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[1] How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger!
He has cast the beauty of Israel down from heaven to the earth,
and hasn’t remembered his footstool in the day of his anger. [2] The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob
without pity.
He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah.
He has brought them down to the ground.
He has profaned the kingdom and its princes. [3] He has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger.
He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy.
He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire,
which devours all around. [4] He has bent his bow like an enemy.
He has stood with his right hand as an adversary.
He has killed all that were pleasant to the eye.
In the tent of the daughter of Zion, he has poured out his wrath like fire. [5] The Lord has become as an enemy.
He has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all her palaces.
He has destroyed his strongholds.
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah. [6] He has violently taken away his tabernacle,
as if it were a garden.
He has destroyed his place of assembly.
Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion.
In the indignation of his anger, he has despised the king and the priest. [7] The Lord has cast off his altar.
He has abhorred his sanctuary.
He has given the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy.
They have made a noise in Yahweh’s house,
as in the day of a solemn assembly. [8] Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion.
He has stretched out the line.
He has not withdrawn his hand from destroying;
He has made the rampart and wall lament.
They languish together. [9] Her gates have sunk into the ground.
He has destroyed and broken her bars.
Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not.
Yes, her prophets find no vision from Yahweh. [10] The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground.
They keep silence.
They have cast up dust on their heads.
They have clothed themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. [11] My eyes fail with tears.
My heart is troubled.
My bile is poured on the earth,
because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
because the young children and the infants swoon in the streets of the city. [12] They ask their mothers,
“Where is grain and wine?”
when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city,
when their soul is poured out into their mothers’ bosom. [13] What shall I testify to you?
What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I compare to you,
that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion?
For your breach is as big as the sea.
Who can heal you? [14] Your prophets have seen false and foolish visions for you.
They have not uncovered your iniquity,
to reverse your captivity,
but have seen for you false revelations and causes of banishment. [15] All that pass by clap their hands at you.
They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying,
“Is this the city that men called ‘The perfection of beauty,
the joy of the whole earth’?” [16] All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you.
They hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, “We have swallowed her up.
Certainly this is the day that we looked for.
We have found it.
We have seen it.” [17] Yahweh has done that which he planned.
He has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old.
He has thrown down,
and has not pitied.
He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you.
He has exalted the horn of your adversaries. [18] Their heart cried to the Lord.
O wall of the daughter of Zion,
let tears run down like a river day and night.
Give yourself no relief.
Don’t let your eyes rest. [19] Arise, cry out in the night,
at the beginning of the watches!
Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord.
Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children,
who faint for hunger at the head of every street. [20] “Look, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done thus!
Should the women eat their offspring,
the children that they held and bounced on their knees?
Should the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord? [21] “The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets.
My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword.
You have killed them in the day of your anger.
You have slaughtered, and not pitied. [22] “You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side.
There was no one that escaped or remained in the day of Yahweh’s anger.
My enemy has consumed those whom I have cared for and brought up.
He has cast the beauty of Israel down from heaven to the earth,
and hasn’t remembered his footstool in the day of his anger. [2] The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob
without pity.
He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah.
He has brought them down to the ground.
He has profaned the kingdom and its princes. [3] He has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger.
He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy.
He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire,
which devours all around. [4] He has bent his bow like an enemy.
He has stood with his right hand as an adversary.
He has killed all that were pleasant to the eye.
In the tent of the daughter of Zion, he has poured out his wrath like fire. [5] The Lord has become as an enemy.
He has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all her palaces.
He has destroyed his strongholds.
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah. [6] He has violently taken away his tabernacle,
as if it were a garden.
He has destroyed his place of assembly.
Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion.
In the indignation of his anger, he has despised the king and the priest. [7] The Lord has cast off his altar.
He has abhorred his sanctuary.
He has given the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy.
They have made a noise in Yahweh’s house,
as in the day of a solemn assembly. [8] Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion.
He has stretched out the line.
He has not withdrawn his hand from destroying;
He has made the rampart and wall lament.
They languish together. [9] Her gates have sunk into the ground.
He has destroyed and broken her bars.
Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not.
Yes, her prophets find no vision from Yahweh. [10] The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground.
They keep silence.
They have cast up dust on their heads.
They have clothed themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. [11] My eyes fail with tears.
My heart is troubled.
My bile is poured on the earth,
because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
because the young children and the infants swoon in the streets of the city. [12] They ask their mothers,
“Where is grain and wine?”
when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city,
when their soul is poured out into their mothers’ bosom. [13] What shall I testify to you?
What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I compare to you,
that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion?
For your breach is as big as the sea.
Who can heal you? [14] Your prophets have seen false and foolish visions for you.
They have not uncovered your iniquity,
to reverse your captivity,
but have seen for you false revelations and causes of banishment. [15] All that pass by clap their hands at you.
They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying,
“Is this the city that men called ‘The perfection of beauty,
the joy of the whole earth’?” [16] All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you.
They hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, “We have swallowed her up.
Certainly this is the day that we looked for.
We have found it.
We have seen it.” [17] Yahweh has done that which he planned.
He has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old.
He has thrown down,
and has not pitied.
He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you.
He has exalted the horn of your adversaries. [18] Their heart cried to the Lord.
O wall of the daughter of Zion,
let tears run down like a river day and night.
Give yourself no relief.
Don’t let your eyes rest. [19] Arise, cry out in the night,
at the beginning of the watches!
Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord.
Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children,
who faint for hunger at the head of every street. [20] “Look, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done thus!
Should the women eat their offspring,
the children that they held and bounced on their knees?
Should the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord? [21] “The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets.
My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword.
You have killed them in the day of your anger.
You have slaughtered, and not pitied. [22] “You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side.
There was no one that escaped or remained in the day of Yahweh’s anger.
My enemy has consumed those whom I have cared for and brought up.
King James Version
[1] How hath the LordH136 coveredH5743 the daughterH1323 of ZionH6726 with a cloudH5743(HiphImpf) in his anger,H639 [and] cast downH7993(HiphPerf) from heavenH8064 unto the earthH776 the beautyH8597 of Israel,H3478 and rememberedH2142(QalPerf) not his footstoolH1916 in the dayH3117 of his anger!H639 [2] The LordH136 hath swallowed upH1104(PielPerf) all the habitationsH4999 of Jacob,H3290 and hath not pitied:H2550(QalPerf) he hath thrown downH2040(QalPerf) in his wrathH5678 the strong holdsH4013 of the daughterH1323 of Judah;H3063 he hath brought [them] downH5060(HiphPerf) to the ground:H776 he hath pollutedH2490(PielPerf) the kingdomH4467 and the princesH8269 thereof. [3] He hath cut offH1438(QalPerf) in [his] fierceH2750 angerH639 all the hornH7161 of Israel:H3478 he hath drawnH7725(HiphPerf) backH268 his right handH3225 from beforeH6440 the enemy,H341(QalActPtc) and he burnedH1197(QalImpf) against JacobH3290 like a flamingH3852 fire,H784 [which] devourethH398(QalPerf) round about.H5439 [4] He hath bentH1869(QalPerf) his bowH7198 like an enemy:H341(QalActPtc) he stoodH5324(NiphPtc) with his right handH3225 as an adversary,H6862 and slewH2026(QalImpf) all [that were] pleasantH4261 to the eyeH5869 in the tabernacleH168 of the daughterH1323 of Zion:H6726 he poured outH8210(QalPerf) his furyH2534 like fire.H784 [5] The LordH136 was as an enemy:H341(QalActPtc) he hath swallowed upH1104(PielPerf) Israel,H3478 he hath swallowed upH1104(PielPerf) all her palaces:H759 he hath destroyedH7843(PielPerf) his strong holds,H4013 and hath increasedH7235(HiphImpf) in the daughterH1323 of JudahH3063 mourningH8386 and lamentation.H592 [6] And he hath violently taken awayH2554(QalImpf) his tabernacle,H7900 as [if it were of] a garden:H1588 he hath destroyedH7843(PielPerf) his places of the assembly:H4150 the LordH3068 hath caused the solemn feastsH4150 and sabbathsH7676 to be forgottenH7911(PielPerf) in Zion,H6726 and hath despisedH5006(QalImpf) in the indignationH2195 of his angerH639 the kingH4428 and the priest.H3548 [7] The LordH136 hath cast offH2186(QalPerf) his altar,H4196 he hath abhorredH5010(PielPerf) his sanctuary,H4720 he hath given upH5462(HiphPerf) into the handH3027 of the enemyH341(QalActPtc) the wallsH2346 of her palaces;H759 they have madeH5414(QalPerf) a noiseH6963 in the houseH1004 of the Lord,H3068 as in the dayH3117 of a solemn feast.H4150 [8] The LordH3068 hath purposedH2803(QalPerf) to destroyH7843(HiphInf) the wallH2346 of the daughterH1323 of Zion:H6726 he hath stretched outH5186(QalPerf) a line,H6957 he hath not withdrawnH7725(HiphPerf) his handH3027 from destroying:H1104(PielInf) therefore he made the rampartH2426 and the wallH2346 to lament;H56(HiphImpf) they languishedH535(PulaPerf) together.H3162 [9] Her gatesH8179 are sunkH2883(QalPerf) into the ground;H776 he hath destroyedH6(PielPerf) and brokenH7665(PielPerf) her bars:H1280 her kingH4428 and her princesH8269 [are] among the Gentiles:H1471 the lawH8451 [is] no [more]; her prophetsH5030 also findH4672(QalPerf) no visionH2377 from the Lord.H3068 [10] The eldersH2205 of the daughterH1323 of ZionH6726 sitH3427(QalImpf) upon the ground,H776 [and] keep silence:H1826(QalImpf) they have cast upH5927(HiphPerf) dustH6083 upon their heads;H7218 they have girdedH2296(QalPerf) themselves with sackcloth:H8242 the virginsH1330 of JerusalemH3389 hang downH3381(HiphPerf) their headsH7218 to the ground.H776 [11] Mine eyesH5869 do failH3615(QalPerf) with tears,H1832 my bowelsH4578 are troubled,H2560(Poal2Perf) my liverH3516 is pouredH8210(NiphPerf) upon the earth,H776 for the destructionH7667 of the daughterH1323 of my people;H5971 because the childrenH5768 and the sucklingsH3243(QalActPtc) swoonH5848(NiphInf) in the streetsH7339 of the city.H7151 [12] They sayH559(QalImpf) to their mothers,H517 Where [is] cornH1715 and wine?H3196 when they swoonedH5848(HithInf) as the woundedH2491 in the streetsH7339 of the city,H5892 when their soulH5315 was poured outH8210(HithInf) into their mothers’H517 bosom.H2436 [13] What thing shall I take to witnessH5749(HiphImpf/Qere) for thee? what thingH4100 shall I likenH1819(PielImpf) to thee, O daughterH1323 of Jerusalem?H3389 what shall I equalH7737(HiphImpf) to thee, that I may comfortH5162(PielImpf) thee, O virginH1330 daughterH1323 of Zion?H6726 for thy breachH7667 [is] greatH1419 like the sea:H3220 who can healH7495(QalImpf) thee? [14] Thy prophetsH5030 have seenH2372(QalPerf) vainH7723 and foolish thingsH8602 for thee: and they have not discoveredH1540(PielPerf) thine iniquity,H5771 to turn awayH7725(HiphInf) thy captivity;H7622(Qere) but have seenH2372(QalImpf) for thee falseH7723 burdensH4864 and causes of banishment.H4065 [15] All that passH5674(QalActPtc) by clapH5606(QalPerf) [their] handsH3709 at thee;H1870 they hissH8319(QalPerf) and wagH5128(HiphImpf) their headH7218 at the daughterH1323 of Jerusalem,H3389 [saying, Is] this the cityH5892 that [men] callH559(QalImpf) The perfectionH3632 of beauty,H3308 The joyH4885 of the whole earth?H776 [16] All thine enemiesH341(QalActPtc) have openedH6475(QalPerf) their mouthH6310 against thee: they hissH8319(QalPerf) and gnashH2786(QalImpf) the teeth:H8127 they say,H559(QalPerf) We have swallowed [her] up:H1104(PielPerf) certainlyH389 this [is] the dayH3117 that we looked for;H6960(PielPerf) we have found,H4672(QalPerf) we have seenH7200(QalPerf) [it]. [17] The LordH3068 hath doneH6213(QalPerf) [that] which he had devised;H2161(QalPerf) he hath fulfilledH1214(PielPerf) his wordH565 that he had commandedH6680(PielPerf) in the daysH3117 of old:H6924 he hath thrown down,H2040(QalPerf) and hath not pitied:H2550(QalPerf) and he hath caused [thine] enemyH341(QalActPtc) to rejoiceH8055(PielImpf) over thee, he hath set upH7311(HiphPerf) the hornH7161 of thine adversaries.H6862 [18] Their heartH3820 criedH6817(QalPerf) unto the Lord,H136 O wallH2346 of the daughterH1323 of Zion,H6726 let tearsH1832 run downH3381(HiphImpv) like a riverH5158 dayH3119 and night:H3915 giveH5414(QalImpf) thyself no rest;H6314 let not the appleH1323 of thine eyeH5869 cease.H1826(QalImpf) [19] Arise,H6965(QalImpv) cry outH7442(QalImpv) in the night:H3915 in the beginningH7218 of the watchesH821 pour outH8210(QalImpv) thine heartH3820 like waterH4325 beforeH5227 the faceH6440 of the Lord:H136 lift upH5375(QalImpv) thy handsH3709 toward him for the lifeH5315 of thy young children,H5768 that faintH5848(QalPasPtc) for hungerH7458 in the topH7218 of every street.H2351 [20] Behold,H7200(QalImpv) O Lord,H3068 and considerH5027(HiphImpv) to whom thou hast doneH5953(PoelPerf) this.H3541 Shall the womenH802 eatH398(QalImpf) their fruit,H6529 [and] childrenH5768 of a span long?H2949 shall the priestH3548 and the prophetH5030 be slainH2026(NiphImpf) in the sanctuaryH4720 of the Lord?H136 [21] The youngH5288 and the oldH2205 lieH7901(QalPerf) on the groundH776 in the streets:H2351 my virginsH1330 and my young menH970 are fallenH5307(QalPerf) by the sword;H2719 thou hast slainH2026(QalPerf) [them] in the dayH3117 of thine anger;H639 thou hast killed,H2873(QalPerf) [and] not pitied.H2550(QalPerf) [22] Thou hast calledH7121(QalImpf) as in a solemnH4150 dayH3117 my terrorsH4032 round about,H5439 so that in the dayH3117 of the Lord’sH3068 angerH639 none escapedH6412 nor remained:H8300 those that I have swaddledH2946(PielPerf) and brought upH7235(PielPerf) hath mine enemyH341(QalActPtc) consumed.H3615(PielPerf)
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