Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
That was
She has become like a
Who was once
She who was a princess among the
Has become a
King James Version
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Holman Bible
the city
She who was great among the nations
has become like a widow.
The princess among the provinces
has been put to forced labor.
International Standard Version
How lonely she lies, the city that thronged with people! Like a widow she has become, this great one among nations! The princess among provinces has become a vassal.
American Standard Version
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! She is become as a widow, that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the provinces is become tributary!
Amplified
That was [once] full of people!
How like a widow she has become.
She who was great among the nations!
The princess among the provinces,
Has become a forced laborer!
Bible in Basic English
See her seated by herself, the town which was full of people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow! She who was a princess among the countries has come under the yoke of forced work!
Darby Translation
How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people! She that was great among the nations is become as a widow; the princess among the provinces is become tributary!
Julia Smith Translation
How sat the city alone being many in people she was as a widow: being many among the nations, being a leader in the provinces, she became for tribute.
King James 2000
How does the city sit lovely, that was full of people! how has she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how has she become a slave!
Lexham Expanded Bible
How desolate the city sits [that] was full of people! She has become like a widow, [once] great among the nations! Like a woman of nobility in the provinces, she has become a forced laborer.
Modern King James verseion
How alone sits the city that was full of people! She has become like a widow, once great among the nations, a noblewoman among the nations, but now has become a tribute-payer.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{Aleph} Alas, how sitteth the city so desolate, that some time was full of people? How is she become like a widow, which was the lady of all nations? How is she brought under tribute, that ruled all lands?
NET Bible
(Alef)Alas! The city once full of people now sits all alone! The prominent lady among the nations has become a widow! The princess who once ruled the provinces has become a forced laborer!
New Heart English Bible
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 forced laborer.
The Emphasized Bible
How is seated alone, the city that abounded with people, hath become as a widow, - She who abounded among the nations was a princess among provinces, hath come under tribute.
Webster
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary.
World English Bible
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 is become tributary!
Youngs Literal Translation
How hath she sat alone, The city abounding with people! She hath been as a widow, The mighty among nations! Princes among provinces, She hath become tributary!
Themes
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Calamities of
Jerusalem » Described as » Princess among the provinces
Jerusalem » Described as » Populous
Interlinear
Yashab
Rab
Rab
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Lamentations 1:1
Images Lamentations 1:1
Prayers for Lamentations 1:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Desolate City
1
That was
She has become like a
Who was once
She who was a princess among the
Has become a
Names
Cross References
1 Kings 4:21
Solomon's kingdom included all the nations from the Euphrates River to Philistia and the Egyptian border. They paid him taxes and were subject to him all his life.
Ezra 4:20
Further, there have been great kings in Jerusalem. They ruled over all the country across the river. Taxes and tribute was paid to them.
Isaiah 3:26
Her (Zion's) gates will lament and mourn and she will sit on the ground deserted.
2 Kings 23:35
Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh. He ordered that the land be taxed to get the money. All the people of the land had to give silver and gold in order to make the payment to Pharaoh Necho.
Isaiah 22:2
You are a town full of commotion, a city of tumult and revelry. The sword did not kill your slain, nor did they die in battle.
Isaiah 54:4
Do not be afraid. You will not suffer shame. Do not fear disgrace. You will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
Lamentations 5:16
The crown has been taken from our head. Sorrow is ours, for we are sinners.
Revelation 18:16-17
They will say: 'Woe, woe to the great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
2 Kings 23:33
And Pharaoh Necho put him in chains at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So that he was not king in Jerusalem. Pharaoh Necho extracted from the land a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
2 Chronicles 9:26
He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the country of the Philistines and as far as the Egyptian border.
Nehemiah 5:4
Yet others said: We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes.
Nehemiah 9:37
And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins. They have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble.
Psalm 122:4
All of Jehovah's tribes go to that city because it is a law in Israel to give thanks to the name of Jehovah.
Isaiah 14:12
O how you have fallen from heaven, you morning star (shining one), and son of the dawn! How you have been cut down to the ground, you who conquered nations!
Isaiah 47:1-15
Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.
Isaiah 50:5
The Lord Jehovah has opened my ears. I will not rebel, nor will I turn away from him.
Isaiah 52:2
Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit enthroned, O Jerusalem. Free yourself from the chains on your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace and who bring good tidings of good things! For they proclaim salvation and say to Zion: Your God reigns as king! (Hebrew: Elohiym' malak': God rules!)
Jeremiah 9:11
I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins. It will be a gathering place of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah desolation, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 40:9
Gedaliah, son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men. He said: Do not be afraid to serve the Babylonians. Live in this country, serve the king of Babylon, and you will prosper.
Jeremiah 50:23
The hammer of the whole earth is broken and shattered. See how desolate Babylon is of all the nations!
Lamentations 2:1
In his anger Jehovah covered Zion with clouds of darkness. He changed its heavenly splendor into ruins. On the day of his anger he abandoned even his footstool.
Lamentations 2:10
The elders of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth and keep silent. They throw dust on their heads. They are clothed in sackcloth. The heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are brought down to the earth.
Lamentations 4:1
How dark the gold has become! How changed is the best gold! The stones of the holy place are dropping out at the top of every street.
Ezekiel 26:16
Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones and remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground, tremble every moment and be appalled at you.
Zephaniah 2:15
This is the joyous city that dwelled in security. She said in her heart, 'I am! There is no one else!' She has become an object of desolation, a place for wild animals to lie down in. Every one who passes by her will hiss, and wag his hand.
Zechariah 8:4-5
Jehovah of Hosts said: Old men and old women walk with the help of canes in the streets of Jerusalem. They sit in the city square.
Revelation 18:7
To the extent she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to that extent give her much torment and sorrow. She says in her heart: 'I sit a queen, and am no widow, and I shall see no sorrow.'