Lamentations 1:22 (YLT)

Passage

Come in doth all their evil before Thee, And one is doing to them as Thou hast done to me, For all my transgressions, For many <FI>are<Fi> my sighs, and my heart <FI>is<Fi> sick!

Nearby Context

Lamentations 1:20 See, O Jehovah, for distress <FI>is<Fi> to me, My bowels have been troubled, Turned hath been my heart in my midst, For I have greatly provoked, From without bereaved hath the sword, In the house <FI>it is<Fi> as death.

Lamentations 1:21 They have heard that I have sighed, There is no comforter for me, All my enemies have heard of my calamity, They have rejoiced that Thou hast done <FI>it<Fi> , Thou hast brought in the day Thou hast called, And they are like to me.

Lamentations 1:22 Come in doth all their evil before Thee, And one is doing to them as Thou hast done to me, For all my transgressions, For many <FI>are<Fi> my sighs, and my heart <FI>is<Fi> sick!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "transgressions", "come", "doth", "evil", "before", "thee", "doing", and "thou". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "transgressions" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "They have heard that I have sighed...", giving immediate footing for "transgressions" and "come". In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "transgressions" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.