Lamentations 1:21 (GNV)

Passage

They haue heard that I mourne, but there is none to comfort mee: all mine enemies haue heard of my trouble, and are glad, that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day, that thou hast pronounced, and they shalbe like vnto me.

Nearby Context

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.

Lamentations 1:21 They haue heard that I mourne, but there is none to comfort mee: all mine enemies haue heard of my trouble, and are glad, that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day, that thou hast pronounced, and they shalbe like vnto me.

Lamentations 1:22 Let all their wickednes come before thee: do vnto them, as thou hast done vnto me, for all my transgressions: for my sighes are many, and mine heart is heauy.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "haue", "heard", "mourne", "none", "comfort", "mine", and "enemies". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "haue" and "heard", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "Behold O Lord howe I am troubled..." into verse 22's "Let all their wickednes come before thee...", so "haue" and "heard" 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 "haue" and "heard" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.