Lamentations 1:14

1:13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

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“The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together. They have come up on my neck. He has made my strength to fail. The Lord has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.

The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up on my neck: he has made my strength to fall, the LORD has delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

1:15 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. the virgin: or, the winepress of the virgin, etc

What does Lamentations 1:14 mean?

Lamentations 1:14 is a verse in the book of Lamentations, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עֹל (ʻôl), פֶּשַׁע (peshaʻ), שָׂקַד (sâqad). It connects to 2 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

The

yokeעֹלʻôl/ole/H5923a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively

transgressionsפֶּשַׁעpeshaʻ/peh'-shah/H6588a revolt (national, moral or religious)

boundשָׂקַדsâqad/saw-kad'/H8244to fasten

his

hand:יָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

they

are

wreathed,שָׂרַגsârag/saw-rag'/H8276to intwine

and

come

upעָלָהʻâlâh/aw-law'/H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

upon

neck:צַוָּארtsavvâʼr/tsav-vawr'/H6677the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)

hath

made

strengthכֹּחַkôach/ko'-akh/H3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard

fall,כָּשַׁלkâshal/kaw-shal'/H3782to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall

the

LordאֲדֹנָיʼĂdônây/ad-o-noy'/H136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)

hath

deliveredנָתַןnâthan/naw-than'/H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

into

their

hands,יָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

from

whom

not

ableיָכֹלyâkôl/yaw-kole'/H3201to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

rise

up.קוּםqûwm/koom/H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

Commentary on Lamentations 1:14

HENRY_FULL · Lamentations 1:14

yrus, that he might be put into a capacity to release God's people, ver. 1-4 . II. The proof God would hereby give of his eternal power and godhead, and his universal, incontestable, sovereignty, ver. 5-7 . III. A prayer for the hastening of this deliverance, ver. 8 . IV. A check to the unbelieving Jews, who quarrelled with God for the lengthening out of their captivity, ver. 9, 10 . V. Encouragement given to the believing Jews, who trusted in God and continued instant in prayer, assuring them that God would in due time accomplish this work by the hand of Cyrus, ver. 11-15 . VI. A challenge given to the worshippers of idols and their doom read, and satisfaction given to the worshippers of the true God and their comfort secured, with an eye to the Mediator, who is made of God to us both righteousness and sanctification, ver. 16-25 . And here, as in many other parts of this prophecy, there is much of Christ and of gospel grace. Prophecies Concerning Cyrus. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; 2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: 3 And I

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Luke 3:5

Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;

Acts 1:15

And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)

Topics

Yoke, Figurative

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Lamentations 1:14.

Deuteronomy 28:48

Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

Genesis 27:40

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

Genesis 46:29

And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

Isaiah 10:27

And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. be taken: Heb. remove

Jeremiah 27:11

But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

Jeremiah 27:12

I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

Jeremiah 27:8

And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

Jeremiah 28:11

And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

Frequently asked questions

What does Lamentations 1:14 say?

Lamentations 1:14 (King James Version) reads: "The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up."

Is Lamentations 1:14 in the Old or New Testament?

Lamentations 1:14 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Lamentations.

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