Lamentations 1:5 New English Translation
ה (He)
5 Her foes subjugated her;[a]
her enemies are at ease.[b]
For the Lord afflicted her
because of her many acts of rebellion.[c]
Her children went away
captive[d] before the enemy.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:5 tn Heb “her foes became [her] head” (הָיוּ צָרֶיהָ לְרֹאשׁ, hayu tsareha leroʾsh) or more idiomatically “have come out on top.” This is a Semitic idiom for domination or subjugation, with “head” as a metaphor for leader.
- Lamentations 1:5 tn The nuance expressed in the LXX is that her enemies prosper (cf. KJV, NASB, NRSV, NLT).
- Lamentations 1:5 tn Heb “because of her many rebellions.” The plural פְּשָׁעֶיהָ (peshaʿeha, “her rebellions”) is an example of the plural of repeated action or characteristic behavior (see IBHS 121 §7.4.2c). The third person feminine singular suffix (“her”) probably functions as a subjective genitive: “her rebellions” = “she has rebelled.”
- Lamentations 1:5 tn The singular noun שְׁבִי (shevi) is a collective singular, meaning “captives, prisoners.” It functions as an adverbial accusative of state: “[they] went away as captives.”
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