Passage
His hand spread out hath an adversary On all her desirable things, For she hath seen--Nations have entered her sanctuary, Concerning which Thou didst command, `They do not come into the assembly to thee.'
Lamentations 1:10 (YLT)
Nearby Context
Lamentations 1:8 A sin hath Jerusalem sinned, Therefore impure she hath become, All who honoured her have esteemed her lightly, For they have seen her nakedness, Yea, she herself hath sighed and turneth backward.
Lamentations 1:9 Her uncleanness <FI>is<Fi> in her skirts, She hath not remembered her latter end, And she cometh down wonderfully, There is no comforter for her. See, O Jehovah, mine affliction, For exerted himself hath an enemy.
Lamentations 1:10 His hand spread out hath an adversary On all her desirable things, For she hath seen--Nations have entered her sanctuary, Concerning which Thou didst command, `They do not come into the assembly to thee.'
Lamentations 1:11 All her people are sighing--seeking bread, They have given their desirable things For food to refresh the body; See, O Jehovah, and behold attentively, For I have been lightly esteemed.
Lamentations 1:12 <FI> Is it<Fi> nothing to you, all ye passing by the way? Look attentively, and see, If there is any pain like my pain, That He is rolling to me? Whom Jehovah hath afflicted In the day of the fierceness of His anger.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "hand", "spread", "hath", "adversary", "desirable", "things", and "seen--nations". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hand" and "spread", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Her uncleanness FI is Fi in her..." into verse 11's "All her people are sighing--seeking bread They...", so "hand" and "spread" 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 "hand" and "spread" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.