Yēlìmǐāigē 1:11

11 Tāde mín dōu tànxī , xúnqiú shíwù . tāmen yòng mĕi wù huàn liángshi , yào jiù xìngméng . tāmen shuō , Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ guānkàn , yīnwei wǒ shén shì bēijiàn .

Yēlìmǐāigē 1:11 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 1:11

All her people sigh
Not her priests only, ( Lamentations 1:4 ) ; but all the common people, because of their affliction, particularly for want of bread. So the Targum,

``all the people of Jerusalem sigh because of the famine;''

for it follows: they seek bread;
to eat, as the Targum; inquire where it is to be had, but in vain: they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul:
or, "to cause the soul to return" ^F24; to fetch it back when fainting and swooning away through famine; and therefore would give anything for food; part with their rich clothes, jewels, and precious stones; with whatsoever they had that was valuable in their cabinets or coffers, that they might have meat to keep from fainting and dying; to refresh and recruit their spirits spent with hunger: see, O Lord, and consider; for I am become vile;
mean, base, and contemptible, in the eyes of men, through penury and want of food; through poverty, affliction, and distress; and therefore desires the Lord would consider her case, and look with pity and compassion on her.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (vpn byvhl) "ad reducendum animam", Montanus, Piscator.

Yēlìmǐāigē 1:11 In-Context

9 Tāde wūhuì shì zaì yì jīn shang . tā bù sīxiǎng zìjǐ de jiéjú , suǒyǐ fēicháng dì baì luō , wú rén ānwèi tā . tā shuō , Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ kàn wǒde kǔnàn , yīnwei chóudí kuā dà .

10 Dírén shēnshǒu , duó qǔ tāde mĕi wù . tā yǎn jiàn waìbāngrén jìnrù tāde shèng suǒ lún zhè waìbāngrén , nǐ céng fēnfu bùkĕ rù nǐde huì zhōng .

11 Tāde mín dōu tànxī , xúnqiú shíwù . tāmen yòng mĕi wù huàn liángshi , yào jiù xìngméng . tāmen shuō , Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ guānkàn , yīnwei wǒ shén shì bēijiàn .

12 Nǐmen yīqiè guō lù de rén nǎ , zhè shì nǐmen bù jiè yì ma . nǐmen yào guānkàn , yǒu xiàng zhè líndào wǒde tòngkǔ méiyǒu jiù shì Yēhéhuá zaì tā fā liè nù de rìzi shǐ wǒ suǒ shòu de kǔ .

13 Tā cóng gāo tiānshǐ huǒ jìnrù wǒde gútou , kèzhì le wǒ . tā pū xià wǎngluó , bàn wǒde jiǎo , shǐ wǒ zhuǎn huí . tā shǐ wǒ zhōng rì qī liáng fā hūn .