What Does Lamentations 1:21 Mean?

“They have heard”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“that I sigh”

to sigh

i

a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle

“there is none to comfort”

properly, to sigh, i.e., breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e., (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavo

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“me all mine enemies”

hating; an adversary

“They have heard”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“of my trouble”

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

“they are glad”

to be bright, i.e., cheerful

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“that thou hast done”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“it thou wilt bring”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“the day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

“that thou hast called”

to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“and they shall be like”

as, thus, so