Lamentations 1:15-17
EasyEnglish Bible
15 The Lord has let the enemy beat all our strong men.
He brought a big army to fight our young men, and the enemy won that fight.
The Lord God has punished us, like people walk on grapes to break them.[a]
He has let the enemy destroy the people of Judah.
16 We weep because of these things.
Tears run down our faces because God is not with us.
Nobody will help us.
We are the children of this city
and we have nothing now.
The enemy has won.’[b]
17 Zion's people ask for help,
but nobody is their friend.
They are Jacob's children.[c]
But the Lord has said that he will cause their enemies
to come from every country near them.
Those other people think about Jerusalem as they would think about something dirty.[d]
Footnotes
- 1:15 People walk on grapes to make wine. This means that the Lord caused trouble and pain for the people. He was punishing them. But he also did it to teach them. He wanted them to change.
- 1:16 Jeremiah speaks again
- 1:17 Jacob was the ancestor of all the Israelites. The Bible sometimes uses the name Jacob to mean all God's people, the Israelites. God often saved the Israelites from troubles. Now they are in trouble because they have turned against God.
- 1:17 Verses 18-22 The city's people speak again.
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