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Lamentations 1

The Sorrows of Zion

1

How  alonely sits the city That was  bfull of people! She has become like a  cwidow Who was once  dgreat among the nations! She who was a princess among the  1provinces Has become a  eforced laborer!

2

She  aweeps bitterly in the night And her tears are on her cheeks; She has none to comfort her Among all her  blovers. All her friends have  cdealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies.

3

 aJudah has gone into exile  1under affliction And  1under  2harsh servitude; She dwells  bamong the nations, But she has found no rest; All  cher pursuers have overtaken her In the midst of  3distress.

4

The roads  1of Zion are in mourning Because  ano one comes to the appointed feasts. All her gates are  bdesolate; Her priests are groaning, Her  cvirgins are afflicted, And she herself  2is  dbitter.

5

Her adversaries have become  1her masters, Her enemies  2prosper; For the LORD has  acaused her grief Because of the multitude of her transgressions; Her little ones have gone away As captives before the adversary.

6

All her  amajesty Has departed from the daughter of Zion; Her princes have become like deer That have found no pasture; And they have  1 bfled without strength Before the pursuer.

7

In the days of her affliction and homelessness  aJerusalem remembers all her precious things That were from the days of old, When her people fell into the hand of the adversary And  bno one helped her. The adversaries saw her, They  cmocked at her  1ruin.

8

Jerusalem sinned  agreatly, Therefore  bshe has become an unclean thing. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Even  cshe herself groans and turns away.

9

Her  auncleanness was in her skirts; She  1did not consider her  bfuture. Therefore she has  2 cfallen astonishingly;  dShe has no comforter. " eSee, O LORD, my affliction, For the enemy has  fmagnified himself!"

10

The adversary has stretched out his hand Over all her precious things, For she has seen the  anations enter her sanctuary, The ones whom You commanded That they should  bnot enter into Your congregation.

11

All her people groan  aseeking bread; They have given their precious things for food To  brestore their  1lives themselves. "See, O LORD, and look, For I am  cdespised."

12

"Is  ait nothing to all you who pass this way? Look and see if there is any  1pain like my  1pain Which was severely dealt out to me, Which the  bLORD inflicted on the day of His  cfierce anger.

13

"From on high He sent fire into my  abones, And it  1prevailed over them. He has spread a  bnet for my feet; He has turned me back; He has made me  cdesolate,  2Faint all day long.

14

"The  ayoke of my transgressions is bound; By His hand they are knit together. They have  bcome upon my neck; He has made my strength  1fail. The Lord  chas given me into the hands Of those against whom I am not able to stand.

15

"The  aLord has rejected all my strong men In my midst; He has called an appointed  1time against me To crush my  byoung men; The Lord has  ctrodden as in a wine press The virgin daughter of Judah.

16

"For these things I  aweep;  1My eyes run down with water; Because far from me is a  bcomforter, One who restores my soul. My children are desolate Because the enemy has prevailed."

17

Zion  astretches out her hands; There is no one to comfort her; The LORD has  bcommanded concerning Jacob That the ones round about him should be his adversaries;  cJerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

18

"The LORD is  arighteous; For I have  brebelled against His  1command; Hear now, all peoples, And  cbehold my  2pain;  dMy virgins and my young men Have gone into captivity.

19

"I  acalled to my lovers, but they deceived me; My  bpriests and my elders perished in the city While they sought food to  crestore  1their strength themselves.

20

"See, O LORD, for I am in distress; My  1 aspirit is greatly troubled; My heart is overturned within me, For I have been very  brebellious. In the street the sword  2slays; In the house it is like death.

21

"They have heard that I  agroan; There is no one to comfort me; All my enemies have heard of my  1calamity; They are  bglad that You have done it. Oh, that You would bring the day which You have proclaimed, That they may become  clike me.

22

"Let all their wickedness come before You; And  adeal with them as You have dealt with me For all my transgressions; For my groans are many and my heart is faint."



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