"No One Knows My Pain"

I. loss of abundance (v. 1),

II. loss of allies (v. 2),

III. loss of a resting place (v. 3),

IV. loss of happiness (v. 4),

V. loss of prestige (v. 5),

VI. loss of courage (v. 6),

VII. loss of worship (v. 7;

- Walter Kaiser

CSB Study Bible: Notes (Chapter 1)

1:1–22 This chapter is an alphabetic acrostic where each verse begins with a successive letter of the twenty-two-letter Hebrew alphabet.1:1–7 In this section the poet uses the third person as he speaks on behalf of Jerusalem. It is her loneliness that strikes the poet as the losses mount up: loss of abundance (v. 1), loss of allies (v. 2), loss of a resting place (v. 3), loss of happiness (v. 4), loss of prestige (v. 5), loss of courage (v. 6), and loss of worship (v. 7; Walter Kaiser).

CSB Study Bible: Notes Chapter 1

1:1 The poet begins with an exclamatory word How—a word used in biblical texts for laments and funerals. It is much like the Jewish oiee Vaah! Three contrasts of status are listed. Jerusalem was once populous, great among the nations, the queen of the cities; now she is solitary, a widow, and a tributary slave.

1:2 Not a single comforter among all the city’s former suitors remains; they have all turned traitors and enemy oppressors.

1:3 The afflictions of war and famine, the heavy tribute paid to Pharaoh Neco and King Nebuchadnezzar, plus their bitter exile, meant Judah now had no place to rest. Pursuers had caught Judah in narrow places, and they had fallen as easy prey.

The Dake Annotated Reference Bible Notes for Verse 1

Chart: Thirty-twofold Lament for Jerusalem

1. The city that used to be full of people sits solitary (Lam. 1:1).

2. She has become a widow.

3. She used to be great among the nations.

4. She used to be a princess among the provinces.

5. She has now become a tributary.

6. She weeps profusely in the night (Lam. 1:2).

7. Her tears are on her cheeks.

8. There are no lovers to comfort her.

9. She has no friends, for all of them have dealt treacherously with her.

10. They have become her enemies.

11. She has gone into captivity (Lam. 1:3).

12. She is greatly afflicted.

13. She has great servitude to others.

14. She dwells among the heathen.

15. She has no rest in her captivity.

16. She has many persecutors.

17. Her solemn feasts are forsaken (Lam. 1:4).

18. Her gates are desolate.

19. Her priests sigh.

20. Her virgins are afflicted.

21. She sits in bitterness.

22. Her adversaries rule (Lam. 1:5).

23. Her enemies prosper.

24. She is afflicted by God.

25. Her children are taken into captivity.

26. Her beauty has departed (Lam. 1:6).

27. Her princes are like harts without pasture.

28. Their strength has gone and they cannot escape the huntsmen.

29. She remembered her pleasant things while in her miseries (Lam. 1:7).

30. She remembered her fall into the hands of the enemy.

31. She had no one to help her.

32. The adversaries saw her and mocked at her sabbaths.