Lamentations 1:18 (GNV)

Passage

The Lord is righteous: for I haue rebelled against his commandement: heare, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorowe: my virgins and my yong men are gone into captiuitie.

Nearby Context

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.

Lamentations 1:17 Zion stretcheth out her handes, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath appoynted the enemies of Iaakob rounde about him: Ierusalem is as a menstruous woman in the middes of them.

Lamentations 1:18 The Lord is righteous: for I haue rebelled against his commandement: heare, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorowe: my virgins and my yong men are gone into captiuitie.

Lamentations 1:19 I called for my louers, but they deceiued me: my Priestes and mine Elders perished in the citie while they sought their meate to refresh their soules.

Lamentations 1:20 Behold, O Lord, howe I am troubled: my bowels swell: mine heart is turned within me, for I am ful of heauinesse: the sword spoyleth abroad, as death doeth at home.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "righteous", "haue", "rebelled", "against", "commandement", "heare", and "pray". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "righteous", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "Zion stretcheth out her handes and there..." into verse 19's "I called for my louers but they...", so "lord" and "righteous" 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 "lord" and "righteous" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.