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Lamentations 1:7Lam.1.7

Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, [and] did mock at her sabbaths.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Aux jours de sa détresse et de sa misère, Jérusalem s'est souvenue De tous les biens dès longtemps son partage, Quand son peuple est tombé sans secours sous la main de l'oppresseur; Ses ennemis l'ont vue, et ils ont ri de sa chute.

KJV

Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, [and] did mock at her sabbaths.

Patristic reading

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  • Rabanus Maurus

    On the Life of Mary Magdalene and her sister Martha

    self. She recalled all her past transgressions, both natural and acquired, from her childhood years. Lamentations 1:7. As she pondered this, Lamentations 3:21, she realized how far she was from God and from her true self, and she began to weep. God, who sees all, moved her to dee…

  • Eucherius of Lyon

    Book of Spiritual Intelligence Formulas

    e Sabbath. (Isaiah 58:13) And in a negative sense: Her enemies saw her and laughed at her Sabbaths. (Lamentations 1:7) Lent is a symbol of present life and labor. In the Gospel: And when he had fasted for forty days and forty nights. (Matthew 4:2) Passover marks the announcement…

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