Lamentations 1:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 1:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 1:17 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adv..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 1:17 — KJV
“Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.”
— Lamentations 1:17 (KJV)
Lamentations 1:17 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 1:17
“And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. Noah: Gr. Noe: that is Rest, or, Comfort”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:17: hands, comfort, lord
“Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain? Should...: or, Are not these the words by: Heb. by the hand of”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:17: lord, hath, should
“And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:17: lord, concerning, should
“This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:17: zion, lord, hath
“As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:17: forth, lord, round
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