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My groans are many and my heart is faint.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/lamentations/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Look at all their evil deeds, LORD. Punish them, as you have punished me for all my sins. My groans are many, and I am sick at heart.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/lamentations/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Let all their evildoing come before you, and deal with them as you have dealt with me because of all my transgressions; for my groans are many, and my heart is faint.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/lamentations/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/lamentations/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs <i>are</i> many, and my heart <i>is</i> faint.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/lamentations/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Let all their wickedness come before You, And do to them as You have done to me For all my transgressions; For my sighs <i>are</i> many, And my heart <i>is</i> faint.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/lamentations/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“May all their wickedness come before You; And deal with them just as You have dealt with me For all my wrongdoings. For my groans are many and my heart is faint.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/lamentations/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Let all their wickedness come before You; And deal with them as You have dealt with me For all my transgressions; For my groans are many and my heart is faint.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/lamentations/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Let all their wickedness come before Thee; And deal with them as Thou hast dealt with me For all my transgressions; For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/lamentations/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Let all their evil come before You; And deal severely with them as You have dealt severely with me For all my transgressions; For my groans are great and my heart is faint.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/lamentations/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Let all their wickedness come before You; And deal with them as You have dealt with me Because of all my transgressions; For my groans are many and my heart is faint.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/lamentations/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Let all their wickedness come before you, and deal with them as you have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and I am sick at heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/lamentations/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and I am sick at heart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/lamentations/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Let all their wickedness come before thee; And do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/lamentations/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Don't let their evil deeds escape your sight. Punish them as much as you have punished me because of my sins. I never stop groaning--I've lost all hope! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/lamentations/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/lamentations/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Recall all of their wickedness. Then deal with them as you have dealt with me because of all my rebellious acts. I groan so much and feel so sick at heart."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/lamentations/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Condemn them for all their wickedness; Punish them as you punished me for my sins. I groan in misery, and I am sick at heart." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/lamentations/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />May all of their wickedness come to your attention, and deal with them as you have done with me because of all my transgressions. For I am constantly groaning, and my heart is faint.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/lamentations/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Let all their wickedness come before you; afflict them just as you have afflicted me because of all my acts of rebellion. For my groans are many, and my heart is sick with sorrow. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/lamentations/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Let all their wickedness come before you. Do to them, as you have done to me for all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/lamentations/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do to them, as thou hast done to me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/lamentations/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/lamentations/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Let all their wickedness come before you. Do to them as you have done to me for all my transgressions. For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/lamentations/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />All their evil comes in before You, "" And one is doing to them as You have done to me, "" For all my transgressions, "" For many [are] my sighs, and my heart [is] sick!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/lamentations/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Come in doth all their evil before Thee, And one is doing to them as Thou hast done to me, For all my transgressions, For many are my sighs, and my heart is sick!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/lamentations/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />All their evil shall come before thee; and do evil to them according as thou didst evil to me for all my transgressions: for many my groanings, and any heart being sad.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/lamentations/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thau. Let all their evil be present before thee: and make vintage of them, as thou hast made vintage of me for all my iniquities: for my sighs are many, and my heart is sorrowful. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/lamentations/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />THAU. Let all their evil enter before you. And make vintage of them, just as you made vintage of me, because of all my iniquities. For my sighs are many, and my heart is grieving.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/lamentations/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Let all their evil come before you and deal with them As you have so ruthlessly dealt with me for all my rebellions. My groans are many, my heart is sick.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/lamentations/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Let all their evil doing come before you; and deal with them as you have dealt with me because of all my transgressions; for my groans are many and my heart is faint.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/lamentations/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Let all their wickedness come before thee; harass them, as thou hast harassed me for all my transgressions; for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/lamentations/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Tau Bring in all their evil before you strike them, just as you struck me for all my sins, because my groanings are many, and my heart is wretched! <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/lamentations/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Let all their wickedness come before Thee; And do unto them, As Thou hast done unto me For all my transgressions; For my sighs are many And my heart is faint.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/lamentations/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />THAU. Let all their wickedness come before thy face; and strip them, as they have made a gleaning for all my sins: for my groans are many, and my heart is grieved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/lamentations/1-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rKrWuOkEqzQ?start=319" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/lamentations/1.htm">How Lonely Lies the City</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Let all</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘ā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">their wickedness</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: tā·ḇō (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">come</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before You,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5953.htm" title="5953: wə·‘ō·w·lêl (Conj-w:: V-Piel-Imp-ms) -- A primitive root; to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean; by implication to overdo, i.e. Maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose.">and deal</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·mōw (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">with them</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/5953.htm" title="5953: ‘ō·w·lal·tā (V-Piel-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean; by implication to overdo, i.e. Maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose.">You have dealt</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">with me</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">because of</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/6588.htm" title="6588: pə·šā·‘āy (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Transgression. From pasha'; a revolt.">my transgressions.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/585.htm" title="585: ’an·ḥō·ṯay (N-fpc:: 1cs) -- A sighing, groaning. From 'anachah; sighing.">my groans</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: rab·bō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">are many,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: wə·lib·bî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">and my heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/1742.htm" title="1742: ḏaw·wāy (Adj-ms) -- Faint. From daveh; sick; figuratively, troubled.">is faint.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-23.htm">Jeremiah 18:23</a></span><br />But You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Jeremiah 11:20</a></span><br />O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/109-14.htm">Psalm 109:14-15</a></span><br />May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out. / May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/20-12.htm">Jeremiah 20:12</a></span><br />O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/79-12.htm">Psalm 79:12</a></span><br />Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">Isaiah 64:9</a></span><br />Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/9-9.htm">Ezekiel 9:9-10</a></span><br />He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’ / But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Jeremiah 15:15</a></span><br />You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/137-7.htm">Psalm 137:7-9</a></span><br />Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!” / O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us. / Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-10.htm">Obadiah 1:10-15</a></span><br />Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever. / On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them. / But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-5.htm">Revelation 18:5-6</a></span><br />For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. / Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-19.htm">Romans 12:19</a></span><br />Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-6.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:6</a></span><br />After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-35.htm">Matthew 23:35-36</a></span><br />And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. / Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-50.htm">Luke 11:50-51</a></span><br />As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world, / from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Let all their wickedness come before you; and do to them, as you have done to me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.</p><p class="hdg">all their</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/4-4.htm">Nehemiah 4:4,5</a></b></br> Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/109-14.htm">Psalm 109:14,15</a></b></br> Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/137-7.htm">Psalm 137:7-9</a></b></br> Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase <i>it</i>, rase <i>it, even</i> to the foundation thereof… </p><p class="hdg">my heart</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/1-13.htm">Lamentations 1:13</a></b></br> From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate <i>and</i> faint all the day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/5-17.htm">Lamentations 5:17</a></b></br> For this our heart is faint; for these <i>things</i> our eyes are dim.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/13-7.htm">Isaiah 13:7</a></b></br> Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/39-12.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-12.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-2.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-13.htm">Faint</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-21.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/psalms/102-20.htm">Groans</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-20.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-55.htm">Loud</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-8.htm">Sighs</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-5.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-54.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-19.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-14.htm">Transgressions</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-9.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/7-27.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-20.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-38.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-13.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-11.htm">Faint</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-5.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-24.htm">Groans</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-11.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-13.htm">Loud</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-17.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/romans/8-26.htm">Sighs</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-39.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-24.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-18.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-11.htm">Transgressions</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-19.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Lamentations 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/lamentations/1-1.htm">The miseries of Jerusalem and of the Jews lamented</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/lamentations/1-12.htm">The attention of beholders demanded to this unprecedented case</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/lamentations/1-18.htm">The justice of God acknowledged, and his mercy supplicated.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It echoes the imprecatory psalms where the psalmist calls for God to remember the sins of the wicked (e.g., <a href="/psalms/109-14.htm">Psalm 109:14</a>). Theologically, it underscores the belief in God's omniscience and justice, as seen in passages like <a href="/hebrews/4-13.htm">Hebrews 4:13</a>, which states that nothing is hidden from God's sight.<p><b>and deal with them as You have dealt with me</b><br>Here, the speaker acknowledges the fairness of God's judgment, recognizing that the same standard applied to them should be applied to others. This reflects the biblical concept of retributive justice, where actions are met with appropriate consequences. It also parallels the principle of "measure for measure" found in <a href="/matthew/7-2.htm">Matthew 7:2</a>, where Jesus teaches that the standard we use to judge others will be used against us.<p><b>because of all my transgressions</b><br>The speaker admits personal sin, which is a recurring theme in Lamentations, highlighting the cause of Jerusalem's suffering. This confession aligns with the broader biblical narrative that sin leads to judgment, as seen in the fall of Jerusalem due to the people's disobedience (2 Kings 25). It also reflects the need for repentance, a key theme in prophetic literature (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a>).<p><b>For my groans are many</b><br>This phrase captures the intense suffering and lament of the speaker, a common motif in Lamentations. It reflects the deep sorrow and physical manifestation of grief experienced by those in exile. The groaning can be compared to the groans of creation awaiting redemption in <a href="/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22</a>, illustrating the universal longing for deliverance from suffering.<p><b>and my heart is faint</b><br>The faint heart signifies despair and exhaustion, both physically and spiritually. This condition is often associated with the consequences of sin and the need for divine intervention. It resonates with the cry for renewal found in <a href="/psalms/51-10.htm">Psalm 51:10</a>, where David asks God to create a clean heart within him, pointing to the hope of restoration and the transformative power of God's grace.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>- Traditionally attributed as the author of Lamentations, Jeremiah is known as the "weeping prophet." He laments the destruction of Jerusalem and the suffering of its people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>- The city that has been destroyed by the Babylonians, serving as the central focus of the lament in this chapter.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonians.htm">Babylonians</a></b><br>- The empire responsible for the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile of its people, seen as instruments of God's judgment.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>- The ultimate judge and sovereign, to whom the lament is directed, seeking justice and expressing the depth of suffering.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a></b><br>- The inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judah who are experiencing the consequences of their collective sin and rebellion against God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_divine_justice.htm">The Reality of Divine Justice</a></b><br>God's justice is impartial and comprehensive. Just as He dealt with Jerusalem for their transgressions, He will address the wickedness of others. This serves as a reminder of the seriousness of sin and the certainty of divine justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_depth_of_human_suffering.htm">The Depth of Human Suffering</a></b><br>The groans and faint heart of the speaker reflect the profound suffering that sin and its consequences bring. This calls believers to empathy and compassion for those who suffer, recognizing the weight of sin in the world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The lament is not just a cry for justice but also an acknowledgment of personal and collective sin. It encourages believers to examine their own lives, repent, and seek God's mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Hope in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Even in the midst of lament, there is an underlying trust in God's sovereignty. Believers can find hope knowing that God is in control and will ultimately bring about His righteous purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_lamentations_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Lamentations 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_the_righteous_suffer.htm">If God wants to protect His people, why does He allow the righteous to suffer at the hands of the wicked?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_22_1_contradict_god's_faithfulness.htm">Psalm 22:1 - Does the writer's cry of abandonment contradict other biblical depictions of God's faithfulness to the righteous?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_job_both_wicked_and_blameless.htm">In Job 22:5, Eliphaz accuses Job of great wickedness, yet Job 1:1 calls him blameless; how do we resolve this apparent contradiction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_a_good_god_allow_evil.htm">In 1 John 1:5, God is described as having no darkness at all. How do we reconcile a perfectly good deity with the evil and suffering observed in the world?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/lamentations/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">Let all their wickedness . . .</span>--The prayer for a righteous retribution, the first natural prayer of the outraged, reminds us of Psalms 69, 109, 137, yet more strongly of the language of the prophet himself in <a href="/context/jeremiah/18-21.htm" title="Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.">Jeremiah 18:21-23</a>. It is something more than a prayer for revenge, and rests on the underlying thought that righteousness requires the punishment. By some critics, it may be noted, Psalms 69, 109 have, on the strength of this parallelism, been ascribed to Jeremiah<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/lamentations/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For my sighs</span> are <span class="cmt_word">many</span>. This is not mentioned as the reason why God should punish Jerusalem's enemies; we ought rather to understand, either from ver. 20, "Behold, my distress;" or simply, "Deliver me." <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/lamentations/1-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Let all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָל־</span> <span class="translit">(ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their wickedness</span><br /><span class="heb">רָעָתָ֤ם</span> <span class="translit">(rā·‘ā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">come</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּבֹ֨א</span> <span class="translit">(tā·ḇō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before You,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and deal with them</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעוֹלֵ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ō·w·lêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5953.htm">Strong's 5953: </a> </span><span class="str2">To effect thoroughly, to glean, to overdo, maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You have dealt with me</span><br /><span class="heb">עוֹלַ֛לְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·w·lal·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5953.htm">Strong's 5953: </a> </span><span class="str2">To effect thoroughly, to glean, to overdo, maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because of</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my transgressions.</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּשָׁעָ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(pə·šā·‘āy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6588.htm">Strong's 6588: </a> </span><span class="str2">Transgression</span><br /><br /><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my groans</span><br /><span class="heb">אַנְחֹתַ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(’an·ḥō·ṯay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_585.htm">Strong's 585: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sighing, groaning</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are many,</span><br /><span class="heb">רַבּ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(rab·bō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and my heart</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלִבִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lib·bî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is faint.</span><br /><span class="heb">דַוָּֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḏaw·wāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1742.htm">Strong's 1742: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sick, troubled</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/lamentations/1-22.htm">Lamentations 1:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/lamentations/1-22.htm">Lamentations 1:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/lamentations/1-22.htm">Lamentations 1:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/lamentations/1-22.htm">Lamentations 1:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/lamentations/1-22.htm">Lamentations 1:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/lamentations/1-22.htm">Lamentations 1:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/lamentations/1-22.htm">Lamentations 1:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/lamentations/1-22.htm">Lamentations 1:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/lamentations/1-22.htm">Lamentations 1:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/lamentations/1-22.htm">Lamentations 1:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/lamentations/1-22.htm">OT Prophets: Lamentations 1:22 Let all their wickedness come before you (Lam. 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