The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.She — Persons of all ages and ranks are in bitterness. read more
THE MISERIES DESCRIBED, Lamentations 1:1-11. 1. As a widow Jerusalem is personified as a desolate woman, deprived of children and husband, neglected by her lovers and betrayed by her friends. It is an interesting fact, that the image of this verse is the one chosen for the coin of Titus, struck to commemorate his triumph over Jerusalem, which shows a woman weeping under a palm tree, and the inscription, “Judea Capta.” The real structure of this first verse is disguised in the English... read more
2. Weepeth… in the night “Night” is mentioned, not as excluding, but rather including, day. Her grief is so poignant that her tears do not cease to flow even in the night time, which ought to be a season of rest and oblivion of grief. Lovers The nations friendly to the Jews; and, in general, all human comforts. read more
3. Because of affliction The unendurable pressure of evil upon them in their own land has driven them into exile. Between the straits The word here rendered “straits” is elsewhere translated “pain,” “distress.” See Psalms 116:3; Psalms 118:5. The idea is, that her persecutors came upon her when unable either to resist or flee. read more
4. Ways of Zion That is, the roads and highways leading to Zion. Do mourn Because they are no longer trodden by the pilgrims going up to the solemn feasts, the passover, pentecost, and tabernacles. Virgins are mentioned as bearing a part in the religious services. See Jeremiah 31:13, and Psalms 68:25. read more
5. Are the chief The mighty, and therefore rule her. Prosper Literally, are at rest; an expressive figure. Children… before the enemy In ancient sculptures such mournful processions of women and tender children are often engraved. read more
6. Like harts Like helpless, frightened deer, they flee exhausted before the pursuer in a desert land where they find no pasture. read more
7. Remembered Rather, remembers. The keenest arrows which pierce the soul in the time of calamity are carried in the quiver of memory. Miseries Literally, wanderings. The term suggests a condition of homelessness, and so it is more vivid and expressive than the term in our Version. Did mock at her sabbaths Even in this period of captivity and desolation the law of the “sabbath” will be kept, and because of it they will be subjected to reproach and ridicule. read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Lamentations 1:3
Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.Because — Because of the servitude and oppression exercised among them: oppression by their rulers, and servitude more generally; keeping their servants beyond the year of jubilee, when they ought to be set at liberty.The straits — Those that pursued them overtook them in places where they could not escape. read more