strkjv@Lamentations:1:1
@ How doth the
city
sit
solitary
, that was
full
of
people
! how is she become as a
widow
! she that was
great
among the
nations
, and
princess
among the
provinces
, how is she become
tributary
!
strkjv@Lamentations:1:2
@ She
weepeth
sore
in the
night
, and her
tears
are on her
cheeks
: among all her
lovers
she hath none to
comfort
her: all her
friends
have dealt
treacherously
with her, they are become her
enemies
.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:3
@
Judah
is gone into
captivity
because of
affliction
, and because of
great
servitude
: she
dwelleth
among the
heathen
, she
findeth
no
rest
: all her
persecutors
overtook
her between the
straits
.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:4
@ The
ways
of
Zion
do
mourn
, because none
come
to the solemn
feasts
: all her
gates
are
desolate
: her
priests
sigh
, her
virgins
are
afflicted
, and she is in
bitterness
.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:5
@ Her
adversaries
are the
chief
, her
enemies
prosper
; for the
LORD
hath
afflicted
her for the
multitude
of her
transgressions
: her
children
are
gone
into
captivity
before
the
enemy
.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:6
@ And from the
daughter
of
Zion
all her
beauty
is
departed
: her
princes
are become like
harts
that
find
no
pasture
, and they are
gone
without
strength
before
the
pursuer
.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:7
@
Jerusalem
remembered
in the
days
of her
affliction
and of her
miseries
all her pleasant
things
that she had in the
days
of
old
, when her
people
fell
into the
hand
of the
enemy
, and none did
help
her: the
adversaries
saw
her, and did
mock
at her
sabbaths
.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:8
@
Jerusalem
hath
grievously
sinned
; therefore she is
removed
: all that
honoured
her
despise
her, because they have
seen
her
nakedness
: yea, she
sigheth
, and
turneth
backward
.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:9
@ Her
filthiness
is in her
skirts
; she
remembereth
not her last
end
; therefore she came
down
wonderfully
: she had no
comforter
. O
LORD
,
behold
my
affliction
: for the
enemy
hath
magnified
himself.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:10
@ The
adversary
hath spread
out
his
hand
upon all her pleasant
things
: for she hath
seen
that the
heathen
entered
into her
sanctuary
, whom thou didst
command
that they should not
enter
into thy
congregation
.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:11
@ All her
people
sigh
, they
seek
bread
; they have
given
their pleasant
things
for
meat
to
relieve
the
soul
:
see
, O
LORD
, and
consider
; for I am become
vile
.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:12
@ Is it nothing to you, all ye that
pass
by
?
behold
, and
see
if there
be
any
sorrow
like unto my
sorrow
, which is
done
unto me, wherewith the
LORD
hath
afflicted
me in the
day
of his
fierce
anger
.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:13
@ From
above
hath he
sent
fire
into my
bones
, and it
prevaileth
against them: he hath
spread
a
net
for my
feet
, he hath
turned
me
back
: he hath
made
me
desolate
and
faint
all the
day
.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:14
@ The
yoke
of my
transgressions
is
bound
by his
hand
: they are
wreathed
, and come
up
upon my
neck
: he hath made my
strength
to
fall
, the
Lord
hath
delivered
me into their
hands
, from whom I am not
able
to rise
up
.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:15
@ The
Lord
hath trodden under
foot
all my
mighty
men in the
midst
of me: he hath
called
an
assembly
against me to
crush
my young
men
: the
Lord
hath
trodden
the
virgin
, the
daughter
of
Judah
, as in a
winepress
.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:16
@ For these things I
weep
; mine
eye
, mine
eye
runneth
down
with
water
, because the
comforter
that should
relieve
my
soul
is
far
from me: my
children
are
desolate
, because the
enemy
prevailed
.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:17
@
Zion
spreadeth
forth
her
hands
, and there is none to
comfort
her: the
LORD
hath
commanded
concerning
Jacob
, that his
adversaries
should be round
about
him:
Jerusalem
is as a menstruous
woman
among them.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:18
@ The
LORD
is
righteous
; for I have
rebelled
against his
commandment
:
hear
, I pray you, all
people
, and
behold
my
sorrow
: my
virgins
and my young
men
are
gone
into
captivity
.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:19
@ I
called
for my
lovers
, but they
deceived
me: my
priests
and mine
elders
gave up the
ghost
in the
city
, while they
sought
their
meat
to
relieve
their
souls
.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:20
@
Behold
, O
LORD
; for I am in
distress
: my
bowels
are
troubled
; mine
heart
is
turned
within
me; for I have
grievously
rebelled
:
abroad
the
sword
bereaveth
, at
home
there is as
death
.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:21
@ They have
heard
that I
sigh
: there is none to
comfort
me: all mine
enemies
have
heard
of my
trouble
; they are
glad
that thou hast
done
it: thou wilt
bring
the
day
that thou hast
called
, and they shall be
like
unto me.
strkjv@Lamentations:1:22
@ Let all their
wickedness
come
before
thee; and
do
unto them, as thou hast
done
unto me for all my
transgressions
: for my
sighs
are
many
, and my
heart
is
faint
.
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