Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
ג Gimel
following
she lives among the nations
but finds no place to rest.
All her pursuers have overtaken her
in narrow places.
New American Standard Bible
And
She dwells
But she has found no rest;
All
In the midst of
King James Version
Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
International Standard Version
Judah has gone into exile to escape affliction and servitude. She that sat among the nations, has found no rest. All her pursuers overtook her amid narrow passes.
American Standard Version
Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude; She dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest: All her persecutors overtook her within the straits.
Amplified
Judah has gone into exile under affliction
And under harsh servitude;
She dwells among the [pagan] nations,
But she has found no rest;
All her pursuers have overtaken her
In the midst of [her] distress.
Bible in Basic English
Judah has been taken away as a prisoner because of trouble and hard work; her living-place is among the nations, there is no rest for her: all her attackers have overtaken her in a narrow place.
Darby Translation
Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude; she dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest: all her pursuers have overtaken her within the straits.
Julia Smith Translation
Judah was carried away captive from affliction, and from the greatness of her serving: she dwelt in the nations, she found no rest: all pursuing her overtook her between straitnesses.
King James 2000
Judah has gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwells among the nations, she finds no rest: all her persecutors overtook her in her distress.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Judah has gone into exile with misery and under hard servitude; she lives among the nations, she has not found a resting place; all her pursuers have overtaken her amidst [her] distress.
Modern King James verseion
Judah went into captivity because of affliction, and from great slavery. She dwells among the nations; she finds no rest; all her pursuers have overtaken her between the narrows.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{Gimel} Judah is taken prisoner, because she was defiled: and for serving so many strange gods, she dwelleth now among the heathen. She findeth no rest: all they that persecuted her, took her in strait places where she could not escape.
NET Bible
(Gimel) Judah has departed into exile under affliction and harsh oppression. She lives among the nations; she has found no resting place. All who pursued her overtook her in narrow straits.
New Heart English Bible
Judah has gone into exile because of affliction and harsh servitude; she dwells among the nations, she finds no rest: all her persecutors overtook her in the midst of her distress.
The Emphasized Bible
Carried away captive is Judah - because of oppression, and because of great servitude, She, hath remained among the nations, hath found no place of rest, - All her pursuers, have overtaken her, between straits.
Webster
Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
World English Bible
Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude; she dwells among the nations, she finds no rest: all her persecutors overtook her within the straits.
Youngs Literal Translation
Removed hath Judah because of affliction, And because of the abundance of her service; She hath dwelt among nations, She hath not found rest, All her pursuers have overtaken her between the straits.
Themes
the Heathen » Employed to chastise the church
Jews, the » All other nations » Persecuted
Persecution » Of the righteous » A mode of divine chastisement
Interlinear
Galah
Rob
`abodah
Yashab
Matsa'
Radaph
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Lamentations 1:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Desolate City
2
ב Bet
with tears on her cheeks.
There is no one to offer her comfort,
not one from all her lovers.
All her friends have betrayed her;
they have become her enemies.
following
she lives among the nations
but finds no place to rest.
All her pursuers have overtaken her
in narrow places.
for no one comes to the appointed festivals.
All her gates are deserted;
her priests groan,
her young women grieve,
and she herself is bitter.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:64-67
Then the Lord will scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
Lamentations 2:9
ט Tet
He has destroyed and shattered the bars on her gates.
Her king and her leaders live among the nations,
instruction
and even her prophets receive
no vision from the Lord.
Leviticus 26:36-39
“I will put anxiety in the hearts of those of you who survive in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a wind-driven leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as one flees from a sword, and fall though no one is pursuing them.
2 Kings 24:14-15
Then he deported all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the fighting men,
2 Kings 25:11
Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, deported the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the population.
2 Kings 25:21
The king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from its land.
2 Chronicles 36:20-21
He deported those who escaped from the sword to Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the rise of the Persian
Jeremiah 13:19
no one can help them.
All of Judah has been taken into exile,
taken completely into exile.
Jeremiah 16:16
“I am about to send for many fishermen”
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them an object of horror
Jeremiah 39:9
Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards,
Jeremiah 52:8
The Chaldean army pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. Zedekiah’s entire army was scattered from him.
Jeremiah 52:15
Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, deported some of the poorest of the people, as well as the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.
Jeremiah 52:27-30
The king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from its land.
Lamentations 4:18-19
צ Tsade
so that we could not walk in our streets.
Our end drew near;
Our end had come!
Ezekiel 5:12
A third of your people will die by plague and be consumed by famine within you;
Amos 9:1-4
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar,
so that the thresholds shake;
knock them down on the heads of all the people.
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword.
None of those who flee will get away;
none of the fugitives will escape.