The Meaning of Lamentations 1:10 Explained

Lamentations 1:10

KJV: The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

YLT: His hand spread out hath an adversary On all her desirable things, For she hath seen -- Nations have entered her sanctuary, Concerning which Thou didst command, 'They do not come into the assembly to thee.'

Darby: The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her precious things; for she hath seen the nations enter into her sanctuary, concerning whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

ASV: The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: For she hath seen that the nations are entered into her sanctuary, Concerning whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thine assembly.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The adversary  hath spread out  his hand  upon all her pleasant things:  for she hath seen  [that] the heathen  entered  into her sanctuary,  whom thou didst command  [that] they should not enter  into thy congregation. 

What does Lamentations 1:10 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Jerusalem"s enemy had gained control of her because she had not kept the temple holy. The Judahites had allowed pagan people to worship with them and so had diluted their allegiance to Yahweh.

Chapter Summary: Lamentations 1

1  The miseries of Jerusalem and of the Jews lamented
12  The attention of beholders demanded to this unprecedented case
18  The justice of God acknowledged, and his mercy supplicated

What do the individual words in Lamentations 1:10 mean?

His hand has spread the adversary Over all her pleasant things for she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary Those whom You commanded Not to enter assembly Your -
יָדוֹ֙ פָּ֣רַשׂ צָ֔ר עַ֖ל כָּל־ מַחֲמַדֶּ֑יהָ כִּֽי־ רָאֲתָ֤ה גוֹיִם֙ בָּ֣אוּ מִקְדָּשָׁ֔הּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּ֔יתָה לֹא־ יָבֹ֥אוּ בַקָּהָ֖ל לָֽךְ ס

יָדוֹ֙  His  hand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
פָּ֣רַשׂ  has  spread 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּרַשׂ  
Sense: to spread, spread out, stretch, break in pieces.
צָ֔ר  the  adversary 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: צַר 
Sense: narrow, tight.
עַ֖ל  Over 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
מַחֲמַדֶּ֑יהָ  her  pleasant  things 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: מַחְמָד  
Sense: desire, desirable thing, pleasant thing.
רָאֲתָ֤ה  she  has  seen 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
גוֹיִם֙  the  nations 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
בָּ֣אוּ  enter 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
מִקְדָּשָׁ֔הּ  her  sanctuary 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: מִקְדָּשׁ  
Sense: sacred place, sanctuary, holy place.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  Those  whom 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
צִוִּ֔יתָה  You  commanded 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: צָוָה  
Sense: to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order.
יָבֹ֥אוּ  to  enter 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
בַקָּהָ֖ל  assembly 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קָהָל  
Sense: assembly, company, congregation, convocation.
לָֽךְ  Your 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation