Lamentations 1:7 meaning and explanation
In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.
Lamentations 1:7, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the poet, watching Jerusalem after the Babylonian siege and destruction of 586 BC. The city is personified as a woman who remembers her treasures from former days while she wanders among the nations.
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