Lamentations

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1:1	How dothlonely sits the city sit solitary that was full of people SheHow islike become as a widow has she become she that was great among the nations She that was a princess among the provincescities ishas become tributarya vassal
1:2	She weepethweeps sorebitterly in the night and her tears are on her cheeks; Amongamong all her lovers she hathhas none to comfort her:; Allall her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they arehave become her enemies
1:3	Judah ishas gone into captivityexile because of affliction and becausehard of great servitude; Sheshe dwellethdwells now among the nations shebut findethfinds no rest:resting Allplace; her persecutorspursuers overtookhave all overtaken her withinin the straitsmidst of her distress
1:4	The waysroads ofto Zion do mourn becausefor none come to the solemnappointed assemblyfeasts; Allall her gates are desolate her priests dogroan; sigh:her Hermaidens virginshave arebeen afflicteddragged away and she herself issuffers in bitternessbitterly
1:5	Her adversariesfoes arehave become the head her enemies prosper; Forbecause Jehovahthe hathLord afflictedhas made her suffer for the multitude of her transgressions:; Herher young children arehave gone intoaway captivitycaptives before the adversaryfoe
1:6	AndFrom from the daughter of Zion has departed all her majesty is departed: Her princes arehave become like harts that find no pasture; And they arefled gone without strength before the pursuer
1:7	Jerusalem rememberethremembers in the days of her affliction and ofbitterness her miseries all herthe pleasantprecious things that were hers from the days of old: When her people fell into the hand of the adversaryfoe and there was none didto help her Thethe adversariesfoe sawgloated over her theymocking did mock at her desolationsdownfall
1:8	Jerusalem hathsinned grievously sinned; therefore she isbecame become as an unclean thingfilthy; Allall thatwho honored her despise her becausefor they have seen her nakedness:; Yeayea she sighethherself groans and turnethturns backwardher face away
1:9	Her filthinessuncleanness was in her skirts; she rememberedtook notno thought of her latter enddoom; Thereforetherefore isher shefall comeis downterrible wonderfully; she hathhas no comforter: Behold O JehovahLord behold my affliction; for the enemy hathhas magnified himselftriumphed
1:10	The adversaryenemy hathhas spreadstretched out his handhands uponover all her pleasantprecious things:; Foryea she hathhas seen that the nations areinvade entered into her sanctuary Concerningthose whom thou didst commandforbid thatto they should not enter intothy thine assemblycongregation
1:11	All her people sighgroan as they seeksearch for bread; Theythey havetrade given their pleasanttreasures things for food to refreshrevive thetheir soul:strength SeeLook O JehovahLord and behold; for I am become abjectdespised
1:12	Is it nothing to you all yeyou thatwho pass by BeholdLook and see if there beis any sorrow like unto my sorrow which iswas brought upon me Wherewithwhich Jehovahthe hathLord afflictedinflicted meon in the day of his fierce anger
1:13	From on high hath he sent fire; into my bones andhe made it prevaileth against themdescend; Hehe hath spread a net for my feet; he hath turned me back:; Hehe hathhas madeleft me desolatestunned and faint all the day long
1:14	TheMy yoketransgressions ofwere mybound transgressionsinto isa boundyoke; by his hand; Theythey arewere knitfastened together; they arewere comeset up upon my neck; he hathcaused made my strength to fail:; Thethe Lord hathgave delivered me into theirthe hands againstof those whom I amcannot not able to standwithstand
1:15	The Lord hathflouted set at nought all my mighty men in the midst of me; Hehe hathsummoned calledan a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men:; Thethe Lord hathhas trodden as in a winepresswine press the virgin daughter of Judah
1:16	For these things I weep; minemy eyeeyes mineflow eye runneth down with watertears; Becausefor thea comforter thatis shouldfar refreshfrom myme soulone isto farrevive frommy me:courage; Mymy children are desolate becausefor the enemy hathhas prevailed
1:17	Zion spreadethstretches forthout her hands; but there is none to comfort her; Jehovahthe hathLord has commanded concerningagainst Jacob that theyhis thatneighbors are round about him should be his adversaries:foes; Jerusalem ishas amongbecome thema asfilthy anthing uncleanamong thingthem
1:18	JehovahThe Lord is righteous;in the right for I have rebelled against his commandment:word; Hearbut Ihear prayall you all ye peoples and behold my sorrow:suffering; Mymy virginsmaidens and my young men arehave gone into captivity
1:19	I called forto my lovers but they deceived me:; Mymy priests and mine elders gaveperished up the ghost in the city Whilewhile they sought them food to refreshrevive their soulsstrength
1:20	Behold O Jehovah;Lord for I am in distress; my heartsoul is troubled;in Mytumult my heart is turnedwrung within me; forbecause I have grievouslybeen rebelled:very Abroadrebellious In the street the sword bereavethbereaves; atin homethe therehouse it is aslike death
1:21	TheyHear havehow heard that I sighgroan; there is none to comfort me; All minemy enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: ThouBring wiltthou bring the day that thou hast proclaimedannounced and theylet shallthem be likeas untoI meam
1:22	Let all their wickednessevil doing come before thee; Andand dodeal untowith them as thou hast donedealt untowith me forbecause of all my transgressions:; Forfor my sighsgroans are many and my heart is faint
2:1	How hath the Lord coveredin his anger has set the daughter of Zion withunder a cloud in his anger He hathhas cast down from heaven untoto the earth the beautysplendor of Israel; Andhe hathhas not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger
2:2	The Lord hathhas swalloweddestroyed upwithout mercy all the habitations of Jacob; andin hathhis notwrath pitied:he Hehas hathbroken thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; Hehe hathhas brought them down to the ground; hein hathdishonor profaned the kingdom and theits princes thereofrulers
2:3	He hathhas cut offdown in fierce anger all the hornmight of Israel; Hehe hathhas drawnwithdrawn backfrom them his right hand fromin beforethe face of the enemy:; And he hathhas burned up Jacob like a flaming fire whichin devourethJacob roundconsuming aboutall around
2:4	He hathhas bent his bow like an enemy he hath stood with his right hand asset anlike adversarya Andfoe; hathand he has slain all thatthe werepride pleasantof toour theeyes eye:in In the tent of the daughter of Zion; he hathhas poured out his wrathfury like fire
2:5	The Lord ishas become aslike an enemy he hathhas swalloweddestroyed up Israel; Hehe hathhas swalloweddestroyed up all herits palaces helaid hathin destroyedruins hisits strongholds; Andand he hathhas multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation
2:6	AndHe hehas hathbroken violentlydown taken away his tabernaclebooth aslike ifthat it were of a garden; helaid hathin destroyedruins histhe place of assembly:his Jehovahappointed hathfeasts; causedthe solemnLord assemblyhas andbrought sabbath to bean forgottenend in Zion Andappointed hathfeast despisedand sabbath and in thehis fierce indignation ofhas hisspurned anger the king and the priest
2:7	The Lord hathhas castscorned off his altar hedisowned hath abhorred his sanctuary; Hehe hathhas givendelivered up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces:; Theya haveclamor madewas araised noise in the house of Jehovahthe Lord as inon the day of aan solemnappointed assemblyfeast
2:8	JehovahThe hathLord purposeddetermined to destroylay in ruins the wall of the daughter of Zion; Hehe hathmarked stretchedit outoff by the line; he hathrestrained not withdrawn his hand from destroying; And he hathcaused made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together
2:9	Her gates arehave sunk into the ground; he hathhas destroyedruined and broken her bars:; Herher king and her princes are among the nations; where the law is not;no Yeamore and her prophets findobtain no vision from Jehovahthe Lord
2:10	The elders of the daughter of Zion sit uponon the ground theyin keep silence; Theythey have cast up dust uponon their heads; theyand haveput girdedon themselves with sackcloth:; Thethe virginsmaidens of Jerusalem hanghave downbowed their heads to the ground
2:11	MineMy eyes doare failspent with tearsweeping; my heartsoul is troubledin tumult; Mymy liverheart is poured uponout thein earthgrief because of the destruction of the daughter of my people Becausebecause theinfants young children and thebabes sucklingsfaint swoon in the streets of the city
2:12	They saycry to their mothers Where is grainbread and wine Whenas they swoonfaint aslike the wounded men in the streets of the city Whenas their soullife is poured out intoon their mothers bosom
2:13	What shallcan I testifysay untofor theeyou to what shallcompare Iyou liken to thee O daughter of Jerusalem What shallcan I compareliken to theeyou that I may comfort theeyou O virgin daughter of Zion For thyvast breachas isthe greatsea likeis theyour sea:ruin; who can healrestore theeyou
2:14	ThyYour prophets have seen for theeyou false and foolishdeceptive visions; And they have not uncoveredexposed thineyour iniquity to bringrestore backyour thyfortunes captivitybut But have seen for theeyou oracles false oracles and causes of banishmentmisleading
2:15	All thatwho pass byalong the way clap their hands at theeyou; Theythey hiss and wag their headheads at the daughter of Jerusalem; saying Is this the city thatwhich menwas called Thethe perfection of beauty Thethe joy of all the whole earth
2:16	All thineyour enemies haverail opened their mouth wide against theeyou; Theythey hiss andthey gnash thetheir teeth; they saycry: We have swalloweddestroyed her up;Ah Certainly this is the day that we lookedlonged for; now we have foundit; we havesee seen it
2:17	JehovahThe hathLord has done thatwhat which he purposed; hehas hathcarried fulfilledout his wordthreat; thatas he commandedordained inlong theago dayshe ofhas old;demolished Hewithout hathpity; thrown down and hath not pitied: And he hathhas causedmade the enemy to rejoice over thee;you heand hath exalted the hornmight of thineyour adversariesfoes
2:18	TheirCry heartaloud criedto unto the Lord: O wall of the daughter of Zion letLet tears runstream down like a rivertorrent day and night; Give thyselfyourself no respite;rest letyour noteyes theno apple of thine eye ceaserespite
2:19	Arise cry out in the night at the beginning of the watches; Pour out thyyour heart like water before the facepresence of the Lord: Lift upyour thy hands towardto him for the lifelives of thyyour young children thatwho faint for hunger at the head of every street
2:20	SeeLook O JehovahLord and beholdsee toWith whom hast thou hastdealt done thus ShallShould the women eat their fruitoffspring the children thatof aretheir dandledtender incare theShould hands Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord
2:21	TheIn youththe anddust of the oldstreets man lie on the groundyoung inand the streetsold; Mymy virginsmaidens and my young men arehave fallen by the sword:; Thou hast slain them in the day of thinethy anger; thou hast slaughteredslain andthem notslaughtering pitiedwithout mercy
2:22	Thou hastdidst calledinvite as into the day of aan solemnappointed assemblyfeast my terrors on every side; Andand thereon wasthe noneday thatof escapedthe oranger remainedof in the dayLord ofnone Jehovahsescaped anger:or Thosesurvived; thatthose whom I have dandled and broughtreared upmy hath mine enemy consumeddestroyed
3:1	I am the man thatwho hathhas seen affliction byunder the rod of his wrath;
3:2	Hehe hathhas leddriven me and causedbrought me tointo walk in darkness andwithout notany in light;
3:3	Surelysurely against me he turnethturns his hand again and again all the whole day long
3:4	MyHe has made my flesh and my skin hathwaste heaway madeand old; he hath broken my bones;
3:5	Hehe hathhas buildedbesieged against me and compassedenveloped me with gallbitterness and travailtribulation;
3:6	Hehe hathhas made me to dwell in darkdarkness placeslike asthe thosedead thatof have been long deadago
3:7	He hathhas walled me about so that I cannot go forthescape; he hathhas madeput myheavy chainchains heavyon me;
3:8	Yeathough when I crycall and callcry for help he shuttethshuts out my prayer;
3:9	Hehe hathhas walledblocked up my ways with hewn stone;stones he hathhas made my paths crooked
3:10	He is untoto me aslike a bear lying in wait aslike a lion in secret placeshiding;
3:11	Hehe hathled turnedme asideoff my waysway and pulledtore me into pieces; he hathhas made me desolate;
3:12	Hehe hath bent his bow and set me as a mark for thehis arrow
3:13	He hathdrove causedinto my heart the shaftsarrows of his quiver to enter into my reins;
3:14	I amhave become athe derisionlaughingstock toof all mypeoples peoplethe andburden of their songsongs all theday daylong
3:15	He hathhas filled me with bitterness he hathhas sated me with wormwood
3:16	He hathhas alsomade broken my teeth withgrind on gravel stones;and hemade hathme coveredcower mein with ashes;
3:17	And thou hast removed my soul faris offbereft fromof peace; I forgathave prosperityforgotten what happiness is;
3:18	Andso I saidsay MyGone strength is perishedmy glory and minemy expectation from Jehovahthe Lord
3:19	Remember minemy affliction and my miserybitterness the wormwood and the gall
3:20	My soul hathcontinually themthinks stillof init remembrance and is bowed down within me
3:21	ThisBut this I recallcall to my mind; and therefore I have I hope:
3:22	ItThe issteadfast love of Jehovahsthe lovingkindnessesLord thatnever weceases arehis notmercies consumednever becausecome histo compassionsan fail notend;
3:23	Theythey are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness
3:24	JehovahThe Lord is my portion saithsays my soul; therefore I will I hope in him
3:25	JehovahThe Lord is good untoto themthose thatwho wait for him to the soul that seekethseeks him
3:26	It is good that aone man should hopewait and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovahthe Lord
3:28	Let him sit alone andin keep silence becausewhen he hathhas laid it uponon him;
3:29	Letlet him put his mouth in the dust— if so be there may yet be hope;
3:30	Letlet him give his cheek to himthe thatsmiter smitethand him; let him be filled full with reproachinsults
3:32	Forbut though he cause grief yethe will he have compassion according to the multitudeabundance of his lovingkindnessessteadfast love;
3:33	Forfor he dothdoes not willingly afflict willinglyor nor grieve the childrensons of men
3:35	Toto turn aside the right of a man beforein the facepresence of the Most High
3:36	Toto subvert a man in his cause the Lord approvethdoes not approve
3:37	Who ishas hecommanded that saith and it comethcame to pass whenunless the Lord commandethhas ordained it not
3:38	OutIs ofit not from the mouth of the Most High comeththat theregood notand evil and goodcome
3:39	WhereforeWhy dothshould a living man complain a man forabout the punishment of his sins
3:40	Let us searchtest and tryexamine our ways and turnreturn again to Jehovahthe Lord
3:41	Let us lift up our hearthearts withand our hands untoto God in the heavensheaven:
3:42	We have transgressed and have rebelled; and thou hast not pardonedforgiven
3:43	Thou hast coveredwrapped thyself with anger and pursued us; thouslaying hastwithout slain thou hast not pitiedpity;
3:44	Thouthou hast coveredwrapped thyself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through
3:45	Thou hast made us an offscouring and refuse inamong the midst of the peoples
3:46	All our enemies haverail opened their mouth wide against us;
3:47	Fearpanic and thepitfall pithave are come upon us devastation and destruction;
3:48	Minemy eyeeyes runnethflow down with streamsrivers of watertears forbecause of the destruction of the daughter of my people
3:49	MineMy eyeeyes pourethwill downflow andwithout ceasethceasing not without any intermissionrespite
3:50	Tilluntil Jehovahthe lookLord from heaven looks down and behold from heavensees;
3:51	Minemy eyeeyes affectethcause myme soulgrief becauseat the fate of all the daughtersmaidens of my city
3:52	TheyI have chasedbeen mehunted sore like a bird theyby thatthose arewho minewere my enemies without cause;
3:53	Theythey haveflung cutme offalive myinto life in the dungeonpit and have cast astones stoneon upon me;
3:54	Waterswater flowedclosed over my head; I said I am cut offlost
3:55	I called uponon thy name O JehovahLord outfrom the depths of the lowest dungeonpit;
3:56	Thouthou heardestdidst hear my voice;plea hideDo not close thine ear atto my breathingcry atfor my cryhelp
3:57	Thou drewestdidst come near inwhen the day that I called uponon thee; thou saidstdidst Fearsay Do not fear
3:58	OThou Lord thou hast pleadedtaken theup causesmy ofcause myO soul;Lord thou hast redeemed my life
3:59	OThou Jehovah thou hast seen mythe wrong done to me O Lord; judge thou my cause
3:60	Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me
3:61	Thou hast heard their reproachtaunts O JehovahLord and all their devices against me
3:62	The lips ofand thosethoughts thatof rosemy upassailants againstare me and their device against me all the day long
3:63	Behold thou their sitting down and their rising up; I am the burden of their songsongs
3:64	Thou wilt renderrequite unto them a recompense O JehovahLord according to the work of their hands
3:65	Thou wilt give them hardnessdullness of heart; thy curse untowill be on them
3:66	Thou wilt pursue them in anger and destroy them from under thethy heavens ofO JehovahLord
4:1	How is the gold becomehas grown dim how is the most pure gold is changed The holy stones oflie thescattered sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street
4:2	The precious sons of Zion comparableworth totheir weight in fine gold Howhow they are theyreckoned esteemed as earthen pitcherspots the work of thea potters hands of the potter
4:3	Even the jackals drawgive out the breast theyand givesuckle suck to their young ones:but Thethe daughter of my people ishas become cruel like the ostriches in the wilderness
4:4	The tongue of the suckingnursling childcleaves cleaveth to the roof of hisits mouth for thirst:; Thethe young children askbeg breadfor andfood but no manone breakethgives itto unto them
4:5	TheyThose thatwho didfeasted feedon delicatelydainties areperish desolate in the streets:; Theythose thatwho were brought up in scarletpurple embracelie dunghillson ash heaps
4:6	For the iniquitychastisement of the daughter of my people ishas been greater than the sinpunishment of Sodom Thatwhich was overthrown as in a moment and no handshand werebeing laid uponon herit
4:7	Her noblesprinces were purer than snow they were whiter than milk; Theytheir bodies were more ruddy inthan bodycoral thanthe rubiesbeauty of their polishingform was aslike of sapphire
4:8	TheirNow their visage is blacker than asoot coal; they are not knownrecognized in the streets:; Theirtheir skin cleavethhas toshriveled upon their bones; it ishas witheredbecome itas isdry becomeas like a stickwood
4:9	TheyHappier thatwere arethe slainvictims withof the sword are better than theythe thatvictims areof slain with hunger; Forwho thesepined pine away stricken throughby for want of the fruits of the field
4:10	The hands of thecompassionate pitiful women have boiled their own children; Theythey werebecame their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people
4:11	JehovahThe hathLord accomplishedgave full vent to his wrath he hath poured out his fiercehot anger; Andand he hath kindled a fire in Zion which hathconsumed devouredits the foundations thereof
4:12	The kings of the earth believeddid not neitherbelieve allor any of the inhabitants of the world Thatthat thefoe adversaryor and the enemy wouldcould enter into the gates of Jerusalem
4:13	ItThis iswas becausefor of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests Thatwho have shed in the bloodmidst of her the justblood inof the midst of herrighteous
4:14	They wanderwandered as blind menthrough in the streets theyso aredefiled polluted with blood So that mennone cannotcould touch their garments
4:15	DepartAway yeUnclean theymen cried untoat them; UncleanAway departAway departTouch touch not WhenSo they fledbecame awayfugitives and wanderedwanderers; men said among the nations They shall nostay morewith sojournus hereno longer
4:16	The angerLord ofhimself Jehovahhas hath scattered them; he will no more regard them: Theyno respectedmore; notno thehonor personswas ofshown to the priests theyno favoredfavor notto the elders
4:17	Our eyes dofailed yetever failwatching invainly looking for our vain help:; Inin our watching we have watched for a nation thatwhich could not save
4:18	TheyMen huntdogged our steps so that we cannotcould gonot walk in our streets:; Ourour end isdrew near; our days arewere fulfillednumbered; for our end ishad come
4:19	Our pursuers were swifter than the eaglesvultures ofin the heavens:; Theythey chased us uponon the mountains they laidlay in wait for us in the wilderness
4:20	The breath of our nostrils the Lords anointed of Jehovah was taken in their pits; Ofhe of whom we said Under his shadow we shall live among the nations
4:21	Rejoice and be glad O daughter of Edom thatdweller dwellest in the land of Uz:; Thebut cupto shallyou passalso throughthe untocup theeshall alsopass; thouyou shaltshall bebecome drunkendrunk and shaltstrip makeyourself thyself nakedbare
4:22	The punishment of thineyour iniquity is accomplished O daughter of Zion; is accomplished he will nokeep moreyou carryin theeexile awayno intolonger; captivity:but Heyour will visit thine iniquity O daughter of Edom; he will punish he will uncover thyyour sins
5:1	Remember O JehovahLord what ishas comebefallen upon us:; Beholdbehold and see our reproachdisgrace
5:2	Our inheritance ishas been turned untoover to strangers Ourour houseshomes untoto aliens
5:3	We arehave become orphans and fatherless; Ourour mothers are aslike widows
5:4	We havemust drunkenpay ourfor the water forwe money;drink Ourthe wood iswe soldget untomust usbe bought
5:5	OurWith pursuersa areyoke uponon our necks: Wewe are hard driven; we are weary andwe haveare given no rest
5:6	We have given the hand to theEgypt Egyptiansand And to theAssyria Assyrians to beget satisfiedbread with breadenough
5:7	Our fathers sinned and are notno more; Andand we havebear borne their iniquities
5:8	ServantsSlaves rule over us:; Therethere is none to deliver us outfrom of their hand
5:9	We get our bread at the peril of our lives Becausebecause of the sword ofin the wilderness
5:10	Our skin is blackhot likeas an oven Becausewith of the burning heat of famine
5:11	TheyWomen are ravished the women in Zion The virgins in the citiestowns of Judah
5:12	Princes wereare hangedhung up by their hand:hands; Theno facesrespect ofis eldersshown wereto notthe honoredelders
5:13	TheYoung young men bareare compelled to grind at the mill; Andand theboys childrenstagger stumbled under theloads of wood
5:14	The eldersold men have ceasedquit from the city gate Thethe young men from their music
5:15	The joy of our hearthearts ishas ceased; Ourour dancedancing ishas been turned intoto mourning
5:16	The crown ishas fallen from our head:; Woewoe untoto us for we have sinned
5:17	For this our heart ishas faint;become Forsick for these things our eyes arehave grown dim;
5:18	Forfor theMount mountain of Zion which islies desolate:; Thejackals foxesprowl walkover upon it
5:19	ThouBut thou O JehovahLord abidestdost reign for ever; Thythy throne isendures fromto generationall to generationgenerations
5:20	WhereforeWhy dost thou forget us for ever Andwhy forsakedost usthou so long timeforsake us
5:21	TurnRestore thou us untoto theethyself O JehovahLord andthat we shallmay be turned;restored Renew our days as of old
5:22	ButOr hast thou hast utterly rejected us; ThouArt artthou veryexceedingly wrothangry againstwith us