Lamentations 1:2 “She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all he…”

Lamentations 1:2

She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

World English Bible

She weeps bitterly in the night. Her tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers she has no one to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her. They have become her enemies.

American Standard Version

She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; Among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they are become her enemies.

Geneva Bible 1599

She weepeth continually in the night, and her teares runne downe by her cheekes: among all her louers, she hath none to comfort her: all her friendes haue delt vnfaithfully with her, and are her enemies.

Darby Translation

She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers she hath no comforter; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

Young's Literal Translation

She weepeth sore in the night, And her tear [is] on her cheeks, There is no comforter for her out of all her lovers, All her friends dealt treacherously by her, They have been to her for enemies.

Bible in Basic English

She is sorrowing bitterly in the night, and her face is wet with weeping; among all her lovers she has no comforter: all her friends have been false to her, they have become her haters.

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Cross references

“weepeth”

Psalm 6:6 Psalm 77:2–6 Jeremiah 9:1 Jeremiah 13:17 Lamentations 2:11 Job 7:3

Psalm 6:6 · BSB

I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

Psalm 77:2–6 · BSB

In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

Jeremiah 9:1 · BSB

Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.

Jeremiah 13:17 · BSB

But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.

Lamentations 2:11 · BSB

My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.

Job 7:3 · BSB

So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.

“among”

Lamentations 1:19 Jeremiah 4:30 Jeremiah 22:20–22 Jeremiah 30:14 Ezekiel 23:22–25 Ezekiel 16:37

Lamentations 1:19 · BSB

I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.

Jeremiah 4:30 · BSB

And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you…

Jeremiah 22:20–22 · BSB

Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.

Jeremiah 30:14 · BSB

All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.

Ezekiel 23:22–25 · BSB

Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side—

Ezekiel 16:37 · BSB

therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you co…

“none”

Lamentations 1:9 Lamentations 1:21 Lamentations 1:17 Isaiah 51:18 Isaiah 51:19

Lamentations 1:9 · BSB

Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!

Lamentations 1:21 · BSB

People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.

Lamentations 1:17 · BSB

Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

Isaiah 51:18 · BSB

Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.

Isaiah 51:19 · BSB

These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

“all her friends”

Micah 7:5 Psalm 31:11 Job 6:15 Proverbs 19:7 Job 19:13 Job 19:14

Micah 7:5 · BSB

Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

Psalm 31:11 · BSB

Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.

Job 6:15 · BSB

But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,

Proverbs 19:7 · BSB

All the brothers of a poor man hate him— how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.

Job 19:13 · BSB

He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.

Job 19:14 · BSB

My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.

Also

Jeremiah 3:1

Jeremiah 3:1 · BSB

“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers— and you would return to Me?” decla…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.

3Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

Read Lamentations 1