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Lamentations 1:1--2:22

1:1

How doth the city
<05892>

sit
<03427> (8804)

solitary
<0910>_,

[that was] full
<07227>

of people
<05971>_!

[how] is she become as a widow
<0490>_!

she [that was] great
<07227>

among the nations
<01471>_,

[and] princess
<08282>

among the provinces
<04082>_,

[how] is she become tributary
<04522>_!

1:2

She weepeth
<01058> (8799)

sore
<01058> (8800)

in the night
<03915>_,

and her tears
<01832>

[are] on her cheeks
<03895>_:

among all her lovers
<0157> (8802)

she hath none to comfort
<05162> (8764)

[her]: all her friends
<07453>

have dealt treacherously
<0898> (8804)

with her, they are become her enemies
<0341> (8802)_.

1:3

Judah
<03063>

is gone into captivity
<01540> (8804)

because of affliction
<06040>_,

and because of great
<07230>

servitude
<05656>_:

she dwelleth
<03427> (8804)

among the heathen
<01471>_,

she findeth
<04672> (8804)

no rest
<04494>_:

all her persecutors
<07291> (8802)

overtook
<05381> (8689)

her between the straits
<04712>_.

{because of great...: Heb. for the greatness of servitude}

1:4

The ways
<01870>

of Zion
<06726>

do mourn
<057>_,

because none come
<0935> (8802)

to the solemn feasts
<04150>_:

all her gates
<08179>

are desolate
<08074> (8802)_:

her priests
<03548>

sigh
<0584> (8737)_,

her virgins
<01330>

are afflicted
<03013> (8737)_,

and she [is] in bitterness
<04843> (8804)_.

1:5

Her adversaries
<06862>

are the chief
<07218>_,

her enemies
<0341> (8802)

prosper
<07951> (8804)_;

for the LORD
<03068>

hath afflicted
<03013> (8689)

her for the multitude
<07230>

of her transgressions
<06588>_:

her children
<05768>

are gone
<01980> (8804)

into captivity
<07628>

before
<06440>

the enemy
<06862>_.

1:6

And from the daughter
<01323>

of Zion
<06726>

all her beauty
<01926>

is departed
<03318> (8799)_:

her princes
<08269>

are become like harts
<0354>

[that] find
<04672> (8804)

no pasture
<04829>_,

and they are gone
<03212> (8799)

without strength
<03581>

before
<06440>

the pursuer
<07291> (8802)_.

1:7

Jerusalem
<03389>

remembered
<02142> (8804)

in the days
<03117>

of her affliction
<06040>

and of her miseries
<04788>

all her pleasant things
<04262>

that she had in the days
<03117>

of old
<06924>_,

when her people
<05971>

fell
<05307> (8800)

into the hand
<03027>

of the enemy
<06862>_,

and none did help
<05826> (8802)

her: the adversaries
<06862>

saw
<07200> (8804)

her, [and] did mock
<07832> (8804)

at her sabbaths
<04868>_.

{pleasant: or, desirable}

1:8

Jerusalem
<03389>

hath grievously
<02399>

sinned
<02398> (8804)_;

therefore she is removed
<05206>_:

all that honoured
<03513> (8764)

her despise
<02107> (8689)

her, because they have seen
<07200> (8804)

her nakedness
<06172>_:

yea, she sigheth
<0584> (8738)_,

and turneth
<07725> (8799)

backward
<0268>_.

{is...: Heb. is become a removing, or, wandering}

1:9

Her filthiness
<02932>

[is] in her skirts
<07757>_;

she remembereth
<02142> (8804)

not her last end
<0319>_;

therefore she came down
<03381> (8799)

wonderfully
<06382>_:

she had no comforter
<05162> (8764)_.

O LORD
<03068>_,

behold
<07200> (8798)

my affliction
<06040>_:

for the enemy
<0341> (8802)

hath magnified
<01431> (8689)

[himself].

1:10

The adversary
<06862>

hath spread out
<06566> (8804)

his hand
<03027>

upon all her pleasant things
<04261>_:

for she hath seen
<07200> (8804)

[that] the heathen
<01471>

entered
<0935> (8804)

into her sanctuary
<04720>_,

whom thou didst command
<06680> (8765)

[that] they should not enter
<0935> (8799)

into thy congregation
<06951>_.

{pleasant: or, desirable}

1:11

All her people
<05971>

sigh
<0584> (8737)_,

they seek
<01245> (8764)

bread
<03899>_;

they have given
<05414> (8804)

their pleasant things
<04261> (8675) <04262>

for meat
<0400>

to relieve
<07725> (8687)

the soul
<05315>_:

see
<07200> (8798)_,

O LORD
<03068>_,

and consider
<05027> (8685)_;

for I am become vile
<02151> (8802)_.

{to...: or, to make the soul to come again}

1:12

[Is it] nothing to you, all ye that pass
<05674> (8802)

by
<01870>_?

behold
<05027> (8685)_,

and see
<07200> (8798)

if there be
<03426>

any sorrow
<04341>

like unto my sorrow
<04341>_,

which is done
<05953> (8776)

unto me, wherewith the LORD
<03068>

hath afflicted
<03013> (8689)

[me] in the day
<03117>

of his fierce
<02740>

anger
<0639>_.

{Is it...: or, It is nothing} {pass by: Heb. pass by the way?}

1:13

From above
<04791>

hath he sent
<07971> (8804)

fire
<0784>

into my bones
<06106>_,

and it prevaileth
<07287> (8799)

against them: he hath spread
<06566> (8804)

a net
<07568>

for my feet
<07272>_,

he hath turned
<07725> (8689)

me back
<0268>_:

he hath made
<05414> (8804)

me desolate
<08074> (8802)

[and] faint
<01739>

all the day
<03117>_.

1:14

The yoke
<05923>

of my transgressions
<06588>

is bound
<08244> (8738)

by his hand
<03027>_:

they are wreathed
<08276> (8691)_,

[and] come up
<05927> (8804)

upon my neck
<06677>_:

he hath made my strength
<03581>

to fall
<03782> (8689)_,

the Lord
<0136>

hath delivered
<05414> (8804)

me into [their] hands
<03027>_,

[from whom] I am not able
<03201> (8799)

to rise up
<06965> (8800)_.

1:15

The Lord
<0136>

hath trodden under foot
<05541> (8765)

all my mighty
<047>

[men] in the midst
<07130>

of me: he hath called
<07121> (8804)

an assembly
<04150>

against me to crush
<07665> (8800)

my young men
<0970>_:

the Lord
<0136>

hath trodden
<01869> (8804)

the virgin
<01330>_,

the daughter
<01323>

of Judah
<03063>_,

[as] in a winepress
<01660>_.

{the virgin...: or, the winepress of the virgin, etc}

1:16

For these [things] I weep
<01058> (8802)_;

mine eye
<05869>_,

mine eye
<05869>

runneth down
<03381> (8802)

with water
<04325>_,

because the comforter
<05162> (8764)

that should relieve
<07725> (8688)

my soul
<05315>

is far
<07368> (8804)

from me: my children
<01121>

are desolate
<08074> (8802)_,

because the enemy
<0341> (8802)

prevailed
<01396> (8804)_.

{relieve: Heb. bring back}

1:17

Zion
<06726>

spreadeth forth
<06566> (8765)

her hands
<03027>_,

[and there is] none to comfort
<05162> (8764)

her: the LORD
<03068>

hath commanded
<06680> (8765)

concerning Jacob
<03290>_,

[that] his adversaries
<06862>

[should be] round about
<05439>

him: Jerusalem
<03389>

is as a menstruous woman
<05079>

among them.

1:18

The LORD
<03068>

is righteous
<06662>_;

for I have rebelled
<04784> (8804)

against his commandment
<06310>_:

hear
<08085> (8798)_,

I pray you, all people
<05971>_,

and behold
<07200> (8798)

my sorrow
<04341>_:

my virgins
<01330>

and my young men
<0970>

are gone
<01980> (8804)

into captivity
<07628>_.

{commandment: Heb. mouth}

1:19

I called
<07121> (8804)

for my lovers
<0157> (8764)_,

[but] they deceived
<07411> (8765)

me: my priests
<03548>

and mine elders
<02205>

gave up the ghost
<01478> (8804)

in the city
<05892>_,

while they sought
<01245> (8765)

their meat
<0400>

to relieve
<07725> (8686)

their souls
<05315>_.

1:20

Behold
<07200> (8798)_,

O LORD
<03068>_;

for I [am] in distress
<06887> (8804)_:

my bowels
<04578>

are troubled
<02560> (8777)_;

mine heart
<03820>

is turned
<02015> (8738)

within
<07130>

me; for I have grievously
<04784> (8800)

rebelled
<04784> (8804)_:

abroad
<02351>

the sword
<02719>

bereaveth
<07921> (8765)_,

at home
<01004>

[there is] as death
<04194>_.

1:21

They have heard
<08085> (8804)

that I sigh
<0584> (8737)_:

[there is] none to comfort
<05162> (8764)

me: all mine enemies
<0341> (8802)

have heard
<08085> (8804)

of my trouble
<07451>_;

they are glad
<07797> (8804)

that thou hast done
<06213> (8804)

[it]: thou wilt bring
<0935> (8689)

the day
<03117>

[that] thou hast called
<07121> (8804)_,

and they shall be like
<03644>

unto me. {called: or, proclaimed}

1:22

Let all their wickedness
<07451>

come
<0935> (8799)

before
<06440>

thee; and do
<05953> (8778)

unto them, as thou hast done
<05953> (8782)

unto me for all my transgressions
<06588>_:

for my sighs
<0585>

[are] many
<07227>_,

and my heart
<03820>

[is] faint
<01742>_.

2:1

How hath the Lord
<0136>

covered
<05743> (0)

the daughter
<01323>

of Zion
<06726>

with a cloud
<05743> (8686)

in his anger
<0639>_,

[and] cast down
<07993> (8689)

from heaven
<08064>

unto the earth
<0776>

the beauty
<08597>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and remembered
<02142> (8804)

not his footstool
<01916> <07272>

in the day
<03117>

of his anger
<0639>_!

2:2

The Lord
<0136>

hath swallowed up
<01104> (8765)

all the habitations
<04999>

of Jacob
<03290>_,

and hath not pitied
<02550> (8804)_:

he hath thrown down
<02040> (8804)

in his wrath
<05678>

the strong holds
<04013>

of the daughter
<01323>

of Judah
<03063>_;

he hath brought [them] down
<05060> (8689)

to the ground
<0776>_:

he hath polluted
<02490> (8765)

the kingdom
<04467>

and the princes
<08269>

thereof. {brought...: Heb. made to touch}

2:3

He hath cut off
<01438> (8804)

in [his] fierce
<02750>

anger
<0639>

all the horn
<07161>

of Israel
<03478>_:

he hath drawn
<07725> (8689)

back
<0268>

his right hand
<03225>

from before
<06440>

the enemy
<0341> (8802)_,

and he burned
<01197> (8799)

against Jacob
<03290>

like a flaming
<03852>

fire
<0784>_,

[which] devoureth
<0398> (8804)

round about
<05439>_.

2:4

He hath bent
<01869> (8804)

his bow
<07198>

like an enemy
<0341> (8802)_:

he stood
<05324> (8737)

with his right hand
<03225>

as an adversary
<06862>_,

and slew
<02026> (8799)

all [that were] pleasant
<04261>

to the eye
<05869>

in the tabernacle
<0168>

of the daughter
<01323>

of Zion
<06726>_:

he poured out
<08210> (8804)

his fury
<02534>

like fire
<0784>_.

{all...: Heb. all the desirable of the eye}

2:5

The Lord
<0136>

was as an enemy
<0341> (8802)_:

he hath swallowed up
<01104> (8765)

Israel
<03478>_,

he hath swallowed up
<01104> (8765)

all her palaces
<0759>_:

he hath destroyed
<07843> (8765)

his strong holds
<04013>_,

and hath increased
<07235> (8686)

in the daughter
<01323>

of Judah
<03063>

mourning
<08386>

and lamentation
<0592>_.

2:6

And he hath violently taken away
<02554> (8799)

his tabernacle
<07900>_,

as [if it were of] a garden
<01588>_:

he hath destroyed
<07843> (8765)

his places of the assembly
<04150>_:

the LORD
<03068>

hath caused the solemn feasts
<04150>

and sabbaths
<07676>

to be forgotten
<07911> (8765)

in Zion
<06726>_,

and hath despised
<05006> (8799)

in the indignation
<02195>

of his anger
<0639>

the king
<04428>

and the priest
<03548>_.

{tabernacle: or, hedge}

2:7

The Lord
<0136>

hath cast off
<02186> (8804)

his altar
<04196>_,

he hath abhorred
<05010> (8765)

his sanctuary
<04720>_,

he hath given up
<05462> (8689)

into the hand
<03027>

of the enemy
<0341> (8802)

the walls
<02346>

of her palaces
<0759>_;

they have made
<05414> (8804)

a noise
<06963>

in the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

as in the day
<03117>

of a solemn feast
<04150>_.

{given up: Heb. shut up}

2:8

The LORD
<03068>

hath purposed
<02803> (8804)

to destroy
<07843> (8687)

the wall
<02346>

of the daughter
<01323>

of Zion
<06726>_:

he hath stretched out
<05186> (8804)

a line
<06957>_,

he hath not withdrawn
<07725> (8689)

his hand
<03027>

from destroying
<01104> (8763)_:

therefore he made the rampart
<02426>

and the wall
<02346>

to lament
<056> (8686)_;

they languished
<0535> (8797)

together
<03162>_.

{destroying: Heb. swallowing up}

2:9

Her gates
<08179>

are sunk
<02883> (8804)

into the ground
<0776>_;

he hath destroyed
<06> (8765)

and broken
<07665> (8765)

her bars
<01280>_:

her king
<04428>

and her princes
<08269>

[are] among the Gentiles
<01471>_:

the law
<08451>

[is] no [more]; her prophets
<05030>

also find
<04672> (8804)

no vision
<02377>

from the LORD
<03068>_.

2:10

The elders
<02205>

of the daughter
<01323>

of Zion
<06726>

sit
<03427> (8799)

upon the ground
<0776>_,

[and] keep silence
<01826> (8799)_:

they have cast up
<05927> (8689)

dust
<06083>

upon their heads
<07218>_;

they have girded
<02296> (8804)

themselves with sackcloth
<08242>_:

the virgins
<01330>

of Jerusalem
<03389>

hang down
<03381> (8689)

their heads
<07218>

to the ground
<0776>_.

2:11

Mine eyes
<05869>

do fail
<03615> (8804)

with tears
<01832>_,

my bowels
<04578>

are troubled
<02560> (8777)_,

my liver
<03516>

is poured
<08210> (8738)

upon the earth
<0776>_,

for the destruction
<07667>

of the daughter
<01323>

of my people
<05971>_;

because the children
<05768>

and the sucklings
<03243> (8802)

swoon
<05848> (8736)

in the streets
<07339>

of the city
<07151>_.

{swoon: or, faint}

2:12

They say
<0559> (8799)

to their mothers
<0517>_,

Where [is] corn
<01715>

and wine
<03196>_?

when they swooned
<05848> (8692)

as the wounded
<02491>

in the streets
<07339>

of the city
<05892>_,

when their soul
<05315>

was poured out
<08210> (8692)

into their mothers
<0517>_'

bosom
<02436>_.

2:13

What thing shall I take to witness
<05749> (8686) (8675) <05749> (8799)

for thee? what thing
<04100>

shall I liken
<01819> (8762)

to thee, O daughter
<01323>

of Jerusalem
<03389>_?

what shall I equal
<07737> (8686)

to thee, that I may comfort
<05162> (8762)

thee, O virgin
<01330>

daughter
<01323>

of Zion
<06726>_?

for thy breach
<07667>

[is] great
<01419>

like the sea
<03220>_:

who can heal
<07495> (8799)

thee?

2:14

Thy prophets
<05030>

have seen
<02372> (8804)

vain
<07723>

and foolish things
<08602>

for thee: and they have not discovered
<01540> (8765)

thine iniquity
<05771>_,

to turn away
<07725> (8687)

thy captivity
<07622> (8675) <07622>_;

but have seen
<02372> (8799)

for thee false
<07723>

burdens
<04864>

and causes of banishment
<04065>_.

2:15

All that pass
<05674> (8802)

by clap
<05606> (8804)

[their] hands
<03709>

at thee
<01870>_;

they hiss
<08319> (8804)

and wag
<05128> (8686)

their head
<07218>

at the daughter
<01323>

of Jerusalem
<03389>_,

[saying, Is] this the city
<05892>

that [men] call
<0559> (8799)

The perfection
<03632>

of beauty
<03308>_,

The joy
<04885>

of the whole earth
<0776>_?

{by: Heb. by the way}

2:16

All thine enemies
<0341> (8802)

have opened
<06475> (8804)

their mouth
<06310>

against thee: they hiss
<08319> (8804)

and gnash
<02786> (8799)

the teeth
<08127>_:

they say
<0559> (8804)_,

We have swallowed [her] up
<01104> (8765)_:

certainly
<0389>

this [is] the day
<03117>

that we looked for
<06960> (8765)_;

we have found
<04672> (8804)_,

we have seen
<07200> (8804)

[it].

2:17

The LORD
<03068>

hath done
<06213> (8804)

[that] which he had devised
<02161> (8804)_;

he hath fulfilled
<01214> (8765)

his word
<0565>

that he had commanded
<06680> (8765)

in the days
<03117>

of old
<06924>_:

he hath thrown down
<02040> (8804)_,

and hath not pitied
<02550> (8804)_:

and he hath caused [thine] enemy
<0341> (8802)

to rejoice
<08055> (8762)

over thee, he hath set up
<07311> (8689)

the horn
<07161>

of thine adversaries
<06862>_.

2:18

Their heart
<03820>

cried
<06817> (8804)

unto the Lord
<0136>_,

O wall
<02346>

of the daughter
<01323>

of Zion
<06726>_,

let tears
<01832>

run down
<03381> (8685)

like a river
<05158>

day
<03119>

and night
<03915>_:

give
<05414> (8799)

thyself no rest
<06314>_;

let not the apple
<01323>

of thine eye
<05869>

cease
<01826> (8799)_.

2:19

Arise
<06965> (8798)_,

cry out
<07442> (8798)

in the night
<03915>_:

in the beginning
<07218>

of the watches
<0821>

pour out
<08210> (8798)

thine heart
<03820>

like water
<04325>

before
<05227>

the face
<06440>

of the Lord
<0136>_:

lift up
<05375> (8798)

thy hands
<03709>

toward him for the life
<05315>

of thy young children
<05768>_,

that faint
<05848> (8803)

for hunger
<07458>

in the top
<07218>

of every street
<02351>_.

2:20

Behold
<07200> (8798)_,

O LORD
<03068>_,

and consider
<05027> (8685)

to whom thou hast done
<05953> (8782)

this
<03541>_.

Shall the women
<0802>

eat
<0398> (8799)

their fruit
<06529>_,

[and] children
<05768>

of a span long
<02949>_?

shall the priest
<03548>

and the prophet
<05030>

be slain
<02026> (8735)

in the sanctuary
<04720>

of the Lord
<0136>_?

{of a span...: or, swaddled with their hands?}

2:21

The young
<05288>

and the old
<02205>

lie
<07901> (8804)

on the ground
<0776>

in the streets
<02351>_:

my virgins
<01330>

and my young men
<0970>

are fallen
<05307> (8804)

by the sword
<02719>_;

thou hast slain
<02026> (8804)

[them] in the day
<03117>

of thine anger
<0639>_;

thou hast killed
<02873> (8804)_,

[and] not pitied
<02550> (8804)_.

2:22

Thou hast called
<07121> (8799)

as in a solemn
<04150>

day
<03117>

my terrors
<04032>

round about
<05439>_,

so that in the day
<03117>

of the LORD'S
<03068>

anger
<0639>

none escaped
<06412>

nor remained
<08300>_:

those that I have swaddled
<02946> (8765)

and brought up
<07235> (8765)

hath mine enemy
<0341> (8802)

consumed
<03615> (8765)_.