Lamentations 1:1

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Lamentations 1:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

How doth

Sit

Full

Psalm 122:4

Isaiah 22:2

Zechariah 8:4

As a

Isaiah 47:8

Isaiah 54:4

Revelation 18:7

Great

1 Kings 4:21

2 Chronicles 9:26

Ezra 4:20

General references

Isaiah 24:12

Isaiah 64:10

Bible References

How doth

“How you have fallen from heaven,
O

star of the morning, son of the dawn!

You have been cut down to the earth,
You who have weakened the nations!

“How the hammer of the whole earth
Has been cut off and broken!
How Babylon has become
An object of horror among the nations!

This is the exultant city
Which dwells securely,
Who says in her heart,
“I am, and there is no one besides me.”
How she has become a desolation,
A resting place for beasts!

Everyone who passes by her will hiss

And wave his hand in contempt.

saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, she who was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls;

Sit

The elders of the daughter of Zion

Sit on the ground, they are silent.

They have thrown dust on their heads;
They have girded themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem
Have bowed their heads to the ground.

And her

gates will lament and mourn,

And deserted she will sit on the ground.

The Lord God has opened My ear;
And I was not disobedient
Nor did I turn back.

Shake yourself from the dust, rise up,
O captive Jerusalem;

Loose yourself from the chains around your neck,

O captive daughter of Zion.

“I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,
A haunt of jackals;
And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones, remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble every moment and be appalled at you.

Full

To which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord—

An ordinance for Israel—

To give thanks to the name of the Lord.

You who were full of noise,
You boisterous town, you exultant city;
Your slain were not slain with the sword,
Nor did they die in battle.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Old men and old women will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each man with his staff in his hand because of age.

As a

“Now, then, hear this, you sensual one,
Who dwells securely,
Who says in your heart,
‘I am, and there is no one besides me.
I will not sit as a widow,
Nor know loss of children.’

“Fear not, for you will not be put to shame;
And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;
But you will forget the shame of your youth,
And the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

To the degree that she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’

Great

Now Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

He was the ruler over all the kings from the Euphrates River even to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the border of Egypt.

that mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem, governing all the provinces beyond the River, and that tribute, custom and toll were paid to them.

General references

Desolation is left in the city
And the gate is battered to ruins.

Your holy cities have become a wilderness,
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.