Lamentations 1:9
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.
Lamentations 1:9 in other translations
| BSB | Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed! |
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| WEB | Her filthiness was in her skirts. She didn’t remember her latter end. Therefore she has come down astoundingly. She has no comforter. “See, LORD, my affliction; for the enemy has magnified himself.” |
| ASV | Her filthiness was in her skirts; she remembered not her latter end; Therefore is she come down wonderfully; she hath no comforter: Behold, O Jehovah, my affliction; for the enemy hath magnified himself. |
| YLT | Her uncleanness is in her skirts, She hath not remembered her latter end, And she cometh down wonderfully, There is no comforter for her. See, O Jehovah, mine affliction, For exerted himself hath an enemy. |
| DARBY | Her impurity was in her skirts, she remembered not her latter end; and she came down wonderfully: she hath no comforter. Jehovah, behold my affliction; for the enemy hath magnified himself. |
| BBE | In her skirts were her unclean ways; she gave no thought to her end; and her fall has been a wonder; she has no comforter: see her sorrow, O Lord; for the attacker is lifted up. |
| Webster | Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she hath been wonderfully abased: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself. |
What does Lamentations 1:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 1:1-11
The miserable state of Jerusalem, the just consequences of its sins. (La 1:1-11) Jerusalem represented as a captive female, lamenting, and seeking the mercy of God. (La 1:12-22) Verses 1-11 The prophet sometimes speaks in his own person; at other times Jerusalem, as a distressed female, is the speaker, or some of the Jews. The description shows the miseries of the Jewish nation. Jerusalem became a captive and a…
Lamentations 1:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Lamentations 1:9
- Deuteronomy 32:29
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
- Isaiah 47:7
And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
- Psalms 25:18
Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
- Lamentations 1:17
Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
- Isaiah 3:8
For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
- Zephaniah 2:10
This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts.
- Psalms 119:153
ר RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
- Jeremiah 13:17-18
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock is carried away captive. Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4-8
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. …
- Jeremiah 2:34
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
- Jeremiah 48:26
Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the Lord: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
17; Jer 2:34; 13:27; Eze 24:12,13
she remembereth.
De 32:29; Isa 47:7; Jer 5:31; 1Pe 4:17
came.
1; 4:1; Isa 3:8; Jer 13:17,18
she had.
2,17,21; 2:13; Ec 4:1; Isa 40:2; 54:11; Ho 2:14; Joh 11:19
behold.
Ex 3:7,17; 4:31; De 26:7; 1Sa 1:11; 2Sa 16:12; 2Ki 14:26; Ne 9:32
Ps 25:18; 119:153; Da 9:17-19
for.
De 32:27; Ps 74:8,9,22,23; 140:8; Isa 37:4,17,23,29; Jer 48:26
Jer 50:29; Zep 2:10; 2Th 2:4-8
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Context
- Lamentations 1:8
Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
- Lamentations 1:9
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.
- Lamentations 1:10
The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.
Lamentations 1:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sus inmundicias en sus faldas; no se acordó de su postrimería: por tanto ella ha descendido maravillosamente, no tiene consolador. Mira, oh Jehová, mi aflicción, porque el enemigo se ha engrandecido. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Son impureté était aux pans de sa robe, elle ne s’est pas souvenue de sa fin; elle est descendue prodigieusement; il n’y a personne qui la console! Regarde, ô Éternel, mon affliction, car l’ennemi s’est élevé avec orgueil. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ihre Unreinigkeit ist an ihren Säumen sie hat ihr Ende nicht bedacht und ist wunderbar heruntergekommen: Da ist niemand, der sie tröste. Sieh, Jehova, mein Elend, denn der Feind hat großgetan! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sordes ejus in pedibus ejus, nec recordata est finis sui; deposita est vehementer, non habens consolatorem. Vide, Domine, afflictionem meam, quoniam erectus est inimicus. |