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Lamentations 1

Lam. 1:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Her filthiness
tum'ah (Hebrew #2932)
religious impurity
KJV usage: filthiness, unclean(-ness).
Pronounce: toom-aw'
Origin: from 2930
is in her skirts
shuwl (Hebrew #7757)
a skirt; by implication, a bottom edge
KJV usage: hem, skirt, train.
Pronounce: shool
Origin: from an unused root meaning to hang down
; she remembereth
zakar (Hebrew #2142)
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; also (as denominative from 2145) to be male
KJV usage: X burn (incense), X earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.
Pronounce: zaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
not her last end
'achariyth (Hebrew #319)
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
KJV usage: (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
Pronounce: akh-ar-eeth'
Origin: from 310
k; therefore she came down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
wonderfully
pele' (Hebrew #6382)
a miracle
KJV usage: marvellous thing, wonder(-ful, -fully).
Pronounce: peh'-leh
Origin: from 6381
: she had no comforter
nacham (Hebrew #5162)
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
KJV usage: comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
Pronounce: naw-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
. O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, behold
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
my affliction
`oniy (Hebrew #6040)
from 6031; depression, i.e. misery: --afflicted(-ion), trouble.
Pronounce: on-ee'
: for the enemy
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
hath magnified
gadal (Hebrew #1431)
properly, to twist (compare 1434), i.e. to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
KJV usage: advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, be(-come, do, give, make, wax), great(-er, come to...estate, + things), grow(up),increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly (spoken), tower.
Pronounce: gaw-dal'
Origin: a primitive root
himself.

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filthiness.
she remembereth.
came.
she had.
Lam. 1:2,17,21• 2{i}She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks;{HR}Among all her lovers she hath no comforter;{HR}All her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.{/i}
17Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her:{HR}Jehovah hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him:{HR}Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
21They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me:{HR}All mine enemies have heard of my trouble, they are glad that thou hast done it;{HR}Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
(Lam. 1:2,17,21)
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Lam. 2:13• 13What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee,{HR}O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee,{HR}O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee? (Lam. 2:13)
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Eccl. 4:1• 1Then I returned and saw all the oppressions{HR}That are done under the sun:{HR}And behold, the tears of such as were oppressed,{HR}And they had no comforter;{HR}And on the side of their oppressors there was power,{HR}But they had no comforter. (Eccl. 4:1)
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Isa. 40:2• 2Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her time of toil is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; that she hath received of Jehovah's hand double for all her sins. (Isa. 40:2)
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Isa. 54:11• 11O afflicted, tossed with tempest, not comforted! behold, I will set thy stones in antimony, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. (Isa. 54:11)
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Hos. 2:14• 14{i}Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak to her heart.{/i} (Hos. 2:14)
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John 11:19• 19and many of the Jews had come unto Martha and Mary that they might comfort them concerning their brother. (John 11:19)
behold.
Ex. 3:7,17• 7And Jehovah said, Seeing I have seen the affliction of my people that [are] in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
17and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.
(Ex. 3:7,17)
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Ex. 4:31• 31{i}And the people believed. And when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.{/i} (Ex. 4:31)
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Deut. 26:7• 7and when we cried unto the Jehovah God of our fathers, Jehovah heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression: (Deut. 26:7)
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1 Sam. 1:11• 11{i}And she vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man child, then I will give him to Jehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.{/i} (1 Sam. 1:11)
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2 Sam. 16:12• 12{i}It may be that Jehovah will look on mine affliction, and that Jehovah will requite me good for my being cursed this day.{/i} (2 Sam. 16:12)
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2 Kings 14:26• 26{i}For Jehovah saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter; and that there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.{/i} (2 Kings 14:26)
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Neh. 9:32• 32{i}And now, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and loving-kindness, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the days of the kings of Assyria unto this day.{/i} (Neh. 9:32)
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Psa. 25:18• 18Look upon mine affliction and my sorrow,{HR}And forgive all my sins. (Psa. 25:18)
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Psa. 119:153• 153See mine affliction and deliver me;{HR}For thy law I do not forget. (Psa. 119:153)
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Dan. 9:17‑19• 17{i}And now, our God, hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.{/i}
18{i}Incline thine ear, O my God, and hear; open thine eyes and behold our desolations, and the city that is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee because of our righteousnesses, but because of thy manifold mercies.{/i}
19{i}Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, hearken and do! defer not, for thine own sake, O my God! for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.{/i}
(Dan. 9:17‑19)
for.
Deut. 32:27• 27{i}If I did not fear provocation from the enemy,{HR}Lest their adversaries should misunderstand it,{HR}Lest they should say, Our hand is high,{HR}And Jehovah has not done all this.{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:27)
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Psa. 74:8‑9,22‑23• 8They said in their heart,{HR}Let us destroy them together.{HR}They have burnt all God's places of assembly in the land.
9Our signs we see not;{HR}[There is] no more a prophet,{HR}And with us [is] not any knowing how long.
22Arise, O God, plead thy cause;{HR}Remember thy reproach from the fool all the day.
23Forget not the voice of thine adversaries:{HR}The tumult of those that rise up against thee goeth up continually.
(Psa. 74:8‑9,22‑23)
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Psa. 140:8• 8Grant not, Jehovah, the wicked one's desires;{HR}His device further not: they exalt themselves, Selah. (Psa. 140:8)
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Isa. 37:4,17,23,29• 4It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard. Therefore lift up [thy] prayer for the remnant that is left.
17Incline thine ear, Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, Jehovah, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to reproach the living God.
23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high.
29Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest.
(Isa. 37:4,17,23,29)
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Jer. 48:26• 26Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against Jehovah: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. (Jer. 48:26)
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Jer. 50:29• 29Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against Jehovah, against the Holy One of Israel. (Jer. 50:29)
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Zeph. 2:10• 10This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts. (Zeph. 2:10)
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2 Thess. 2:4‑8• 4he that opposeth and exalteth himself exceedingly against every one called god, or object of veneration; so that he sitteth down in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
5Remember ye not that, being yet with you, I told you these things?
6And now ye know that which restraineth, that he may be revealed in his own season.
7For the mystery of lawlessness already worketh: only [there is] one that restraineth now until he be out of the way,
8and then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall destroy with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;
(2 Thess. 2:4‑8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Her impurity was in her skirts, she remembered not her latter end; and she came down wonderfully: she hath no comforter. Jehovah, behold my affliction; for the enemy hath magnified himself.

W. Kelly Translation

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Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end;{HR}Therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter.{HR}O Jehovah, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.