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Lamentations 1:7 Cross-References
Explore 18 cross-references for Lamentations 1:7 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 1 verse 7 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths. pleasant: or, desirable”
Lamentations 1:7 (KJV)
Commentary on Lamentations 1:7
Memory intensifies present pain: "Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old" (zachrah Yerushalayim yemei anyah um rudi kol machmudeha). The term machmad (מַחְמָד, "pleasant things, precious things") refers to material prosperity, yes, but more fundamentally to covenant blessings—God's presence, peace, fruitfulness—now lost. The contrast between past glory ("days of old," yemei kedem) and present suffering creates unbearable tension. This retrospective shows both the magnitude of loss and the reality of what c...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Lamentations 1:7
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“a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.”
“and pour out my soul within me”
“the years of ancient times.”
“by trials”
“those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
“Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:”
“and I groan. I complain”
“a land of brooks of water”
“but she won't overtake them; and she will seek them”