Lamentations 1:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.”

Lamentations 1:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 1:15 in 6 Bible Translations

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Lamentations 1:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““The Lord has set at nothing all my mighty men within me. He has called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men. The Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah as in a wine press.”

Lamentations 1:15 — World English Bible

Lamentations 1:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“The Lord hath set at nought all my mighty men in the midst of me; He hath called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men: The Lord hath trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.”

Lamentations 1:15 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 1:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Trodden down all my mighty ones hath the Lord in my midst, He proclaimed against me an appointed time, To destroy my young men, A wine-press hath the Lord trodden, To the virgin daughter of Judah.”

Lamentations 1:15 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 1:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“The Lord hath cast down all my mighty men in the midst of me; he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men; the Lord hath trodden as a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.”

Lamentations 1:15 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 1:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The Lord hath troden vnder foote all my valiant men in the middes of me: he hath called an assembly against me to destroy my yong men: the Lord hath troden the wine presse vpon the virgine the daughter of Iudah.”

Lamentations 1:15 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 1:15 in Context — Lamentations 1

13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

15 The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.

16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.

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What Does Lamentations 1:15 Mean?

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