Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

Lamentations 1:5

Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; For Jehovah hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: Her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.

KJV

Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.

⋯

Commentary

1 voice

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הָי֨וּha.Yuthey have becomeH1961 →
צָרֶ֤יהָtza.Rei.haopponents herH6862 →
לְרֹאשׁ֙le.roSh<into> a headH7218 →
אֹיְבֶ֣יהָ'o.ye.Vei.haenemies herH341 →
שָׁל֔וּsha.Luthey are at easeH7951 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הוֹגָ֖הּho.Gahhe has caused grief to herH3013 →
עַ֣ל'alonH5921 →
רֹב־rov-[the] multitude ofH7230 →
פְּשָׁעֶ֑יהָpe.sha.'Ei.hatransgressions herH6588 →
עוֹלָלֶ֛יהָo.la.Lei.hachildren herH5768 →
הָלְכ֥וּha.le.Khuthey have goneH1980 →
שְׁבִ֖יshe.VicaptivityH7628 →
לִפְנֵי־lif.nei-<to> beforeH6440 →
צָֽר׃ סTzaran opponentH6862 →

The walk

Related verses

18 strongest cross-references

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Isaiah 22:5For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.Psalms 13:2How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?Jeremiah 30:14–15All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.Ezekiel 9:9He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’Ezekiel 8:17–18“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!Jeremiah 39:9Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.Deuteronomy 32:15–27But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.Psalms 90:7–8For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.Deuteronomy 28:44He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.Psalms 5:10Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.Jeremiah 5:6Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.Deuteronomy 28:41You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.Lamentations 3:39–43Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?Lamentations 2:17The 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.Psalms 80:6You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.Jeremiah 12:7I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the love of My life into the hands of her enemies.Daniel 9:7–16To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.Jeremiah 52:27–30There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.

Featured studies on this passage

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem — Rembrandt

On Lamentations 1:5

Jeremiah: the Study Guide

Open the study →

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem — Rembrandt

On Lamentations 1:5

Lamentations — the Study Guide

Open the study →

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 chapter 1 →The featured study →
Continue: Lamentations 1 →