Lamentations 1:21 (KJV)

Passage

They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 1:19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.

Lamentations 1:20 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

Lamentations 1:21 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

Lamentations 1:22 Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "heard", "sigh", "none", "comfort", "mine", "enemies", and "trouble". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" 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 for I am in..." into verse 22's "Let all their wickedness come before thee...", so "called" 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 "called" and "heard" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.