| 1:2 |
She weeps bitterly in the night. Her tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers she has no one to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her. They have become her enemies. |
She weeps weeps in the night. Her tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers she has no one to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her. They have become her enemies. |
| 1:5 |
Her adversaries have become the head. Her enemies prosper; for Yahweh has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions. Her young children have gone into captivity before the adversary. |
Her adversaries have become the head. Her enemies prosper; for YHWH has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions. Her young children have gone into captivity before the adversary. |
| 1:9 |
Her filthiness was in her skirts. She didnt remember her latter end. Therefore she has come down astoundingly. She has no comforter. See, Yahweh, my affliction; for the enemy has magnified himself. |
Her filthiness was in her skirts. She didnt remember her latter end. Therefore she has come down astoundingly. She has no comforter. See, YHWH, my affliction; for the enemy has magnified himself. |
| 1:11 |
All her people sigh. They seek bread. They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh their soul. Look, Yahweh, and see, for I have become despised. |
All her people sigh, as they seek bread. They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh their soul. Look, YHWH, and see, for I have become despised. |
| 1:12 |
Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which is brought on me, with which Yahweh has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. |
Is it nothing to all yall who pass by? Yall look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which is brought on me, with which YHWH has afflicted me in the day of ʜɪꜱ fierce anger. |
| 1:13 |
From on high has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them. He has spread a net for my feet. He has turned me back. He has made me desolate and I faint all day long. |
From on high has ʜᴇ sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them. Hᴇ has spread a net for my feet. Hᴇ has turned me back. Hᴇ has made me desolate and I faint all day long. |
| 1:14 |
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand. They are knit together. They have come up on my neck. He made my strength fail. The Lord has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand. |
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by ʜɪꜱ hand. They are knit together. They have come up on my neck. Hᴇ made my strength fail. The Lord has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand. |
| 1:15 |
The Lord has set at nothing all my mighty men within me. He has called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men. The Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah as in a wine press. |
The Lord has set at nothing all my mighty men within me. Hᴇ has called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men. The Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah as in a wine press. |
| 1:17 |
Zion spreads out her hands. There is no one to comfort her. Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are around him should be his adversaries. Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing. |
Zion spreads out her hands. There is no one to comfort her. YHWH has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are around ʜɪᴍ should be ʜɪꜱ adversaries. Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing. |
| 1:18 |
Yahweh is righteous, for I have rebelled against his commandment. Please hear all you peoples, and see my sorrow. My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity. |
YHWH is righteous, for I have rebelled against ʜɪꜱ commandment. Yall must listen, all peoples, and yall must see my sorrow. My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity. |
| 1:20 |
Look, Yahweh; for I am in distress. My heart is troubled. My heart turns over within me, for I have grievously rebelled. Abroad, the sword bereaves. At home, it is like death. |
Look, YHWH; for I am in distress. My heart is troubled. My heart turns over within me, for I have rebelled rebelled. Abroad, the sword bereaves. At home, it is like death. |
| 2:1 |
How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast the beauty of Israel down from heaven to the earth, and hasnt remembered his footstool in the day of his anger. |
How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in ʜɪꜱ anger! Hᴇ has cast the beauty of Israel down from heaven to the earth, and hasnt remembered ʜɪꜱ footstool in the day of ʜɪꜱ anger. |
| 2:2 |
The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob without pity. He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah. He has brought them down to the ground. He has profaned the kingdom and its princes. |
The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob without pity. Hᴇ has thrown down in ʜɪꜱ wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah. Hᴇ has brought them down to the ground. Hᴇ has profaned the kingdom and its princes. |
| 2:3 |
He has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger. He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy. He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around. |
Hᴇ has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger. Hᴇ has drawn back ʜɪꜱ right hand from before the enemy. Hᴇ has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around. |
| 2:4 |
He has bent his bow like an enemy. He has stood with his right hand as an adversary. He has killed all that were pleasant to the eye. In the tent of the daughter of Zion, he has poured out his wrath like fire. |
Hᴇ has bent ʜɪꜱ bow like an enemy. Hᴇ has stood with ʜɪꜱ right hand as an adversary. Hᴇ has killed all that were pleasant to the eye. In the tent of the daughter of Zion, he has poured out ʜɪꜱ wrath like fire. |
| 2:5 |
The Lord has become as an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces. He has destroyed his strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah. |
The Lord has become as an enemy. Hᴇ has swallowed up Israel. Hᴇ has swallowed up all her palaces. Hᴇ has destroyed ʜɪꜱ strongholds. Hᴇ has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah. |
| 2:6 |
He has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were a garden. He has destroyed his place of assembly. Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion. In the indignation of his anger, he has despised the king and the priest. |
Hᴇ has violently taken away ʜɪꜱ tabernacle, as if it were a garden. Hᴇ has destroyed ʜɪꜱ place of assembly. YHWH has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion. In the indignation of ʜɪꜱ anger, he has despised the king and the priest. |
| 2:7 |
The Lord has cast off his altar. He has abhorred his sanctuary. He has given the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in Yahwehs house, as in the day of a solemn assembly. |
The Lord has cast off ʜɪꜱ altar. Hᴇ has abhorred ʜɪꜱ sanctuary. Hᴇ has given the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in the house of YHWH, as in the day of a solemn assembly. |
| 2:8 |
Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out the line. He has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall lament. They languish together. |
YHWH has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. Hᴇ has stretched out the line. Hᴇ has not withdrawn ʜɪꜱ hand from destroying. Hᴇ has made the rampart and wall lament. They languish together. |
| 2:9 |
Her gates have sunk into the ground. He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not. Yes, her prophets find no vision from Yahweh. |
Her gates have sunk into the ground. Hᴇ has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not. Yes, her prophets find no vision from YHWH. |
| 2:13 |
What shall I testify to you? What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is as big as the sea. Who can heal you? |
What should I testify to you? What should I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What should I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is as big as the sea. Who can heal you? |
| 2:17 |
Yahweh has done that which he planned. He has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old. He has thrown down, and has not pitied. He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you. He has exalted the horn of your adversaries. |
YHWH has done that which ʜᴇ planned. Hᴇ has fulfilled ʜɪꜱ word that ʜᴇ commanded in the days of old. He has thrown down, and has not pitied. He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you. He has exalted the horn of your adversaries. |
| 2:19 |
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street. |
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward ʜɪᴍ for the life of your young children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street. |
| 2:20 |
Look, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done thus! Should the women eat their offspring, the children that they held and bounced on their knees? Should the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord? |
Look, YHWH, and see to whom you have done thus! Should the women eat their offspring, the children that they held and bounced on their knees? Should the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord? |
| 2:22 |
You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side. There was no one that escaped or remained in the day of Yahwehs anger. My enemy has consumed those whom I have cared for and brought up. |
You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side. There was no one that escaped or remained in the day of YHWHs anger. My enemy has consumed those whom I have cared for and brought up. |
| 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 ʜɪꜱ wrath. |
| 3:2 |
He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light. |
Hᴇ has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light. |
| 3:3 |
Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long. |
Surely ʜᴇ turns ʜɪꜱ hand against me again and again all day long. |
| 3:4 |
He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones. |
Hᴇ has made my flesh and my skin old. Hᴇ has broken my bones. |
| 3:5 |
He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. |
Hᴇ has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. |
| 3:6 |
He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead. |
Hᴇ has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead. |
| 3:7 |
He has walled me about, so that I cant go out. He has made my chain heavy. |
Hᴇ has walled me about, so that I cant go out. Hᴇ has made my chain heavy. |
| 3:8 |
Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer. |
Yes, when I cry, and call for help, ʜᴇ shuts out my prayer. |
| 3:9 |
He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked. |
Hᴇ has walled up my ways with cut stone. Hᴇ has made my paths crooked. |
| 3:10 |
He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding. |
Hᴇ is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding. |
| 3:11 |
He has turned away my path, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate. |
Hᴇ has turned away my path, and pulled me in pieces. Hᴇ has made me desolate. |
| 3:12 |
He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. |
Hᴇ has bent ʜɪꜱ bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. |
| 3:13 |
He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys. |
Hᴇ has caused the shafts of ʜɪꜱ quiver to enter into my kidneys. |
| 3:14 |
I have become a derision to all my people, and their song all day long. |
I have become an object of derision to all my people, and their song all day long. |
| 3:15 |
He has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood. |
Hᴇ has filled me with bitterness. Hᴇ has stuffed me with wormwood. |
| 3:16 |
He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes. |
Hᴇ has also broken my teeth with gravel. Hᴇ has covered me with ashes. |
| 3:18 |
I said, My strength has perished, along with my expectation from Yahweh. |
I said, My strength has perished, along with my expectation from YHWH. |
| 3:20 |
My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me. |
My soul remembers remembers them, and is bowed down within me. |
| 3:22 |
It is because of Yahwehs loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies dont fail. |
It is because of YHWHs lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because ʜɪꜱ mercies dont fail. |
| 3:24 |
Yahweh is my portion, says my soul. Therefore I will hope in him. |
YHWH is my portion, says my soul. Therefore I will hope in him. |
| 3:25 |
Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. |
YHWH is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. |
| 3:26 |
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh. |
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of YHWH. |
| 3:32 |
For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. |
For though ʜᴇ causes grief, yet ʜᴇ will have compassion according to the multitude of ʜɪꜱ lovingkindnesses. |
| 3:33 |
For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. |
For ʜᴇ does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. |
| 3:40 |
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh. |
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to YHWH. |
| 3:50 |
until Yahweh looks down, and sees from heaven. |
until YHWH looks down, and sees from heaven. |
| 3:52 |
They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause. |
They have chased chased me like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause. |
| 3:55 |
I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon. |
I called on your name, YHWH, out of the lowest dungeon. |
| 3:59 |
Yahweh, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause. |
YHWH, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause. |
| 3:61 |
You have heard their reproach, Yahweh, and all their plans against me, |
You have heard their reproach, YHWH, and all their plans against me, |
| 3:64 |
You will pay them back, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands. |
You will pay them back, YHWH, according to the work of their hands. |
| 3:66 |
You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh. |
You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of YHWH. |
| 4:11 |
Yahweh has accomplished his wrath. He has poured out his fierce anger. He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations. |
YHWH has accomplished ʜɪꜱ wrath. Hᴇ has poured out ʜɪꜱ fierce anger. Hᴇ has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations. |
| 4:14 |
They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, So that men cant touch their garments. |
They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, so that men cant touch their garments. |
| 4:15 |
Go away! they cried to them. Unclean! Go away! Go away! Dont touch! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They cant live here any more. |
Yall go away! they cried to them. Unclean! Go away, yall! Go away, yall! Yall must not touch us! So they fled and wandered, and it was said among the nations, They cant live here any more. |
| 4:16 |
Yahwehs anger has scattered them. He will not pay attention to them any more. They didnt respect the persons of the priests. They didnt favor the elders. |
YHWHs anger has scattered them. Hᴇ will not pay attention to them any more. They didnt respect the persons of the priests. They didnt favor the elders. |
| 4:20 |
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, under his shadow we will live among the nations. |
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of YHWH, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, under ʜɪꜱ shadow we will live among the nations. |
| 4:22 |
The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion. He will no more carry you away into captivity. He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom. He will uncover your sins. |
The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion. Hᴇ will no more carry you away into captivity. Hᴇ will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom. Hᴇ will uncover your sins. |
| 5:1 |
Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach. |
Remember, YHWH, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach. |
| 5:13 |
The young men carry millstones. The children stumbled under loads of wood. |
The young men are made to grind at the mill. The children stumble under loads of wood. |
| 5:19 |
You, Yahweh, remain forever. Your throne is from generation to generation. |
You, YHWH, remain forever. Your throne is from generation to generation. |
| 5:21 |
Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old. |
Turn us to yourself, YHWH, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old. |
| 5:22 |
But you have utterly rejected us. You are very angry against us. |
But you have rejected rejected us. You are very angry against us. |