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In the days of her affliction and homelessness Jerusalem remembers all her precious things That were from the days of old, When her people fell into the hand of the adversary And no one helped her. The adversaries saw her, They mocked at her ruin.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
In the days day Noun H3117 יְמֵ֤י ye·mei
of her affliction affliction, poverty Noun H6040 עָנְיָהּ֙ a·ne·yah
and homelessness restlessness, straying Noun H4788 וּמְרוּדֶ֔יהָ u·me·ru·dei·ha,
Jerusalem probably "foundation of peace," capital city of all Isr. Noun H3389 יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם ye·ru·sha·lim
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remembers remember Verb H2142 זָֽכְרָ֣ה za·che·rah
all the whole, all Noun H3605 כֹּ֚ל kol
her precious things a desirable or precious thing Noun H4262 מַחֲמֻדֶ֔יהָ ma·cha·mu·dei·ha,
That were from the days day Noun H3117 מִ֣ימֵי mi·mei
of old, front, east, formerly Noun H6924 קֶ֑דֶם ke·dem;
When her people people Noun H5971 עַמָּ֣הּ am·mah
fell to fall, lie Verb H5307 בִּנְפֹ֧ל bin·fol
into the hand hand Noun H3027 בְּיַד־ be·yad-
of the adversary adversary, foe Adjective H6862 צָ֗ר tzar
And no one nothing, nought Particle H369 וְאֵ֤ין ve·'ein
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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helped to help, succor Verb H5826 עֹוזֵר֙ o·v·zer
her. The adversaries adversary, foe Adjective H6862 צָרִ֔ים tza·rim,
saw to see Verb H7200 רָא֣וּהָ ra·'u·ha
her, They mocked to laugh Verb H7832 שָׂחֲק֖וּ sa·cha·ku
at her ruin. cessation, annihilation Noun H4868 מִשְׁבַּתֶּֽהָ׃ mish·bat·te·ha.

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Jerusalem

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New American Standard Bible 1995 In the days of her affliction and homelessness Jerusalem remembers all her precious things That were from the days of old, When her people fell into the hand of the adversary And no one helped her. The adversaries saw her, They mocked at her ruin.
King James Bible In Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and homelessness Jerusalem remembers of her miseries all her precious pleasant things That were from that she had in the days of old, When when her people fell into the hand of the adversary And no one helped her. The enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, They mocked and did mock at her ruin.sabbaths.
Hebrew Greek English In the days of her affliction and homelessness Jerusalem remembers all her precious things That were from the days of old, When her people fell into the hand of the adversary And no one helped her. The adversaries saw her, They mocked at her ruin.