She weepeth continually in the [a]night, and her tears run down by her cheeks: among all her [b]lovers, she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt unfaithfully with her, and are her enemies.

Judah is carried away captive, because [c]of affliction, and because of great servitude, she dwelleth among the heathen, and findeth no rest: all her persecutors took her in the straits.

The ways of Zion lament, because no man cometh[d]to the solemn feasts, all her gates are desolate: her Priests sigh: her virgins are discomfited, and she is in [e]heaviness.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:2 So that she taketh no rest.
  2. Lamentations 1:2 Meaning, the Egyptians and Assyrians, which promised help.
  3. Lamentations 1:3 For her cruelty toward the poor and oppression of servants, Jer. 34:11.
  4. Lamentations 1:4 As they used to come up with mirth and joy, Ps. 42:4.
  5. Lamentations 1:4 Hebrew, bitterness.

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