People will not (A)break bread in mourning for them, to comfort anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone’s father or mother.

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No one will offer food(A) to comfort those who mourn(B) for the dead—not even for a father or a mother—nor will anyone give them a drink to console(C) them.

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Her (A)uncleanness was in her garment’s seams;
She [a]did not think of her (B)future.
So she has [b](C)fallen in an astonishing way;
(D)She has no comforter.
(E)See, Lord, my affliction,
For the enemy has [c](F)honored himself!”

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:9 Or remember her final end
  2. Lamentations 1:9 Lit gone down
  3. Lamentations 1:9 Or boasted

Her filthiness clung to her skirts;
    she did not consider her future.(A)
Her fall(B) was astounding;
    there was none to comfort(C) her.
“Look, Lord, on my affliction,(D)
    for the enemy has triumphed.”

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