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Lamentations 1
1. How <0349> doth the city <5892> sit <3427> solitary <0910>,
[that was] full <7227> of people <5971>! [how] is she become
<1961> as a widow <0490>! she [that was] great <7227> among the
nations <1471>, [and] princess <8282> among the provinces <4082>,
[how] is she become <1961> tributary <4522>!
2 She weepeth <1058> sore in the night <3915>, and her tears
<1832> [are] on <5921> her cheeks <3895>: among all <3605> her
lovers <0157> she hath none <0369> to comfort <5162> [her]: all
<3605> her friends <7453> have dealt treacherously <0898> with
her, they are become <1961> her enemies <0341>.
3 Judah <3063> is gone into <1473> captivity <1540> because of
affliction <6040>, and because of great <7230> servitude <5656>:
she dwelleth <3427> among the heathen <1471>, she findeth <4672>
no <3808> rest <4494>: all <3605> her persecutors <7291>
overtook <5381> her between <0996> the straits <4712>.
4 The ways <1870> of Zion <6726> do mourn <57>, because none
<1997> come <0935> to the solemn <4150> feasts <4150>: all
<3605> her gates <8179> are desolate <8076>: her priests <3548>
sigh <0584>, her virgins <1330> are afflicted <3013>, and she
[is] in bitterness <4843>.
5 Her adversaries <6862> are the chief <7218>, her enemies
<0341> prosper <7919>; for the LORD <3068> hath afflicted <3013>
her for the multitude <7230> of her transgressions <6588>: her
children <5768> are gone <1980> into captivity <7628> before
<6440> the enemy <6862>.
6 And from the daughter <1323> of Zion <6726> all <3605> her
beauty <1926> is departed <3318>: her princes <8269> are become
<1961> like harts <0354> [that] find <4672> no <3808> pasture
<4829>, and they are gone <3212> without <3808> strength <3581>
before <6440> the pursuer <7291>.
7 Jerusalem <3389> remembered <2142> in the days <3117> of her
affliction <6040> and of her miseries <4788> all <3605> her
pleasant <4262> things that she had <1961> in the days <3117> of
old <6924>, when her people <5971> fell <5307> into the hand
<3027> of the enemy <6862>, and none <0369> did help <5826> her:
the adversaries <6862> saw <7200> her, [and] did mock <7832> at
<5921> her sabbaths <4868>.
8 Jerusalem <3389> hath grievously <2399> sinned <2398>;
therefore she is removed <5206>: all <3605> that honoured <3513>
her despise <2107> her, because <3588> they have seen <7200> her
nakedness <6172>: yea <1571>, she sigheth <0584>, and turneth
<7725> backward <0268>.
9 Her filthiness <2932> [is] in her skirts <7757>; she
remembereth <2142> not her last <0319> end; therefore she came
<3381> down <3381> wonderfully <6382>: she had no <0369>
comforter <5162>. O LORD <3068>, behold <7200> my affliction
<6040>: for the enemy <0341> hath magnified <1431> [himself].
10 The adversary <6862> hath spread <6566> out his hand <3027>
upon all <3605> her pleasant <4621> things: for she hath seen
<7200> [that] the heathen <1471> entered <0935> into her
sanctuary <4720>, whom <0834> thou didst command <6680> [that]
they should not enter <0935> into thy congregation <6951>.
11 All <3605> her people <5971> sigh <0584>, they seek <1245>
bread <3899>; they have given <5414> their pleasant <4622>
things for meat <0400> to relieve <7725> the soul <5315>: see
<7200>, O LORD <3068>, and consider <5027>; for I am become
<1961> vile <2151>.
12. [Is it] nothing <3808> to you, all <3605> ye that pass
<5674> by? behold <5027>, and see <7200> if <0518> there be any
sorrow <4341> like unto my sorrow <4341>, which <0834> is done
<5953> unto me, wherewith <0834> the LORD <3068> hath afflicted
<3013> [me] in the day <3117> of his fierce <2740> anger <0639>.
13 From above <4791> hath he sent <7971> fire <0784> into my
bones <6106>, and it prevaileth <7287> against them: he hath
spread <6566> a net <7568> for my feet <7272>, he hath turned
<7725> me back <0268>: he hath made <5414> me desolate <8076>
[and] faint <1738> all <3605> the day <3117>.
14 The yoke <5923> of my transgressions <6588> is bound <8244>
by his hand <3027>: they are wreathed <8276>, [and] come <5927>
up upon my neck <6677>: he hath made my strength <3581> to fall
<3782>, the Lord <0136> hath delivered <5414> me into [their]
hands <3027>, [from whom] I am not able <3201> to rise <6965> up.
15 The Lord <0136> hath trodden <5541> under foot <5541> all
<3605> my mighty <47> [men] in the midst <7130> of me: he hath
called <7121> an assembly <4150> against <5921> me to crush
<7665> my young <0970> men: the Lord <0136> hath trodden <1869>
the virgin <1330>, the daughter <1323> of Judah <3063>, [as] in
a winepress <1660>.
16 For these <0428> [things] I weep <1058>; mine eye <5869>,
mine eye <5869> runneth <3381> down with water <4325>, because
<3588> the comforter <5162> that should relieve <7725> my soul
<5315> is far <7368> from me: my children <1121> are desolate
<8076>, because <3588> the enemy <0341> prevailed <1396>.
17 Zion <6726> spreadeth <6566> forth her hands <3027>, [and
there is] none <0369> to comfort <5162> her: the LORD <3068>
hath commanded <6680> concerning Jacob <3290>, [that] his
adversaries <6862> [should be] round <5439> about him: Jerusalem
<3389> is as a menstruous <5079> woman among <0996> them.
18 The LORD <3068> is righteous <6662>; for I have rebelled
<4784> against his commandment <6310>: hear <8085>, I pray
<4994> you, all <3605> people <5971>, and behold <7200> my
sorrow <4341>: my virgins <1330> and my young <0970> men are
gone <1980> into captivity <7628>.
19 I called <7121> for my lovers <0157>, [but] they deceived
<7411> me: my priests <3548> and mine elders <2205> gave up the
ghost <1478> in the city <5892>, while <3588> they sought <1245>
their meat <0400> to relieve <7725> their souls <5315>.
20 Behold <7200>, O LORD <3068>; for I [am] in distress <6887>:
my bowels <4578> are troubled <2560>; mine heart <3820> is
turned <2015> within <7130> me; for I have grievously <4784>
rebelled <4784>: abroad <2351> the sword <2719> bereaveth <7921>,
at home <1004> [there is] as death <4194>.
21 They have heard <8085> that I sigh <0584>: [there is] none
<0369> to comfort <5162> me: all <3605> mine enemies <0341> have
heard <8085> of my trouble <7451>; they are glad <7796> that
thou hast done <6213> [it]: thou wilt bring <0935> the day
<3117> [that] thou hast called <7121>, and they shall be like
<3644> unto me.
22 Let all <3605> their wickedness <7451> come <0935> before
<6440> thee; and do <5953> unto them, as thou hast done <5953>
unto me for all <3605> my transgressions <6588>: for my sighs
<0585> [are] many <7227>, and my heart <3820> [is] faint <1742>.
Lamentations 2
1. How <0349> hath the Lord <0136> covered <5743> the daughter
<1323> of Zion <6726> with a cloud <5743> in his anger <0639>,
[and] cast <7993> down from heaven <8064> unto the earth <0776>
the beauty <8597> of Israel <3478>, and remembered <2142> not
his footstool in the day <3117> of his anger <0639>!
2 The Lord <0136> hath swallowed <1104> up all <3605> the
habitations <4999> of Jacob <3290>, and hath not pitied <2550>:
he hath thrown <2040> down <2040> in his wrath <5678> the strong
<4013> holds <4013> of the daughter <1323> of Judah <3063>; he
hath brought <5060> [them] down to the ground <0776>: he hath
polluted <2490> the kingdom <4467> and the princes <8269>
thereof.
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