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Lamentations 1:15

King James Version (KJV)

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Lamentations 1:15

Verse 15 of 22

Scripture focus

The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty [men] in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, [as] in a winepress.

Lamentations 1:15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Lamentations 1:15

Theological / Devotional

Midst of me. The mighty men of Judah did not perish on the battlefield, but rather while fighting defensively within the city, or while seeking to flee the country.

Assembly. A startling contrast to the thought expressed in v. 4. There none come to the religious assemblies, but here God has brought, instead, a great assembly of Jerusalem’s enemies against her.

Virgin. Jerusalem had been considered impregnable and inviolate (Lam. 4:12; see Jer. 18:13). A parallel passage to Lam. 1:15, 16, and incidentally a testimony to Jeremiah’s authorship of Lamentations, is Jer. 14:17.

Winepress. A symbol of God’s wrath (Isa. 63:3; Joel 3:13; Rev. 14:19 ; 19:15).

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