Lamentations 1:9
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O Lord, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.”
עֳנִי
Affliction, poverty, misery. Oniy. In my affliction Your word has given me life. Affliction drives us deeper into the word and closer to God.
רָאָה
see
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רָאָה
To see, to look, to perceive. Raah. The LORD sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.
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זָכַר
she remembered
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זָכַר
To remember, to be mindful. Zakar. What is man that You are mindful of him? God thinks about you. That is the miracle.
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יְהֹוָה
O Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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נָחַם
a comforter
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נָחַם
To comfort, to console. Nacham. God's comfort is not distant advice but personal presence in the pain.
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גָּדַל
it has magnified itself
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גָּדַל
to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
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טֻמְאָה
uncleanness/ her
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טֻמְאָה
religious impurity
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פֶּלֶא
wonders
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פֶּלֶא
a miracle
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