forced her blood to burst forth, as the red wine from the grapes trodden in the press (Is 63:3; Re 14:19, 20; 19:15). Ain.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Called an assembly - The Chaldean army, composed of various nations, which God commissioned to destroy Jerusalem.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 1:12-22

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…

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Lamentations 1:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

סִלָּ֨הsi.Lahhe has thrown awayH5541
כָל\־khol-allH3605
אַבִּירַ֤י\׀'a.bi.Raimighty [ones] myH47
אֲדֹנָי֙'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
בְּקִרְבִּ֔יbe.kir.Biin midst myH7130
קָרָ֥אka.Ra'he has proclaimedH7121
עָלַ֛י'a.Laion meH5921
מוֹעֵ֖דmo.'Edan appointed meetingH4150
לִשְׁבֹּ֣רlish.Borto breakH7665
בַּחוּרָ֑יba.chu.Raiyoung men myH970
גַּ֚תgata winepressH1660
דָּרַ֣ךְda.Rakhhe has troddenH1869
אֲדֹנָ֔י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
לִבְתוּלַ֖תliv.tu.Latfor [the] virgin ofH1330
בַּת\־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323
יְהוּדָֽה\׃\ \סye.hu.DahJudahH3063

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Lamentations 1:15

  • Isaiah 63:3

    I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.

  • Isaiah 28:18

    And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

  • Malachi 4:3

    And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Luke 21:24

    And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

  • Revelation 14:19-20

    And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

  • Hebrews 10:29

    Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

  • Revelation 19:15

    And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

  • Jeremiah 37:10

    For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

  • Lamentations 3:34

    To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

  • Isaiah 41:2

    Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

  • Micah 7:10

    Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

  • Jeremiah 18:21

    Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
trodden.
2Ki 9:33; 24:14-16; 25:4-7; Ps 119:118; Isa 5:5; 28:18
Jer 50:26; *marg:
Da 3:13; Mic 7:10; Mal 4:3; Lu 21:24; Heb 10:29
crush.
3:34; De 28:33; Jud 10:8; *marg:
Jer 51:34
the virgin, etc. or, the winepress of the virgin, etc.
Jer 14:17
as in.
Isa 63:3; Re 14:19,20; 19:15

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Context

  • Lamentations 1:14

    The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

  • Lamentations 1:15

    The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.

  • Lamentations 1:16

    For these things I weep; mine eye, mine 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.

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Lamentations 1:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El Señor ha hollado todos mis fuertes en medio de mí; llamó contra mí compañía para quebrantar mis mancebos: como lagar ha pisado el Señor á la virgen hija de Judá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Le Seigneur a abattu tous mes hommes forts au milieu de moi; il a convoqué contre moi une assemblée pour écraser mes jeunes gens. Le Seigneur a foulé comme au pressoir la vierge, fille de Juda.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Der Herr hat alle meine Starken weggerafft in meiner Mitte; er hat ein Fest wider mich ausgerufen, um meine Jünglinge zu zerschmettern; der Herr hat der Jungfrau, der Tochter Juda, die Kelter getreten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Abstulit omnes magnificos meos Dominus de medio mei; vocavit adversum me tempus ut contereret electos meos. Torcular calcavit Dominus virgini filiæ Juda.