Lamentations 1:6 (GNV)

Passage

And from the daughter of Zion all her beautie is departed: her princes are become like harts that finde no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

Nearby Context

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.

Lamentations 1:6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beautie is departed: her princes are become like harts that finde no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

Lamentations 1:7 Ierusalem remembred the dayes of her affliction, and of her rebellion, and all her pleasant things, that shee had in times past, when her people fell into the hande of the enemie, and none did helpe her: the aduersarie sawe her, and did mocke at her Sabbaths.

Lamentations 1:8 Ierusalem hath grieuously sinned, therefore shee is in derision: all that honoured her, despise her, because they haue seene her filthinesse: yea, she sigheth and turneth backeward.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "daughter", "zion", "beautie", "departed", "princes", "become", "like", and "harts". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "daughter" and "zion", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Her aduersaries are the chiefe and her..." into verse 7's "Ierusalem remembred the dayes of her affliction...", so "daughter" and "zion" 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 "daughter" and "zion" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.