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[1] How the city sits solitary,
that was full of people!
She has become as a widow,
who was great among the nations!
She who was a princess among the provinces
has become a slave! [2] She weeps bitterly in the night.
Her tears are on her cheeks.
Among all her lovers
she has no one to comfort her.
All her friends have dealt treacherously with her.
They have become her enemies. [3] Judah has gone into captivity because of affliction
and because of great servitude.
She dwells among the nations.
She finds no rest.
All her persecutors overtook her in her distress. [4] The roads to Zion mourn,
because no one comes to the solemn assembly.
All her gates are desolate.
Her priests sigh.
Her virgins are afflicted,
and she herself is in bitterness. [5] Her adversaries have become the head.
Her enemies prosper;
for Yahweh§ has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions.
Her young children have gone into captivity before the adversary. [6] All majesty has departed from the daughter of Zion.
Her princes have become like deer that find no pasture.
They have gone without strength before the pursuer. [7] Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and of her miseries
all her pleasant things that were from the days of old;
when her people fell into the hand of the adversary,
and no one helped her.
The adversaries saw her.
They mocked at her desolations. [8] Jerusalem has grievously sinned.
Therefore she has become unclean.
All who honored her despise her,
because they have seen her nakedness.
Yes, she sighs and turns backward. [9] Her filthiness was in her skirts.
She didn’t remember her latter end.
Therefore she has come down astoundingly.
She has no comforter.
“See, Yahweh, my affliction;
for the enemy has magnified himself.” [10] The adversary has spread out his hand on all her pleasant things;
for she has seen that the nations have entered into her sanctuary,
concerning whom you commanded that they should not enter into your assembly. [11] All her people sigh.
They seek bread.
They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh their soul.
“Look, Yahweh, and see,
for I have become despised.” [12] “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?
Look, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow,
which is brought on me,
with which Yahweh has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. [13] “From on high has he sent fire into my bones,
and it prevails against them.
He has spread a net for my feet.
He has turned me back.
He has made me desolate and I faint all day long. [14] “The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand.
They are knit together.
They have come up on my neck.
He made my strength fail.
The Lord§ has delivered me into their hands,
against whom I am not able to stand. [15] “The Lord has set at nothing all my mighty men within me.
He has called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men.
The Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah as in a wine press. [16] “For these things I weep.
My eye, my eye runs down with water,
because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me.
My children are desolate,
because the enemy has prevailed.” [17] Zion spreads out her hands.
There is no one to comfort her.
Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob,
that those who are around him should be his adversaries.
Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing. [18] “Yahweh is righteous,
for I have rebelled against his commandment.
Please hear all you peoples,
and see my sorrow.
My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity. [19] “I called for my lovers,
but they deceived me.
My priests and my elders gave up the spirit in the city,
while they sought food for themselves to refresh their souls. [20] “Look, Yahweh; for I am in distress.
My heart is troubled.
My heart turns over within me,
for I have grievously rebelled.
Abroad, the sword bereaves.
At home, it is like death. [21] “They have heard that I sigh.
There is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble.
They are glad that you have done it.
You will bring the day that you have proclaimed,
and they will be like me. [22] “Let all their wickedness come before you.
Do to them as you have done to me for all my transgressions.
For my sighs are many,
and my heart is faint.
that was full of people!
She has become as a widow,
who was great among the nations!
She who was a princess among the provinces
has become a slave! [2] She weeps bitterly in the night.
Her tears are on her cheeks.
Among all her lovers
she has no one to comfort her.
All her friends have dealt treacherously with her.
They have become her enemies. [3] Judah has gone into captivity because of affliction
and because of great servitude.
She dwells among the nations.
She finds no rest.
All her persecutors overtook her in her distress. [4] The roads to Zion mourn,
because no one comes to the solemn assembly.
All her gates are desolate.
Her priests sigh.
Her virgins are afflicted,
and she herself is in bitterness. [5] Her adversaries have become the head.
Her enemies prosper;
for Yahweh§ has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions.
Her young children have gone into captivity before the adversary. [6] All majesty has departed from the daughter of Zion.
Her princes have become like deer that find no pasture.
They have gone without strength before the pursuer. [7] Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and of her miseries
all her pleasant things that were from the days of old;
when her people fell into the hand of the adversary,
and no one helped her.
The adversaries saw her.
They mocked at her desolations. [8] Jerusalem has grievously sinned.
Therefore she has become unclean.
All who honored her despise her,
because they have seen her nakedness.
Yes, she sighs and turns backward. [9] Her filthiness was in her skirts.
She didn’t remember her latter end.
Therefore she has come down astoundingly.
She has no comforter.
“See, Yahweh, my affliction;
for the enemy has magnified himself.” [10] The adversary has spread out his hand on all her pleasant things;
for she has seen that the nations have entered into her sanctuary,
concerning whom you commanded that they should not enter into your assembly. [11] All her people sigh.
They seek bread.
They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh their soul.
“Look, Yahweh, and see,
for I have become despised.” [12] “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?
Look, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow,
which is brought on me,
with which Yahweh has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. [13] “From on high has he sent fire into my bones,
and it prevails against them.
He has spread a net for my feet.
He has turned me back.
He has made me desolate and I faint all day long. [14] “The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand.
They are knit together.
They have come up on my neck.
He made my strength fail.
The Lord§ has delivered me into their hands,
against whom I am not able to stand. [15] “The Lord has set at nothing all my mighty men within me.
He has called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men.
The Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah as in a wine press. [16] “For these things I weep.
My eye, my eye runs down with water,
because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me.
My children are desolate,
because the enemy has prevailed.” [17] Zion spreads out her hands.
There is no one to comfort her.
Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob,
that those who are around him should be his adversaries.
Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing. [18] “Yahweh is righteous,
for I have rebelled against his commandment.
Please hear all you peoples,
and see my sorrow.
My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity. [19] “I called for my lovers,
but they deceived me.
My priests and my elders gave up the spirit in the city,
while they sought food for themselves to refresh their souls. [20] “Look, Yahweh; for I am in distress.
My heart is troubled.
My heart turns over within me,
for I have grievously rebelled.
Abroad, the sword bereaves.
At home, it is like death. [21] “They have heard that I sigh.
There is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble.
They are glad that you have done it.
You will bring the day that you have proclaimed,
and they will be like me. [22] “Let all their wickedness come before you.
Do to them as you have done to me for all my transgressions.
For my sighs are many,
and my heart is faint.
Footnotes
- “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
- The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
King James Version
[1] How doth the cityH5892 sitH3427(QalPerf) solitary,H910 [that was] fullH7227 of people!H5971 [how] is she become as a widow!H490 she [that was] greatH7227 among the nations,H1471 [and] princessH8282 among the provinces,H4082 [how] is she become tributary!H4522 [2] She weepethH1058(QalImpf) soreH1058(QalInf) in the night,H3915 and her tearsH1832 [are] on her cheeks:H3895 among all her loversH157(QalActPtc) she hath none to comfortH5162(PielPtc) [her]: all her friendsH7453 have dealt treacherouslyH898(QalPerf) with her, they are become her enemies.H341(QalActPtc) [3] JudahH3063 is gone into captivityH1540(QalPerf) because of affliction,H6040 and because of greatH7230 servitude:H5656 she dwellethH3427(QalPerf) among the heathen,H1471 she findethH4672(QalPerf) no rest:H4494 all her persecutorsH7291(QalActPtc) overtookH5381(HiphPerf) her between the straits.H4712 [4] The waysH1870 of ZionH6726 do mourn,H57 because none comeH935(QalActPtc) to the solemn feasts:H4150 all her gatesH8179 are desolate:H8074(QalActPtc) her priestsH3548 sigh,H584(NiphPtc) her virginsH1330 are afflicted,H3013(NiphPtc) and she [is] in bitterness.H4843(QalPerf) [5] Her adversariesH6862 are the chief,H7218 her enemiesH341(QalActPtc) prosper;H7951(QalPerf) for the LordH3068 hath afflictedH3013(HiphPerf) her for the multitudeH7230 of her transgressions:H6588 her childrenH5768 are goneH1980(QalPerf) into captivityH7628 beforeH6440 the enemy.H6862 [6] And from the daughterH1323 of ZionH6726 all her beautyH1926 is departed:H3318(QalImpf) her princesH8269 are become like hartsH354 [that] findH4672(QalPerf) no pasture,H4829 and they are goneH3212(QalImpf) without strengthH3581 beforeH6440 the pursuer.H7291(QalActPtc) [7] JerusalemH3389 rememberedH2142(QalPerf) in the daysH3117 of her afflictionH6040 and of her miseriesH4788 all her pleasant thingsH4262 that she had in the daysH3117 of old,H6924 when her peopleH5971 fellH5307(QalInf) into the handH3027 of the enemy,H6862 and none did helpH5826(QalActPtc) her: the adversariesH6862 sawH7200(QalPerf) her, [and] did mockH7832(QalPerf) at her sabbaths.H4868 [8] JerusalemH3389 hath grievouslyH2399 sinned;H2398(QalPerf) therefore she is removed:H5206 all that honouredH3513(PielPtc) her despiseH2107(HiphPerf) her, because they have seenH7200(QalPerf) her nakedness:H6172 yea, she sigheth,H584(NiphPerf) and turnethH7725(QalImpf) backward.H268 [9] Her filthinessH2932 [is] in her skirts;H7757 she rememberethH2142(QalPerf) not her last end;H319 therefore she came downH3381(QalImpf) wonderfully:H6382 she had no comforter.H5162(PielPtc) O Lord,H3068 beholdH7200(QalImpv) my affliction:H6040 for the enemyH341(QalActPtc) hath magnifiedH1431(HiphPerf) [himself]. [10] The adversaryH6862 hath spread outH6566(QalPerf) his handH3027 upon all her pleasant things:H4261 for she hath seenH7200(QalPerf) [that] the heathenH1471 enteredH935(QalPerf) into her sanctuary,H4720 whom thou didst commandH6680(PielPerf) [that] they should not enterH935(QalImpf) into thy congregation.H6951 [11] All her peopleH5971 sigh,H584(NiphPtc) they seekH1245(PielPtc) bread;H3899 they have givenH5414(QalPerf) their pleasant thingsH4261(Qere) for meatH400 to relieveH7725(HiphInf) the soul:H5315 see,H7200(QalImpv) O Lord,H3068 and consider;H5027(HiphImpv) for I am become vile.H2151(QalActPtc) [12] [Is it] nothing to you, all ye that passH5674(QalActPtc) by?H1870 behold,H5027(HiphImpv) and seeH7200(QalImpv) if there beH3426 any sorrowH4341 like unto my sorrow,H4341 which is doneH5953(PoalPerf) unto me, wherewith the LordH3068 hath afflictedH3013(HiphPerf) [me] in the dayH3117 of his fierceH2740 anger.H639 [13] From aboveH4791 hath he sentH7971(QalPerf) fireH784 into my bones,H6106 and it prevailethH7287(QalImpf) against them: he hath spreadH6566(QalPerf) a netH7568 for my feet,H7272 he hath turnedH7725(HiphPerf) me back:H268 he hath madeH5414(QalPerf) me desolateH8074(QalActPtc) [and] faintH1739 all the day.H3117 [14] The yokeH5923 of my transgressionsH6588 is boundH8244(NiphPerf) by his hand:H3027 they are wreathed,H8276(HithImpf) [and] come upH5927(QalPerf) upon my neck:H6677 he hath made my strengthH3581 to fall,H3782(HiphPerf) the LordH136 hath deliveredH5414(QalPerf) me into [their] hands,H3027 [from whom] I am not ableH3201(QalImpf) to rise up.H6965(QalInf) [15] The LordH136 hath trodden under footH5541(PielPerf) all my mightyH47 [men] in the midstH7130 of me: he hath calledH7121(QalPerf) an assemblyH4150 against me to crushH7665(QalInf) my young men:H970 the LordH136 hath troddenH1869(QalPerf) the virgin,H1330 the daughterH1323 of Judah,H3063 [as] in a winepress.H1660 [16] For these [things] I weep;H1058(QalActPtc) mine eye,H5869 mine eyeH5869 runneth downH3381(QalActPtc) with water,H4325 because the comforterH5162(PielPtc) that should relieveH7725(HiphPtc) my soulH5315 is farH7368(QalPerf) from me: my childrenH1121 are desolate,H8074(QalActPtc) because the enemyH341(QalActPtc) prevailed.H1396(QalPerf) [17] ZionH6726 spreadeth forthH6566(PielPerf) her hands,H3027 [and there is] none to comfortH5162(PielPtc) her: the LordH3068 hath commandedH6680(PielPerf) concerning Jacob,H3290 [that] his adversariesH6862 [should be] round aboutH5439 him: JerusalemH3389 is as a menstruous womanH5079 among them. [18] The LordH3068 is righteous;H6662 for I have rebelledH4784(QalPerf) against his commandment:H6310 hear,H8085(QalImpv) I pray you, all people,H5971 and beholdH7200(QalImpv) my sorrow:H4341 my virginsH1330 and my young menH970 are goneH1980(QalPerf) into captivity.H7628 [19] I calledH7121(QalPerf) for my lovers,H157(PielPtc) [but] they deceivedH7411(PielPerf) me: my priestsH3548 and mine eldersH2205 gave up the ghostH1478(QalPerf) in the city,H5892 while they soughtH1245(PielPerf) their meatH400 to relieveH7725(HiphImpf) their souls.H5315 [20] Behold,H7200(QalImpv) O Lord;H3068 for I [am] in distress:H6887(QalPerf) my bowelsH4578 are troubled;H2560(Poal2Perf) mine heartH3820 is turnedH2015(NiphPerf) withinH7130 me; for I have grievouslyH4784(QalInf) rebelled:H4784(QalPerf) abroadH2351 the swordH2719 bereaveth,H7921(PielPerf) at homeH1004 [there is] as death.H4194 [21] They have heardH8085(QalPerf) that I sigh:H584(NiphPtc) [there is] none to comfortH5162(PielPtc) me: all mine enemiesH341(QalActPtc) have heardH8085(QalPerf) of my trouble;H7451 they are gladH7797(QalPerf) that thou hast doneH6213(QalPerf) [it]: thou wilt bringH935(HiphPerf) the dayH3117 [that] thou hast called,H7121(QalPerf) and they shall be likeH3644 unto me. [22] Let all their wickednessH7451 comeH935(QalImpf) beforeH6440 thee; and doH5953(PoelImpv) unto them, as thou hast doneH5953(PoelPerf) unto me for all my transgressions:H6588 for my sighsH585 [are] many,H7227 and my heartH3820 [is] faint.H1742
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