Charles Ellicott Commentary Lamentations 1:12

"Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is brought upon me, Wherewith Jehovah hath afflicted [me] in the day of his fierce anger." — Lamentations 1:12 (ASV)

Is it nothing to you ... —Literally, Not to you, you passers by, which the Authorised version takes as a question. The Septuagint and Vulgate, however, seem to have taken the adverb as an interjection: “O all you that pass by ...” And some interpreters have taken the negative but not the question, “Nor to you ... (do I say this).” The Authorised version, however, has most to commend it. What the mourning city felt most keenly was that her unparalleled sufferings were met with an unparalleled indifference.