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1:1 א (Alef)Alas <0349>! The city <05892> once full of people <05971> now sits <03427> all <07227> alone <0910>! The prominent <07227> lady among the nations <01471> has become <01961> a widow <0490>! The princess <08282> who once ruled the provinces <04082> has become <01961> a forced laborer <04522>! 1:2 ב(Bet) She weeps bitterly <01058> <01058> at night <03915>; tears <01832> stream down her cheeks <03895>. She has no one <0369> to comfort <05162> her among all <03605> her lovers <0157>. All <03605> her friends <07453> have betrayed <0898> her; they have become <01961> her enemies <0341>. 1:3 ג(Gimel) Judah <03063> has departed into exile <01540> under affliction <06040> and harsh <07230> oppression <05656>. She <01931> lives <03427> among the nations <01471>; she has found <04672> no <03808> resting place <04494>. All <03605> who pursued <07291> her overtook <05381> her in narrow <0996> straits <04712>. 1:4 ד(Dalet) The roads <01870> to Zion <06726> mourn <057> because no one <01097> travels <0935> to the festivals <04150>. All <03605> her city gates <08179> are deserted <08074>; her priests <03548> groan <0584>. Her virgins <01330> grieve <03013>; she <01931> is in bitter anguish <04751>! 1:5 ה(He) Her foes <06862> subjugated her; her enemies <0341> are at ease <07951>. For <03588> the Lord <03068> afflicted <03013> her because of her many <07230> acts of rebellion <06588>. Her children <05768> went away <01980> captive <07628> before <06440> the enemy <06862>. 1:6 ו(Vav) All <03605> of Daughter <01323> <01323> Zion’s splendor <01926> has departed <03318>. Her leaders <08269> became like deer <0354>; they found <04672> no <03808> pasture <04829>, so they were too exhausted <03581> <03808> to escape <01980> from <06440> the hunter <07291>. 1:7 ז(Zayin) Jerusalem <03389> remembers <02142>, when <03117> she became a poor <06040> homeless <04788> person, all <03605> her treasures <04262> that <0834> she owned in days <03117> of old <06924>. When her people <05971> fell <05307> into an enemy’s <06862> grip <03027>, none <0369> of her allies <05826> came to her rescue. Her enemies <06862> gloated <07200> over her; they sneered <07832> at <05921> her downfall <04868>. 1:8 ח(Khet) Jerusalem <03389> committed terrible <02399> sin <02398>; therefore <03651> she became <01961> an object of scorn <05206>. All <03605> who admired <03513> her have despised <02107> her because <03588> they have seen <07200> her nakedness <06172>. She groans <0584> aloud and turns away <07725> in shame <0268>. 1:9 ט(Tet) Her menstrual flow <02932> has soiled <02932> her clothing <07757>; she did not <03808> consider <02142> the consequences <0319> of her sin. Her demise <03381> was astonishing <06382>, and there was no <0369> one to comfort <05162> her. She cried, “Look <07200>, O Lord <03068>, on my affliction <06040> because <03588> my enemy <0341> boasts <01431>!” 1:10 י(Yod) An enemy <06862> grabbed <06566> <03027> all <03605> her valuables <04261>. Indeed <03588> she watched <07200> in horror as Gentiles <01471> invaded <0935> her holy temple <04720>– those whom <0834> you had commanded <06680>: “They must not <03808> enter <0935> your assembly <06951> place.” 1:11 כ(Kaf) All <03605> her people <05971> groaned <0584> as they searched for <01245> a morsel of bread <03899>. They exchanged <05414> their valuables <04262> for just enough food <0400> to stay <07725> alive <05315>. “Look <07200>, O Lord <03068>! Consider <05027> that <03588> I have become <01961> worthless <02151>!” 1:12 ל(Lamed) Is it nothing <03808> to <0413> you, all <03605> you who pass by <05674> on the road <01870>? Look <05027> and see <07200>! Is <03426> there any pain <04341> like mine? The Lord <03068> has afflicted <05953> me, he has inflicted <03013> it on me when <03117> he burned <02740> with anger <0639>. 1:13 מ(Mem) He sent down <07971> fire <0784> into my bones <06106>, and it overcame <07287> them. He spread out <06566> a trapper’s net <07568> for my feet <07272>; he made me turn <07725> back <0268>. He has made <05414> me desolate <08076>; I am faint <01739> all <03605> day <03117> long. 1:14 נ(Nun) My sins <06588> are bound <08244> around my neck like a yoke <05923>; they are fastened together <08276> by his hand <03027>. He has placed <05927> his yoke on <05921> my neck <06677>; he has sapped <03782> my strength <03581>. The Lord <0136> has handed <03027> me over to those whom I cannot <03201> <03808> resist <06965>. 1:15 ס(Samek) He rounded up <05541> all <03605> my mighty ones <047>; The Lord <0136> did this in my midst <07130>. He summoned <07121> an assembly <04150> against <05921> me to shatter <07665> my young men <0970>. The Lord <0136> has stomped <01869> like grapes the virgin <01330> daughter <01323>, Judah <03063>. 1:16 ע(Ayin) I <0589> weep <01058> because <05921> of these <0428> things; my eyes <05869> flow <03381> with tears <04325>. For <03588> there is no one in sight <07368> who can comfort <05162> me or encourage <05315> <07725> me. My children <01121> are desolated <08074> because <03588> an enemy <0341> has prevailed <01396>.

• Lam 1:1-10 -- The Prophet Speaks:
• Lam 1:11-16 -- Jerusalem Speaks:

• Wine-press

  [ebd] Consisted of two vats or receptacles, (1) a trough (Heb. gath, Gr. lenos) into which the grapes were thrown and where they were trodden upon and bruised (Isa. 16:10; Lam. 1:15; Joel 3:13); and (2) a trough or vat (Heb. yekeb...
  

• STRAIT; STRAITEN; STRAITLY

  [isbe] STRAIT; STRAITEN; STRAITLY - strat, strat'-'-n, strat'-il: The word "strait" and its compounds are used in English Versions of the Bible in the literal sense of "narrow" (tsar, 2 Ki 6:1; Isa 49:20; mutsaq, Job 37:10; 'atsal,...
  

• Poetry

  [ebd] has been well defined as "the measured language of emotion." Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man's relation to God. "Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon, redemption, repentance are the a...
  [nave] POETRY Lam. 1-5. Didactic Moses' song, Deut. 32. The Book of Job, the Proverbs, Solomon's Song, the books of prophecy. See: Psalms, Didactic. Elegy On the death of Saul, 2 Sam. 1:17, 19-27. Of Abner, 2 Sam. 3:33, 34. ...
  

• PRINCESS

  [isbe] PRINCESS - prin'-ses: The Hebrew term is sarah (compare sar, prince, and "Sarah"); it means (1) a queen (Isa 49:23, the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) both "queen"); (2) the consort of a ki...
  

• POETRY, HEBREW

  [isbe] POETRY, HEBREW - po'-et-ri: I. IS THERE POETRY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT? Poetry Defined: 1. In Matter, Concrete and Imaginative 2. In Form, Emotional and Rhythmical II. NEGLECT OF HEBREW POETRY: CAUSES III. CHARACTERISTICS OF HE...
  

• NAKED; NAKEDNESS

  [isbe] NAKED; NAKEDNESS - na'-ked, na'-ked-nes: "Naked" in the Old Testament represents various derivatives of `ur and `arah chiefly, `arom (adj.) and `erwah (noun); in the New Testament the adjective is gumnos, the noun gumnotes, ...
  

• MOCK; MOCKER; MOCKING

  [isbe] MOCK; MOCKER; MOCKING - mok, mok'er, mok'-ing (hathal, la`agh, empaizo): To mock is the translation of hathal, "to play upon," "mock," "deride" (Jdg 16:10,13,15; 1 Ki 18:27, "Elijah mocked them"; Job 13:9 twice, the Revised ...
  

• LOVER

  [isbe] LOVER - luv'-er ('ohebh, 'ahebh): In the Old Testament 'ohebh, from 'ahebh, "to love," is sometimes "lover" in the sense of "friend," in the older English sense of the word (1 Ki 5:1, "Hiram was ever a lover of David"; Ps 38...
  

• Hart

  [ebd] (Heb. 'ayal), a stag or male deer. It is ranked among the clean animals (Deut. 12:15; 14:5; 15:22), and was commonly killed for food (1 Kings 4:23). The hart is frequently alluded to in the poetical and prophetical books (Is...
  

• GRIEVOUS; GRIEVOUSLY; GREIEVOUSNESS

  [isbe] GRIEVOUS; GRIEVOUSLY; GREIEVOUSNESS - grev'-us; grev'-us-li; grev'-us-nes: In addition to several of the words mentioned under GRIEF (which see), we have kabhedh ("heavy") 8 t, e.g. Gen 12:10, "The famine was grievous in the...
  

• GATE

  [isbe] GATE - gat (Hebrew normally (over 300 times) sha`ar; occasionally deleth, properly, "gateway" (but compare Dt 3:5); elsewhere the gateway is pethach (compare especially Gen 19:6); Aramaic tera`; Greek pulon, pule; the Englis...
  

• FILTH; FILTHINESS; FILTHY

  [isbe] FILTH; FILTHINESS; FILTHY - filth, fil'-thi-nes, fil'-thi (tso'ah, Tum'ah; rhupoo): The word once translated "filth" in the Old Testament is tso'ah, "excrement" or "dung," elsewhere translated "dung" (Isa 4:4, used figurativ...
  

• FAINT

  [isbe] FAINT - fant (`ayeph, `uph, ya`aph, `alaph, aTaph, dawway, yaghea`, macac, rakhakh, paghar, kahah; ekluo, ekkakeo, kamno): The Hebrew vocabulary for the depressing physical conditions and mental emotions which are rendered i...
  

• FAIL

  [isbe] FAIL - fal (kalah, karath; ekleipo): "Fail" is both intransitive, "to fall short," "be wanting," and trans, "to be wanting to." Of the many words translated "fail" in the Old Testament, kalah is the most frequent, meaning "t...
  

• EYE

  [isbe] EYE - i (`ayin; ophthalmos): (1) The physical organ of sight, "the lamp of the body" (Mt 6:22), one of the chief channels of information for man. A cruel custom therefore sanctioned among heathen nations the putting out of t...
  

• Doubting

  [nave] DOUBTING. Job 4:3-6; Job 9:16-23; Job 30:20, 21 Job 3; 16; 17; 23:15-17. Psa. 22:2; Psa. 31:22; Psa. 42:5, 6; Psa. 49:5; Psa. 73:13-17; Psa. 77:3, 7-9; Prov. 24:10; Isa. 40:27, 28 Isa. 50:2. Isa. 49:14, 15; Jer. 8:18; Jer. ...
  

• Church

  [nave] CHURCH, the collective body of believers. Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics Called in the O.T., The Congregation, Ex. 12:3, 6, 19, 47; 16:1, 2, 9, 10, 22; Lev. 4:13, 15; 10:17; 24:14. Called in the N.T., Church, Matt. 16:18; ...
  

• BURIAL

  [isbe] BURIAL - ber'-i-al (qebhurah; compare New Testament to entaphidsai): I. IMMEDIATE BURIAL CONSIDERED URGENT 1. Reasons for This 2. The Burial of Jesus 3. The Usual Time 4. Duties of Next of Kin II. PREPARATIONS FOR BURIAL 1. ...
  

• BONE; BONES

  [isbe] BONE; BONES - bon (`etsem, `otsem; Aramaic gerem, by extension used for "bony frame," "body," "strength," Ps 35:10; "the whole man"; Lk 24:39, "flesh and bones = the solid and tangible framework of the body; figuratively the...
  

• Afflictions and Adversities

  [nave] AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Benefits of; Benefits of, Illustrated; Consolation in; Deliverance from; Design of; Despondency in; Dispe...
  

• Psalms 1: Zion Mourning

  

• Tuhan Melawat UmatNya [KJ.214]

  1. Tuhan melawat umatNya; malam menjadi pagi! Dalam terang hadiratNya kita dihibur lagi!	Luk 1:78-79 Luk 7:16
  2. Habis menanggung mautNya di atas kayu salib, kuburNya ditinggalkanNya: Ia telah kembali!
  3. Murid-muridNya tercengang, kar'na tak menyadari bahwa Mesias t'lah menang atas set'ru terakhir.	Luk 24:12, 37 1 Kor 15:26
  4. Sion penuh keluh-kesah, kidung diganti tangis; duka menimpa jiwanya awan menutup langit.	Yes 3:26 Rat 1:4 Amos 8:10
  5. Hai putri Sion, nyanyilah! Janganlah susah hati: dalam cahaya hidupNya dukamu diobati!	Yes 52:9 Zef 3:14 Zkh 2:10 Yes 61:2-3
  6. Puji-pujian mulutmu kini segar kembali: oleh kuasa Roh Kudus kubur dibuka lagi!
  7. Nyanyi seputar dunia bahwa Tuhanmu bangkit! FirmanNya tinggal beserta dan mengobarkan hati!	Luk 24:32
  8. Umat percaya, bangunlah, nyanyi tiap hari; hiduplah bersejahtera, t'rima berkat ilahi!
  9. Takhta mengganti salibNya dalam terang sorgawi; kita di KerajaanNya hidup kekal abadi!	Mat 25:31 Why 5:6 Why 7:17
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• [Lam 1:12] All Ye That Pass By

  All ye that pass by, To Jesus draw nigh: To you is it nothing that Jesus should die? Your ransom and peace, Your surety He is: Come, see if there ever was sorrow like His. For what you have done His blood must atone: The Father hath punished for you His dear Son. The Lord, in the day Of His anger, did lay Your sins on the Lamb, and He bore them away. He answered for all: O come at His call, And low at His cross with astonishment fall! But lift up your eyes At Jesus’ cries: Impassive, He suffers; immortal, He dies. He dies to atone For sins not His own; Your debt He hath paid, and your work He hath done. Ye all may receive The peace He did leave, Who made intercession, “My Father, forgive!” For you and for me He prayed on the tree: The prayer is accepted, the sinner is free. That sinner am I, Who on Jesus rely, And come for the pardon God cannot deny. My pardon I claim; For a sinner I am, A sinner believing in Jesus’ Name. He purchased the grace Which now I embrace: O Father, Thou know’st He hath died in my place. His death is my plea; My Advocate see, And hear the blood speak that hath answered for me. My ransom He was When He bled on the cross; And losing His life He hath carried my cause.

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• [Lam 1:12] My Savior! I Behold Thy Life

  My Savior! I behold Thy life Of not one smile and many tears; I mark the spiritual strife, Thy human woes, Thy human fears, And cry, “Was ever grief like Thine, Or debt of sin so vast as mine?” I watch Thine agonizing hour, I see Thee by Thine own betrayed, Alone in Pilate’s craven power, And scourged and scornfully arrayed, And cry, “Was ever grief like Thine Or debt of sin so vast as mine?” I see Thee fainting on Thy way, Reviled and mocked of all the throng, I hear the bitter words they say, The abject’s sneer, the drunkard’s song, And cry, “Was ever grief like Thine, Or debt of sin so vast as mine?” That sin in every taunt I hear, And see in every look of scorn; It is the Cross which Thou dost bear, The sharpness of Thy crown of thorn: Dear Lord, “Was ever grief like Thine, Or debt of sin so vast as mine?” My Savior, I behold Thy death, I hear Thy cries, Thy last words seven, I see the scowling gaze beneath, Above, the darkened face of Heaven, And cry, “Was ever grief like Thine, Or debt of sin so vast as mine?” My Savior, I behold Thy grave In that still garden’s awful gloom, I see Thee lying there to save My soul from an eternal tomb, And cry, “Was ever grief like Thine, Or debt of sin so vast as mine?” And yet with all I hear and see Of Death, or Passion of Thy life, Sweet hopes are ministered to me And voices fall with comfort rife, That say, “Because He lived and died, From sin thou canst be purified!”

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