Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Lamentations Chapter 1
Overview
Lam 1:1, The miseries of Jerusalem and of the Jews pathetically lamented, with confessions of their sins; Lam 1:12, The attention and compassion of beholders demanded to this unprecedented case; Lam 1:18, The justice of God acknowledged, and his mercy supplicated, with prayers against insulting foes.
How doth: The LXX have the following words as an introduction: "And it came to pass after Israel had been carried captive, and Jerusalem was become desolate, that Jeremiah sat weeping, and lamented with this lamentation over Jerusalem, and said." Lam 2:1, Lam 4:1; Isa 14:12; Jer 50:23; Zep 2:15; Rev 18:16, Rev 18:17
sit: Lam 2:10; Isa 3:26, Isa 47:1-15, Isa 50:5, Isa 52:2, Isa 52:7; Jer 9:11; Eze 26:16
full: Psa 122:4; Isa 22:2; Zac 8:4, Zac 8:5
as a: Isa 47:8, Isa 47:9, Isa 54:4; Rev 18:7
great: Kg1 4:21; Ch2 9:26; Ezr 4:20
how is: Lam 5:16; Kg2 23:33, Kg2 23:35; Neh 5:4, Neh 9:37
weepeth: Lam 1:16, Lam 2:11, Lam 2:18, Lam 2:19; Job 7:3; Psa 6:6, Psa 77:2-6; Jer 9:1, Jer 9:17-19, Jer 13:17
among: Lam 1:19; Jer 4:30, Jer 22:20-22, Jer 30:14; Eze 16:37, Eze 23:22-25; Hos 2:7; Rev 17:13, Rev 17:16
none: Lam 1:9, Lam 1:16, Lam 1:17, Lam 1:21; Isa 51:18, Isa 51:19
all her friends: Job 6:15, Job 19:13, Job 19:14; Psa 31:11; Pro 19:7; Mic 7:5
gone: Kg2 24:14, Kg2 24:15, Kg2 25:11, Kg2 25:21; Ch2 36:20,Ch2 36:21; Jer 39:9, Jer 52:15, Jer 52:27-30
because of great servitude: Heb. for the greatness of servitude
she: Lam 2:9; Lev 26:36-39; Deu 28:64-67; Jer 24:9; Eze 5:12
all: Lam 4:18, Lam 4:19; Jer 16:16, Jer 52:8; Amo 9:1-4
ways: Lam 2:6, Lam 2:7, Lam 5:13; Isa 24:4-6; Jer 14:2; Mic 3:12
all her gates: Lam 2:9; Jer 9:11, Jer 10:22, Jer 33:10-12
her priests: Lam 1:11, Lam 1:12, Lam 1:18-20, Lam 2:10,Lam 2:11, Lam 2:19-21; Isa 32:9-14; Joe 1:8-13
adversaries: Lam 2:17, Lam 3:46; Lev 26:17; Deu 28:43, Deu 28:44; Psa 80:6, Psa 89:42; Isa 63:18; Jer 12:7; Mic 7:8-10
for: Lam 1:18, Lam 3:39-43; Lev. 26:15-46; Deu 4:25-27, 28:15-68, Deu 29:18-28; Deu 31:16-18, Deu 31:29, Deu 32:15-27; Ch2 36:14-16; Neh 9:33, Neh 9:34; Psa 90:7, Psa 90:8; Jer 5:3-9, Jer 5:29, Jer 23:14, Jer 30:14, Jer 30:15, Jer 44:21, Jer 44:22; Eze 8:17, Eze 8:18, Eze 9:9, Eze 22:24-31; Dan 9:7-16; Mic 3:9-12; Zep 3:1-8
her children: Jer 39:9, Jer 52:27-30
from: Kg2 19:21; Psa 48:2, Psa 48:3; Isa 1:21, Isa 4:5, Isa 12:6; Zep 3:14-17
all: Lam 2:1-7; Sa2 4:11, Sa2 4:12; Psa 50:2, Psa 96:9, Psa 132:12, Psa 132:13; Jer 52:8, Jer 52:11, Jer 52:13; Eze 7:20-22, Eze 11:22, Eze 11:23, Eze 24:21, Eze 24:25
her princes: Lev 26:36, Lev 26:37; Deu 28:25, Deu 32:30; Jos 7:12, Jos 7:13; Psa 44:9-11; Jer 29:4; Jer 48:41, Jer 51:30-32, Jer 52:7
harts: Jer 14:5, Jer 14:6, Jer 47:3
remembered: Job 29:2-25, Job 30:1; Psa 42:4, Psa 77:3, Psa 77:5-9; Hos 2:7; Luk 15:17, Luk 16:25
all her: Deu 4:7, Deu 4:8, Deu 4:34-37, Deu 8:7-9; Psa 147:19, Psa 147:20; Isa 5:1-4
pleasant: or, desirable, Lam 1:10
the adversaries: Lam 2:15, Lam 2:16; Psa 79:4, Psa 137:3, Psa 137:4; Mic 4:11
hath: Lam 1:5, Lam 1:20; Kg1 8:46, Kg1 8:47, Kg1 9:7, Kg1 9:9; Isa 59:2-13; Jer 6:28; Eze 14:13-21; Eze 22:2-15
removed: Heb. become a removing, or wandering, Jer 15:4, Jer 24:9, Jer 34:17; Eze 23:46 *marg.
all: Lam 4:15, Lam 4:16, Lam 5:12-16; Sa1 2:30
they: Lam 4:21; Isa 47:3; Jer 13:22, Jer 13:26; Eze 16:37-39, Eze 23:29; Hos 2:3, Hos 2:10; Rev 3:18
she sigheth: Lam 1:4, Lam 1:11, Lam 1:21, Lam 1:22, Lam 2:10; Jer 4:31
filthiness: Lam 1:17; Jer 2:34, Jer 13:27; Eze 24:12, Eze 24:13
she remembereth: Deu 32:29; Isa 47:7; Jer 5:31; Pe1 4:17
came: Lam 1:1, Lam 4:1; Isa 3:8; Jer 13:17, Jer 13:18
she had: Lam 1:2, Lam 1:17, Lam 1:21, Lam 2:13; Ecc 4:1; Isa 40:2, Isa 54:11; Hos 2:14; Joh 11:19
behold: Exo 3:7, Exo 3:17, Exo 4:31; Deu 26:7; Sa1 1:11; Sa2 16:12; Kg2 14:26; Neh 9:32; Psa 25:18, Psa 119:153; Dan 9:17-19
for: Deu 32:27; Psa 74:8, Psa 74:9, Psa 74:22, Psa 74:23, Psa 140:8; Isa 37:4, Isa 37:17, Isa 37:23, Isa 37:29; Jer 48:26; Jer 50:29; Zep 2:10; Th2 2:4-8
spread: Lam 1:7; Isa 5:13, Isa 5:14; Jer 15:13, Jer 20:5, Jer 52:17-20
pleasant: or, desirable, Lam 1:7
seen: Psa 74:4-8, Psa 79:1-7; Isa 63:18, Isa 64:10,Isa 64:11; Jer 51:51, Jer 52:13; Eze 7:22; Eze 9:7
whom: Deu 23:3; Neh 13:1; Eze 44:7; Mar 13:14
seek: Lam 1:19, Lam 2:12, Lam 4:4-10; Deu 28:52-57; Kg2 6:25; Jer 19:9, Jer 38:9, Jer 52:6; Eze 4:15-17, Eze 5:16, Eze 5:17
relieve the soul: Heb. make the soul to come again, Sa1 30:11, Sa1 30:12
see: Lam 1:9, Lam 1:20, Lam 2:20; Job 40:4; Psa 25:15-19
Is it nothing: or, It is nothing
pass by: Heb. pass by the way
if: The church in distress here magnifies her affliction; and yet no more than there was cause for her groaning was not heavier than her strokes. She appeals to all spectators - see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow. This might truly be said of the griefs which were suffered in Jerusalem of old; but Christians are apt to apply these words too sensibly and sensitively to themselves, when they are in trouble, and sometimes more than there is reasonable cause to warrant. All men feel most from their own burden, and cannot be persuaded to reconcile themselves to it; how often do thy cry out in the words we are illustrating! whereas, if their troubles were to be thrown into a common stock with those of others, and then an equal dividend made, share and share alike, rather than approve such an arrangement, each would be ready to say, "Pray give me my own again." - Henry. Lam 2:13, Lam 4:6-11; Dan 9:12; Mat 24:21; Luk 21:22, Luk 21:23, Luk 23:28-31
above: Lam 2:3, Lam 2:4; Deu 32:21-25; Job 30:30; Psa 22:14, Psa 31:10, Psa 102:3-5; Nah 1:6; Hab 3:16; Th2 1:8; Heb 12:29
he hath spread: Lam 4:17-20; Job 18:8, Job 19:6; Psa 66:11; Eze 12:13, Eze 17:20, Eze 32:3; Hos 7:12
he hath turned: Psa 35:4, Psa 70:2, Psa 70:3, Psa 129:5; Isa 42:17
desolate: Lam 1:22, Lam 5:17; Deu 28:65; Jer 4:19-29
yoke: Deu 28:48; Pro 5:22; Isa 14:25, Isa 47:6; Jer 27:8, Jer 27:12, Jer 28:14
delivered: Jer 25:9, Jer 34:20,Jer 34:21, Jer 37:17, Jer 39:1-9; Eze 11:9, Eze 21:31, Eze 23:28, Eze 25:4, Eze 25:7; Hos 5:14
trodden: Kg2 9:33, Kg2 24:14-16, Kg2 25:4-7; Psa 119:118; Isa 5:5, Isa 28:18; Jer 50:26 *marg. Dan 3:13; Mic 7:10; Mal 4:3; Luk 21:24; Heb 10:29
crush: Lam 3:34; Deu 28:33; Jdg 10:8 *marg. Jer 51:34
the virgin: etc. or, the winepress of the virgin, etc. Jer 14:17
as in: Isa 63:3; Rev 14:19, Rev 14:20, Rev 19:15
I weep: Lam 1:2, Lam 1:9, Lam 2:11, Lam 2:18, Lam 3:48, Lam 3:49; Psa 119:136; Jer 9:1, Jer 9:10, Jer 13:17, Jer 14:17; Luk 19:41-44; Rom 9:1-3
relieve: Heb. bring back, Hos 9:12
my children: Lam 1:5, Lam 1:6, Lam 2:20-22, Lam 4:2-10; Jer 9:21
spreadeth: Kg1 8:22, Kg1 8:38; Isa 1:15; Jer 4:31
none: Lam 1:2, Lam 1:9, Lam 1:16, Lam 1:19, Lam 1:21
commanded: Lam 2:1-8, Lam 2:17-22; Kg2 24:2-4, Kg2 25:1; Jer 6:3, Jer 16:6, Jer 21:4, Jer 21:5, Jer 34:22; Eze 7:23, Eze 7:24; Hos 8:8; Luk 19:43, Luk 19:44
Jerusalem: Lam 1:9, Lam 4:15; Lev 15:19-27; Eze 36:17
Lord: Exo 9:27; Deu 32:4; Jdg 1:7; Ezr 9:13; Neh 9:33; Psa 119:75, Psa 145:17; Jer 12:1; Dan 9:7, Dan 9:14; Zep 3:5; Rom 2:5, Rom 3:19; Rev 15:3, Rev 15:4, Rev 16:5-7
for I: Lam 3:42; Sa1 12:14, Sa1 12:15, Sa1 15:23; Neh 1:6-8, Neh 9:26; Psa 107:11; Dan 9:9-16
commandment: Heb. mouth, Kg1 13:21
hear: Lam 1:12; Deu 29:22-28; Kg1 9:8, Kg1 9:9; Jer 22:8, Jer 22:9, Jer 25:28, Jer 25:29, Jer 49:12; Eze 14:22, Eze 14:23
my virgins: Lam 1:5, Lam 1:6; Deu 28:32-41
for: Lam 1:2, Lam 4:17; Job 19:13-19; Jer 2:28, Jer 30:14, Jer 37:7-9
my priests: Lam 1:11, Lam 2:20, Lam 4:7-9, Lam 5:12; Jer 14:15-18, Jer 23:11-15, Jer 27:13-15
Behold: Lam 1:9, Lam 1:11; Isa 38:14
my bowels: Lam 2:11; Job 30:27; Psa 22:14; Isa 16:11; Jer 4:19, Jer 31:20, Jer 48:36; Hos 11:8; Hab 3:16
for: Lam 1:18; Lev 26:40-42; Kg1 8:47-50; Job 33:27; Psa 51:3, Psa 51:4; Pro 28:13; Jer 2:35, Jer 3:13; Luk 15:18, Luk 15:19, Luk 18:13, Luk 18:14
abroad: Lam 4:9, Lam 4:10; Deu 32:25; Jer 9:21, Jer 9:22, Jer 14:18; Eze 7:15
have heard that: Lam 1:2, Lam 1:8, Lam 1:11, Lam 1:12, Lam 1:16, Lam 1:22
they are: Lam 2:15, Lam 4:21, Lam 4:22; Psa 35:15, Psa 38:16, Psa 137:7; Jer 48:27, Jer 50:11; Eze 25:3, Eze 25:6, Eze 25:8, Eze 25:15, Eze 26:2; Oba 1:12, Oba 1:13
thou wilt: Isa. 13:1-14:32, Isa 47:1-15; Jer 25:17-29, 46:1-51:64; Ezek. 25:1-32:32; Amo 1:1-15
called: or, proclaimed
they shall: Lam 4:22; Deu 32:41-43; Psa 137:8, Psa 137:9; Isa 51:22, Isa 51:23; Jer 50:15, Jer 50:29, Jer 50:31; Jer 51:24, Jer 51:49; Mic 7:9, Mic 7:10; Hab 2:15-17; Rev 18:6
all their: Neh 4:4, Neh 4:5; Psa 109:14, Psa 109:15, Psa 137:7-9; Jer 10:25, Jer 18:23, Jer 51:35; Luk 23:31; Rev 6:10