Lamentations 1:2 (WEB)

Passage

She weeps bitterly in the night. Her tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers she has no one to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her. They have become her enemies.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 1:1 How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave!

Lamentations 1:2 She weeps bitterly in the night. Her tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers she has no one to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her. They have become her enemies.

Lamentations 1:3 Judah has gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude. She dwells among the nations. She finds no rest. All her persecutors overtook her within the straits.

Lamentations 1:4 The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to the solemn assembly. All her gates are desolate. Her priests sigh. Her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "weeps", "bitterly", "night", "tears", "cheeks", "lovers", "comfort", and "friends". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "weeps" and "bitterly", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "How the city sits solitary that was..." into verse 3's "Judah has gone into captivity because of...", so "weeps" and "bitterly" 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 "weeps" and "bitterly" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.