1. Lamentations 1:21 (NEG79)
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Which themes are summarized here?

Lamentations 1:21 (NEG79)

21 On a entendu mes soupirs, et personne ne m'a consolée; Tous mes ennemis ont appris mon malheur, Ils se sont réjouis de ce que tu l'as causé; Tu amèneras, tu publieras le jour où ils seront comme moi.

The following themes are repeated in summary form:

  1. The statement they heard my groaning responds to Lamentations 1:18. Jerusalem had asked the nations to hear her suffering.

  2. The complaint that Jerusalem has no comforter was already noted in Lamentations 1:17 by the writer and in Lamentations 1:16 by the city. Now it is repeated: Yet there is no one to comfort me.

  3. Far from comforting her, her enemies rejoiced at her dire situation: All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it (cf. Lamentations 1:2, Lamentations 1:5, Lamentations 1:9, Lamentations 1:16).

  4. Jerusalem’s earlier confession of rebellion (Lamentations 1:20) corresponds with her acknowledgment that you have done it.

  5. The statement, You have brought the day you announced, corresponds with the expression the day of his fierce anger (Lamentations 1:12).

The presence of enemies; the lack of comforters; the loss of life; Israel’s rebellion against God; God’s righteous punishment — these themes are drawn from earlier verses and restated here in summary form.1 This type of repetition and summary brings the central message of the first lamentation to the fore.