1:9a Her uncleanness stains her skirts;

She defiled herself with immorality (New Living Translation (2004))
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Jerusalem was dirty because the people were so bad.
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Jerusalem’s sins were like a woman’s dress ⌊which was⌋ dirty ⌊from her blood flow⌋ .

1:9b she did not consider her end.

and did not think that Yahweh would punish her.
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They never thought that the end would be like this.

1:9c Her downfall was astounding;

Her fall from power amazed everyone. (New International Reader’s Version)
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What the enemies did to the people of Jerusalem came as a terrible shock to them.

1:9d there was no one to comfort her.

And no one was there to comfort her. (New International Reader’s Version)
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They did not have anyone who could help them feel better.

1:9e Look, O LORD, on my affliction,

⌊The people cry out saying,⌋ “Yahweh, look at how we are suffering!
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⌊So they called to⌋ Yahweh, ⌊asking him⌋ to look at how much they were suffering.

1:9f for the enemy has triumphed!

⌊We suffer⌋ because our enemies have defeated us!”
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How bad it was! The enemy had won ⌊and destroyed the holy⌋ city.

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