Lamentations 1:7 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | RSV

Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and bitterness all the precious things that were hers from days of old. When her people fell into the hand of the foe, and there was none to help her, the foe gloated over her, mocking at her downfall.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction,
And of her homelessness,
All her pleasant things which have been from the days of ol…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Jerusalem remembered. —Better, remembers. The present is contrasted with the past. Still, the “sorrow’s crown of sorrow i…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

He confirms the former verse when he says that Jerusalem remembered her desirable things when she was afflicted by God's hand and reduced …

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her
miseries

When carried…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

The prophet sometimes speaks in his own person. At other times, Jerusalem, personified as a distressed woman, or some of the Jews are the speakers.…

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century

Catholic

13th Century

Here, he weeps over the misfortune he recalls from the past.

First, he addresses the memory of past things: past affliction<…

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