Jeremiæ 1:17

Nova Vulgata

PHE. Expandit Sion manus suas, non est qui consoletur eam; mandavit Dominus adversum Iacob in circuitu eius hostes eius: facta est Ierusalem quasi polluta menstruis inter eos.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Tu ergo, accinge lumbos tuos, et surge, et loquere ad eos omnia quæ ego præcipio tibi. Ne formides a facie eorum, nec enim timere te faciam vultum eorum.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Expandit Sion manus suas;
non est qui consoletur eam.
Mandavit Dominus adversum Jacob
in circuitu ejus hostes ejus;
facta est Jerusalem
quasi polluta menstruis inter eos.

Bible Verse Review
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spreadeth: 1 Kings 8:22, 1 Kings 8:38, Isaiah 1:15, Jeremiah 4:31

none: Lamentations 1:2, Lamentations 1:9, Lamentations 1:16, Lamentations 1:19, Lamentations 1:21

commanded: Lamentations 2:1-8, Lamentations 2:17-22, 2 Kings 24:2-4, 2 Kings 25:1, Jeremiah 6:3, Jeremiah 16:6, Jeremiah 21:4, Jeremiah 21:5, Jeremiah 34:22, Ezekiel 7:23, Ezekiel 7:24, Hosea 8:8, Luke 19:43, Luke 19:44

Jerusalem: Lamentations 1:9, Lamentations 4:15, Leviticus 15:19-27, Ezekiel 36:17

Reciprocal: Isaiah 30:22 - as a Isaiah 51:19 - who shall Isaiah 54:11 - not comforted Jeremiah 8:18 - my

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Zion spreadeth forth her hands,.... Either as submitting to the conqueror, and imploring mercy; or rather as calling to her friends to help and relieve her. The Targum is,

"Zion spreadeth out her hands through distress, as a woman spreads out her hands upon the seat to bring forth;''

see Jeremiah 4:31. Some render the words, "Zion breaks with her hands" f; that is, breaks bread; and Joseph Kimchi observes, that it was the custom of comforters to break bread to the mourner; but here she herself breaks it with her hands, because there was none to comfort her:

[and there is] none to comfort her; to speak a word of comfort to her, or to help her out of her trouble; her children gone into captivity; her friends and lovers at a distance; and God himself departed from her; Jeremiah 4:31- :;

the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, [that] his adversaries [should be] round about him; that he should be surrounded by them, and carried captive, and should be in the midst of them in captivity: this was the decree and determination of God; and, agreeably to it, he ordered it in his providence that the Chaldeans should come against him, encompass him, and overcome him; and that because he had slighted and broken the commandments of the Lord; and therefore was justly dealt with, as is acknowledged in Lamentations 1:18. So the Targum,

"the Lord gave to the house of Jacob commandments, and a law to keep, but they transgressed the decree of his word; therefore his enemies encompassed the house of Jacob round about:''

Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them; reckoned filthy and unclean, abominable and nauseous; whom none cared to come near, but shunned, despised, and abhorred; as the Jews separated from the Gentiles, and would not converse with them; so neither now would the Chaldeans with the Jews; but treat them as the offscouring of all things.

f פרשה ציון בידיה "frangit Sion manibus suis", sub. "panem", Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Spreadeth forth her hands - In prayer Exodus 9:29, Exodus 9:33, but Zion entreats in vain. There is no one to comfort her - not God, for He is chastising her, nor man, for all the neighboring nations have become her enemies. See Lamentations 1:2.

That his adversaries ... - Rather, that those round about him should be his adversaries; all the neighboring states should regard him with aversion.

Jerusalem is ... - i. e. is become an abomination. The words are virtually the same as in Lamentations 1:8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. Zion spreadeth forth her hands — Extending the hands is the form in supplication.

Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman — To whom none dared to approach, either to help or comfort, because of the law, Leviticus 15:19-27.