Lamentations 1:14 (GNV)

Passage

The yoke of my transgressions is bounde vpon his hand: they are wrapped, and come vp vpon my necke: hee hath made my strength to fall: the Lord hath deliuered me into their hands, neither am I able to rise vp.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 1:12 Haue ye no regarde, all yee that passe by this way? behold, and see, if there be any sorowe like vnto my sorowe, which is done vnto mee, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce wrath.

Lamentations 1:13 From aboue hath hee sent fire into my bones, which preuaile against them: he hath spred a net for my feete, and turned me backe: hee hath made me desolate, and daily in heauinesse.

Lamentations 1:14 The yoke of my transgressions is bounde vpon his hand: they are wrapped, and come vp vpon my necke: hee hath made my strength to fall: the Lord hath deliuered me into their hands, neither am I able to rise vp.

Lamentations 1:15 The Lord hath troden vnder foote all my valiant men in the middes of me: he hath called an assembly against me to destroy my yong men: the Lord hath troden the wine presse vpon the virgine the daughter of Iudah.

Lamentations 1:16 For these things I weepe: mine eye, euen mine eye casteth out water, because the comforter that should refresh my soule, is farre from me: my children are desolate, because the enemie preuailed.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "transgressions", "yoke", "bounde", "vpon", "hand", "wrapped", and "come". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "transgressions" and "yoke", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "From aboue hath hee sent fire into..." into verse 15's "The Lord hath troden vnder foote all...", so "transgressions" and "yoke" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "transgressions" and "yoke" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.