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Lamentations 1:17

Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

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ASV

Zion spreadeth forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; Jehovah hath commanded concerning Jacob, that they that are round about him should be his adversaries: Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.

KJV

Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
פֵּֽרְשָׂ֨הpe.re.Sahit has spread outH6566 →
צִיּ֜וֹןtzi.YonZionH6726 →
בְּיָדֶ֗יהָbe.ya.Dei.ha<in> hands itsH3027 →
אֵ֤ין'einnotH369 →
מְנַחֵם֙me.na.Chema comforterH5162 →
לָ֔הּLah[belongs] to it
צִוָּ֧הtzi.Vahhe has commandedH6680 →
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לְיַעֲקֹ֖בle.ya.'a.Koof JacobH3290 →
סְבִיבָ֣יוse.vi.Vav[those] around himH5439 →
צָרָ֑יוtza.Rav[will be] opponents hisH6862 →
הָיְתָ֧הha.ye.Tahit has becomeH1961 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →
לְנִדָּ֖הle.ni.Dah<into> an impure thingH5079 →
בֵּינֵיהֶֽם׃ סbei.nei.Hembetween themH996 →

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Jeremiah 4:31For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.Lamentations 1:9Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!Lamentations 1:16For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.Lamentations 1:19I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.Jeremiah 21:4–5this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.2 Kings 25:1So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.2 Kings 24:2–4And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.Jeremiah 34:22Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”Ezekiel 7:23–24Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.Leviticus 15:19–27When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.Luke 19:43–44For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.Lamentations 2:1–8How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.1 Kings 8:22Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,Jeremiah 16:6“Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.Ezekiel 36:17“Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity.Lamentations 1:21People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.Lamentations 2:17–22The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.

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