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1How doth the city5892 sit3427 solitary,910 that was full7227 of people!5971 how is she become as a widow!490 she that was great7227 among the nations,1471 and princess8282 among the provinces,4082 how is she become tributary!
2 She weepeth1058 sore1058 in the night,3915 and her tears1832 are on her cheeks:3895 among all her lovers157 she hath none to comfort5162 her: all her friends7453 have dealt treacherously898 with her, they are become her enemies.
3 Judah3063 is gone into captivity1540 because of affliction,6040 and because of great7230 servitude:5656 she dwelleth3427 among the heathen,1471 she findeth4672 no rest:4494 all her persecutors7291 overtook5381 her between the straits.
4 The ways1870 of Zion6726 do mourn,57 because none come935 to the solemn feasts:4150 all her gates8179 are desolate:8074 her priests3548 sigh,584 her virgins1330 are afflicted,3013 and she is in bitterness.
5 Her adversaries6862 are the chief,7218 her enemies341 prosper;7951 for the Lord3068 hath afflicted3013 her for the multitude7230 of her transgressions:6588 her children5768 are gone1980 into captivity7628 before6440 the enemy.
6 And from the daughter1323 of Zion6726 all her beauty1926 is departed:3318 her princes8269 are become like harts354 that find4672 no pasture,4829 and they are gone3212 without strength3581 before6440 the pursuer.
7 Jerusalem3389 remembered2142 in the days3117 of her affliction6040 and of her miseries4788 all her pleasant things4262 that she had in the days3117 of old,6924 when her people5971 fell5307 into the hand3027 of the enemy,6862 and none did help5826 her: the adversaries6862 saw7200 her, and did mock7832 at her sabbaths.
8 Jerusalem3389 hath grievously2399 sinned;2398 therefore she is removed:5206 all that honoured3513 her despise2107 her, because they have seen7200 her nakedness:6172 yea, she sigheth,584 and turneth7725 backward.
9 Her filthiness2932 is in her skirts;7757 she remembereth2142 not her last end;319 therefore she came down3381 wonderfully:6382 she had no comforter.5162 O Lord,3068 behold7200 my affliction:6040 for the enemy341 hath magnified
10 The adversary6862 hath spread out6566 his hand3027 upon all her pleasant things:4261 for she hath seen7200 that the heathen1471 entered935 into her sanctuary,4720 whom thou didst command6680 that they should not enter935 into thy congregation.
11 All her people5971 sigh,584 they seek1245 bread;3899 they have given5414 their pleasant things42614262 for meat400 to relieve7725 the soul:5315 see,7200 O Lord,3068 and consider;5027 for I am become vile.
12C Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass5674 by?1870 behold,5027 and see7200 if there be3426 any sorrow4341 like unto my sorrow,4341 which is done5953 unto me, wherewith the Lord3068 hath afflicted3013 me in the day3117 of his fierce2740 anger.
13 From above4791 hath he sent7971 fire784 into my bones,6106 and it prevaileth7287 against them: he hath spread6566 a net7568 for my feet,7272 he hath turned7725 me back:268 he hath made5414 me desolate8074 and faint1739 all the day.
14 The yoke5923 of my transgressions6588 is bound8244 by his hand:3027 they are wreathed,8276 and come up5927 upon my neck:6677 he hath made my strength3581 to fall,3782 the Lord136 hath delivered5414 me into their hands,3027 from whom I am not able3201 to rise up.
15 The Lord136 hath trodden under foot5541 all my mighty47 men in the midst7130 of me: he hath called7121 an assembly4150 against me to crush7665 my young men:970 the Lord136 hath trodden1869 the virgin,1330 the daughter1323 of Judah,3063 as in a winepress.
16 For these things I weep;1058 mine eye,5869 mine eye5869 runneth down3381 with water,4325 because the comforter5162 that should relieve7725 my soul5315 is far7368 from me: my children1121 are desolate,8074 because the enemy341 prevailed.
17 Zion6726 spreadeth forth6566 her hands,3027 and there is none to comfort5162 her: the Lord3068 hath commanded6680 concerning Jacob,3290 that his adversaries6862 should be round about5439 him: Jerusalem3389 is as a menstruous woman
18C The Lord3068 is righteous;6662 for I have rebelled4784 against his commandment:6310 hear,8085 I pray you, all people,5971 and behold7200 my sorrow:4341 my virgins1330 and my young men970 are gone1980 into captivity.
19 I called7121 for my lovers,157 but they deceived7411 me: my priests3548 and mine elders2205 gave up the ghost1478 in the city,5892 while they sought1245 their meat400 to relieve7725 their souls.
20 Behold,7200 O Lord;3068 for I am in distress:6887 my bowels4578 are troubled;2560 mine heart3820 is turned2015 within7130 me; for I have grievously4784 rebelled:4784 abroad2351 the sword2719 bereaveth,7921 at home1004 there is as death.
21C They have heard8085 that I sigh:584 there is none to comfort5162 me: all mine enemies341 have heard8085 of my trouble;7451 they are glad7797 that thou hast done6213 it: thou wilt bring935 the day3117 that thou hast called,7121 and they shall be like
22 Let all their wickedness7451 come935 before6440 thee; and do5953 unto them, as thou hast done5953 unto me for all my transgressions:6588 for my sighs585 are many,7227 and my heart3820 is faint.
2CHow hath the Lord136 covered5743 the daughter1323 of Zion6726 with a cloud5743 in his anger,639 and cast down7993 from heaven8064 unto the earth776 the beauty8597 of Israel,3478 and remembered2142 not his footstool19167272 in the day3117 of his anger!
2 The Lord136 hath swallowed up1104 all the habitations4999 of Jacob,3290 and hath not pitied:2550 he hath thrown down2040 in his wrath5678 the strong holds4013 of the daughter1323 of Judah;3063 he hath brought them down5060 to the ground:776 he hath polluted2490 the kingdom4467 and the princes
3 He hath cut off1438 in his fierce2750 anger639 all the horn7161 of Israel:3478 he hath drawn7725 back268 his right hand3225 from before6440 the enemy,341 and he burned1197 against Jacob3290 like a flaming3852 fire,784 which devoureth398 round about.
4 He hath bent1869 his bow7198 like an enemy:341 he stood5324 with his right hand3225 as an adversary,6862 and slew2026 all that were pleasant4261 to the eye5869 in the tabernacle168 of the daughter1323 of Zion:6726 he poured out8210 his fury2534 like fire.
5 The Lord136 was as an enemy:341 he hath swallowed up1104 Israel,3478 he hath swallowed up1104 all her palaces:759 he hath destroyed7843 his strong holds,4013 and hath increased7235 in the daughter1323 of Judah3063 mourning8386 and lamentation.
6 And he hath violently taken away2554 his tabernacle,7900 as if it were of a garden:1588 he hath destroyed7843 his places of the assembly:4150 the Lord3068 hath caused the solemn feasts4150 and sabbaths7676 to be forgotten7911 in Zion,6726 and hath despised5006 in the indignation2195 of his anger639 the king4428 and the priest.
7 The Lord136 hath cast off2186 his altar,4196 he hath abhorred5010 his sanctuary,4720 he hath given up5462 into the hand3027 of the enemy341 the walls2346 of her palaces;759 they have made5414 a noise6963 in the house1004 of the Lord,3068 as in the day3117 of a solemn feast.
8 The Lord3068 hath purposed2803 to destroy7843 the wall2346 of the daughter1323 of Zion:6726 he hath stretched out5186 a line,6957 he hath not withdrawn7725 his hand3027 from destroying:1104 therefore he made the rampart2426 and the wall2346 to lament;56 they languished535 together.
9 Her gates8179 are sunk2883 into the ground;776 he hath destroyed6 and broken7665 her bars:1280 her king4428 and her princes8269 are among the Gentiles:1471 the law8451 is no more; her prophets5030 also find4672 no vision2377 from the Lord.
10 The elders2205 of the daughter1323 of Zion6726 sit3427 upon the ground,776 and keep silence:1826 they have cast up5927 dust6083 upon their heads;7218 they have girded2296 themselves with sackcloth:8242 the virgins1330 of Jerusalem3389 hang down3381 their heads7218 to the ground.
11 Mine eyes5869 do fail3615 with tears,1832 my bowels4578 are troubled,2560 my liver3516 is poured8210 upon the earth,776 for the destruction7667 of the daughter1323 of my people;5971 because the children5768 and the sucklings3243 swoon5848 in the streets7339 of the city.
12 They say559 to their mothers,517 Where is corn1715 and wine?3196 when they swooned5848 as the wounded2491 in the streets7339 of the city,5892 when their soul5315 was poured out8210 into their mothers'517 bosom.
13 What thing shall I take to witness57495749 for thee? what thing4100 shall I liken1819 to thee, O daughter1323 of Jerusalem?3389 what shall I equal7737 to thee, that I may comfort5162 thee, O virgin1330 daughter1323 of Zion?6726 for thy breach7667 is great1419 like the sea:3220 who can heal
14 Thy prophets5030 have seen2372 vain7723 and foolish things8602 for thee: and they have not discovered1540 thine iniquity,5771 to turn away7725 thy captivity;76227622 but have seen2372 for thee false7723 burdens4864 and causes of banishment.
15 All that pass5674 by clap5606 their hands3709 at thee;1870 they hiss8319 and wag5128 their head7218 at the daughter1323 of Jerusalem,3389 saying, Is this the city5892 that men call559 The perfection3632 of beauty,3308 The joy4885 of the whole earth?
16 All thine enemies341 have opened6475 their mouth6310 against thee: they hiss8319 and gnash2786 the teeth:8127 they say,559 We have swallowed her up:1104 certainly389 this is the day3117 that we looked for;6960 we have found,4672 we have seen
17 The Lord3068 hath done6213 that which he had devised;2161 he hath fulfilled1214 his word565 that he had commanded6680 in the days3117 of old:6924 he hath thrown down,2040 and hath not pitied:2550 and he hath caused thine enemy341 to rejoice8055 over thee, he hath set up7311 the horn7161 of thine adversaries.
18 Their heart3820 cried6817 unto the Lord,136 O wall2346 of the daughter1323 of Zion,6726 let tears1832 run down3381 like a river5158 day3119 and night:3915 give5414 thyself no rest;6314 let not the apple1323 of thine eye5869 cease.
19 Arise,6965 cry out7442 in the night:3915 in the beginning7218 of the watches821 pour out8210 thine heart3820 like water4325 before5227 the face6440 of the Lord:136 lift up5375 thy hands3709 toward him for the life5315 of thy young children,5768 that faint5848 for hunger7458 in the top7218 of every street.
20 Behold,7200 O Lord,3068 and consider5027 to whom thou hast done5953 this.3541 Shall the women802 eat398 their fruit,6529 and children5768 of a span long?2949 shall the priest3548 and the prophet5030 be slain2026 in the sanctuary4720 of the Lord?
21 The young5288 and the old2205 lie7901 on the ground776 in the streets:2351 my virgins1330 and my young men970 are fallen5307 by the sword;2719 thou hast slain2026 them in the day3117 of thine anger;639 thou hast killed,2873 and not pitied.
22 Thou hast called7121 as in a solemn4150 day3117 my terrors4032 round about,5439 so that in the day3117 of the Lord’s3068 anger639 none escaped6412 nor remained:8300 those that I have swaddled2946 and brought up7235 hath mine enemy341 consumed.
3I am the man1397 that hath seen7200 affliction6040 by the rod7626 of his wrath.
2 He hath led5090 me, and brought3212 me into darkness,2822 but not into light.
3 Surely against me is he turned;7725 he turneth2015 his hand3027 against me all the day.
4 My flesh1320 and my skin5785 hath he made old;1086 he hath broken7665 my bones.
5 He hath builded against1129 me, and compassed5362 me with gall7219 and travail.
6 He hath set3427 me in dark places,4285 as they that be dead4191 of old.
7 He hath hedged1443 me about, that I cannot get out:3318 he hath made my chain5178 heavy.
8 Also when I cry2199 and shout,7768 he shutteth out5640 my prayer.
9 He hath inclosed1443 my ways1870 with hewn stone,1496 he hath made my paths5410 crooked.
10 He was unto me as a bear1677 lying in wait,693 and as a lion738 in secret places.
11 He hath turned aside5493 my ways,1870 and pulled me in pieces:6582 he hath made7760 me desolate.
12 He hath bent1869 his bow,7198 and set5324 me as a mark4307 for the arrow.
13 He hath caused the arrows1121 of his quiver827 to enter935 into my reins.
14 I was a derision7814 to all my people;5971 and their song5058 all the day.
15 He hath filled7646 me with bitterness,4844 he hath made me drunken7301 with wormwood.
16 He hath also broken1638 my teeth8127 with gravel stones,2687 he hath covered3728 me with ashes.
17 And thou hast removed2186 my soul5315 far off2186 from peace:7965 I forgat5382 prosperity.
18 And I said,559 My strength5331 and my hope8431 is perished6 from the Lord:
19 Remembering2142 mine affliction6040 and my misery,4788 the wormwood3939 and the gall.
20 My soul5315 hath them still2142 in remembrance,2142 and is humbled
21 This I recall7725 to my mind,3820 therefore have I hope.
22 It is of the Lord’s3068 mercies2617 that we are not consumed,8552 because his compassions7356 fail
23 They are new2319 every morning:1242 great7227 is thy faithfulness.
24 The Lord3068 is my portion,2506 saith559 my soul;5315 therefore will I hope
25 The Lord3068 is good2896 unto them that wait6960 for him, to the soul5315 that seeketh
26 It is good2896 that a man should both hope31752342 and quietly wait1748 for the salvation8668 of the Lord.
27 It is good2896 for a man1397 that he bear5375 the yoke5923 in his youth.
28 He sitteth3427 alone910 and keepeth silence,1826 because he hath borne
29 He putteth5414 his mouth6310 in the dust;6083 if so be there may be3426 hope.
30 He giveth5414 his cheek3895 to him that smiteth5221 him: he is filled full7646 with reproach.
31 For the Lord136 will not cast off2186 for ever:
32 But though he cause grief,3013 yet will he have compassion7355 according to the multitude7230 of his mercies.
33C For he doth not afflict6031 willingly3820 nor grieve3013 the children1121 of men.
34C To crush1792 under his feet7272 all the prisoners615 of the earth,
35 To turn aside5186 the right4941 of a man1397 before the face6440 of the most High,
36 To subvert5791 a man120 in his cause,7379 the Lord136 approveth
37 Who is he that saith,559 and it cometh to pass, when the Lord136 commandeth
38 Out of the mouth6310 of the most High5945 proceedeth3318 not evil7451 and good?
39 Wherefore doth a living2416 man120 complain,596 a man1397 for the punishment of his sins?
40C Let us search2664 and try2713 our ways,1870 and turn again7725 to the Lord.
41 Let us lift up5375 our heart3824 with our hands3709 unto God410 in the heavens.
42 We5168 have transgressed6586 and have rebelled:4784 thou hast not pardoned.
43 Thou hast covered5526 with anger,639 and persecuted7291 us: thou hast slain,2026 thou hast not pitied.
44 Thou hast covered5526 thyself with a cloud,6051 that our prayer8605 should not pass through.
45 Thou hast made7760 us as the offscouring5501 and refuse3973 in the midst7130 of the people.
46 All our enemies341 have opened6475 their mouths
47 Fear6343 and a snare6354 is come upon us, desolation7612 and destruction.
48 Mine eye5869 runneth down3381 with rivers6388 of water4325 for the destruction7667 of the daughter1323 of my people.
49 Mine eye5869 trickleth down,5064 and ceaseth1820 not, without any intermission,
50 Till the Lord3068 look down,8259 and behold7200 from heaven.
51 Mine eye5869 affecteth5953 mine heart5315 because of all the daughters1323 of my city.
52 Mine enemies341 chased6679 me sore,6679 like a bird,6833 without cause.
53 They have cut off6789 my life2416 in the dungeon,953 and cast3034 a stone
54 Waters4325 flowed over6687 mine head;7218 then I said,559 I am cut off.
55 I called7121 upon thy name,8034 O Lord,3068 out of the low8482 dungeon.
56 Thou hast heard8085 my voice:6963 hide5956 not thine ear241 at my breathing,7309 at my cry.
57 Thou drewest near7126 in the day3117 that I called7121 upon thee: thou saidst,559 Fear
58 O Lord,136 thou hast pleaded7378 the causes7379 of my soul;5315 thou hast redeemed1350 my life.
59 O Lord,3068 thou hast seen7200 my wrong:5792 judge8199 thou my cause.
60 Thou hast seen7200 all their vengeance5360 and all their imaginations
61 Thou hast heard8085 their reproach,2781 O Lord,3068 and all their imaginations
62 The lips8193 of those that rose up6965 against me, and their device1902 against me all the day.
63 Behold5027 their sitting down,3427 and their rising up;7012 I am their musick.
64 Render7725 unto them a recompence,1576 O Lord,3068 according to the work4639 of their hands.
65 Give5414 them sorrow4044 of heart,3820 thy curse
66 Persecute7291 and destroy8045 them in anger639 from under the heavens8064 of the Lord.
4CHow is the gold2091 become dim!6004 how is the most2896 fine gold3800 changed!8132 the stones68 of the sanctuary6944 are poured out8210 in the top7218 of every street.
2 The precious3368 sons1121 of Zion,6726 comparable5537 to fine gold,6337 how are they esteemed2803 as earthen2789 pitchers,5035 the work4639 of the hands3027 of the potter!
3 Even the sea monsters8577 draw out2502 the breast,7699 they give suck3243 to their young ones:1482 the daughter1323 of my people5971 is become cruel,393 like the ostriches3283 in the wilderness.
4 The tongue3956 of the sucking child3243 cleaveth1692 to the roof of his mouth2441 for thirst:6772 the young children5768 ask7592 bread,3899 and no man breaketh
5 They that did feed398 delicately4574 are desolate8074 in the streets:2351 they that were brought up539 in scarlet8438 embrace2263 dunghills.
6 For the punishment of the iniquity5771 of the daughter1323 of my people5971 is greater1431 than the punishment2403 of the sin of Sodom,5467 that was overthrown2015 as in a moment,7281 and no hands3027 stayed
7 Her Nazarites5139 were purer2141 than snow,7950 they were whiter6705 than milk,2461 they were more ruddy119 in body6106 than rubies,6443 their polishing1508 was of sapphire:
8 Their visage8389 is blacker2821 than a coal;7815 they are not known5234 in the streets:2351 their skin5785 cleaveth6821 to their bones;6106 it is withered,3001 it is become like a stick.
9 They that be slain2491 with the sword2719 are better2896 than they that be slain2491 with hunger:7458 for these1992 pine away,2100 stricken1856 through for want of the fruits8570 of the field.
10 The hands3027 of the pitiful7362 women802 have sodden1310 their own children:3206 they were their meat1262 in the destruction7667 of the daughter1323 of my people.
11 The Lord3068 hath accomplished3615 his fury;2534 he hath poured out8210 his fierce2740 anger,639 and hath kindled3341 a fire784 in Zion,6726 and it hath devoured398 the foundations
12 The kings4428 of the earth,776 and all the inhabitants3427 of the world,8398 would not have believed539 that the adversary6862 and the enemy341 should have entered935 into the gates8179 of Jerusalem.
13 For the sins2403 of her prophets,5030 and the iniquities5771 of her priests,3548 that have shed8210 the blood1818 of the just6662 in the midst
14 They have wandered5128 as blind5787 men in the streets,2351 they have polluted1351 themselves with blood,1818 so that men could3201 not3808 touch5060 their garments.
15 They cried7121 unto them, Depart5493 ye; it is unclean;2931 depart,5493 depart,5493 touch5060 not: when they fled away5132 and wandered,5128 they said559 among the heathen,1471 They shall no more3254 sojourn
16 The anger6440 of the Lord3068 hath divided2505 them; he will no more3254 regard5027 them: they respected5375 not the persons6440 of the priests,3548 they favoured2603 not the elders.
17 As for us, our eyes5869 as yet failed3615 for our vain1892 help:5833 in our watching6836 we have watched6822 for a nation1471 that could not save
18 They hunt6679 our steps,6806 that we cannot go3212 in our streets:7339 our end7093 is near,7126 our days3117 are fulfilled;4390 for our end7093 is come.
19 Our persecutors7291 are swifter7031 than the eagles5404 of the heaven:8064 they pursued1814 us upon the mountains,2022 they laid wait693 for us in the wilderness.
20 The breath7307 of our nostrils,639 the anointed4899 of the Lord,3068 was taken3920 in their pits,7825 of whom we said,559 Under his shadow6738 we shall live2421 among the heathen.
21 Rejoice7797 and be glad,8055 O daughter1323 of Edom,123 that dwellest3427 in the land776 of Uz;5780 the cup3563 also shall pass5674 through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken,7937 and shalt make thyself naked.
22C The punishment of thine iniquity5771 is accomplished,8552 O daughter1323 of Zion;6726 he will no more3254 carry thee away into captivity:1540 he will visit6485 thine iniquity,5771 O daughter1323 of Edom;123 he will discover1540 thy sins.
5Remember,2142 O Lord,3068 what is come upon us: consider,5027 and behold7200 our reproach.
2 Our inheritance5159 is turned2015 to strangers,2114 our houses1004 to aliens.
3 We are orphans3490 and fatherless,3691 our mothers517 are as widows.
4 We have drunken8354 our water4325 for money;3701 our wood6086 is sold935
5 Our necks6677 are under persecution:7291 we labour,3021 and have no rest.
6 We have given5414 the hand3027 to the Egyptians,4714 and to the Assyrians,804 to be satisfied7646 with bread.
7 Our fathers1 have sinned,2398 and are not;369 and we have borne5445 their iniquities.
8 Servants5650 have ruled4910 over us: there is none that doth deliver6561 us out of their hand.
9 We gat935 our bread3899 with the peril of our lives5315 because6440 of the sword2719 of the wilderness.
10 Our skin5785 was black3648 like an oven8574 because6440 of the terrible2152 famine.
11 They ravished6031 the women802 in Zion,6726 and the maids1330 in the cities5892 of Judah.
12 Princes8269 are hanged up8518 by their hand:3027 the faces6440 of elders2205 were not honoured.
13 They took5375 the young men970 to grind,2911 and the children5288 fell3782 under the wood.
14 The elders2205 have ceased7673 from the gate,8179 the young men970 from their musick.
15 The joy4885 of our heart3820 is ceased;7673 our dance4234 is turned2015 into mourning.
16 The crown5850 is fallen5307 from our head:7218 woe188 unto us, that we have sinned!
17 For this our heart3820 is faint;1739 for these things our eyes5869 are dim.
18 Because of the mountain2022 of Zion,6726 which is desolate,8074 the foxes7776 walk
19 Thou, O Lord,3068 remainest3427 for ever;5769 thy throne3678 from generation1755 to generation.
20 Wherefore dost thou forget7911 us for ever,5331 and forsake5800 us so long753 time?
21 Turn7725 thou us unto thee, O Lord,3068 and we shall be turned;7725 renew2318 our days3117 as of old.
22 But thou hast utterly3988 rejected3988 us; thou art very3966 wroth