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Lamentations 1:14

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, [and] come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into [their] hands, [from whom] I am not able to rise up.

Lamentations 1:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Lamentations 1:14

Theological / Devotional

Yoke. The prophet’s intent is to show that Jerusalem now realizes that her transgressions (see on v. 5) are the direct cause of her punishment — her sins are a yoke about her neck. God had once broken the yoke of servitude for His people (Jer. 2:20), but they in turn had broken His yoke of service (Jer. 5:5; see Ps. 2:3). Now they receive another yoke of servitude (see Jer. 27:2 ; 28:14; 30:8).

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