Lamentations 1:1
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 1:1 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 1:1 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nati..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 1:1 — KJV
“How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!”
— Lamentations 1:1 (KJV)
Lamentations 1:1 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 1:1
“And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. multitude: Heb. fulness”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:1: people, become, great
“How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:1: how, people, great
“How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:1: how, city, full
“How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:1: how, become, among
“How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:1: how, become, among
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