“Zion spreads out her hands.There is no one to comfort her.Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob,that those who are around him should be his adversaries.Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.”
Lamentations 1:17 (WEB)
Context Reading
15“The Lord has set at nothing all my mighty men within me.He has called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men.The Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah as in a wine press. 16“For these things I weep.My eye, my eye runs down with water,because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me.My children are desolate,because the enemy has prevailed.” 17Zion spreads out her hands.There is no one to comfort her.Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob,that those who are around him should be his adversaries.Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing. 18“Yahweh is righteous,for I have rebelled against his commandment.Please hear all you peoples,and see my sorrow.My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity. 19“I called for my lovers,but they deceived me.My priests and my elders gave up the spirit in the city,while they sought food for themselves to refresh their souls.