Lamentaciones 1:2

2 Durante toda la noche solloza;
las lágrimas corren por sus mejillas.
De todos sus amantes
no hay quien la consuele.
Todos sus amigos la traicionaron
y se volvieron sus enemigos.

Lamentaciones 1:2 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 1:2

She weepeth sore in the night
Or, "weeping weeps" ^F9; two weepings, one for the first, the other for the second temples ^F11; and while others are taking their sleep and rest; a season fit for mourners, when they can give their grief the greater vent, without any interruption from others; and it being now a night of affliction with her, which occasioned this sore weeping. Jarchi observes, that it was in the night that the temple was burnt: and her tears [are] on her cheeks;
continue there, being always flowing, and never wholly dried up; which shows how great her grief was, and that her weeping was without intermission; or otherwise tears do not lie long, but are soon dried up, or wiped off: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort [her];
as the Assyrians formerly were, ( Ezekiel 23:5 Ezekiel 23:9 Ezekiel 23:12 ) ; and more lately the Egyptians her allies and confederates, in whom she trusted; but these gave her no assistance; nor yielded her any relief in her distress; nor so much as spoke one word of comfort to her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her
enemies;
those who pretended great friendship to her, and were in strict alliance with her, acted the treacherous part, and withdrew from her, leaving her to the common enemy; and not only so, but behaved towards her in a hostile manner themselves; for "the children of Noph and Tahapanes", places in Egypt confederate with the Jews, are said to "have broken the crown of their head", ( Jeremiah 2:16 ) . The Targum interprets the "lovers" of the "idols" she loved to follow, who now could be of no use unto her by way of comfort.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (hkbt hkb) "plorando plorat", Vatablus; "plorando plorabit", Pagninus, Montanus.
F11 T. Sanhedr. ib. col. 2.

Lamentaciones 1:2 In-Context

1 Dolor en Jerusalén
Jerusalén, antes colmada de gente,
ahora está desierta.
La que en su día fue grande entre las naciones
ahora queda sola como una viuda.
La que antes era la reina de toda la tierra,
ahora es una esclava.

2 Durante toda la noche solloza;
las lágrimas corren por sus mejillas.
De todos sus amantes
no hay quien la consuele.
Todos sus amigos la traicionaron
y se volvieron sus enemigos.

3 Judá fue llevada al cautiverio,
oprimida por la cruel esclavitud.
Vive entre naciones extranjeras
y no tiene lugar donde descansar.
Sus enemigos la persiguieron y la alcanzaron
y ya no tiene a quien recurrir.

4 Los caminos a Jerusalén
están de luto,
porque las multitudes ya no vienen para celebrar los festivales.
En las puertas de la ciudad hay silencio,
sus sacerdotes gimen,
sus mujeres jóvenes lloran;
¡qué amarga es su suerte!

5 Sus opresores son ahora sus amos
y sus enemigos prosperan,
porque el Señor
castigó a Jerusalén
por sus muchos pecados.
Sus hijos fueron capturados
y llevados a tierras lejanas.