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. Cross References 2 Kings 24:2And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets. Isaiah 1:15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. Jeremiah 4:31 I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child--the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands: 'Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!'" Jeremiah 8:18 My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me. Jeremiah 12:9 Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey, with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her. Lamentations 1:8 Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away. Chapter Outline 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. Jump to Previous Adversaries Charged Comfort Comforter Commanded Filthy Foes Forth Hands Impurity Jacob Jerusalem Menstruous Neighbors Neighbours Ones Orders Outstretched Round Spread Spreadeth Spreads Stretches Unclean Zion Zion'sJump to Next Adversaries Charged Comfort Comforter Commanded Filthy Foes Forth Hands Impurity Jacob Jerusalem Menstruous Neighbors Neighbours Ones Orders Outstretched Round Spread Spreadeth Spreads Stretches Unclean Zion Zion's |
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