Lamentations 1:10
in Lamentations 1The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: For she hath seen that the nations are entered into her sanctuary, Concerning whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thine assembly.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Lamentations 1
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Her pleasant things - Chiefly, the sacred vessels of the temple 2Ch 36:10. Sanctuary ... congregation - Even a Jew might not enter the innermost sanctuary, which was for the priests only; but now the tramp of pagan soldiery has been heard within its sacred precincts.
This site's exposition
The adversary has seized all her treasures
on Lamentations 1:10-11
The adversary seizes the temple's treasures, and the nations enter the sanctuary, “those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly”, the exclusion in Deuteronomy 23:3. Verse 11 shows the famine behind the siege in one trade: “They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive”.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
THE ENEMY HAS PUT OUT HIS HAND: the fifteenth topic of complaint, in which we lament not our own ill fortune but that of our dear ones, as Jeremiah often bemoans the ill fortune of his people. Historical interpretation. THE ENEMY HAS PUT OUT HIS …
Here is considered captivity, and servitude, relating to the taking of possessions suffered from victorious foes. First is viewed exploitation of possessions relating to what foes had taken. Second, is calculated the possessions destroyed. As declared: "all her people groan as they search for bread" …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
What these pleasant things are we may learn from Isa. lxiv. 11 , where, to the complaint of the burning of the temple, it is added, All our pleasant things are laid waste; the ark and the altar, and all the other tokens of God's presence with them, these were their pleasant things above any other things, and these were now broken to pieces and carried away.
3 ); yet now they enter into the sanctuary without control. Note, Nothing is more grievous to those who have a true concern for the glory of God, nor is more lamented, than the violation of God's laws, and the contempt they see put upon sacred things. What the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary was complained of, Ps. lxxiv.
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The enemy hath spread out his hands on all her pleasant things,.... Meaning not the wealth and riches, the goods and substance, or the rich furniture in their own houses; but the precious things in the house of God, the ark, the table, the altar, the priests garments, and vessels of the sanctuary, and the gifts of the temple, and everything valuable in it; these the enemy stretched out his hands and seized upon, and claimed them as his own; took them as a booty, prey, and plunder.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
for--surely she hath seen, &c. heathen . . . command . . . not enter . . . congregation--for instance, the Ammonites and Moabites (De 23:3; If the heathen, as such, were not allowed to enter the sanctuary for worship, much less were they allowed to enter in order to rob and destroy.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
The oppressor extended his hand. Ammon and Mo’av. 40 Alternatively, Nevuchadnetzar. (Targum)
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָדוֹ֙ | yado | hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| פָּ֣רַשׂ | paras | he has spread out | H6566 → | 67 times |
| צָ֔ר | tzar | [the] opponent | H6862 → | 109 times |
| עַ֖ל | ʾal | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מַחֲמַדֶּ֑יהָ | machamadeiha | precious things her | H4261 → | 13 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| רָאֲתָ֤ה | raatah | it saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| גוֹיִם֙ | goyim | nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| בָּ֣אוּ | bau | [which] they went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| מִקְדָּשָׁ֔הּ | mikdashah | sanctuary its | H4720 → | 75 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוִּ֔יתָה | tzivitah | you had commanded | H6680 → | 494 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָבֹ֥אוּ | yavou | they will come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בַקָּהָ֖ל | vakahal | in the assembly | H6951 → | |
| לָֽךְ׃ ס | lakh | of you |
יָדוֹ֙hand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
פָּ֣רַשׂhe has spread out
parasH6566 →67 times
צָ֔ר[the] opponent
tzarH6862 →109 times
עַ֖לover
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
מַחֲמַדֶּ֑יהָprecious things her
machamadeihaH4261 →13 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
רָאֲתָ֤הit saw
raatahH7200 →1300 times
גוֹיִם֙nations
goyimH1471 →561 times
בָּ֣אוּ[which] they went
bauH935 →2568 times
מִקְדָּשָׁ֔הּsanctuary its
mikdashahH4720 →75 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
צִוִּ֔יתָהyou had commanded
tzivitahH6680 →494 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יָבֹ֥אוּthey will come
yavouH935 →2568 times
בַקָּהָ֖לin the assembly
vakahalH6951 →
לָֽךְ׃ סof you
lakh
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Nehemiah 13:1At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 23:3–5
No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
- Nehemiah 13:23
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 9:3
While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in…
- Deuteronomy 31:11–12
when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.
- 2 Kings 23:2
And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing…
- Deuteronomy 23:3–5
Through
Deuteronomy 23:3No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 13:1–2
At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly…
- Nehemiah 13:1–2
Through
Jeremiah 51:51“We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”
it leads to
- Psalms 79:4
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
- Psalms 74:3–7
Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
- Psalms 79:4
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About Lamentations
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Glossa Ordinaria, Commentary (church-history corpus); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Lamentations.