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Lamentations 1
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The Sorrowful City[a]

1How lonely she lies, the city that thronged with people! Like a widow she has become, this great one among nations! The princess among provinces has become a vassal.H5892H3427H910H7227H5971H490H7227H1471H8282H4082H4522
2Bitterly she cries in the night, as tears stream down her cheeks. No one consoles her of all her friends. All her neighbors have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.H1058H1058H3915H1832H3895H157H5162H7453H898H341
3Judah has gone into exile to escape affliction and servitude. She that sat among the nations, has found no rest. All her pursuers overtook her amid narrow passes.H3063H1540H6040H7230H5656H3427H1471H4672H4494H7291H5381H4712
4The roads that lead to Zion are in mourning, because no one travels to the festivals. All her gates are desolate; her priests are moaning. Her young women are grieving, and she is bitter.H1870H6726H57H935H4150H8179H8074H3548H584H1330H3013H4843
5Her adversaries dominate her, her enemies prosper. For the Lord has made her suffer because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away, taken captivity before the enemy.H6862H7218H341H7951H3068H3013H7230H6588H5768H1980H7628H6440H6862
6Fled from cherished Zion are all that were her splendor. Her princes have become like deer that cannot find their feeding grounds. They flee with strength exhausted from their pursuers.H1323H6726H1926H3318H8269H354H4672H4829H3212H3581H6440H7291
7Jerusalem remembers her time of affliction and misery; all her valued belongings of days gone by, when her people fell into enemy hands, with no one to help her, and her enemies stared at her, mocking her downfall.8H3389H2142H3117H6040H4788H4262H3117H6924H5971H5307H3027H6862H5826H6862H7200H7832H4868
8Jerusalem sinned greatly, and she became unclean. All who honored her now despise her, because they saw her naked. She herself groans and turns her face away.H3389H2399H2398H5206H3513H2107H7200H6172H584H7725H268
9Uncleanness has soiled her skirts, and she gave no thought to what would follow. She fell in such a startling way, with no one to comfort her. Look, Lord, upon my affliction, because my enemy is boasting.H2932H7757H2142H319H3381H6382H5162H3068H7200H6040H341H1431
10The adversary seized in his hands everything she valued. She watched the nations enter her sanctuary; those you forbade to enter your place of meeting.H6862H6566H3027H4261H7200H1471H935H4720H6680H935H6951
11All her people groaned as they searched for food. They traded their valuables in order to eat, to keep themselves alive. Look, Lord, and see how I have become dishonored.H5971H584H1245H3899H5414H4261H4262H400H7725H5315H7200H3068H5027H2151
12May it not befall you, all who pass along the road! Look and see: Is there any grief like my grief dealt out to me, by which the Lord afflicted me in the time of his fierce wrath -H5674H1870H5027H7200H3426H4341H4341H5953H3068H3013H3117H2740H639
13He sent fire from on high, making it penetrate my bones. He stretched out a net at my feet, forcing me to turn back. He made me desolate; I'm fainting all day long.H4791H7971H784H6106H7287H6566H7568H7272H7725H268H5414H8074H1739H3117
14The yoke of my sins was bound on, fastened together by his hand. They settled on my neck; he caused my strength to fail. The Lord placed me in the power of those I cannot resist. 14H5923H6588H8244H3027H8276H5927H6677H3581H3782H136H5414H3027H3201H6965
15He rejected all the valiant men - the Lord, in my midst. He set a time to meet with me to crush my young warriors. The Lord has trampled, as in a winepress, the fair virgin that is Judah.H136H5541H47H7130H7121H4150H7665H970H136H1869H1330H1323H3063H1660
16Because of all this, I weep; my eyes stream with tears because far from me is the comforter of my soul. My children are sorrowful, because the enemy has won.H1058H5869H5869H3381H4325H5162H7725H5315H7368H1121H8074H341H1396
17Zion spreads out her hands; no one is there to comfort her. The Lord has issued an order against Jacob, that all who are around him are to be his enemies; Jerusalem has become unclean among them.H6726H6566H3027H5162H3068H6680H3290H6862H5439H3389H5079
18The Lord is in the right, but I rebelled against his commands. Listen, please, all you people, and look at my pain - my young men and women have gone into captivity.H3068H6662H4784H6310H8085H5971H7200H4341H1330H970H1980H7628
19I called out to my lovers, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders have died within the city while looking for something to eat to keep themselves alive.H7121H157H7411H3548H2205H1478H5892H1245H400H7725H5315
20Look, Lord, how distressed I am; all my insides are churning. My heart is troubled within me, because I vigorously rebelled. Outside the sword brings loss of life, while at home death rules.H7200H3068H6887H4578H2560H3820H2015H7130H4784H4784H2351H2719H7921H1004H4194
21People heard how I groan, with no one to comfort me. All my adversaries have heard about my troubles; they rejoice that you have caused them. Bring on the day you have promised, so my adversaries will become like me.H8085H584H5162H341H8085H7451H7797H6213H935H3117H7121H3644
22May all of their wickedness come to your attention, and deal with them as you have done with me because of all my transgressions. For I am constantly groaning, and my heart is faint.H7451H935H6440H5953H5953H6588H585H7227H3820H1742


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