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Lamentations 1:15

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The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

The Lord hath set at nought all my mighty men in the midst of me; He hath called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men: The Lord hath trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.

KJV

The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.

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Commentary

8 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The Hebrew means, literally, such a solemn "assembly" or feast (compare La 2:22). trodden . . . virgin . . . in a wine-press--hath forced her blood to burst forth, as the red wine from the grapes trodden in the press (Isa 63:3;

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This site's exposition

Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by

on Lamentations 1:12-16

Jerusalem asks every passerby whether any sorrow is like hers, “which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger”. The cry is the city's over her ruin, with fire in her bones and the Lord treading “the Virgin Daughter of Judah” in a winepress.

This site's exposition

The Lord has rejected all the mighty men

The word behind army is the word for the appointed feasts, and Albert Barnes reads it as a festival the Lord proclaimed against Zion. Her warriors fell inside the city. Jamieson, Fausset & Brown link the winepress to Isaiah 63:3, where the treader's garments are stained red.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church2 voices

A commentator

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Lamentations · Written before 1274.

proposed

Here is exposed the misery from servitude in particular. First is such servitude under Jehoiachin, King of Judah. (cf. 2 Kings, Chapter 25, "The Exile of Judah"). Second is exposed in particular the captivity of Judah under Zedekiah. And in Jeremiah Chapter 52, "Judah Taken …

A commentator

Glossa Ordinaria

Commentary (church-history corpus) · Written before 1274.

proposed

HE HAS CALLED AGAINST ME: the fourth topic of complaint. Historical interpretation THE LORD HAS TAKEN AWAY ALL MY MIGHTY MEN &c: these events took place during the last captivity, under which neither prophets nor priests were left. In fact, during the Babylonian captivity they …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Nay, she is as one in a wine-press, not only trodden down, but trodden to pieces, crushed as grapes in the wine-press of God's wrath, and her blood pressed out as wine, and it is God that has thus trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah. She is in the hand of her enemies, and it is the Lord that has delivered her into their hands (

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The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Called an assembly - The Chaldean army, composed of various nations, which God commissioned to destroy Jerusalem.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

Trampled. He trampled and trod, an expression of, “pave, pave סֹלּוּ the road.” 51 Yeshayahuu:10.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Lamentations 1:15:1, via Sefaria, The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001

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

16 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • סִלָּ֨הhe has thrown away

    silahH5541 →

  • כָל־all

    khol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אַבִּירַ֤י׀mighty [ones] my

    ʾabiraiH47 →

  • אֲדֹנָי֙[the] Lord

    ʾadonaiH136 →440 times

  • בְּקִרְבִּ֔יin midst my

    bekirbiH7130 →227 times

  • קָרָ֥אhe has proclaimed

    kara'H7121 →733 times

  • עָלַ֛יon me

    ʾalaiH5921 →5755 times

  • מוֹעֵ֖דan appointed meeting

    moedH4150 →223 times

  • לִשְׁבֹּ֣רto break

    lishborH7665 →147 times

  • בַּחוּרָ֑יyoung men my

    bachuraiH970 →44 times

  • גַּ֚תa winepress

    gatH1660 →

  • דָּרַ֣ךְhe has trodden

    darakhH1869 →62 times

  • אֲדֹנָ֔י[the] Lord

    ʾadonaiH136 →440 times

  • לִבְתוּלַ֖תfor [the] virgin of

    livtulatH1330 →50 times

  • בַּת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323 →588 times

  • יְהוּדָֽה׃ סJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Revelation 14:20And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.7 worksIsaiah 63:3“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.5 worksLuke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.5 worksMalachi 4:3Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.4 worksIsaiah 28:18Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.4 worksIsaiah 5:5Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.4 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Hebrews 10:29How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?3 worksRevelation 14:19–20So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.3 worksRevelation 19:15And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.3 worksIsaiah 51:20Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.3 worksJoel 3:13Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.3 worksLamentations 2:21Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.3 worksJeremiah 18:21Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.2 worksJeremiah 37:10Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”2 works2 Kings 25:4–7Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,2 worksMicah 7:10Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.2 worksLamentations 3:34To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,2 worksJeremiah 50:26Come against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Isaiah 63:3

    “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and…

    it leads to

  • Through

    Luke 21:24

    They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

    it leads to

    • Romans 11:25

      I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles…

    • Revelation 11:2

      But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.

    • Isaiah 63:18

      For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.

  • Through

    Malachi 4:3

    Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.

    it leads to

    • Micah 7:10

      Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Zechariah 10:5

      They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Hebrews 10:29

    How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of…

    it leads to

    • Ephesians 4:30

      And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

    • Hebrews 6:6

      and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.

Where this verse is studied

About Lamentations

People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Lamentations: the study guide →Read Lamentations 1 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Glossa Ordinaria, Commentary (church-history corpus); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Lamentations.

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