Lamentations 1:14 KJV
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
Matthew Henry
- Jerusalem represented as a captive female, lamenting, and seeking the mercy of GodJerusalem, sitting dejected on the ground, calls on those that passed by, to consider whether her example did not concern them. Her outward sufferings were...
Thompson Chains
- Spir. BondageSee the chain from Proverbs 5:22 · 4 links
- Wicked ForsakenSee the chain from Judges 16:20 · 11 links
- PowerlessnessSee the chain from Leviticus 26:37 · 9 links
Cross References
- Deuteronomy 28:48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
- Isaiah 47:6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
- Proverbs 5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
- Jeremiah 28:14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
- Ezekiel 25:4 Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
- Ezekiel 25:7 Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
- Isaiah 14:25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
- Jeremiah 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
- Jeremiah 27:8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
- Jeremiah 27:12 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
- Jeremiah 32:5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.
- Jeremiah 34:20–21 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. …
- Jeremiah 37:17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 39:1–9 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. …
- Ezekiel 11:9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
- Ezekiel 21:31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.
- Ezekiel 23:28 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated:
- Hosea 5:14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
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Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible588 BC · Jerusalem and the Temple Burned
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- The yoke עֹל ʿōl עֹל Noun · masculine singular construct
- of my transgressions פְּשָׁעַי pĕšāʿay פֶּשַׁע Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- is bound נִשְׂקַד niśqad שָׂקַד Verb · niphal perfect, third person masculine singular
- by his hand בְּיָדוֹ bĕyādô יָד Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine singular
- they are wreathed יִשְׂתָּרְגוּ yiśtārĕgû שָׂרַג Verb · hithpael imperfect, third person masculine plural
- come up עָלוּ ʿālû עָלָה Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
- upon my neck עַל ʿal Preposition צַוָּארִי ṣawwāʾrî צַוָּאר Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- he hath made my strength כֹּחִי kōḥî כֹּחַ Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- to fall הִכְשִׁיל hikšîl כָּשַׁל Verb · hiphil perfect, third person masculine singular
- the Lord אֲדֹנָי ʾădōnāy אֲדֹנָי Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- hath delivered נְתָנַנִי nĕtānanî נָתַן Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular · with suffix: first person common singular
- me into their hands בִּידֵי bîdê יָד Noun · masculine or feminine dual construct · with preposition
- I am not able לֹא lōʾ Negative אוּכַל ʾûkal יָכֹל Verb · qal imperfect, first person common singular
- to rise up קוּם qûm קוּם Verb · qal infinitive construct
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