Lamentations

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1:1	How dothlonely sits the city sitThat solitary, that was full of people! She ishas become aslike a widow, thatWho was once great among the nations! She thatwho was a princess among the provinces isHas become tributarya forced laborer!
1:2	She weepethweeps sorebitterly in the night, andAnd her tears are on her cheeks; AmongShe allhas her lovers she hath none to comfort her: Among all her lovers. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; theyThey arehave become her enemies.
1:3	Judah ishas gone into captivityexile becauseunder of affliction, andAnd becauseunder ofharsh great servitude; She dwellethdwells among the nations, But she findethhas found no rest:; All her persecutorspursuers overtookhave overtaken her withinIn the straitsmidst of distress.
1:4	The waysroads of Zion doare mourn,in becausemourning noneBecause comeno one comes to the solemnappointed assembly;feasts. All her gates are desolate,; herHer priests doare sigh:groaning, Her virgins are afflicted, andAnd she herself is in bitternessbitter.
1:5	Her adversaries arehave become theher headmasters, herHer enemies prosper; For Jehovahthe hathLord afflictedhas caused her forgrief Because of the multitude of her transgressions:; Her younglittle childrenones arehave gone intoaway captivityAs captives before the adversary.
1:6	And all her majesty Has departed from the daughter of Zion; all her majesty is departed: Her princes arehave become like hartsbucks thatThat findhave found no pasture,; And they arehave gonefled without strength beforeBefore the pursuer.
1:7	JerusalemIn remembereth in the days of her affliction and ofhomelessness herJerusalem miseriesremembers all her pleasantprecious things thatThat were from the days of old: When her people fell into the hand of the adversary, andAnd noneno didone helphelped her,. The adversaries saw her, theyThey didmocked mock at her desolationsruin.
1:8	Jerusalem hathsinned grievouslygreatly, sinned;Therefore therefore she ishas become as an unclean thing;. All thatwho honored her despise her, becauseBecause they have seen her nakedness:; Yea,Even she sigheth,herself groans and turnethturns backwardaway.
1:9	Her filthinessuncleanness was in her skirts; sheShe remembereddid not consider her latter endfuture; Therefore is she comehas downfallen wonderfullyastonishingly; sheShe hathhas no comforter:. BeholdSee, O JehovahLord, my affliction;, forFor the enemy hathhas magnified himself.!
1:10	The adversary hathhas spreadstretched out his hand uponOver all her pleasantprecious things:, For she hathhas seen that the nations areenter entered into her sanctuary, ConcerningThe ones whom thouThou didst command thatThat they should not enter into thineThy assemblycongregation.
1:11	All her people sigh,groan theyseeking seek bread; They have given their pleasantprecious things for food toTo refreshrestore thetheir soul:lives themselves. See, O JehovahLord, and behold;look, forFor I am become abjectdespised.
1:12	Is it nothing to you, all yeyou thatwho pass bythis way? Behold,Look and see if there beis any sorrowpain like unto my sorrow,pain whichWhich iswas broughtseverely upondealt out to me, WherewithWhich Jehovahthe hathLord afflictedinflicted meon in the day of hisHis fierce anger.
1:13	From on high hathHe he sent fire into my bones, andAnd it prevailethprevailed againstover them; He hathhas spread a net for my feet,; heHe hathhas turned me back:; He hathhas made me desolate, andFaint faint all theday daylong.
1:14	The yoke of my transgressions is bound; byBy hisHis hand; Theythey are knit together,; theyThey arehave come up upon my neck; heHe hathhas made my strength to fail:; The Lord hathhas deliveredgiven me into theirthe hands, Of those against whom I am not able to stand.
1:15	The Lord hathhas setrejected at nought all my mightystrong men inIn themy midst of me; He hathhas called aan solemnappointed assemblytime against me toTo crush my young men:; The Lord hathhas trodden as in a winepresswine thepress The virgin daughter of Judah.
1:16	For these things I weep; mineMy eye,eyes minerun eye runneth down with water; Because thefar comforterfrom thatme shouldis refresha mycomforter, soulOne iswho farrestores frommy me:soul; My children are desolate, becauseBecause the enemy hathhas prevailed.
1:17	Zion spreadethstretches forthout her hands; thereThere is noneno one to comfort her; JehovahThe hathLord has commanded concerning Jacob, thatThat theythe thatones are round about him should be his adversaries:; Jerusalem ishas amongbecome them as an unclean thing among them.
1:18	JehovahThe Lord is righteous; forFor I have rebelled against hisHis commandment:command; Hear, I pray younow, all ye peoples, andAnd behold my sorrow:pain; My virgins and my young men areHave gone into captivity.
1:19	I called forto my lovers, but they deceived me:; My priests and minemy elders gaveperished up the ghost in the city, While they sought them food to refreshrestore their soulsstrength themselves.
1:20	BeholdSee, O Jehovah;Lord, for I am in distress; myMy heartspirit is greatly troubled; My heart is turnedoverturned within me;, forFor I have grievouslybeen rebelled:very Abroadrebellious. In the street the sword bereaveth,slays; atIn homethe therehouse it is aslike death.
1:21	They have heard that I sighgroan; thereThere is noneno one to comfort me; All minemy enemies have heard of my troublecalamity; theyThey are glad that thouThou hast done it:. Oh, that Thou wiltwouldst bring the day thatwhich thouThou hast proclaimed, andThat they shallmay bebecome like unto me.
1:22	Let all their wickedness come before theeThee; And dodeal untowith them, as thouThou hast donedealt untowith me forFor all my transgressions:; For my sighsgroans are many, and my heart is faint.
2:1	How hath the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion withWith a cloud in hisHis anger! He hathhas cast down from heaven untoto the earth theThe beautyglory of Israel, And hathhas not remembered hisHis footstool inIn the day of hisHis anger.
2:2	The Lord hathhas swallowed up; allHe has not spared All the habitations of Jacob,. andIn hathHis notwrath pitied: He hathhas thrown down inThe his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He hathhas brought them down to the ground; heHe hathhas profaned the kingdom and theits princes thereof.
2:3	In fierce anger He hathhas cut off inAll fierce anger all the hornstrength of Israel; He hathhas drawn back hisHis right hand fromFrom before the enemy:. And heHe hathhas burned upin Jacob like a flaming fire, whichConsuming devoureth round about.
2:4	He hathhas bent hisHis bow like an enemy, heHe hathhas stoodset withHis his right hand aslike an adversary, And hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye:; In the tent of the daughter of Zion heHe hathhas poured out hisHis wrath like fire.
2:5	The Lord ishas become aslike an enemy,. heHe hathhas swallowed up Israel; He hathhas swallowed up all herits palaces,; heHe hathhas destroyed hisits strongholds; And he hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourningMourning and lamentationmoaning.
2:6	And heHe hathhas violently takentreated awayHis his tabernacle, aslike if it were of a garden booth; heHe hathhas destroyed hisHis appointed meeting place; ofThe assembly:Lord Jehovahhas hath caused solemnto assemblybe andforgotten sabbathThe toappointed befeast forgottenand sabbath in Zion, And hathHe has despised inking and priest In the indignation of hisHis anger the king and the priest.
2:7	The Lord hathhas castrejected offHis his altar, heHe hathhas abhorredabandoned hisHis sanctuary; He hathhas givendelivered up into the hand of the enemy theThe walls of her palaces:. They have made a noise in the house of Jehovah,the asLord As in the day of aan solemnappointed assemblyfeast.
2:8	JehovahThe hathLord purposeddetermined to destroy theThe wall of the daughter of Zion;. He hathhas stretched out thea line, heHe hathhas not withdrawnrestrained hisHis hand from destroying; And heHe hathhas madecaused the rampart and wall to lament; theyThey languishhave languished together.
2:9	Her gates arehave sunk into the ground;, heHe hathhas destroyed and broken her bars:. Her king and her princes are among the nations; whereThe the law is notno more; YeaAlso, her prophets find noNo vision from Jehovahthe Lord.
2:10	The elders of the daughter of Zion sitSit uponon the ground, they keepare silence;silent. They have castthrown up dust uponon their heads; theyThey have girded themselves with sackcloth:. The virgins of Jerusalem hangHave downbowed their heads to the ground.
2:11	MineMy eyes do fail withbecause of tears, myMy heartspirit is greatly troubled; My liverheart is poured uponout on the earth, becauseBecause of the destruction of the daughter of my people, BecauseWhen thelittle youngones children and theinfants sucklingsfaint swoonIn in the streets of the city.
2:12	They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? WhenAs they swoonfaint aslike thea wounded inman In the streets of the city, WhenAs their soullife is poured out intoOn their mothers bosom.
2:13	WhatHow shall I testifyadmonish unto theeyou? To what shall I likencompare to theeyou, O daughter of Jerusalem? WhatTo what shall I compareliken toyou thee,as that I may comfort theeyou, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thyyour breachruin is greatas likevast as the sea:; whoWho can heal theeyou?
2:14	ThyYour prophets have seen for theeyou falseFalse and foolish visions; And they have not uncoveredexposed thineyour iniquity, So as to bringrestore backyou thyfrom captivity, But they have seen for theeyou false oracles and causesmisleading of banishmentoracles.
2:15	All thatwho pass byalong clapthe way Clap their hands in derision at theeyou; They hiss and wagshake their headheads atAt the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city thatof menwhich calledthey said, The perfection of beauty, TheA joy ofto all the wholeearth earth?
2:16	All thineyour enemies haveHave opened their mouthmouths wide against theeyou; They hiss and gnash thetheir teeth;. theyThey say, We have swallowed her up;! CertainlySurely this is the day thatfor which we looked forwaited; weWe have foundreached it, we have seen it.
2:17	JehovahThe hathLord has done thatwhat whichHe he purposed; heHe hathhas fulfilledaccomplished hisHis word thatWhich heHe commanded infrom the days of old;. He hathhas thrown down, andwithout hathsparing, not pitied: And heHe hathhas caused the enemy to rejoice over theeyou; heHe hathhas exalted the hornmight of thineyour adversaries.
2:18	Their heart cried untoout to the Lord:, O wall of the daughter of Zion, letLet your tears run down like a river day and night; Give thyselfyourself no respiterelief; letLet notyour theeyes applehave ofno thine eye ceaserest.
2:19	Arise, cry outaloud in the night, atAt the beginning of the night watches; Pour out thyyour heart like water beforeBefore the facepresence of the Lord:; Lift up thyyour hands towardto himHim forFor the life of thyyour younglittle children,ones thatWho are faint forbecause of hunger atAt the head of every street.
2:20	See, O JehovahLord, and beholdlook! toWith whom thou hast doneThou dealt thus!? ShallShould the women eat their fruitoffspring, theThe childrenlittle thatones arewho dandledwere inborn the handshealthy? ShallShould the priest and the prophet be slain inIn the sanctuary of the Lord?
2:21	TheOn youth and the oldground manin liethe onstreets theLie groundyoung inand theold, streets; My virgins and my young men areHave fallen by the sword:. Thou hast slain them in the day of thineThine anger;, thouThou hast slaughtered, and not pitiedsparing.
2:22	Thou hastdidst called,call as in the day of aan solemnappointed assembly,feast myMy terrors on every side; And there was noneno thatone who escaped or remainedsurvived inIn the day of Jehovahsthe Lords anger:. Those thatwhom I havebore dandled and broughtreared, upMy hathenemy mineannihilated enemy consumedthem.
3:1	I am the man thatwho hathhas seen affliction byBecause of the rod of hisHis wrath.
3:2	He hathhas leddriven me and causedmade me to walk inIn darkness, and not in light.
3:3	Surely against me heHe turnethhas histurned His hand againRepeatedly and again all the day.
3:4	MyHe has caused my flesh and my skin hathto hewaste madeaway, old;He hehas hath broken my bones.
3:5	He hathhas buildedbesieged against me, and compassedencompassed me with gallbitterness and travailhardship.
3:6	In dark places He hathhas made me to dwell in dark places, asLike those thatwho have long been long dead.
3:7	He hathhas walled me about,in so that I cannot go forthout; heHe hathhas made my chain heavy.
3:8	Yea,Even when I cry, out and call for help, heHe shuttethshuts out my prayer.
3:9	He hathhas walledblocked up my ways with hewn stone; heHe hathhas made my paths crooked.
3:10	He is untoto me aslike a bear lying in wait, asLike a lion in secret places.
3:11	He hathhas turned aside my ways, and pulledtorn me into pieces; heHe hathhas made me desolate.
3:12	He hath bent hisHis bow, andAnd set me as a marktarget for the arrow.
3:13	He hathmade caused the shaftsarrows of hisHis quiver toTo enter into my reinsinward parts.
3:14	I amhave become a derisionlaughingstock to all my people, andTheir theirmocking song all the day.
3:15	He hathhas filled me with bitterness, heHe hathhas satedmade me drunk with wormwood.
3:16	And He hathhas also broken my teeth with gravel stones; heHe hathhas coveredmade me withcower ashesin the dust.
3:17	And thou hast removed my soul farhas offbeen rejected from peace; I forgathave prosperityforgotten happiness.
3:18	AndSo I saidsay, My strength ishas perished, andAnd mineso expectationhas my hope from Jehovahthe Lord.
3:19	Remember minemy affliction and my miserywandering, the wormwood and the gallbitterness.
3:20	MySurely my soul hathremembers themAnd still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
3:21	This I recall to my mind;, thereforeTherefore I have I hope.
3:22	ItThe isLords of Jehovahs lovingkindnesses thatindeed wenever are not consumedcease, becauseFor hisHis compassions never fail not.
3:23	They are new every morning; greatGreat is thyThy faithfulness.
3:24	JehovahThe Lord is my portion, saithsays my soul;, thereforeTherefore will I have hope in himHim.
3:25	JehovahThe Lord is good untoto themthose thatwho wait for himHim, toTo the soulperson thatwho seekethseeks himHim.
3:26	It is good that ahe manwaits shouldsilently hopeFor and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovahthe Lord.
3:27	It is good for a man that he should bear theThe yoke in his youth.
3:28	Let him sit alone and keepbe silence,silent becauseSince heHe hathhas laid it uponon him.
3:29	Let him put his mouth in the dust, ifPerhaps so be there mayis be hope.
3:30	Let him give his cheek to himthe that smiteth himsmiter; letLet him be filled full with reproach.
3:31	For the Lord will not castreject off for ever.forever,
3:32	For thoughif heHe causecauses grief, yetThen He will he have compassion accordingAccording to theHis multitudeabundant of his lovingkindnesseslovingkindness.
3:33	For heHe dothdoes not afflict willingly, norOr grieve the childrensons of men.
3:34	To crush under footHis allfeet All the prisoners of the earthland,
3:35	To turndeprive asidea theman right of ajustice manIn before the facepresence of the Most High,
3:36	To subvertdefraud a man in his cause,lawsuit Of these things the Lord approvethdoes not approve.
3:37	Who is hethere thatwho saith,speaks and it comethcomes to pass, whenUnless the Lord commandethhas commanded it not?
3:38	OutIs ofit not from the mouth of the Most High comethThat thereboth notgood evil and goodill go forth?
3:39	WhereforeWhy dothshould aany living man complainmortal, aor any man, forOffer thecomplaint punishmentin view of his sins?
3:40	Let us searchexamine and tryprobe our ways, andAnd turnlet againus return to Jehovahthe Lord.
3:41	LetWe us lift up our heart withand our hands untoToward God in the heavens.heaven;
3:42	We have transgressed and have rebelled;, thouThou hast not pardoned.
3:43	Thou hast covered Thyself with anger andAnd pursued us; thouThou hast slain, thouand hast not pitiedspared.
3:44	Thou hast covered thyselfThyself with a cloud, soSo that no prayer can pass through.
3:45	Mere offscouring and refuse Thou hast made us anIn offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
3:46	All our enemies have opened their mouthmouths wide against us.
3:47	FearPanic and thepitfall pithave arebefallen come upon us, devastationDevastation and destruction.;
3:48	MineMy eyeeyes runnethrun down with streams of water, forBecause of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
3:49	MineMy eyeeyes pourethpour down, and ceaseth notunceasingly, withoutWithout any intermissionstopping,
3:50	TillUntil Jehovahthe lookLord looks down, andAnd beholdsees from heaven.
3:51	MineMy eyeeyes affectethbring pain to my soul, becauseBecause of all the daughters of my city.
3:52	TheyMy haveenemies chasedwithout cause Hunted me soredown like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.;
3:53	They have cutsilenced offme my life in the dungeon,pit andAnd have castplaced a stone uponon me.
3:54	Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.!
3:55	I called uponon thyThy name, O JehovahLord, outOut of the lowest dungeonpit.
3:56	Thou heardesthast heard my voice;, hideDo not thinehide Thine ear atfrom my breathingprayer for relief, atFrom my cry for help.
3:57	Thou drewestdidst draw near inwhen the day that I called uponon theeThee; thouThou saidstdidst say, FearDo not. fear!
3:58	O Lord, thouThou hastdidst pleadedplead themy causessouls of my soulcause; thouThou hast redeemed my life.
3:59	O JehovahLord, thouThou hast seen my wrongoppression; judgeJudge thou my causecase.
3:60	Thou hast seen all their vengeance, andAll all their devicesschemes against me.
3:61	Thou hast heard their reproach, O JehovahLord, andAll all their devicesschemes against me,.
3:62	The lips of thosemy thatassailants rose up against me, and their devicewhispering Are against me all theday daylong.
3:63	BeholdLook thouon their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their mocking song.
3:64	Thou wilt renderrecompense unto them a recompense, O JehovahLord, accordingAccording to the work of their hands.
3:65	Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thyThy curse untowill be on them.
3:66	Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them fromFrom under the heavens of Jehovah.the Lord!
4:1	How isdark the gold has become, dim!How how is the most pure gold has changed! The sacred stones of the sanctuary are poured out atAt the headcorner of every street.
4:2	The precious sons of Zion, comparableWeighed toagainst fine gold, How they are theyregarded esteemed as earthen pitchersjars, theThe work of thea potters hands of the potter!
4:3	Even the jackals drawoffer out the breast, theyThey givenurse suck to their young; ones:But Thethe daughter of my people ishas become cruel, likeLike the ostriches in the wilderness.
4:4	The tongue of the suckinginfant childcleaves cleavethTo to the roof of hisits mouth forbecause of thirst:; The younglittle childrenones ask for bread, andBut no manone breakethbreaks it untofor them.
4:5	TheyThose thatwho didate feeddelicacies delicatelyAre are desolate in the streets:; TheyThose thatreared werein broughtpurple upEmbrace inash scarlet embrace dunghillspits.
4:6	For the iniquity of the daughter of my people isIs greater than the sin of Sodom, ThatWhich was overthrown as in a moment, andAnd no hands were laidturned upontoward her.
4:7	Her noblesconsecrated ones were purer than snow, theyThey were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubiescorals, theirTheir polishing was aslike oflapis sapphirelazuli.
4:8	Their visageappearance is blacker than asoot, coal;They they are not knownrecognized in the streets:; Their skin cleavethis toshriveled on their bones;, itIt is withered, it ishas become like a stickwood.
4:9	TheyBetter that are those slain with the sword areThan betterthose than they that are slain with hunger; For thesethey pine away, being stricken through,For forlack want of the fruits of the field.
4:10	The hands of thecompassionate pitiful women haveBoiled boiled their own children; They werebecame their food infor them Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
4:11	JehovahThe hathLord has accomplished hisHis wrath, heHe hathhas poured out hisHis fierce anger; And heHe hathhas kindled a fire in Zion, whichWhich hathhas devouredconsumed theits foundations thereof.
4:12	The kings of the earth believeddid not believe, neitherNor alldid any of the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy wouldCould enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
4:13	ItBecause is because of the sins of her prophets, andAnd the iniquities of her priests, ThatWho have shed thein bloodher ofmidst theThe justblood inof the midst of her.righteous,
4:14	They wanderwandered, as blind, men in the streets,; theyThey arewere polluteddefiled with blood, So that menno cannotone could touch their garments.
4:15	Depart! ye,Unclean! they cried untoof them,themselves. Unclean! departDepart, depart, touchdo not touch! WhenSo they fled away and wandered,; menMen said among the nations said, They shall nonot morecontinue sojournto heredwell with us.
4:16	The angerpresence of Jehovahthe hathLord has scattered them; heHe will nonot morecontinue to regard them:. They respecteddid not thehonor persons of the priests, theyThey favoreddid not favor the elders.
4:17	OurYet our eyes dofailed; yetLooking fail in looking for ourhelp vainwas help:useless. In our watching we have watched forFor a nation that could not save.
4:18	They hunthunted our steps, soSo that we cannotcould gonot walk in our streets:; Our end isdrew near, ourOur days arewere fulfilled;finished forFor our end ishad come.
4:19	Our pursuers were swifter thanThan the eagles of the heavens:sky. They chased us uponon the mountains,; theyThey laidwaited waitin ambush for us in the wilderness.
4:20	The breath of our nostrils, the Lords anointed of Jehovah, wasWas takencaptured in their pits;, Of whom we had said, Under his shadow weWe shall live among the nations.
4:21	Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, thatWho dwellestdwells in the land of Uz:; TheBut the cup shallwill passcome througharound untoto theeyou also;as thouwell, shaltYou bewill drunken,become drunk and shalt make thyselfyourself naked.
4:22	The punishment of thineyour iniquity ishas accomplishedbeen completed, O daughter of Zion; heHe will noexile moreyou carryno theelonger. awayBut into captivity: He will visitpunish thineyour iniquity, O daughter of Edom; heHe will uncoverexpose thyyour sins.!
5:1	Remember, O JehovahLord, what ishas comebefallen upon us:; BeholdLook, and see our reproach.!
5:2	Our inheritance ishas been turned untoover to strangers, Our houses untoto aliens.
5:3	We arehave become orphans andwithout fatherless;a father, Our mothers are aslike widows.
5:4	We have drunkento pay for our drinking water, for money; Our wood iscomes soldto untous usat a price.
5:5	Our pursuers are uponat our necks:; We are wearyworn out, andthere haveis no rest for us.
5:6	We have givensubmitted the hand to theEgypt Egyptians,and AndAssyria to theget Assyrians,enough to be satisfied with bread.
5:7	Our fathers sinned, and are notno more; AndIt is we who have borne their iniquities.
5:8	ServantsSlaves rule over us:; There is noneno one to deliver us outfrom of their hand.
5:9	We get our bread at the perilrisk of our lives, Because of the sword ofin the wilderness.
5:10	Our skin ishas blackbecome likeas hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.
5:12	Princes were hangedhung up by their hand:hands; TheElders faces of elders were not honoredrespected.
5:13	TheYoung young men bareworked at the grinding mill; And theyouths children stumbled under theloads of wood.
5:14	TheElders eldersare havegone ceased from the gate, TheYoung young men from their music.
5:15	The joy of our hearthearts ishas ceased; Our dancedancing ishas been turned into mourning.
5:16	The crown ishas fallen from our head:; Woe untoto us!, for we have sinned.!
5:17	ForBecause of this our heart is faint; ForBecause of these things our eyes are dim;
5:18	ForBecause theof mountainMount of Zion, which islies desolate:, TheFoxes foxesprowl walkin upon it.
5:19	Thou, O JehovahLord, abidestdost forrule everforever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.
5:20	WhereforeWhy dost thouThou forget us forforever; ever,Why Anddost Thou forsake us so long time?
5:21	TurnRestore thou us untoto theeThee, O JehovahLord, andthat we shallmay be turnedrestored; Renew our days as of old.,
5:22	ButUnless thouThou hast utterly rejected us;, ThouAnd art veryexceedingly wrothangry againstwith us.