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Lamentations 1

1. How <0349> doth the city <5892> sit <3427> solitary <0910>,

[that was] full <7227> of people <5971>! [how] is she become

<1961> as a widow <0490>! she [that was] great <7227> among the

nations <1471>, [and] princess <8282> among the provinces <4082>,

[how] is she become <1961> tributary <4522>!

2 She weepeth <1058> sore in the night <3915>, and her tears

<1832> [are] on <5921> her cheeks <3895>: among all <3605> her

lovers <0157> she hath none <0369> to comfort <5162> [her]: all

<3605> her friends <7453> have dealt treacherously <0898> with

her, they are become <1961> her enemies <0341>.

3 Judah <3063> is gone into <1473> captivity <1540> because of

affliction <6040>, and because of great <7230> servitude <5656>:

she dwelleth <3427> among the heathen <1471>, she findeth <4672>

no <3808> rest <4494>: all <3605> her persecutors <7291>

overtook <5381> her between <0996> the straits <4712>.

4 The ways <1870> of Zion <6726> do mourn <57>, because none

<1997> come <0935> to the solemn <4150> feasts <4150>: all

<3605> her gates <8179> are desolate <8076>: her priests <3548>

sigh <0584>, her virgins <1330> are afflicted <3013>, and she

[is] in bitterness <4843>.

5 Her adversaries <6862> are the chief <7218>, her enemies

<0341> prosper <7919>; for the LORD <3068> hath afflicted <3013>

her for the multitude <7230> of her transgressions <6588>: her

children <5768> are gone <1980> into captivity <7628> before

<6440> the enemy <6862>.

6 And from the daughter <1323> of Zion <6726> all <3605> her

beauty <1926> is departed <3318>: her princes <8269> are become

<1961> like harts <0354> [that] find <4672> no <3808> pasture

<4829>, and they are gone <3212> without <3808> strength <3581>

before <6440> the pursuer <7291>.

7 Jerusalem <3389> remembered <2142> in the days <3117> of her

affliction <6040> and of her miseries <4788> all <3605> her

pleasant <4262> things that she had <1961> in the days <3117> of

old <6924>, when her people <5971> fell <5307> into the hand

<3027> of the enemy <6862>, and none <0369> did help <5826> her:

the adversaries <6862> saw <7200> her, [and] did mock <7832> at

<5921> her sabbaths <4868>.

8 Jerusalem <3389> hath grievously <2399> sinned <2398>;

therefore she is removed <5206>: all <3605> that honoured <3513>

her despise <2107> her, because <3588> they have seen <7200> her

nakedness <6172>: yea <1571>, she sigheth <0584>, and turneth

<7725> backward <0268>.

9 Her filthiness <2932> [is] in her skirts <7757>; she

remembereth <2142> not her last <0319> end; therefore she came

<3381> down <3381> wonderfully <6382>: she had no <0369>

comforter <5162>. O LORD <3068>, behold <7200> my affliction

<6040>: for the enemy <0341> hath magnified <1431> [himself].

10 The adversary <6862> hath spread <6566> out his hand <3027>

upon all <3605> her pleasant <4621> things: for she hath seen

<7200> [that] the heathen <1471> entered <0935> into her

sanctuary <4720>, whom <0834> thou didst command <6680> [that]

they should not enter <0935> into thy congregation <6951>.

11 All <3605> her people <5971> sigh <0584>, they seek <1245>

bread <3899>; they have given <5414> their pleasant <4622>

things for meat <0400> to relieve <7725> the soul <5315>: see

<7200>, O LORD <3068>, and consider <5027>; for I am become

<1961> vile <2151>.

12. [Is it] nothing <3808> to you, all <3605> ye that pass

<5674> by? behold <5027>, and see <7200> if <0518> there be any

sorrow <4341> like unto my sorrow <4341>, which <0834> is done

<5953> unto me, wherewith <0834> the LORD <3068> hath afflicted

<3013> [me] in the day <3117> of his fierce <2740> anger <0639>.

13 From above <4791> hath he sent <7971> fire <0784> into my

bones <6106>, and it prevaileth <7287> against them: he hath

spread <6566> a net <7568> for my feet <7272>, he hath turned

<7725> me back <0268>: he hath made <5414> me desolate <8076>

[and] faint <1738> all <3605> the day <3117>.

14 The yoke <5923> of my transgressions <6588> is bound <8244>

by his hand <3027>: they are wreathed <8276>, [and] come <5927>

up upon my neck <6677>: he hath made my strength <3581> to fall

<3782>, the Lord <0136> hath delivered <5414> me into [their]

hands <3027>, [from whom] I am not able <3201> to rise <6965> up.

15 The Lord <0136> hath trodden <5541> under foot <5541> all

<3605> my mighty <47> [men] in the midst <7130> of me: he hath

called <7121> an assembly <4150> against <5921> me to crush

<7665> my young <0970> men: the Lord <0136> hath trodden <1869>

the virgin <1330>, the daughter <1323> of Judah <3063>, [as] in

a winepress <1660>.

16 For these <0428> [things] I weep <1058>; mine eye <5869>,

mine eye <5869> runneth <3381> down with water <4325>, because

<3588> the comforter <5162> that should relieve <7725> my soul

<5315> is far <7368> from me: my children <1121> are desolate

<8076>, because <3588> the enemy <0341> prevailed <1396>.

17 Zion <6726> spreadeth <6566> forth her hands <3027>, [and

there is] none <0369> to comfort <5162> her: the LORD <3068>

hath commanded <6680> concerning Jacob <3290>, [that] his

adversaries <6862> [should be] round <5439> about him: Jerusalem

<3389> is as a menstruous <5079> woman among <0996> them.

18 The LORD <3068> is righteous <6662>; for I have rebelled

<4784> against his commandment <6310>: hear <8085>, I pray

<4994> you, all <3605> people <5971>, and behold <7200> my

sorrow <4341>: my virgins <1330> and my young <0970> men are

gone <1980> into captivity <7628>.

19 I called <7121> for my lovers <0157>, [but] they deceived

<7411> me: my priests <3548> and mine elders <2205> gave up the

ghost <1478> in the city <5892>, while <3588> they sought <1245>

their meat <0400> to relieve <7725> their souls <5315>.

20 Behold <7200>, O LORD <3068>; for I [am] in distress <6887>:

my bowels <4578> are troubled <2560>; mine heart <3820> is

turned <2015> within <7130> me; for I have grievously <4784>

rebelled <4784>: abroad <2351> the sword <2719> bereaveth <7921>,

at home <1004> [there is] as death <4194>.

21 They have heard <8085> that I sigh <0584>: [there is] none

<0369> to comfort <5162> me: all <3605> mine enemies <0341> have

heard <8085> of my trouble <7451>; they are glad <7796> that

thou hast done <6213> [it]: thou wilt bring <0935> the day

<3117> [that] thou hast called <7121>, and they shall be like

<3644> unto me.

22 Let all <3605> their wickedness <7451> come <0935> before

<6440> thee; and do <5953> unto them, as thou hast done <5953>

unto me for all <3605> my transgressions <6588>: for my sighs

<0585> [are] many <7227>, and my heart <3820> [is] faint <1742>.

Lamentations 2

1. How <0349> hath the Lord <0136> covered <5743> the daughter

<1323> of Zion <6726> with a cloud <5743> in his anger <0639>,

[and] cast <7993> down from heaven <8064> unto the earth <0776>

the beauty <8597> of Israel <3478>, and remembered <2142> not

his footstool in the day <3117> of his anger <0639>!

2 The Lord <0136> hath swallowed <1104> up all <3605> the

habitations <4999> of Jacob <3290>, and hath not pitied <2550>:

he hath thrown <2040> down <2040> in his wrath <5678> the strong

<4013> holds <4013> of the daughter <1323> of Judah <3063>; he

hath brought <5060> [them] down to the ground <0776>: he hath

polluted <2490> the kingdom <4467> and the princes <8269>

thereof.

3 He hath cut <1438> off in [his] fierce <2750> anger <0639>

all <3605> the horn <7161> of Israel <3478>: he hath drawn

<7725> back <0268> his right <3225> hand <3225> from before

<6440> the enemy <0341>, and he burned <1197> against Jacob

<3290> like a flaming <3852> fire <0784>, [which] devoureth

<0398> round <5439> about.

4 He hath bent <1869> his bow <7198> like an enemy <0341>: he

stood <5324> with his right <3225> hand <3225> as an adversary

<6862>, and slew <2026> all <3605> [that were] pleasant <4622>

to the eye <5869> in the tabernacle <0168> of the daughter

<1323> of Zion <6726>: he poured <8210> out his fury <2534> like

fire <0784>.

5 The Lord <0136> was as an enemy <0341>: he hath swallowed

<1104> up Israel <3478>, he hath swallowed <1104> up all <3605>

her palaces <0759>: he hath destroyed <7843> his strong <4013>

holds <4013>, and hath increased <7235> in the daughter <1323>

of Judah <3063> mourning <8386> and lamentation <0592>.

6 And he hath violently <2554> taken away his tabernacle <7900>,

as [if it were of] a garden <1588>: he hath destroyed <7843>

his places of the assembly <4150>: the LORD <3068> hath caused

the solemn <4150> feasts <4150> and sabbaths <7676> to be

forgotten <7911> in Zion <6726>, and hath despised <5006> in the

indignation <2195> of his anger <0639> the king <4428> and the

priest <3548>.

7 The Lord <0136> hath cast <2186> off his altar <4196>, he

hath abhorred <5010> his sanctuary <4720>, he hath given <5462>

up into the hand <3027> of the enemy <0341> the walls <2346> of

her palaces <0759>; they have made <5414> a noise <6963> in the

house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, as in the day <3117> of a

solemn <4150> feast <4150>.

8 The LORD <3068> hath purposed <2803> to destroy <7843> the

wall <2346> of the daughter <1323> of Zion <6726>: he hath

stretched <5186> out a line <6957>, he hath not withdrawn <7725>

his hand <3027> from destroying <1104>: therefore he made the

rampart <2426> and the wall <2346> to lament <56>; they

languished <0535> together <3162>.

9 Her gates <8179> are sunk <2883> into the ground <0776>; he

hath destroyed <6> and broken <7665> her bars <1280>: her king

<4428> and her princes <8269> [are] among the Gentiles <1471>:

the law <8451> [is] no <0369> [more]; her prophets <5030> also

<1571> find <4672> no <3808> vision <2377> from the LORD <3068>.

10. The elders <2205> of the daughter <1323> of Zion <6726> sit

<3427> upon the ground <0776>, [and] keep silence <1826>: they

have cast <5927> up dust <6083> upon their heads <7218>; they

have girded <2296> themselves with sackcloth <8242>: the virgins

<1330> of Jerusalem <3389> hang <3381> down <3381> their heads

<7218> to the ground <0776>.

11 Mine eyes <5869> do fail <3615> with tears <1832>, my bowels

<4578> are troubled <2560>, my liver <3516> is poured <8210>

upon the earth <0776>, for the destruction <7667> of the

daughter <1323> of my people <5971>; because the children <5768>

and the sucklings <3243> swoon <5848> in the streets <7339> of

the city <7151>.

12 They say <0559> to their mothers <0517>, Where <0346> [is]

corn <1715> and wine <3196>? when they swooned <5848> as the

wounded <2491> in the streets <7339> of the city <5892>, when

their soul <5315> was poured <8210> out into <0413> their

mothers <0517>' bosom <2436>.

13 What <4100> thing shall I take to witness <5749> for thee?

what <4100> thing shall I liken <1819> to thee, O daughter

<1323> of Jerusalem <3389>? what <4100> shall I equal <7737> to

thee, that I may comfort <5162> thee, O virgin <1330> daughter

<1323> of Zion <6726>? for thy breach <7667> [is] great <1419>

like the sea <3220>: who <4310> can heal <7495> thee?

14 Thy prophets <5030> have seen <2372> vain <7723> and foolish

<8602> things for thee: and they have not discovered <1540>

thine iniquity <5771>, to turn <7725> away thy captivity <7622>;

but have seen <2372> for thee false <7723> burdens <4864> and

causes of banishment <4065>.

15 All <3605> that pass <5674> by clap <5606> [their] hands

<3709> at <5921> thee; they hiss <8319> and wag <5128> their

head <7218> at <5921> the daughter <1323> of Jerusalem <3389>,

[saying, Is] this <2088> the city <5892> that [men] call <0559>

The perfection <3632> of beauty <3308>, The joy <4885> of the

whole <3605> earth <0776>?

16 All <3605> thine enemies <0341> have opened <6475> their

mouth <6310> against <5921> thee: they hiss <8319> and gnash

<2786> the teeth <8127>: they say <0559>, We have swallowed

<1104> [her] up: certainly <0389> this <2088> [is] the day

<3117> that we looked <6960> for; we have found <4672>, we have

seen <7200> [it].

17 The LORD <3068> hath done <6213> [that] which <0834> he had

devised <2161>; he hath fulfilled <1214> his word <0565> that he

had commanded <6680> in the days <3117> of old <6924>: he hath

thrown <2040> down <2040>, and hath not pitied <2550>: and he

hath caused [thine] enemy <0341> to rejoice <8055> over <5921>

thee, he hath set <7311> up the horn <7161> of thine adversaries

<6862>.

18 Their heart <3820> cried <6817> unto the Lord <0136>, O wall

<2346> of the daughter <1323> of Zion <6726>, let tears <1832>

run <3381> down like a river <5158> day <3119> and night <3915>:

give <5414> thyself no <0408> rest <6314>; let not the apple

<1323> of thine eye <5869> cease <1826>.

19 Arise <6965>, cry <7442> out in the night <3915>: in the

beginning <7218> of the watches <0821> pour <8210> out thine

heart <3820> like water <4325> before <5227> the face <6440> of

the Lord <0136>: lift <5375> up thy hands <3709> toward <5921>

him for the life <5315> of thy young children, that faint <5848>

for hunger <7457> in the top <7218> of every <3605> street

<2351>.

20 Behold <7200>, O LORD <3068>, and consider <5027> to whom

<4310> thou hast done <5953> this <3541>. Shall the women <0802>

eat <0398> their fruit <6529>, [and] children <5768> of a span

<2949> long? shall the priest <3548> and the prophet <5030> be

slain <2026> in the sanctuary <4720> of the Lord <0136>?

21 The young <5288> and the old <2205> lie <7901> on the ground

<0776> in the streets <2351>: my virgins <1330> and my young

<0970> men are fallen <5307> by the sword <2719>; thou hast

slain <2026> [them] in the day <3117> of thine anger <0639>;

thou hast killed <2873>, [and] not pitied <2550>.

22 Thou hast called <7121> as in a solemn <4150> day <3117> my

terrors <4032> round <5439> about, so that in the day <3117> of

the LORD'S <3068> anger <0639> none <3808> escaped nor remained

<8300>: those that I have swaddled <2946> and brought <7235> up

hath mine enemy <0341> consumed <3615>.

Lamentations 3

1. I [am] the man <1397> [that] hath seen <7200> affliction

<6040> by the rod <7626> of his wrath <5678>.

2 He hath led <5090> me, and brought <3212> [me into] darkness

<2822>, but not [into] light <0216>.

3 Surely <0389> against me is he turned <7725>; he turneth

<7725> his hand <3027> [against me] all <3605> the day <3117>.

4 My flesh <1320> and my skin <5785> hath he made old <1086>;

he hath broken <7665> my bones <6106>.

5 He hath builded <1129> against <5921> me, and compassed

<5362> [me] with gall <7219> and travail <3205>.

6 He hath set <3427> me in dark <4285> places, as [they that

be] dead <4191> of old <5769>.

7 He hath hedged <1443> me about <1157>, that I cannot <3808>

get <3318> out: he hath made my chain <5178> heavy <3513>.

8 Also <1571> when <3588> I cry <2199> and shout <7768>, he

shutteth <5640> out my prayer <8605>.

9 He hath inclosed <1443> my ways <1870> with hewn <1496> stone

<1496>, he hath made my paths <5410> crooked <5753>.

10 He [was] unto me [as] a bear <1677> lying in wait <0693>,

[and as] a lion <0738> in secret <4565> places.

11 He hath turned <5493> aside my ways <1870>, and pulled

<6582> me in pieces: he hath made <7760> me desolate <8076>.

12 He hath bent <1869> his bow <7198>, and set <5324> me as a

mark <4307> for the arrow <2671>.

13 He hath caused the arrows <2671> of his quiver <0827> to

enter <0935> into my reins <3629>.

14 I was a derision <7814> to all <3605> my people <5971>;

[and] their song <5058> all <3605> the day <3117>.

15 He hath filled <7646> me with bitterness <4844>, he hath

made me drunken <7301> with wormwood <3939>.

16 He hath also broken <1638> my teeth <8127> with gravel

<2687> stones <2687>, he hath covered <3728> me with ashes

<0665>.

17 And thou hast removed <2186> my soul <5315> far <2186> off

from peace <7965>: I forgat <5382> prosperity <2896>.

18 And I said <0559>, My strength <5331> and my hope <8431> is

perished <6> from the LORD <3068>:

19 Remembering <2142> mine affliction <6040> and my misery

<4788>, the wormwood <3939> and the gall <7219>.

20 My soul <5315> hath [them] still in remembrance <2142>, and

is humbled <7743> in me.

21. This <2063> I recall <7725> to my mind <3820>, therefore

have I hope <3176>.

22 [It is of] the LORD'S <3068> mercies <2617> that we are not

consumed <8552>, because <3588> his compassions <7355> fail

<3615> not.

23 [They are] new <2319> every morning <1242>: great <7227>

[is] thy faithfulness <0530>.

24 The LORD <3068> [is] my portion <2506>, saith <0559> my soul

<5315>; therefore will I hope <3176> in him.

25 The LORD <3068> [is] good <2896> unto them that wait <6960>

for him, to the soul <5315> [that] seeketh <1875> him.

26 [It is] good <2896> that [a man] should both hope <2342> and

quietly wait <1748> for the salvation <8668> of the LORD <3068>.

27 [It is] good <2896> for a man <1397> that he bear <5375> the

yoke <5923> in his youth <5271>.

28 He sitteth <3427> alone <0905> and keepeth silence <1826>,

because <3588> he hath borne <5190> [it] upon him.

29 He putteth <5414> his mouth <6310> in the dust <6083>; if

<0194> so be there may be hope <8615>.

30 He giveth <5414> [his] cheek <3895> to him that smiteth

<5221> him: he is filled <7646> full <7646> with reproach <2781>.

31 For the Lord <0136> will not cast <2186> off for ever <5769>:

32 But though <0518> he cause grief <3013>, yet will he have

compassion <7355> according to the multitude <7230> of his

mercies <2617>.

33 For he doth not afflict <6031> willingly <3820> nor grieve

<3013> the children <1121> of men <0376>.

34 To crush <1792> under <8478> his feet <7272> all <3605> the

prisoners <0615> of the earth <0776>,

35 To turn <5186> aside <5186> the right <4941> of a man <1397>

before <5048> the face <6440> of the most <5945> High <5945>,

36 To subvert <5791> a man <0120> in his cause <7379>, the Lord

<0136> approveth <7200> not.

37. Who <4310> [is] he [that] saith <0559>, and it cometh

<1961> to pass, [when] the Lord <0136> commandeth <6680> [it]

not?

38 Out of the mouth <6310> of the most <5945> High <5945>

proceedeth <3318> not evil <7451> and good <2896>?

39 Wherefore <4100> doth a living <2416> man <0120> complain

<0596>, a man <1397> for the punishment <2399> of his sins

<2399>?

40 Let us search <2664> and try <2713> our ways <1870>, and

turn <7725> again <7725> to the LORD <3068>.

41 Let us lift <5375> up our heart <3824> with [our] hands

<3709> unto God <0410> in the heavens <8064>.

42. We have transgressed <6586> and have rebelled <4784>: thou

hast not pardoned <5545>.

43 Thou hast covered <5526> with anger <0639>, and persecuted

<7291> us: thou hast slain <2026>, thou hast not pitied <2550>.

44 Thou hast covered <5526> thyself with a cloud <6051>, that

[our] prayer <8605> should not pass <5674> through.

45 Thou hast made <7760> us [as] the offscouring <5501> and

refuse <3973> in the midst <7130> of the people <5971>.

46 All <3605> our enemies <0341> have opened <6475> their

mouths <6310> against <5921> us.

47 Fear <6343> and a snare <6354> is come <1961> upon us,

desolation <7612> and destruction <7667>.

48 Mine eye <5869> runneth <3381> down with rivers <6388> of

water <4325> for the destruction <7667> of the daughter <1323>

of my people <5971>.

49 Mine eye <5869> trickleth <5064> down, and ceaseth <1820>

not, without <0369> any intermission <2014>,

50 Till <5704> the LORD <3068> look <8259> down, and behold

<7200> from heaven <8064>.

51 Mine eye <5869> affecteth <5953> mine heart <5315> because

of all <3605> the daughters <1121> of my city <5892>.

52 Mine enemies <0341> chased <6679> me sore, like a bird

<6833>, without <2600> cause <2600>.

53 They have cut <6789> off my life <2416> in the dungeon

<0953>, and cast <3034> a stone <68> upon me.

54 Waters <4325> flowed <6687> over <5921> mine head <7218>;

[then] I said <0559>, I am cut <1504> off.

55. I called <7121> upon thy name <8034>, O LORD <3068>, out of

the low <8482> dungeon <0953>.

56 Thou hast heard <8085> my voice <6963>: hide <5956> not

thine ear <0241> at my breathing <7309>, at my cry <7775>.

57 Thou drewest near <7126> in the day <3117> [that] I called

<7121> upon thee: thou saidst <0559>, Fear <3372> not.

58 O Lord <0136>, thou hast pleaded <7378> the causes <7379> of

my soul <5315>; thou hast redeemed <1350> my life.

59 O LORD <3068>, thou hast seen <7200> my wrong <5792>: judge

<8199> thou my cause <4941>.

60 Thou hast seen <7200> all <3605> their vengeance <5360>

[and] all <3605> their imaginations <4284> against me.

61 Thou hast heard <8085> their reproach <2781>, O LORD <3068>,

[and] all <3605> their imaginations <4284> against <5921> me;

62 The lips <8193> of those that rose <6965> up against me, and

their device <1902> against <5921> me all <3605> the day <3117>.

63 Behold <5027> their sitting <3427> down, and their rising

<7012> up; I [am] their musick <4485>.

64 Render <7725> unto them a recompence <1576>, O LORD <3068>,

according to the work <4639> of their hands <3027>.

65 Give <5414> them sorrow <4044> of heart <3820>, thy curse

<8381> unto them.

66 Persecute <7291> and destroy <8045> them in anger <0639>

from under <8478> the heavens <8064> of the LORD <3068>.

Lamentations 4

1. How <0349> is the gold <2091> become <6004> dim <6004>!

[how] is the most <2896> fine gold <3800> changed <8132>! the

stones <68> of the sanctuary <6944> are poured <8210> out in the

top <7218> of every <3605> street <2351>.

2 The precious <3368> sons <1121> of Zion <6726>, comparable

<5577> to fine gold <6337>, how are they esteemed <2803> as

earthen <2789> pitchers <5035>, the work <4639> of the hands

<3027> of the potter <3335>!

3 Even <1571> the sea monsters <8577> draw <2502> out the

breast <7699>, they give suck <3243> to their young <1482> ones:

the daughter <1323> of my people <5971> [is become] cruel <0393>,

like the ostriches <3283> in the wilderness <4057>.

4 The tongue <3956> of the sucking <3243> child cleaveth <1692>

to the roof <2441> of his mouth <2441> for thirst <6772>: the

young children <5768> ask <7592> bread <3899>, [and] no <0369>

man breaketh <6566> [it] unto them.

5 They that did feed <0398> delicately <4574> are desolate

<8074> in the streets <2351>: they that were brought <0539> up

in scarlet <8144> embrace <2263> dunghills <0830>.

6 For the punishment <5771> of the iniquity <5771> of the

daughter <1323> of my people <5971> is greater <1431> than the

punishment <2403> of the sin of Sodom <5467>, that was

overthrown <2015> as in a moment <7281>, and no <3808> hands

<3027> stayed <2342> on her.

7 Her Nazarites <5139> were purer <2141> than snow <7950>, they

were whiter <6705> than milk <2461>, they were more ruddy <0119>

in body <6106> than rubies <6443>, their polishing <1508> [was]

of sapphire <5601>:

8 Their visage <8389> is blacker <2821> than a coal <7815>;

they are not known <5234> in the streets <2351>: their skin

<5785> cleaveth <6821> to their bones <6106>; it is withered

<3001>, it is become <1961> like <3644> a stick <6086>.

9 [They that be] slain <2491> with the sword <2719> are better

<2896> than [they that be] slain <2491> with hunger <7457>: for

these <1992> pine <2100> away, stricken <1856> through for [want

of] the fruits <8570> of the field <7704>.

10 The hands <3027> of the pitiful <7362> women <0802> have

sodden <1310> their own children <3206>: they were their meat

<1262> in the destruction <7667> of the daughter <1323> of my

people <5971>.

11 The LORD <3068> hath accomplished <3615> his fury <2534>; he

hath poured <8210> out his fierce <2740> anger <0639>, and hath

kindled <3341> a fire <0784> in Zion <6726>, and it hath

devoured <0398> the foundations <3247> thereof.

12 The kings <4428> of the earth <0776>, and all <3605> the

inhabitants <3427> of the world <8398>, would not have believed

<0539> that the adversary <6862> and the enemy <0341> should

have entered <0935> into the gates <8179> of Jerusalem <3389>.

13. For the sins <2403> of her prophets <5030>, [and] the

iniquities <5771> of her priests <3548>, that have shed <8210>

the blood <1818> of the just <6662> in the midst <7130> of her,

14 They have wandered <5128> [as] blind <5787> [men] in the

streets <2351>, they have polluted <1351> themselves with blood

<1818>, so that men could <3201> not touch <5060> their garments

<3830>.

15 They cried <7121> unto them, Depart <5493> ye; [it is]

unclean <2931>; depart <5493>, depart <5493>, touch <5060> not:

when <3588> they fled <5132> away and wandered <5128>, they said

<0559> among the heathen <1471>, They shall no <3808> more

<3254> sojourn <1481> [there].

16 The anger <6440> of the LORD <3068> hath divided <2505> them;

he will no <3808> more <3254> regard <5027> them: they

respected <5375> not the persons <6440> of the priests <3548>,

they favoured <2603> not the elders <2205>.

17 As for us, our eyes <5869> as yet <5750> failed <3615> for

our vain <1892> help <5833>: in our watching <6822> we have

watched <6822> for a nation <1471> [that] could not save <3467>

[us].

18 They hunt <6679> our steps <6806>, that we cannot <3808> go

<3212> in our streets <7339>: our end <7093> is near <7126>, our

days <3117> are fulfilled <4390>; for our end <7093> is come

<0935>.

19 Our persecutors <7291> are swifter <7031> than the eagles

<5404> of the heaven <8064>: they pursued <1814> us upon the

mountains <2022>, they laid wait <0693> for us in the wilderness

<4057>.

20 The breath <7307> of our nostrils <0639>, the anointed

<4899> of the LORD <3068>, was taken <3920> in their pits <7825>,

of whom <0834> we said <0559>, Under his shadow <6738> we shall

live <2421> among the heathen <1471>.

21. Rejoice <7797> and be glad <8056>, O daughter <1323> of

Edom <0123>, that dwellest <3427> in the land <0776> of Uz

<5780>; the cup <3563> also <1571> shall pass <5674> through

unto thee: thou shalt be drunken <7937>, and shalt make thyself

naked <6168>.

22 The punishment <5771> of thine iniquity <5771> is

accomplished <8552>, O daughter <1323> of Zion <6726>; he will

no <3808> more <3254> carry <1540> thee away into captivity

<1540>: he will visit <6485> thine iniquity <5771>, O daughter

<1323> of Edom <0123>; he will discover <1540> thy sins <2403>.

Lamentations 5

1. Remember <2142>, O LORD <3068>, what <4100> is come <1961>

upon us: consider <5027>, and behold <7200> our reproach <2781>.

2 Our inheritance <5159> is turned <2015> to strangers <2114>,

our houses <1004> to aliens <5237>.

3 We are orphans <3490> and fatherless <3691>, our mothers

<0517> [are] as widows <0490>.

4 We have drunken <8354> our water <4325> for money <3701>; our

wood <6086> is sold unto us.

5 Our necks <6677> [are] under <5921> persecution <7291>: we

labour <3021>, [and] have no <3808> rest <5117>.

6 We have given <5414> the hand <3027> [to] the Egyptians

<4714>, [and to] the Assyrians <0804>, to be satisfied <7646>

with bread <3899>.

7 Our fathers <1> have sinned <2398>, [and are] not; and we

have borne <5445> their iniquities <5771>.

8 Servants <5650> have ruled <4910> over us: [there is] none

<0369> that doth deliver <6561> [us] out of their hand <3027>.

9 We gat <0935> our bread <3899> with [the peril of] our lives

<5315> because <6440> of the sword <2719> of the wilderness

<4057>.

10 Our skin <5785> was black <3648> like an oven <8574> because

<6440> of the terrible <2152> famine <7458>.

11 They ravished <6031> the women <0802> in Zion <6726>, [and]

the maids <1330> in the cities <5892> of Judah <3063>.

12 Princes <8269> are hanged <8518> up by their hand <3027>:

the faces <6440> of elders <2205> were not honoured <1921>.

13 They took <5375> the young <0970> men to grind <2911>, and

the children <5288> fell <3782> under the wood <6086>.

14 The elders <2205> have ceased <7673> from the gate <8179>,

the young <0970> men from their musick <5058>.

15 The joy <4885> of our heart <3820> is ceased <7673>; our

dance <4234> is turned <2015> into mourning <60>.

16 The crown <5850> is fallen <5307> [from] our head <7218>:

woe <0188> unto us, that we have sinned <2398>!

17. For this <2088> our heart <3820> is faint <1739>; for these

<0428> [things] our eyes <5869> are dim <2821>.

18 Because <5921> of the mountain <2022> of Zion <6726>, which

is desolate <8074>, the foxes <7776> walk <1980> upon it.

19 Thou, O LORD <3068>, remainest <3427> for ever <5769>; thy

throne <3678> from generation <1755> to generation <1755>.

20 Wherefore <4100> dost thou forget <7911> us for ever <5331>,

[and] forsake <5800> us so long <0753> time <3117>?

21 Turn <7725> thou us unto thee, O LORD <3068>, and we shall

be turned <7725>; renew <2318> our days <3117> as of old <6924>.

22 But thou hast utterly rejected <3988> us; thou art very

wroth <7107> against <5921> us.

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