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Lamentations 1
1. How <0349> doth the city <05892> sit <03427> solitary <0910>, [that was] full <07227> of people <05971>! [how] is she become <01961> as a widow <0490>! she [that was] great <07227> among the nations <01471>, [and] princess <08282> among the provinces <04082>, [how] is she become <01961> tributary <04522>!
2 She weepeth <01058> sore in the night <03915>, and her tears <01832> [are] on <05921> her cheeks <03895>: among all <03605> her lovers <0157> she hath none <0369> to comfort <05162> [her]: all <03605> her friends <07453> have dealt treacherously <0898> with her, they are become <01961> her enemies <0341>.
3 Judah <03063> is gone into <01473> captivity <01540> because of affliction <06040>, and because of great <07230> servitude <05656>: she dwelleth <03427> among the heathen <01471>, she findeth <04672> no <03808> rest <04494>: all <03605> her persecutors <07291> overtook <05381> her between <0996> the straits <04712>.
4 The ways <01870> of Zion <06726> do mourn <057>, because none <01997> come <0935> to the solemn <04150> feasts <04150>: all <03605> her gates <08179> are desolate <08076>: her priests <03548> sigh <0584>, her virgins <01330> are afflicted <03013>, and she [is] in bitterness <04843>.
5 Her adversaries <06862> are the chief <07218>, her enemies <0341> prosper <07919>; for the LORD <03068> hath afflicted <03013> her for the multitude <07230> of her transgressions <06588>: her children <05768> are gone <01980> into captivity <07628> before <06440> the enemy <06862>.
6 And from the daughter <01323> of Zion <06726> all <03605> her beauty <01926> is departed <03318>: her princes <08269> are become <01961> like harts <0354> [that] find <04672> no <03808> pasture <04829>, and they are gone <03212> without <03808> strength <03581> before <06440> the pursuer <07291>.
7 Jerusalem <03389> remembered <02142> in the days <03117> of her affliction <06040> and of her miseries <04788> all <03605> her pleasant <04262> things that she had <01961> in the days <03117> of old <06924>, when her people <05971> fell <05307> into the hand <03027> of the enemy <06862>, and none <0369> did help <05826> her: the adversaries <06862> saw <07200> her, [and] did mock <07832> at <05921> her sabbaths <04868>.
8 Jerusalem <03389> hath grievously <02399> sinned <02398>; therefore she is removed <05206>: all <03605> that honoured <03513> her despise <02107> her, because <03588> they have seen <07200> her nakedness <06172>: yea <01571>, she sigheth <0584>, and turneth <07725> backward <0268>.
9 Her filthiness <02932> [is] in her skirts <07757>; she remembereth <02142> not her last <0319> end; therefore she came <03381> down <03381> wonderfully <06382>: she had no <0369> comforter <05162>. O LORD <03068>, behold <07200> my affliction <06040>: for the enemy <0341> hath magnified <01431> [himself].
10 The adversary <06862> hath spread <06566> out his hand <03027> upon all <03605> her pleasant <04621> things: for she hath seen <07200> [that] the heathen <01471> entered <0935> into her sanctuary <04720>, whom <0834> thou didst command <06680> [that] they should not enter <0935> into thy congregation <06951>.
11 All <03605> her people <05971> sigh <0584>, they seek <01245> bread <03899>; they have given <05414> their pleasant <04622> things for meat <0400> to relieve <07725> the soul <05315>: see <07200>, O LORD <03068>, and consider <05027>; for I am become <01961> vile <02151>.
12. [Is it] nothing <03808> to you, all <03605> ye that pass <05674> by? behold <05027>, and see <07200> if <0518> there be any sorrow <04341> like unto my sorrow <04341>, which <0834> is done <05953> unto me, wherewith <0834> the LORD <03068> hath afflicted <03013> [me] in the day <03117> of his fierce <02740> anger <0639>.
13 From above <04791> hath he sent <07971> fire <0784> into my bones <06106>, and it prevaileth <07287> against them: he hath spread <06566> a net <07568> for my feet <07272>, he hath turned <07725> me back <0268>: he hath made <05414> me desolate <08076> [and] faint <01738> all <03605> the day <03117>.
14 The yoke <05923> of my transgressions <06588> is bound <08244> by his hand <03027>: they are wreathed <08276>, [and] come <05927> up upon my neck <06677>: he hath made my strength <03581> to fall <03782>, the Lord <0136> hath delivered <05414> me into [their] hands <03027>, [from whom] I am not able <03201> to rise <06965> up.
15 The Lord <0136> hath trodden <05541> under foot <05541> all <03605> my mighty <047> [men] in the midst <07130> of me: he hath called <07121> an assembly <04150> against <05921> me to crush <07665> my young <0970> men: the Lord <0136> hath trodden <01869> the virgin <01330>, the daughter <01323> of Judah <03063>, [as] in a winepress <01660>.
16 For these <0428> [things] I weep <01058>; mine eye <05869>, mine eye <05869> runneth <03381> down with water <04325>, because <03588> the comforter <05162> that should relieve <07725> my soul <05315> is far <07368> from me: my children <01121> are desolate <08076>, because <03588> the enemy <0341> prevailed <01396>.
17 Zion <06726> spreadeth <06566> forth her hands <03027>, [and there is] none <0369> to comfort <05162> her: the LORD <03068> hath commanded <06680> concerning Jacob <03290>, [that] his adversaries <06862> [should be] round <05439> about him: Jerusalem <03389> is as a menstruous <05079> woman among <0996> them.
18 The LORD <03068> is righteous <06662>; for I have rebelled <04784> against his commandment <06310>: hear <08085>, I pray <04994> you, all <03605> people <05971>, and behold <07200> my sorrow <04341>: my virgins <01330> and my young <0970> men are gone <01980> into captivity <07628>.
19 I called <07121> for my lovers <0157>, [but] they deceived <07411> me: my priests <03548> and mine elders <02205> gave up the ghost <01478> in the city <05892>, while <03588> they sought <01245> their meat <0400> to relieve <07725> their souls <05315>.
20 Behold <07200>, O LORD <03068>; for I [am] in distress <06887>: my bowels <04578> are troubled <02560>; mine heart <03820> is turned <02015> within <07130> me; for I have grievously <04784> rebelled <04784>: abroad <02351> the sword <02719> bereaveth <07921>, at home <01004> [there is] as death <04194>.
21 They have heard <08085> that I sigh <0584>: [there is] none <0369> to comfort <05162> me: all <03605> mine enemies <0341> have heard <08085> of my trouble <07451>; they are glad <07796> that thou hast done <06213> [it]: thou wilt bring <0935> the day <03117> [that] thou hast called <07121>, and they shall be like <03644> unto me.
22 Let all <03605> their wickedness <07451> come <0935> before <06440> thee; and do <05953> unto them, as thou hast done <05953> unto me for all <03605> my transgressions <06588>: for my sighs <0585> [are] many <07227>, and my heart <03820> [is] faint <01742>.
Lamentations 2
1. How <0349> hath the Lord <0136> covered <05743> the daughter <01323> of Zion <06726> with a cloud <05743> in his anger <0639>, [and] cast <07993> down from heaven <08064> unto the earth <0776> the beauty <08597> of Israel <03478>, and remembered <02142> not his footstool in the day <03117> of his anger <0639>!
2 The Lord <0136> hath swallowed <01104> up all <03605> the habitations <04999> of Jacob <03290>, and hath not pitied <02550>: he hath thrown <02040> down <02040> in his wrath <05678> the strong <04013> holds <04013> of the daughter <01323> of Judah <03063>; he hath brought <05060> [them] down to the ground <0776>: he hath polluted <02490> the kingdom <04467> and the princes <08269> thereof.
3 He hath cut <01438> off in [his] fierce <02750> anger <0639> all <03605> the horn <07161> of Israel <03478>: he hath drawn <07725> back <0268> his right <03225> hand <03225> from before <06440> the enemy <0341>, and he burned <01197> against Jacob <03290> like a flaming <03852> fire <0784>, [which] devoureth <0398> round <05439> about.
4 He hath bent <01869> his bow <07198> like an enemy <0341>: he stood <05324> with his right <03225> hand <03225> as an adversary <06862>, and slew <02026> all <03605> [that were] pleasant <04622> to the eye <05869> in the tabernacle <0168> of the daughter <01323> of Zion <06726>: he poured <08210> out his fury <02534> like fire <0784>.
5 The Lord <0136> was as an enemy <0341>: he hath swallowed <01104> up Israel <03478>, he hath swallowed <01104> up all <03605> her palaces <0759>: he hath destroyed <07843> his strong <04013> holds <04013>, and hath increased <07235> in the daughter <01323> of Judah <03063> mourning <08386> and lamentation <0592>.
6 And he hath violently <02554> taken away his tabernacle <07900>, as [if it were of] a garden <01588>: he hath destroyed <07843> his places of the assembly <04150>: the LORD <03068> hath caused the solemn <04150> feasts <04150> and sabbaths <07676> to be forgotten <07911> in Zion <06726>, and hath despised <05006> in the indignation <02195> of his anger <0639> the king <04428> and the priest <03548>.
7 The Lord <0136> hath cast <02186> off his altar <04196>, he hath abhorred <05010> his sanctuary <04720>, he hath given <05462> up into the hand <03027> of the enemy <0341> the walls <02346> of her palaces <0759>; they have made <05414> a noise <06963> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, as in the day <03117> of a solemn <04150> feast <04150>.
8 The LORD <03068> hath purposed <02803> to destroy <07843> the wall <02346> of the daughter <01323> of Zion <06726>: he hath stretched <05186> out a line <06957>, he hath not withdrawn <07725> his hand <03027> from destroying <01104>: therefore he made the rampart <02426> and the wall <02346> to lament <056>; they languished <0535> together <03162>.
9 Her gates <08179> are sunk <02883> into the ground <0776>; he hath destroyed <06> and broken <07665> her bars <01280>: her king <04428> and her princes <08269> [are] among the Gentiles <01471>: the law <08451> [is] no <0369> [more]; her prophets <05030> also <01571> find <04672> no <03808> vision <02377> from the LORD <03068>.
10. The elders <02205> of the daughter <01323> of Zion <06726> sit <03427> upon the ground <0776>, [and] keep silence <01826>: they have cast <05927> up dust <06083> upon their heads <07218>; they have girded <02296> themselves with sackcloth <08242>: the virgins <01330> of Jerusalem <03389> hang <03381> down <03381> their heads <07218> to the ground <0776>.
11 Mine eyes <05869> do fail <03615> with tears <01832>, my bowels <04578> are troubled <02560>, my liver <03516> is poured <08210> upon the earth <0776>, for the destruction <07667> of the daughter <01323> of my people <05971>; because the children <05768> and the sucklings <03243> swoon <05848> in the streets <07339> of the city <07151>.
12 They say <0559> to their mothers <0517>, Where <0346> [is] corn <01715> and wine <03196>? when they swooned <05848> as the wounded <02491> in the streets <07339> of the city <05892>, when their soul <05315> was poured <08210> out into <0413> their mothers <0517>' bosom <02436>.
13 What <04100> thing shall I take to witness <05749> for thee? what <04100> thing shall I liken <01819> to thee, O daughter <01323> of Jerusalem <03389>? what <04100> shall I equal <07737> to thee, that I may comfort <05162> thee, O virgin <01330> daughter <01323> of Zion <06726>? for thy breach <07667> [is] great <01419> like the sea <03220>: who <04310> can heal <07495> thee?
14 Thy prophets <05030> have seen <02372> vain <07723> and foolish <08602> things for thee: and they have not discovered <01540> thine iniquity <05771>, to turn <07725> away thy captivity <07622>; but have seen <02372> for thee false <07723> burdens <04864> and causes of banishment <04065>.
15 All <03605> that pass <05674> by clap <05606> [their] hands <03709> at <05921> thee; they hiss <08319> and wag <05128> their head <07218> at <05921> the daughter <01323> of Jerusalem <03389>, [saying, Is] this <02088> the city <05892> that [men] call <0559> The perfection <03632> of beauty <03308>, The joy <04885> of the whole <03605> earth <0776>?
16 All <03605> thine enemies <0341> have opened <06475> their mouth <06310> against <05921> thee: they hiss <08319> and gnash <02786> the teeth <08127>: they say <0559>, We have swallowed <01104> [her] up: certainly <0389> this <02088> [is] the day <03117> that we looked <06960> for; we have found <04672>, we have seen <07200> [it].
17 The LORD <03068> hath done <06213> [that] which <0834> he had devised <02161>; he hath fulfilled <01214> his word <0565> that he had commanded <06680> in the days <03117> of old <06924>: he hath thrown <02040> down <02040>, and hath not pitied <02550>: and he hath caused [thine] enemy <0341> to rejoice <08055> over <05921> thee, he hath set <07311> up the horn <07161> of thine adversaries <06862>.
18 Their heart <03820> cried <06817> unto the Lord <0136>, O wall <02346> of the daughter <01323> of Zion <06726>, let tears <01832> run <03381> down like a river <05158> day <03119> and night <03915>: give <05414> thyself no <0408> rest <06314>; let not the apple <01323> of thine eye <05869> cease <01826>.
19 Arise <06965>, cry <07442> out in the night <03915>: in the beginning <07218> of the watches <0821> pour <08210> out thine heart <03820> like water <04325> before <05227> the face <06440> of the Lord <0136>: lift <05375> up thy hands <03709> toward <05921> him for the life <05315> of thy young children, that faint <05848> for hunger <07457> in the top <07218> of every <03605> street <02351>.
20 Behold <07200>, O LORD <03068>, and consider <05027> to whom <04310> thou hast done <05953> this <03541>. Shall the women <0802> eat <0398> their fruit <06529>, [and] children <05768> of a span <02949> long? shall the priest <03548> and the prophet <05030> be slain <02026> in the sanctuary <04720> of the Lord <0136>?
21 The young <05288> and the old <02205> lie <07901> on the ground <0776> in the streets <02351>: my virgins <01330> and my young <0970> men are fallen <05307> by the sword <02719>; thou hast slain <02026> [them] in the day <03117> of thine anger <0639>; thou hast killed <02873>, [and] not pitied <02550>.
22 Thou hast called <07121> as in a solemn <04150> day <03117> my terrors <04032> round <05439> about, so that in the day <03117> of the LORD'S <03068> anger <0639> none <03808> escaped nor remained <08300>: those that I have swaddled <02946> and brought <07235> up hath mine enemy <0341> consumed <03615>.
Lamentations 3
1. I [am] the man <01397> [that] hath seen <07200> affliction <06040> by the rod <07626> of his wrath <05678>.
2 He hath led <05090> me, and brought <03212> [me into] darkness <02822>, but not [into] light <0216>.
3 Surely <0389> against me is he turned <07725>; he turneth <07725> his hand <03027> [against me] all <03605> the day <03117>.
4 My flesh <01320> and my skin <05785> hath he made old <01086>; he hath broken <07665> my bones <06106>.
5 He hath builded <01129> against <05921> me, and compassed <05362> [me] with gall <07219> and travail <03205>.
6 He hath set <03427> me in dark <04285> places, as [they that be] dead <04191> of old <05769>.
7 He hath hedged <01443> me about <01157>, that I cannot <03808> get <03318> out: he hath made my chain <05178> heavy <03513>.
8 Also <01571> when <03588> I cry <02199> and shout <07768>, he shutteth <05640> out my prayer <08605>.
9 He hath inclosed <01443> my ways <01870> with hewn <01496> stone <01496>, he hath made my paths <05410> crooked <05753>.
10 He [was] unto me [as] a bear <01677> lying in wait <0693>, [and as] a lion <0738> in secret <04565> places.
11 He hath turned <05493> aside my ways <01870>, and pulled <06582> me in pieces: he hath made <07760> me desolate <08076>.
12 He hath bent <01869> his bow <07198>, and set <05324> me as a mark <04307> for the arrow <02671>.
13 He hath caused the arrows <02671> of his quiver <0827> to enter <0935> into my reins <03629>.
14 I was a derision <07814> to all <03605> my people <05971>; [and] their song <05058> all <03605> the day <03117>.
15 He hath filled <07646> me with bitterness <04844>, he hath made me drunken <07301> with wormwood <03939>.
16 He hath also broken <01638> my teeth <08127> with gravel <02687> stones <02687>, he hath covered <03728> me with ashes <0665>.
17 And thou hast removed <02186> my soul <05315> far <02186> off from peace <07965>: I forgat <05382> prosperity <02896>.
18 And I said <0559>, My strength <05331> and my hope <08431> is perished <06> from the LORD <03068>:
19 Remembering <02142> mine affliction <06040> and my misery <04788>, the wormwood <03939> and the gall <07219>.
20 My soul <05315> hath [them] still in remembrance <02142>, and is humbled <07743> in me.
21. This <02063> I recall <07725> to my mind <03820>, therefore have I hope <03176>.
22 [It is of] the LORD'S <03068> mercies <02617> that we are not consumed <08552>, because <03588> his compassions <07355> fail <03615> not.
23 [They are] new <02319> every morning <01242>: great <07227> [is] thy faithfulness <0530>.
24 The LORD <03068> [is] my portion <02506>, saith <0559> my soul <05315>; therefore will I hope <03176> in him.
25 The LORD <03068> [is] good <02896> unto them that wait <06960> for him, to the soul <05315> [that] seeketh <01875> him.
26 [It is] good <02896> that [a man] should both hope <02342> and quietly wait <01748> for the salvation <08668> of the LORD <03068>.
27 [It is] good <02896> for a man <01397> that he bear <05375> the yoke <05923> in his youth <05271>.
28 He sitteth <03427> alone <0905> and keepeth silence <01826>, because <03588> he hath borne <05190> [it] upon him.
29 He putteth <05414> his mouth <06310> in the dust <06083>; if <0194> so be there may be hope <08615>.
30 He giveth <05414> [his] cheek <03895> to him that smiteth <05221> him: he is filled <07646> full <07646> with reproach <02781>.
31 For the Lord <0136> will not cast <02186> off for ever <05769>:
32 But though <0518> he cause grief <03013>, yet will he have compassion <07355> according to the multitude <07230> of his mercies <02617>.
33 For he doth not afflict <06031> willingly <03820> nor grieve <03013> the children <01121> of men <0376>.
34 To crush <01792> under <08478> his feet <07272> all <03605> the prisoners <0615> of the earth <0776>,
35 To turn <05186> aside <05186> the right <04941> of a man <01397> before <05048> the face <06440> of the most <05945> High <05945>,
36 To subvert <05791> a man <0120> in his cause <07379>, the Lord <0136> approveth <07200> not.
37. Who <04310> [is] he [that] saith <0559>, and it cometh <01961> to pass, [when] the Lord <0136> commandeth <06680> [it] not?
38 Out of the mouth <06310> of the most <05945> High <05945> proceedeth <03318> not evil <07451> and good <02896>?
39 Wherefore <04100> doth a living <02416> man <0120> complain <0596>, a man <01397> for the punishment <02399> of his sins <02399>?
40 Let us search <02664> and try <02713> our ways <01870>, and turn <07725> again <07725> to the LORD <03068>.
41 Let us lift <05375> up our heart <03824> with [our] hands <03709> unto God <0410> in the heavens <08064>.
42. We have transgressed <06586> and have rebelled <04784>: thou hast not pardoned <05545>.
43 Thou hast covered <05526> with anger <0639>, and persecuted <07291> us: thou hast slain <02026>, thou hast not pitied <02550>.
44 Thou hast covered <05526> thyself with a cloud <06051>, that [our] prayer <08605> should not pass <05674> through.
45 Thou hast made <07760> us [as] the offscouring <05501> and refuse <03973> in the midst <07130> of the people <05971>.
46 All <03605> our enemies <0341> have opened <06475> their mouths <06310> against <05921> us.
47 Fear <06343> and a snare <06354> is come <01961> upon us, desolation <07612> and destruction <07667>.
48 Mine eye <05869> runneth <03381> down with rivers <06388> of water <04325> for the destruction <07667> of the daughter <01323> of my people <05971>.
49 Mine eye <05869> trickleth <05064> down, and ceaseth <01820> not, without <0369> any intermission <02014>,
50 Till <05704> the LORD <03068> look <08259> down, and behold <07200> from heaven <08064>.
51 Mine eye <05869> affecteth <05953> mine heart <05315> because of all <03605> the daughters <01121> of my city <05892>.
52 Mine enemies <0341> chased <06679> me sore, like a bird <06833>, without <02600> cause <02600>.
53 They have cut <06789> off my life <02416> in the dungeon <0953>, and cast <03034> a stone <068> upon me.
54 Waters <04325> flowed <06687> over <05921> mine head <07218>; [then] I said <0559>, I am cut <01504> off.
55. I called <07121> upon thy name <08034>, O LORD <03068>, out of the low <08482> dungeon <0953>.
56 Thou hast heard <08085> my voice <06963>: hide <05956> not thine ear <0241> at my breathing <07309>, at my cry <07775>.
57 Thou drewest near <07126> in the day <03117> [that] I called <07121> upon thee: thou saidst <0559>, Fear <03372> not.
58 O Lord <0136>, thou hast pleaded <07378> the causes <07379> of my soul <05315>; thou hast redeemed <01350> my life.
59 O LORD <03068>, thou hast seen <07200> my wrong <05792>: judge <08199> thou my cause <04941>.
60 Thou hast seen <07200> all <03605> their vengeance <05360> [and] all <03605> their imaginations <04284> against me.
61 Thou hast heard <08085> their reproach <02781>, O LORD <03068>, [and] all <03605> their imaginations <04284> against <05921> me;
62 The lips <08193> of those that rose <06965> up against me, and their device <01902> against <05921> me all <03605> the day <03117>.
63 Behold <05027> their sitting <03427> down, and their rising <07012> up; I [am] their musick <04485>.
64 Render <07725> unto them a recompence <01576>, O LORD <03068>, according to the work <04639> of their hands <03027>.
65 Give <05414> them sorrow <04044> of heart <03820>, thy curse <08381> unto them.
66 Persecute <07291> and destroy <08045> them in anger <0639> from under <08478> the heavens <08064> of the LORD <03068>.
Lamentations 4
1. How <0349> is the gold <02091> become <06004> dim <06004>! [how] is the most <02896> fine gold <03800> changed <08132>! the stones <068> of the sanctuary <06944> are poured <08210> out in the top <07218> of every <03605> street <02351>.
2 The precious <03368> sons <01121> of Zion <06726>, comparable <05577> to fine gold <06337>, how are they esteemed <02803> as earthen <02789> pitchers <05035>, the work <04639> of the hands <03027> of the potter <03335>!
3 Even <01571> the sea monsters <08577> draw <02502> out the breast <07699>, they give suck <03243> to their young <01482> ones: the daughter <01323> of my people <05971> [is become] cruel <0393>, like the ostriches <03283> in the wilderness <04057>.
4 The tongue <03956> of the sucking <03243> child cleaveth <01692> to the roof <02441> of his mouth <02441> for thirst <06772>: the young children <05768> ask <07592> bread <03899>, [and] no <0369> man breaketh <06566> [it] unto them.
5 They that did feed <0398> delicately <04574> are desolate <08074> in the streets <02351>: they that were brought <0539> up in scarlet <08144> embrace <02263> dunghills <0830>.
6 For the punishment <05771> of the iniquity <05771> of the daughter <01323> of my people <05971> is greater <01431> than the punishment <02403> of the sin of Sodom <05467>, that was overthrown <02015> as in a moment <07281>, and no <03808> hands <03027> stayed <02342> on her.
7 Her Nazarites <05139> were purer <02141> than snow <07950>, they were whiter <06705> than milk <02461>, they were more ruddy <0119> in body <06106> than rubies <06443>, their polishing <01508> [was] of sapphire <05601>:
8 Their visage <08389> is blacker <02821> than a coal <07815>; they are not known <05234> in the streets <02351>: their skin <05785> cleaveth <06821> to their bones <06106>; it is withered <03001>, it is become <01961> like <03644> a stick <06086>.
9 [They that be] slain <02491> with the sword <02719> are better <02896> than [they that be] slain <02491> with hunger <07457>: for these <01992> pine <02100> away, stricken <01856> through for [want of] the fruits <08570> of the field <07704>.
10 The hands <03027> of the pitiful <07362> women <0802> have sodden <01310> their own children <03206>: they were their meat <01262> in the destruction <07667> of the daughter <01323> of my people <05971>.
11 The LORD <03068> hath accomplished <03615> his fury <02534>; he hath poured <08210> out his fierce <02740> anger <0639>, and hath kindled <03341> a fire <0784> in Zion <06726>, and it hath devoured <0398> the foundations <03247> thereof.
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