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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionShe 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. 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. Smith's Literal Translation Weeping, she will weep in the night, and her tears upon her cheeks: no comfort to her from all loving her: all her friends dealt faithlessly with her, they were to her for enemies. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBeth. 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. Catholic Public Domain Version BETH. Weeping, she has wept through the night, and her tears are on her cheeks. There is no one to be a comfort to her and to all her beloved. All her friends have spurned her, and 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. 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. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleShe weeps bitterly in the night, and her tears run 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. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated 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 OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917She 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. 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. 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 Jeremiah 30:14 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. Psalm 137:1-3 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. / There on the willows we hung our harps, / for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.” Isaiah 51:19 These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you? Jeremiah 4:30 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; they want to take your life. Ezekiel 23:22-23 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— / the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses. Hosea 2:5-7 For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’ / Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way. / She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’ Micah 1:8-9 Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich. / For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself. Jeremiah 9:1 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. Isaiah 54:6 For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God. Jeremiah 13:17 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. Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! Luke 19:41-44 As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ... John 11:35 Jesus wept. Revelation 18:17-19 For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance / and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim. / Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.” 2 Corinthians 2:4 For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you. 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. She weeps bitterly in the night The phrase "she weeps bitterly" captures the profound sorrow and anguish of Jerusalem, personified as a woman. The Hebrew word for "weeps" is "בָּכָה" (bakah), which conveys a deep, lamenting cry, often associated with mourning and despair. The "night" symbolizes a time of darkness and loneliness, emphasizing the depth of her grief. Historically, this reflects the period after the Babylonian conquest when Jerusalem was left desolate, and its people were in exile. The night is a metaphor for the absence of hope and the overwhelming presence of sorrow. her 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 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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