Lamentations 1:1 KJV
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Matthew Henry
- The miserable state of Jerusalem, the just consequences of its sinsThe prophet sometimes speaks in his own person; at other times Jerusalem, as a distressed female, is the speaker, or some of the Jews. The description shows...
Thompson Chains
- Jerusalem (2)Last of 7 links
- Desolation (1)See the chain from Isaiah 1:8 · 12 links
- Proud HumbledSee the chain from Job 9:13 · 11 links
Parallel Passages
- Ezra 4:20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- 1 Kings 4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
- Ezra 4:20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.
- Isaiah 3:26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
- 2 Kings 23:35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh.
- Isaiah 22:2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
- Isaiah 54:4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
- Lamentations 5:16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
- Revelation 18:16–17 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! …
- 2 Kings 23:33 And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
- Nehemiah 5:4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
- Nehemiah 9:37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
- Psalms 122:4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
- Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
- Isaiah 47:1–15 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. …
- Isaiah 52:2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
- Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
- Jeremiah 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 40:9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
- Jeremiah 50:23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
- Lamentations 2:1 How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
- Lamentations 2:10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
- Lamentations 4:1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
- Ezekiel 26:16 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
- Zephaniah 2:15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
- Zechariah 8:4–5 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. …
- Revelation 18:7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible588 BC · Jerusalem and the Temple Burned
Hebrew and Strong’s
- How doth the city אֵיכָה ʾêkâ Interrogative הָעִיר hāʿîr עִיר Noun · feminine singular · with the
- sit יָשְׁבָה yāšĕbâ יָשַׁב Verb · qal perfect, third person feminine singular
- solitary בָדָד bādād בָּדָד Noun · masculine singular
- full רַבָּתִי rabbātî רַב Adjective · feminine singular construct
- of people עָם ʿām עַם Noun · masculine singular
- is she become as a widow הָיְתָה hāyĕtâ Verb · qal perfect, third person feminine singular כְּאַלְמָנָה kĕʾalmānâ אַלְמָנָה Noun · feminine singular · with preposition
- she that was great רַּבָּתִי rabbātî רַב Adjective · feminine singular construct
- among the nations בַגּוֹיִם baggôyim גּוֹי Noun · masculine plural · with preposition with the
- princess שָׂרָתִי śārātî שָׂרָה Noun · feminine singular construct
- among the provinces בַּמְּדִינוֹת bammĕdînôt מְדִינָה Noun · feminine plural · with preposition with the
- is she become tributary הָיְתָה hāyĕtâ Verb · qal perfect, third person feminine singular לָמַס lāmas מַס Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
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