Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies. New Living Translation She sobs through the night; tears stream down her cheeks. Among all her lovers, there is no one left to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her and become her enemies. English Standard Version She weeps bitterly in the night, with tears on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they have become her enemies. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version She weeps bitterly in the night, Her tears are on her cheeks; Among all her lovers She has none to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies. New American Standard Bible She weeps bitterly in the night, And her tears are on her cheeks; She has no one to comfort her Among all her lovers. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies. NASB 1995 She weeps bitterly in the night And her tears are on her cheeks; She has none to comfort her Among all her lovers. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies. NASB 1977 She weeps bitterly in the night, And her tears are on her cheeks; She has none to comfort her Among all her lovers. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies. Legacy Standard Bible She weeps bitterly in the night, And her tears are on her cheeks; She has none to comfort her Among all her lovers. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies. Amplified Bible She weeps bitterly in the night And her tears are [constantly] on her cheeks; Among all her lovers (political allies) She has no one to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies. Christian Standard Bible She weeps bitterly during the night, with tears on her cheeks. There is no one to offer her comfort, not one from all her lovers. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies. Holman Christian Standard Bible She weeps aloud during the night, with tears on her cheeks. There is no one to offer her comfort, not one from all her lovers. All her friends have betrayed 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Beth She weeps in the night and her tears run down on her cheeks and there is no comforter for her from all her lovers. All her lovers have been false to her and have become her enemies Brenton Septuagint Translation BETH. She weeps sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; and there is none of all her lovers to comfort her: all that were her friends have dealt deceitfully with her, they are become her enemies. Contemporary English Version Each night, bitter tears flood her cheeks. None of her former lovers are there to offer comfort; her friends have betrayed her and are now her enemies. Douay-Rheims Bible Beth. Weeping she hath wept in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: there is none to comfort her among all them that were dear to her: all her friends have despised her, and are become her enemies. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Jerusalem cries bitterly at night with tears running down its cheeks. Out of all those who love the city, no one offers it comfort. All of Jerusalem's friends have betrayed it and become its enemies. Good News Translation All night long she cries; tears run down her cheeks. Of all her former friends, not one is left to comfort her. Her allies have betrayed her and are all against her now. International Standard Version Bitterly she cries in the night, as tears stream down her cheeks. No one consoles her of all her friends. All her neighbors have betrayed her; they have become her enemies. JPS Tanakh 1917 She weepeth sore in the night, And her tears are on her cheeks; She hath none to comfort her Among all her lovers; All her friends have dealt treacherously with her, They are become her enemies. Literal Standard Version She weeps severely 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. Majority Standard Bible 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. New American Bible She weeps incessantly in the night, her cheeks damp with tears. She has no one to comfort her from all her lovers; Her friends have all betrayed her, and become her enemies. NET Bible She weeps bitterly at night; tears stream down her cheeks. She has no one to comfort her among all her lovers. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies. New Revised Standard Version She weeps bitterly in the night, with tears 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. New Heart English Bible She weeps bitterly in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they have become her enemies. Webster's Bible Translation She weepeth bitterly 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. 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context How Lonely Lies the City1How 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. 2She 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. 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.… Cross References Job 19:13 He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me. Job 19:14 My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me. Psalm 6:6 I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. Psalm 31:11 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. Psalm 77:2 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. Psalm 126:5 Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. Jeremiah 2:25 You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, 'It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.' Treasury of Scripture She weeps sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she has none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies. weepeth Lamentations 1:16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed. Lamentations 2:11,18,19 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city… Job 7:3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. among Lamentations 1:19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls. Jeremiah 4:30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life. Jeremiah 22:20-22 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed… none Lamentations 1:9,16,17,21 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself… Isaiah 51:18,19 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up… all her friends Job 6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; Job 19:13,14 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me… Psalm 31:11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. Jump to Previous Betrayed Bitterly Cheeks Comfort Comforter Dealt Enemies Face False. Friends Haters Lovers Night Sore Sorrowing Tear Tears Treacherously Weepeth Weeping Weeps WetJump to Next Betrayed Bitterly Cheeks Comfort Comforter Dealt Enemies Face False. Friends Haters Lovers Night Sore Sorrowing Tear Tears Treacherously Weepeth Weeping Weeps WetLamentations 1 1. The miseries of Jerusalem and of the Jews lamented12. The attention of beholders demanded to this unprecedented case 18. The justice of God acknowledged, and his mercy supplicated. (2) She weepeth sore in the night.--The intensity of the sorrow is emphasised by the fact that the tears do not cease even in the time which commonly brings rest and repose to mourners. The "lovers" and the "friends" are the nations, Egypt (Jeremiah 2:36), Edomites, Moabites, and others, with which Judah had been in alliance, and which now turned against her. (Comp. Psalm 137:7; Ezekiel 25:3-6; Jeremiah 40:14, for instances of their hostility, and specially Lamentations 4:21.)Verse 2. - In the night. Not only by day, but even in the season of rest and unconsciousness. Her lovers... her friends; i.e. the neighbouring peoples, with which Judah had formed alliances, such as Egypt (Jeremiah 2:36), Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon (Jeremiah 27:3). This is a favourite phrase of Jeremiah's (comp. Jeremiah 3:1; Jeremiah 4:30; Jeremiah 22:20, 22; Jeremiah 30:14), but also of Hosea (Hosea 2:5, 7, 10, 12, 13; Hosea 8:9) and Ezekiel (Ezekiel 16:33, 36, 37; 23:5, 9, 22). The national God was conceived of as the Husband of the nation; and the prophets retained this idea and elevated it, just as they did circumcision and many other Eastern traditions. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew She weepsבָּכ֨וֹ (bā·ḵōw) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 1058: To weep, to bemoan aloud תִבְכֶּ֜ה (ṯiḇ·keh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1058: To weep, to bemoan in the night, בַּלַּ֗יְלָה (bal·lay·lāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity with tears וְדִמְעָתָהּ֙ (wə·ḏim·‘ā·ṯāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 1832: Tears (of one weeping) upon עַ֣ל (‘al) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against her cheeks. לֶֽחֱיָ֔הּ (le·ḥĕ·yāh) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 3895: The cheek, the jaw-bone Among all מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every her lovers אֹהֲבֶ֑יהָ (’ō·hă·ḇe·hā) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 157: To have affection f there is no one אֵֽין־ (’ên-) Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle to comfort [her]. מְנַחֵ֖ם (mə·na·ḥêm) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5162: To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge All כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every her friends רֵעֶ֙יהָ֙ (rê·‘e·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow have betrayed her; בָּ֣גְדוּ (bā·ḡə·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 898: To cover, to act covertly, to pillage they have become הָ֥יוּ (hā·yū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be her enemies. לְאֹיְבִֽים׃ (lə·’ō·yə·ḇîm) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary Links Lamentations 1:2 NIVLamentations 1:2 NLT Lamentations 1:2 ESV Lamentations 1:2 NASB Lamentations 1:2 KJV Lamentations 1:2 BibleApps.com Lamentations 1:2 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 1:2 Chinese Bible Lamentations 1:2 French Bible Lamentations 1:2 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 1:2 She weeps sore in the night (Lam. 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