Passage Research
Lamentations 1 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Lamentations 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 22
- verses
- 376 / 181
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 26
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Lamentations 1 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| צַר | tsar | H6862 | 6 | narrow, tight |
| רָאָה | râʼâh | H7200 | 8 | see |
| אָנַח | ʼânach | H584 | 4 | sigh |
| נָחַם | nâcham | H5162 | 5 | sigh, breathe |
| אֹיֵב | ʼôyêb | H341 | 5 | hating, adversary |
| יָגָה | yâgâh | H3013 | 3 | grieve |
| מַכְאֹב | makʼôb | H4341 | 3 | anguish, affliction |
How preachers through history handled this text
26 public-domain excerpts on Lamentations 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“22. Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint. 22. Veniet (aut, veniat) omnis malitia eorum in conspectum tuum, et facias illis, quemadmodum fecisti mihi super omnibus sceleribus meis; quia multa suspiria mea, et cor meum debile (vel, moestum.) Here, no doubt, the faithful regarded as a part of their comfort the judgment which God would at length execute on the ungodly; …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 5, on Lamentations 1:22–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem — Lam 1:1
- Zion — Lam 1:17
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