Chapter 1

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How doth The LXX have the following words as an introduction: "And it came to pass after Israel had been carried captive, and Jerusalem was become desolate, that Jeremiah sat weeping, and lamented with this lamentation over Jerusalem, and said." Lam 2:1, Lam 4:1; Isa 14:12; Jer 50:23; Zeph 2:15; Rev 18:16-17

sit Lam 2:10; Isa 3:26, Isa 47:1-15, Isa 50:5, Isa 52:2, Isa 52:7; Jer 9:11; Ezek 26:16

full Ps 122:4; Isa 22:2; Zech 8:4-5

as a Isa 47:8-9, Isa 54:4; Rev 18:7

great 1Kgs 4:21; 2Chr 9:26; Ezra 4:20

how is Lam 5:16; 2Kgs 23:33, 2Kgs 23:35; Neh 5:4, Neh 9:37


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weepeth Lam 1:16, Lam 2:11, Lam 2:18-19; Job 7:3; Ps 6:6, Ps 77:2-6; Jer 9:1, Jer 9:17-19, Jer 13:17

among Lam 1:19; Jer 4:30, Jer 22:20-22, Jer 30:14; Ezek 16:37, Ezek 23:22-25; Hos 2:7; Rev 17:13, Rev 17:16

none Lam 1:9, Lam 1:16-17, Lam 1:21; Isa 51:18-19

all her friends Job 6:15, Job 19:13-14; Ps 31:11; Prov 19:7; Mic 7:5


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gone 2Kgs 24:14-15, 2Kgs 25:11, 2Kgs 25:21; 2Chr 36:20-21; Jer 39:9, Jer 52:15, Jer 52:27-30

because of great servitude Heb. for the greatness of servitude

she Lam 2:9; Lev 26:36-39; Deut 28:64-67; Jer 24:9; Ezek 5:12

all Lam 4:18-19; Jer 16:16, Jer 52:8; Amos 9:1-4


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ways Lam 2:6-7, Lam 5:13; Isa 24:4-6; Jer 14:2; Mic 3:12

all her gates Lam 2:9; Jer 9:11, Jer 10:22, Jer 33:10-12

her priests Lam 1:11-12, Lam 1:18-20, Lam 2:10-11, Lam 2:19-21; Isa 32:9-14; Joel 1:8-13


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adversaries Lam 2:17, Lam 3:46; Lev 26:17; Deut 28:43-44; Ps 80:6, Ps 89:42; Isa 63:18; Jer 12:7; Mic 7:8-10

for Lam 1:18, Lam 3:39-43; Lev 26:15-46; Deut 4:25-27, Deut 28:15-68, Deut 29:18-28; Deut 31:16-18, Deut 31:29, Deut 32:15-27; 2Chr 36:14-16; Neh 9:33-34; Ps 90:7-8; Jer 5:3-9, Jer 5:29, Jer 23:14, Jer 30:14-15, Jer 44:21-22; Ezek 8:17-18, Ezek 9:9, Ezek 22:24-31; Dan 9:7-16; Mic 3:9-12; Zeph 3:1-8

her children Jer 39:9, Jer 52:27-30


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from 2Kgs 19:21; Ps 48:2-3; Isa 1:21, Isa 4:5, Isa 12:6; Zeph 3:14-17

all Lam 2:1-7; 2Sam 4:11-12; Ps 50:2, Ps 96:9, Ps 132:12-13; Jer 52:8, Jer 52:11, Jer 52:13; Ezek 7:20-22, Ezek 11:22-23, Ezek 24:21, Ezek 24:25

her princes Lev 26:36-37; Deut 28:25, Deut 32:30; Josh 7:12-13; Ps 44:9-11; Jer 29:4; Jer 48:41, Jer 51:30-32, Jer 52:7

harts Jer 14:5-6, Jer 47:3


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remembered Job 29:2-25, Job 30:1; Ps 42:4, Ps 77:3, Ps 77:5-9; Hos 2:7; Luke 15:17, Luke 16:25

all her Deut 4:7-8, Deut 4:34-37, Deut 8:7-9; Ps 147:19-20; Isa 5:1-4

pleasant or, desirable, Lam 1:10

the adversaries Lam 2:15-16; Ps 79:4, Ps 137:3-4; Mic 4:11


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hath Lam 1:5, Lam 1:20; 1Kgs 8:46-47, 1Kgs 9:7, 1Kgs 9:9; Isa 59:2-13; Jer 6:28; Ezek 14:13-21; Ezek 22:2-15

removed Heb. become a removing, or wandering, Jer 15:4, Jer 24:9, Jer 34:17; Ezek 23:46 *marg.

all Lam 4:15-16, Lam 5:12-16; 1Sam 2:30

they Lam 4:21; Isa 47:3; Jer 13:22, Jer 13:26; Ezek 16:37-39, Ezek 23:29; Hos 2:3, Hos 2:10; Rev 3:18

she sigheth Lam 1:4, Lam 1:11, Lam 1:21-22, Lam 2:10; Jer 4:31


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filthiness Lam 1:17; Jer 2:34, Jer 13:27; Ezek 24:12-13

she remembereth Deut 32:29; Isa 47:7; Jer 5:31; 1Pet 4:17

came Lam 1:1, Lam 4:1; Isa 3:8; Jer 13:17-18

she had Lam 1:2, Lam 1:17, Lam 1:21, Lam 2:13; Eccl 4:1; Isa 40:2, Isa 54:11; Hos 2:14; John 11:19

behold Exod 3:7, Exod 3:17, Exod 4:31; Deut 26:7; 1Sam 1:11; 2Sam 16:12; 2Kgs 14:26; Neh 9:32; Ps 25:18, Ps 119:153; Dan 9:17-19

for Deut 32:27; Ps 74:8-9, Ps 74:22-23, Ps 140:8; Isa 37:4, Isa 37:17, Isa 37:23, Isa 37:29; Jer 48:26; Jer 50:29; Zeph 2:10; 2Thess 2:4-8


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spread Lam 1:7; Isa 5:13-14; Jer 15:13, Jer 20:5, Jer 52:17-20

pleasant or, desirable, Lam 1:7

seen Ps 74:4-8, Ps 79:1-7; Isa 63:18, Isa 64:10-11; Jer 51:51, Jer 52:13; Ezek 7:22; Ezek 9:7

whom Deut 23:3; Neh 13:1; Ezek 44:7; Mark 13:14


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seek Lam 1:19, Lam 2:12, Lam 4:4-10; Deut 28:52-57; 2Kgs 6:25; Jer 19:9, Jer 38:9, Jer 52:6; Ezek 4:15-17, Ezek 5:16-17

relieve the soul Heb. make the soul to come again, 1Sam 30:11-12

see Lam 1:9, Lam 1:20, Lam 2:20; Job 40:4; Ps 25:15-19


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Is it nothing or, It is nothing

pass by Heb. pass by the way

if The church in distress here magnifies her affliction; and yet no more than there was cause for her groaning was not heavier than her strokes. She appeals to all spectators - see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow. This might truly be said of the griefs which were suffered in Jerusalem of old; but Christians are apt to apply these words too sensibly and sensitively to themselves, when they are in trouble, and sometimes more than there is reasonable cause to warrant. All men feel most from their own burden, and cannot be persuaded to reconcile themselves to it; how often do thy cry out in the words we are illustrating! whereas, if their troubles were to be thrown into a common stock with those of others, and then an equal dividend made, share and share alike, rather than approve such an arrangement, each would be ready to say, "Pray give me my own again." - Henry. Lam 2:13, Lam 4:6-11; Dan 9:12; Matt 24:21; Luke 21:22-23, Luke 23:28-31


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above Lam 2:3-4; Deut 32:21-25; Job 30:30; Ps 22:14, Ps 31:10, Ps 102:3-5; Nah 1:6; Hab 3:16; 2Thess 1:8; Heb 12:29

he hath spread Lam 4:17-20; Job 18:8, Job 19:6; Ps 66:11; Ezek 12:13, Ezek 17:20, Ezek 32:3; Hos 7:12

he hath turned Ps 35:4, Ps 70:2-3, Ps 129:5; Isa 42:17

desolate Lam 1:22, Lam 5:17; Deut 28:65; Jer 4:19-29


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yoke Deut 28:48; Prov 5:22; Isa 14:25, Isa 47:6; Jer 27:8, Jer 27:12, Jer 28:14

delivered Jer 25:9, Jer 34:20-21, Jer 37:17, Jer 39:1-9; Ezek 11:9, Ezek 21:31, Ezek 23:28, Ezek 25:4, Ezek 25:7; Hos 5:14


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trodden 2Kgs 9:33, 2Kgs 24:14-16, 2Kgs 25:4-7; Ps 119:118; Isa 5:5, Isa 28:18; Jer 50:26 *marg. Dan 3:13; Mic 7:10; Mal 4:3; Luke 21:24; Heb 10:29

crush Lam 3:34; Deut 28:33; Judg 10:8 *marg. Jer 51:34

the virgin etc. or, the winepress of the virgin, etc. Jer 14:17

as in Isa 63:3; Rev 14:19-20, Rev 19:15


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I weep Lam 1:2, Lam 1:9, Lam 2:11, Lam 2:18, Lam 3:48-49; Ps 119:136; Jer 9:1, Jer 9:10, Jer 13:17, Jer 14:17; Luke 19:41-44; Rom 9:1-3

relieve Heb. bring back, Hos 9:12

my children Lam 1:5-6, Lam 2:20-22, Lam 4:2-10; Jer 9:21


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spreadeth 1Kgs 8:22, 1Kgs 8:38; Isa 1:15; Jer 4:31

none Lam 1:2, Lam 1:9, Lam 1:16, Lam 1:19, Lam 1:21

commanded Lam 2:1-8, Lam 2:17-22; 2Kgs 24:2-4, 2Kgs 25:1; Jer 6:3, Jer 16:6, Jer 21:4-5, Jer 34:22; Ezek 7:23-24; Hos 8:8; Luke 19:43-44

Jerusalem Lam 1:9, Lam 4:15; Lev 15:19-27; Ezek 36:17


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Lord Exod 9:27; Deut 32:4; Judg 1:7; Ezra 9:13; Neh 9:33; Ps 119:75, Ps 145:17; Jer 12:1; Dan 9:7, Dan 9:14; Zeph 3:5; Rom 2:5, Rom 3:19; Rev 15:3-4, Rev 16:5-7

for I Lam 3:42; 1Sam 12:14-15, 1Sam 15:23; Neh 1:6-8, Neh 9:26; Ps 107:11; Dan 9:9-16

commandment Heb. mouth, 1Kgs 13:21

hear Lam 1:12; Deut 29:22-28; 1Kgs 9:8-9; Jer 22:8-9, Jer 25:28-29, Jer 49:12; Ezek 14:22-23

my virgins Lam 1:5-6; Deut 28:32-41


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for Lam 1:2, Lam 4:17; Job 19:13-19; Jer 2:28, Jer 30:14, Jer 37:7-9

my priests Lam 1:11, Lam 2:20, Lam 4:7-9, Lam 5:12; Jer 14:15-18, Jer 23:11-15, Jer 27:13-15


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Behold Lam 1:9, Lam 1:11; Isa 38:14

my bowels Lam 2:11; Job 30:27; Ps 22:14; Isa 16:11; Jer 4:19, Jer 31:20, Jer 48:36; Hos 11:8; Hab 3:16

for Lam 1:18; Lev 26:40-42; 1Kgs 8:47-50; Job 33:27; Ps 51:3-4; Prov 28:13; Jer 2:35, Jer 3:13; Luke 15:18-19, Luke 18:13-14

abroad Lam 4:9-10; Deut 32:25; Jer 9:21-22, Jer 14:18; Ezek 7:15


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have heard that Lam 1:2, Lam 1:8, Lam 1:11-12, Lam 1:16, Lam 1:22

they are Lam 2:15, Lam 4:21-22; Ps 35:15, Ps 38:16, Ps 137:7; Jer 48:27, Jer 50:11; Ezek 25:3, Ezek 25:6, Ezek 25:8, Ezek 25:15, Ezek 26:2; Obad 1:12-13

thou wilt Isa. 13:1-14:32, Isa 47:1-15; Jer 25:17-29, 46:1-51:64; Ezek. 25:1-32:32; Amos 1:1-15

the day Ps 37:13; Joel 3:14

called or, proclaimed

they shall Lam 4:22; Deut 32:41-43; Ps 137:8-9; Isa 51:22-23; Jer 50:15, Jer 50:29, Jer 50:31; Jer 51:24, Jer 51:49; Mic 7:9-10; Hab 2:15-17; Rev 18:6


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all their Neh 4:4-5; Ps 109:14-15, Ps 137:7-9; Jer 10:25, Jer 18:23, Jer 51:35; Luke 23:31; Rev 6:10

my heart Lam 1:13, Lam 5:17; Isa 13:7; Jer 8:18; Eph 3:13


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