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Lamentations 2:1--4:22

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)_.

3:1

I [am] the man
<01397>

[that] hath seen
<07200> (8804)

affliction
<06040>

by the rod
<07626>

of his wrath
<05678>_.

3:2

He hath led
<05090> (8804)

me, and brought
<03212> (8686)

[me into] darkness
<02822>_,

but not [into] light
<0216>_.

3:3

Surely against me is he turned
<07725> (8799)_;

he turneth
<02015> (8799)

his hand
<03027>

[against me] all the day
<03117>_.

3:4

My flesh
<01320>

and my skin
<05785>

hath he made old
<01086> (8765)_;

he hath broken
<07665> (8765)

my bones
<06106>_.

3:5

He hath builded against
<01129> (8804)

me, and compassed
<05362> (8686)

[me] with gall
<07219>

and travail
<08513>_.

3:6

He hath set
<03427> (8689)

me in dark places
<04285>_,

as [they that be] dead
<04191> (8801)

of old
<05769>_.

3:7

He hath hedged
<01443> (8804)

me about, that I cannot get out
<03318> (8799)_:

he hath made my chain
<05178>

heavy
<03513> (8689)_.

3:8

Also when I cry
<02199> (8799)

and shout
<07768> (8762)_,

he shutteth out
<05640> (8804)

my prayer
<08605>_.

3:9

He hath inclosed
<01443> (8804)

my ways
<01870>

with hewn stone
<01496>_,

he hath made my paths
<05410>

crooked
<05753> (8765)_.

3:10

He [was] unto me [as] a bear
<01677>

lying in wait
<0693> (8802)_,

[and as] a lion
<0738>

in secret places
<04565>_.

3:11

He hath turned aside
<05493> (8790)

my ways
<01870>_,

and pulled me in pieces
<06582> (8762)_:

he hath made
<07760> (8804)

me desolate
<08074> (8802)_.

3:12

He hath bent
<01869> (8804)

his bow
<07198>_,

and set
<05324> (8686)

me as a mark
<04307>

for the arrow
<02671>_.

3:13

He hath caused the arrows
<01121>

of his quiver
<0827>

to enter
<0935> (8689)

into my reins
<03629>_.

{arrows: Heb. sons}

3:14

I was a derision
<07814>

to all my people
<05971>_;

[and] their song
<05058>

all the day
<03117>_.

3:15

He hath filled
<07646> (8689)

me with bitterness
<04844>_,

he hath made me drunken
<07301> (8689)

with wormwood
<03939>_.

{bitterness: Heb. bitternesses}

3:16

He hath also broken
<01638> (8686)

my teeth
<08127>

with gravel stones
<02687>_,

he hath covered
<03728> (8689)

me with ashes
<0665>_.

{covered...: or, rolled me in the ashes}

3:17

And thou hast removed
<02186> (0)

my soul
<05315>

far off
<02186> (8799)

from peace
<07965>_:

I forgat
<05382> (8804)

prosperity
<02896>_.

{prosperity: Heb. good}

3:18

And I said
<0559> (8799)_,

My strength
<05331>

and my hope
<08431>

is perished
<06> (8804)

from the LORD
<03068>_:

3:19

Remembering
<02142> (8798)

mine affliction
<06040>

and my misery
<04788>_,

the wormwood
<03939>

and the gall
<07219>_.

{Remembering: or, Remember}

3:20

My soul
<05315>

hath [them] still
<02142> (8800)

in remembrance
<02142> (8799)_,

and is humbled
<07743> (8686)

in me. {humbled: Heb. bowed}

3:21

This I recall
<07725> (8686)

to my mind
<03820>_,

therefore have I hope
<03176> (8686)_.

{recall...: Heb. make to return to my heart}

3:22

[It is of] the LORD'S
<03068>

mercies
<02617>

that we are not consumed
<08552> (8804)_,

because his compassions
<07356>

fail
<03615> (8804)

not.

3:23

[They are] new
<02319>

every morning
<01242>_:

great
<07227>

[is] thy faithfulness
<0530>_.

3:24

The LORD
<03068>

[is] my portion
<02506>_,

saith
<0559> (8804)

my soul
<05315>_;

therefore will I hope
<03176> (8686)

in him.

3:25

The LORD
<03068>

[is] good
<02896>

unto them that wait
<06960> (8802)

for him, to the soul
<05315>

[that] seeketh
<01875> (8799)

him.

3:26

[It is] good
<02896>

that [a man] should both hope
<03175> (8675) <02342> (8799)

and quietly wait
<01748>

for the salvation
<08668>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

3:27

[It is] good
<02896>

for a man
<01397>

that he bear
<05375> (8799)

the yoke
<05923>

in his youth
<05271>_.

3:28

He sitteth
<03427> (8799)

alone
<0910>

and keepeth silence
<01826> (8799)_,

because he hath borne
<05190> (8804)

[it] upon him.

3:29

He putteth
<05414> (8799)

his mouth
<06310>

in the dust
<06083>_;

if so be there may be
<03426>

hope
<08615>_.

3:30

He giveth
<05414> (8799)

[his] cheek
<03895>

to him that smiteth
<05221> (8688)

him: he is filled full
<07646> (8799)

with reproach
<02781>_.

3:31

For the Lord
<0136>

will not cast off
<02186> (8799)

for ever
<05769>_:

3:32

But though he cause grief
<03013> (8689)_,

yet will he have compassion
<07355> (8765)

according to the multitude
<07230>

of his mercies
<02617>_.

3:33

For he doth not afflict
<06031> (8765)

willingly
<03820>

nor grieve
<03013> (8762)

the children
<01121>

of men
<0376>_.

{willingly: Heb. from his heart}

3:34

To crush
<01792> (8763)

under his feet
<07272>

all the prisoners
<0615>

of the earth
<0776>_,

3:35

To turn aside
<05186> (8687)

the right
<04941>

of a man
<01397>

before the face
<06440>

of the most High
<05945>_,

{the most High: or, a superior}

3:36

To subvert
<05791> (8763)

a man
<0120>

in his cause
<07379>_,

the Lord
<0136>

approveth
<07200> (8804)

not. {approveth not: or, seeth not}

3:37

Who [is] he [that] saith
<0559> (8804)_,

and it cometh to pass, [when] the Lord
<0136>

commandeth
<06680> (8765)

[it] not?

3:38

Out of the mouth
<06310>

of the most High
<05945>

proceedeth
<03318> (8799)

not evil
<07451>

and good
<02896>_?

3:39

Wherefore doth a living
<02416>

man
<0120>

complain
<0596> (8691)_,

a man
<01397>

for the punishment of his sins
<02399>_?

{complain: or, murmur}

3:40

Let us search
<02664> (8799)

and try
<02713> (8799)

our ways
<01870>_,

and turn again
<07725> (8799)

to the LORD
<03068>_.

3:41

Let us lift up
<05375> (8799)

our heart
<03824>

with [our] hands
<03709>

unto God
<0410>

in the heavens
<08064>_.

3:42

We
<05168>

have transgressed
<06586> (8804)

and have rebelled
<04784> (8804)_:

thou hast not pardoned
<05545> (8804)_.

3:43

Thou hast covered
<05526> (8804)

with anger
<0639>_,

and persecuted
<07291> (8799)

us: thou hast slain
<02026> (8804)_,

thou hast not pitied
<02550> (8804)_.

3:44

Thou hast covered
<05526> (8804)

thyself with a cloud
<06051>_,

that [our] prayer
<08605>

should not pass through
<05674> (8800)_.

3:45

Thou hast made
<07760> (8799)

us [as] the offscouring
<05501>

and refuse
<03973>

in the midst
<07130>

of the people
<05971>_.

3:46

All our enemies
<0341> (8802)

have opened
<06475> (8804)

their mouths
<06310>

against us.

3:47

Fear
<06343>

and a snare
<06354>

is come upon us, desolation
<07612>

and destruction
<07667>_.

3:48

Mine eye
<05869>

runneth down
<03381> (8799)

with rivers
<06388>

of water
<04325>

for the destruction
<07667>

of the daughter
<01323>

of my people
<05971>_.

3:49

Mine eye
<05869>

trickleth down
<05064> (8738)_,

and ceaseth
<01820> (8799)

not, without any intermission
<02014>_,

3:50

Till the LORD
<03068>

look down
<08259> (8686)_,

and behold
<07200> (8799)

from heaven
<08064>_.

3:51

Mine eye
<05869>

affecteth
<05953> (8782)

mine heart
<05315>

because of all the daughters
<01323>

of my city
<05892>_.

{mine heart: Heb. my soul} {because...: or, more than all}

3:52

Mine enemies
<0341> (8802)

chased
<06679> (8804)

me sore
<06679> (8800)_,

like a bird
<06833>_,

without cause
<02600>_.

3:53

They have cut off
<06789> (8804)

my life
<02416>

in the dungeon
<0953>_,

and cast
<03034> (8762)

a stone
<068>

upon me.

3:54

Waters
<04325>

flowed over
<06687> (8804)

mine head
<07218>_;

[then] I said
<0559> (8804)_,

I am cut off
<01504> (8738)_.

3:55

I called
<07121> (8804)

upon thy name
<08034>_,

O LORD
<03068>_,

out of the low
<08482>

dungeon
<0953>_.

3:56

Thou hast heard
<08085> (8804)

my voice
<06963>_:

hide
<05956> (8686)

not thine ear
<0241>

at my breathing
<07309>_,

at my cry
<07775>_.

3:57

Thou drewest near
<07126> (8804)

in the day
<03117>

[that] I called
<07121> (8799)

upon thee: thou saidst
<0559> (8804)_,

Fear
<03372> (8799)

not.

3:58

O Lord
<0136>_,

thou hast pleaded
<07378> (8804)

the causes
<07379>

of my soul
<05315>_;

thou hast redeemed
<01350> (8804)

my life
<02416>_.

3:59

O LORD
<03068>_,

thou hast seen
<07200> (8804)

my wrong
<05792>_:

judge
<08199> (8798)

thou my cause
<04941>_.

3:60

Thou hast seen
<07200> (8804)

all their vengeance
<05360>

[and] all their imaginations
<04284>

against me.

3:61

Thou hast heard
<08085> (8804)

their reproach
<02781>_,

O LORD
<03068>_,

[and] all their imaginations
<04284>

against me;

3:62

The lips
<08193>

of those that rose up
<06965> (8801)

against me, and their device
<01902>

against me all the day
<03117>_.

3:63

Behold
<05027> (8685)

their sitting down
<03427> (8800)_,

and their rising up
<07012>_;

I [am] their musick
<04485>_.

3:64

Render
<07725> (8686)

unto them a recompence
<01576>_,

O LORD
<03068>_,

according to the work
<04639>

of their hands
<03027>_.

3:65

Give
<05414> (8799)

them sorrow
<04044>

of heart
<03820>_,

thy curse
<08381>

unto them. {sorrow...: or, obstinacy of heart}

3:66

Persecute
<07291> (8799)

and destroy
<08045> (8686)

them in anger
<0639>

from under the heavens
<08064>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

4:1

How is the gold
<02091>

become dim
<06004> (8714)_!

[how] is the most
<02896>

fine gold
<03800>

changed
<08132> (8799)_!

the stones
<068>

of the sanctuary
<06944>

are poured out
<08210> (8691)

in the top
<07218>

of every street
<02351>_.

4:2

The precious
<03368>

sons
<01121>

of Zion
<06726>_,

comparable
<05537> (8794)

to fine gold
<06337>_,

how are they esteemed
<02803> (8738)

as earthen
<02789>

pitchers
<05035>_,

the work
<04639>

of the hands
<03027>

of the potter
<03335> (8802)_!

4:3

Even the sea monsters
<08577>

draw out
<02502> (8804)

the breast
<07699>_,

they give suck
<03243> (8689)

to their young ones
<01482>_:

the daughter
<01323>

of my people
<05971>

[is become] cruel
<0393>_,

like the ostriches
<03283>

in the wilderness
<04057>_.

{sea...: or, sea calves}

4:4

The tongue
<03956>

of the sucking child
<03243> (8802)

cleaveth
<01692> (8804)

to the roof of his mouth
<02441>

for thirst
<06772>_:

the young children
<05768>

ask
<07592> (8804)

bread
<03899>_,

[and] no man breaketh
<06566> (8802)

[it] unto them.

4:5

They that did feed
<0398> (8802)

delicately
<04574>

are desolate
<08074> (8738)

in the streets
<02351>_:

they that were brought up
<0539> (8803)

in scarlet
<08438>

embrace
<02263> (8765)

dunghills
<0830>_.

4:6

For the punishment of the iniquity
<05771>

of the daughter
<01323>

of my people
<05971>

is greater
<01431> (8799)

than the punishment
<02403>

of the sin of Sodom
<05467>_,

that was overthrown
<02015> (8803)

as in a moment
<07281>_,

and no hands
<03027>

stayed
<02342> (8804)

on her. {punishment of the iniquity: or, iniquity}

4:7

Her Nazarites
<05139>

were purer
<02141> (8804)

than snow
<07950>_,

they were whiter
<06705> (8804)

than milk
<02461>_,

they were more ruddy
<0119> (8804)

in body
<06106>

than rubies
<06443>_,

their polishing
<01508>

[was] of sapphire
<05601>_:

4:8

Their visage
<08389>

is blacker
<02821> (8804)

than a coal
<07815>_;

they are not known
<05234> (8738)

in the streets
<02351>_:

their skin
<05785>

cleaveth
<06821> (8804)

to their bones
<06106>_;

it is withered
<03001> (8804)_,

it is become like a stick
<06086>_.

{blacker...: Heb. darker than blackness}

4:9

[They that be] slain
<02491>

with the sword
<02719>

are better
<02896>

than [they that be] slain
<02491>

with hunger
<07458>_:

for these
<01992>

pine away
<02100> (8799)_,

stricken
<01856> (8794)

through for [want of] the fruits
<08570>

of the field
<07704>_.

{pine...: Heb. flow out}

4:10

The hands
<03027>

of the pitiful
<07362>

women
<0802>

have sodden
<01310> (8765)

their own children
<03206>_:

they were their meat
<01262> (8763)

in the destruction
<07667>

of the daughter
<01323>

of my people
<05971>_.

4:11

The LORD
<03068>

hath accomplished
<03615> (8765)

his fury
<02534>_;

he hath poured out
<08210> (8804)

his fierce
<02740>

anger
<0639>_,

and hath kindled
<03341> (8686)

a fire
<0784>

in Zion
<06726>_,

and it hath devoured
<0398> (8799)

the foundations
<03247>

thereof.

4:12

The kings
<04428>

of the earth
<0776>_,

and all the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of the world
<08398>_,

would not have believed
<0539> (8689)

that the adversary
<06862>

and the enemy
<0341> (8802)

should have entered
<0935> (8799)

into the gates
<08179>

of Jerusalem
<03389>_.

4:13

For the sins
<02403>

of her prophets
<05030>_,

[and] the iniquities
<05771>

of her priests
<03548>_,

that have shed
<08210> (8802)

the blood
<01818>

of the just
<06662>

in the midst
<07130>

of her,

4:14

They have wandered
<05128> (8804)

[as] blind
<05787>

[men] in the streets
<02351>_,

they have polluted
<01351> (8738)

themselves with blood
<01818>_,

so that men could
<03201> (8799)

not
<03808>

touch
<05060> (8799)

their garments
<03830>_.

{so...: or, in that they could not but touch}

4:15

They cried
<07121> (8804)

unto them, Depart
<05493> (8798)

ye; [it is] unclean
<02931>_;

depart
<05493> (8798)_,

touch
<05060> (8799)

not: when they fled away
<05132> (8804)

and wandered
<05128> (8804)_,

they said
<0559> (8804)

among the heathen
<01471>_,

They shall no more
<03254> (8686)

sojourn
<01481> (8800)

[there]. {it...: or, ye polluted}

4:16

The anger
<06440>

of the LORD
<03068>

hath divided
<02505> (8765)

them; he will no more
<03254> (8686)

regard
<05027> (8687)

them: they respected
<05375> (8804)

not the persons
<06440>

of the priests
<03548>_,

they favoured
<02603> (8804)

not the elders
<02205>_.

{anger: or, face}

4:17

As for us, our eyes
<05869>

as yet failed
<03615> (8799)

for our vain
<01892>

help
<05833>_:

in our watching
<06836>

we have watched
<06822> (8765)

for a nation
<01471>

[that] could not save
<03467> (8686)

[us].

4:18

They hunt
<06679> (8804)

our steps
<06806>_,

that we cannot go
<03212> (8800)

in our streets
<07339>_:

our end
<07093>

is near
<07126> (8804)_,

our days
<03117>

are fulfilled
<04390> (8804)_;

for our end
<07093>

is come
<0935> (8804)_.

4:19

Our persecutors
<07291> (8802)

are swifter
<07031>

than the eagles
<05404>

of the heaven
<08064>_:

they pursued
<01814> (8804)

us upon the mountains
<02022>_,

they laid wait
<0693> (8804)

for us in the wilderness
<04057>_.

4:20

The breath
<07307>

of our nostrils
<0639>_,

the anointed
<04899>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

was taken
<03920> (8738)

in their pits
<07825>_,

of whom we said
<0559> (8804)_,

Under his shadow
<06738>

we shall live
<02421> (8799)

among the heathen
<01471>_.

4:21

Rejoice
<07797> (8798)

and be glad
<08055> (8798)_,

O daughter
<01323>

of Edom
<0123>_,

that dwellest
<03427> (8802)

in the land
<0776>

of Uz
<05780>_;

the cup
<03563>

also shall pass
<05674> (8799)

through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken
<07937> (8799)_,

and shalt make thyself naked
<06168> (8691)_.

4:22

The punishment of thine iniquity
<05771>

is accomplished
<08552> (8804)_,

O daughter
<01323>

of Zion
<06726>_;

he will no more
<03254> (8686)

carry thee away into captivity
<01540> (8687)_:

he will visit
<06485> (8804)

thine iniquity
<05771>_,

O daughter
<01323>

of Edom
<0123>_;

he will discover
<01540> (8765)

thy sins
<02403>_.

{The...: or, Thine iniquity} {discover...: or, carry thee captive for thy sins}