Lamentations 1:3 (GNV)

Passage

Iudah is caried away captiue because of affliction, and because of great seruitude: shee dwelleth among the heathen, and findeth no rest: all her persecuters tooke her in the straites.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 1:1 Howe doeth the citie remaine solitarie that was full of people? she is as a widowe: she that was great among the nations, and princesse among the prouinces, is made tributarie.

Lamentations 1:2 She weepeth continually in the night, and her teares runne downe by her cheekes: among all her louers, she hath none to comfort her: all her friendes haue delt vnfaithfully with her, and are her enemies.

Lamentations 1:3 Iudah is caried away captiue because of affliction, and because of great seruitude: shee dwelleth among the heathen, and findeth no rest: all her persecuters tooke her in the straites.

Lamentations 1:4 The wayes of Zion lament, because no man commeth to the solemne feastes: all her gates are desolate: her Priests sigh: her virgins are discomfited, and she is in heauinesse.

Lamentations 1:5 Her aduersaries are the chiefe, and her enemies prosper: for the Lord hath afflicted her, for the multitude of her transgressions, and her children are gone into captiuitie before the enemie.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "iudah", "caried", "away", "captiue", "affliction", "great", "seruitude", and "shee". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "iudah" and "caried", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "She weepeth continually in the night and..." into verse 4's "The wayes of Zion lament because no...", so "iudah" and "caried" 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 "iudah" and "caried" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.