Lamentations 1:17
Context| NETBible | פ (Pe) Zion spread out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The Lord has issued a decree against Jacob; his neighbors 1 have become his enemies. Jerusalem has become like filthy garbage 2 in their midst. 3 |
| XREF | Le 15:19-27; 1Ki 8:22,38; 2Ki 24:2-4; 2Ki 25:1; Isa 1:15; Jer 4:31; Jer 6:3; Jer 16:6; Jer 21:4,5; Jer 34:22; La 1:2,9,16,19,21; La 1:9; La 2:1-8,17-22; La 4:15; Eze 7:23,24; Eze 36:17; Ho 8:8; Lu 19:43,44 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “his neighbors,” which refers to the surrounding nations. 2 tn The noun II נִדָּה (niddah, “unclean thing”) has three basic categories of meaning: (1) biological uncleanness: menstruation of a woman (Lev 12:2, 5; 15:19-33 [9x]; Num 19:9, 13, 20; 31:23; Ezek 18:6; 22:10; 36:17); (2) ceremonial uncleanness: moral impurity and idolatry (Lev 20:21; 2 Chr 29:5; Ezra 9:11; Zech 13:1); and (3) physical uncleanness: filthy garbage (Lam 1:17; Ezek 7:19, 20). 3 tc The MT reads בֵּינֵיהֶם (bÿnehem, “in them” = “in their midst”). The BHS editors suggest that this is a textual corruption for בְּעֵינֵיהֶם (be’enehem, “in their eyes” = “in their view”). The ע (ayin) might have dropped out due to orthographic confusion. tn Or “in their eyes.” See the preceding tc note. |
