Lamentations 1:6
in Lamentations 1All the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; they lack the strength to flee in the face of the hunter.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And from the daughter of Zion all her majesty is departed: Her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, And they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
KJV
And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
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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 princes ... - Jeremiah had before his mind the sad flight of Zedekiah and his men of war, and their capture within a few miles of Jerusalem Jer 39:4-5.
This site's exposition
The roads to Zion mourn
on Lamentations 1:4-6
The roads grieve, since “no one comes to her appointed feasts”, the pilgrim festivals the Law set in Deuteronomy 16:16. The temple's people are named: “her priests groan, her maidens grieve”. Her princes “are like deer that find no pasture”, too weak “to flee in the face of the hunter”.
This site's exposition
All the splendor has departed
Matthew Henry reads the departed splendor as the temple, the beauty of Zion. John Gill sees princes weak with hunger, too faint to flee. Albert Barnes sees Zedekiah and his men of war, caught in the plains of Jericho as they fled the city, Jeremiah 39:4-5.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church3 voices
Here is loudly lamented the captivity of major persons. Around this idea three notations are made. First is set forth an omission of ornamentations. As stated: "From the daughter of Zion has departed all her majesty." For instance, like vases taken away, and treasures from …
AND IS DEPARTED: the fifth topic of complaint, by which all disadvantages are brought separately before the eyes, which is to be noted almost everywhere. Historical interpretation. AND FROM THE DAUGHTER OF ZION IS DEPARTED: before this sentence is put VAU, that is interpreted 'and', …
A commentator
BonaventureCollationes de Septem Donis, Collation 5 · Written in the 13th century.
proposed
Everyone who receives the care of souls becomes a prince of the army; and when the prince is not good, then the army is in great danger. Whence Jeremiah laments: "All beauty," he says, "has departed from the daughter of Zion; her princes have become …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The beauty of holiness was the beauty of the daughter of Zion; when the temple, that holy and beautiful house, was destroyed, her beauty was gone; that was the breaking of the staff of beauty, the taking away of the pledges and seals of the covenant, Zech. xi.
And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed,.... The kingdom removed; the priesthood ceased; the temple, their beautiful house, burnt; the palaces of their king and nobles demolished; and everything in church and state that was glorious were now no more: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture; that are heartless and without courage, fearful and timorous, as harts are, especially when destitute of food.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּצֵ֥א | vaiyetze' | and it has gone out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מִבַּת | mivat- | from [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| צִיּ֖וֹן | tziyon | Zion | H6726 → | 154 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הֲדָרָ֑הּ | hadarah | splendor her | H1926 → | |
| הָי֣וּ | hayu | they have become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| שָׂרֶ֗יהָ | sareiha | princes her | H8269 → | 421 times |
| כְּאַיָּלִים֙ | keaiyalim | like deer | H354 → | |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | [which] not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| מָצְא֣וּ | matzeu | they have found | H4672 → | 455 times |
| מִרְעֶ֔ה | mireh | pasture | H4829 → | |
| וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ | vaiyelekhu | and they have gone | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בְלֹא־ | velo'- | with not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| כֹ֖חַ | khoach | strength | H3581 → | |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| רוֹדֵֽף׃ ס | rodef | a pursuer | H7291 → | 143 times |
וַיֵּצֵ֥אand it has gone out
vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times
מִבַּתfrom [the] daughter of
mivat-H1323 →588 times
צִיּ֖וֹןZion
tziyonH6726 →154 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הֲדָרָ֑הּsplendor her
hadarahH1926 →
הָי֣וּthey have become
hayuH1961 →3559 times
שָׂרֶ֗יהָprinces her
sareihaH8269 →421 times
כְּאַיָּלִים֙like deer
keaiyalimH354 →
לֹא־[which] not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
מָצְא֣וּthey have found
matzeuH4672 →455 times
מִרְעֶ֔הpasture
mirehH4829 →
וַיֵּלְכ֥וּand they have gone
vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times
בְלֹא־with not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
כֹ֖חַstrength
khoachH3581 →
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
רוֹדֵֽף׃ סa pursuer
rodefH7291 →143 times
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
Ezekiel 24:21Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 23:47
The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
- Ezekiel 23:25
And I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They…
- Jeremiah 7:14
therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.
- Psalms 27:4
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
- Ezekiel 23:47
Through
Jeremiah 52:13He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 36:19
Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
- Micah 3:12
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
- Psalms 79:1
The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
- 2 Chronicles 36:19
Through
Ezekiel 24:25And you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy—the desire of their eyes which uplifted their souls—and their sons and daughters as well,
it leads to
- Ezekiel 24:21
Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of…
- Ezekiel 24:21
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bonaventure, Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 5; Glossa Ordinaria, Commentary (church-history corpus); 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.