| 1:2 |
Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is none to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies. |
Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies. |
| 1:4 |
The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gateways are desolate, her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she is in bitter anguish. |
The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals. All her gateways are desolate, her priests groan, her young women grieve, and she is in bitter anguish. |
| 1:6 |
All the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; in weakness they have fled before the pursuer. |
All the splendor has departed from Daughter Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; in weakness they have fled before the pursuer. |
| 1:8 |
Jerusalem has sinned greatly and so has become unclean. All who honored her despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away. |
Jerusalem has sinned greatly and so has become unclean. All who honored her despise her, for they have all seen her naked; she herself groans and turns away. |
| 1:9 |
Her filthiness clung to her skirts; she did not consider her future. Her fall was astounding; there was none to comfort her. Look, O Lord, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed. |
Her filthiness clung to her skirts; she did not consider her future. Her fall was astounding; there was none to comfort her. Look, Lord, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed. |
| 1:10 |
The enemy laid hands on all her treasures; she saw pagan nations enter her sanctuary—those you had forbidden to enter your assembly. |
The enemy laid hands on all her treasures; she saw pagan nations enter her sanctuary— those you had forbidden to enter your assembly. |
| 1:11 |
All her people groan as they search for bread; they barter their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O Lord, and consider, for I am despised. |
All her people groan as they search for bread; they barter their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, Lord, and consider, for I am despised. |
| 1:14 |
My sins have been bound into a yoke; by his hands they were woven together. They have come upon my neck and the Lord has sapped my strength. He has handed me over to those I cannot withstand. |
My sins have been bound into a yoke; by his hands they were woven together. They have been hung on my neck, and the Lord has sapped my strength. He has given me into the hands of those I cannot withstand. |
| 1:15 |
The Lord has rejected all the warriors in my midst; he has summoned an army against me to crush my young men. In his winepress the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah. |
The Lord has rejected all the warriors in my midst; he has summoned an army against me to crush my young men. In his winepress the Lord has trampled Virgin Daughter Judah. |
| 1:18 |
The Lord is righteous, yet I rebelled against his command. Listen, all you peoples; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into exile. |
The Lord is righteous, yet I rebelled against his command. Listen, all you peoples; look on my suffering. My young men and young women have gone into exile. |
| 1:20 |
See, O Lord, how distressed I am! I am in torment within, and in my heart I am disturbed, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is only death. |
See, Lord, how distressed I am! I am in torment within, and in my heart I am disturbed, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is only death. |
| 2:1 |
How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of his anger! He has hurled down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger. |
How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion with the cloud of his anger! He has hurled down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger. |
| 2:2 |
Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob; in his wrath he has torn down the strongholds of the Daughter of Judah. He has brought her kingdom and its princes down to the ground in dishonor. |
Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob; in his wrath he has torn down the strongholds of Daughter Judah. He has brought her kingdom and its princes down to the ground in dishonor. |
| 2:4 |
Like an enemy he has strung his bow; his right hand is ready. Like a foe he has slain all who were pleasing to the eye; he has poured out his wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion. |
Like an enemy he has strung his bow; his right hand is ready. Like a foe he has slain all who were pleasing to the eye; he has poured out his wrath like fire on the tent of Daughter Zion. |
| 2:5 |
The Lord is like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah. |
The Lord is like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for Daughter Judah. |
| 2:6 |
He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden; he has destroyed his place of meeting. The Lord has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and her Sabbaths; in his fierce anger he has spurned both king and priest. |
He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden; he has destroyed his place of meeting. The Lord has made Zion forget her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths; in his fierce anger he has spurned both king and priest. |
| 2:7 |
The Lord has rejected his altar and abandoned his sanctuary. He has handed over to the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have raised a shout in the house of the Lord as on the day of an appointed feast. |
The Lord has rejected his altar and abandoned his sanctuary. He has given the walls of her palaces into the hands of the enemy; they have raised a shout in the house of the Lord as on the day of an appointed festival. |
| 2:8 |
The Lord determined to tear down the wall around the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withhold his hand from destroying. He made ramparts and walls lament; together they wasted away. |
The Lord determined to tear down the wall around Daughter Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withhold his hand from destroying. He made ramparts and walls lament; together they wasted away. |
| 2:10 |
The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have sprinkled dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground. |
The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have sprinkled dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground. |
| 2:11 |
My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within, my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city. |
My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city. |
| 2:12 |
They say to their mothers, Where is bread and wine? as they faint like wounded men in the streets of the city, as their lives ebb away in their mothers arms. |
They say to their mothers, Where is bread and wine? as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives ebb away in their mothers arms. |
| 2:13 |
What can I say for you? With what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you? |
What can I say for you? With what can I compare you, Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you, Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you? |
| 2:14 |
The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they did not expose your sin to ward off your captivity. The oracles they gave you were false and misleading. |
The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they did not expose your sin to ward off your captivity. The prophecies they gave you were false and misleading. |
| 2:15 |
All who pass your way clap their hands at you; they scoff and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth? |
All who pass your way clap their hands at you; they scoff and shake their heads at Daughter Jerusalem: Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth? |
| 2:18 |
The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears flow like a river day and night; give yourself no relief, your eyes no rest. |
The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. You walls of Daughter Zion, let your tears flow like a river day and night; give yourself no relief, your eyes no rest. |
| 2:19 |
Arise, cry out in the night, as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint from hunger at the head of every street. |
Arise, cry out in the night, as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint from hunger at every street corner. |
| 2:20 |
Look, O Lord, and consider: Whom have you ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the children they have cared for? Should priest and prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord? |
Look, Lord, and consider: Whom have you ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the children they have cared for? Should priest and prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord? |
| 2:21 |
Young and old lie together in the dust of the streets; my young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered them without pity. |
Young and old lie together in the dust of the streets; my young men and young women have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered them without pity. |
| 2:22 |
As you summon to a feast day, so you summoned against me terrors on every side. In the day of the Lords anger no one escaped or survived; those I cared for and reared, my enemy has destroyed. |
As you summon to a feast day, so you summoned against me terrors on every side. In the day of the Lords anger no one escaped or survived; those I cared for and reared my enemy has destroyed. |
| 3:1 |
I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. |
I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the Lords wrath. |
| 3:15 |
He has filled me with bitter herbs and sated me with gall. |
He has filled me with bitter herbs and given me gall to drink. |
| 3:29 |
Let him bury his face in the dust—there may yet be hope. |
Let him bury his face in the dust— there may yet be hope. |
| 3:31 |
For men are not cast off by the Lord forever. |
For no one is cast off by the Lord forever. |
| 3:33 |
For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to the children of men. |
For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone. |
| 3:35 |
to deny a man his rights before the Most High, |
to deny people their rights before the Most High, |
| 3:36 |
to deprive a man of justice—would not the Lord see such things? |
to deprive them of justice— would not the Lord see such things? |
| 3:39 |
Why should any living man complain when punished for his sins? |
Why should the living complain when punished for their sins? |
| 3:54 |
the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to be cut off. |
the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to perish. |
| 3:55 |
I called on your name, O Lord, from the depths of the pit. |
I called on your name, Lord, from the depths of the pit. |
| 3:58 |
O Lord, you took up my case; you redeemed my life. |
You, Lord, took up my case; you redeemed my life. |
| 3:59 |
You have seen, O Lord, the wrong done to me. Uphold my cause! |
Lord, you have seen the wrong done to me. Uphold my cause! |
| 3:61 |
O Lord, you have heard their insults, all their plots against me— |
Lord, you have heard their insults, all their plots against me— |
| 3:64 |
Pay them back what they deserve, O Lord, for what their hands have done. |
Pay them back what they deserve, Lord, for what their hands have done. |
| 4:1 |
How the gold has lost its luster, the fine gold become dull! The sacred gems are scattered at the head of every street. |
How the gold has lost its luster, the fine gold become dull! The sacred gems are scattered at every street corner. |
| 4:2 |
How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potters hands! |
How the precious children of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potters hands! |
| 4:5 |
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets. Those nurtured in purple now lie on ash heaps. |
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets. Those brought up in royal purple now lie on ash heaps. |
| 4:7 |
Their princes were brighter than snow and whiter than milk, their bodies more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires. |
Their princes were brighter than snow and whiter than milk, their bodies more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like lapis lazuli. |
| 4:12 |
The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the worlds people, that enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem. |
The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the peoples of the world, that enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem. |
| 4:14 |
Now they grope through the streets like men who are blind. They are so defiled with blood that no one dares to touch their garments. |
Now they grope through the streets as if they were blind. They are so defiled with blood that no one dares to touch their garments. |
| 4:15 |
Go away! You are unclean! men cry to them. Away! Away! Dont touch us! When they flee and wander about, people among the nations say, They can stay here no longer. |
Go away! You are unclean! people cry to them. Away! Away! Dont touch us! When they flee and wander about, people among the nations say, They can stay here no longer. |
| 4:18 |
Men stalked us at every step, so we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near, our days were numbered, for our end had come. |
People stalked us at every step, so we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near, our days were numbered, for our end had come. |
| 4:21 |
Rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who live in the land of Uz. But to you also the cup will be passed; you will be drunk and stripped naked. |
Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom, you who live in the land of Uz. But to you also the cup will be passed; you will be drunk and stripped naked. |
| 4:22 |
O Daughter of Zion, your punishment will end; he will not prolong your exile. But, O Daughter of Edom, he will punish your sin and expose your wickedness. |
Your punishment will end, Daughter Zion; he will not prolong your exile. But he will punish your sin, Daughter Edom, and expose your wickedness. |
| 5:1 |
Remember, O Lord, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace. |
Remember, Lord, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace. |
| 5:2 |
Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, our homes to foreigners. |
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners. |
| 5:3 |
We have become orphans and fatherless, our mothers like widows. |
We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows. |
| 5:7 |
Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment. |
Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment. |
| 5:8 |
Slaves rule over us, and there is none to free us from their hands. |
Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands. |
| 5:11 |
Women have been ravished in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah. |
Women have been violated in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah. |
| 5:19 |
You, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. |
You, Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. |
| 5:21 |
Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may return; renew our days as of old |
Restore us to yourself, Lord, that we may return; renew our days as of old |