2How the Lord in his wrath shamed cherished Zion! He cast down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, He did not remember his footstool in the time of his anger.H136H5743H1323H6726H5743H639H7993H8064H776H8597H3478H2142H1916H7272H3117H6392The Lord swallowed up without pity2 all of Jacob's habitations. In his wrath he tore down the strongholds of fair Judah. He cast to the ground in dishonor both her kingdom and its rulers.H136H1104H4999H3290H2550H2040H5678H4013H1323H3063H5060H776H2490H4467H82693In his fierce wrath he cut off all the strength of Israel. He withdrew his protection as the enemy approached. He burned Jacob like a blazing fire consumes everything around it.H1438H2750H639H7161H3478H7725H268H3225H6440H341H1197H3290H3852H784H398H54394He bent his bow against us as would an enemy, he right hand cocked as would an adversary. He has killed everyone in whom we took pride; in the tent of cherished Zion he poured out his anger like fire.H1869H7198H341H5324H3225H6862H2026H4261H5869H168H1323H6726H8210H2534H7845The Lord has become like an enemy - he has devoured Israel. He has devoured all of her palaces, destroying her fortresses. He filled cherished Judah with mourning and lament. 5H136H341H1104H3478H1104H759H7843H4013H7235H1323H3063H8386H5926He plowed under his temple like a garden, spoiling his tabernacle. The Lord abolished in Zion both festivals and Sabbaths. In his fierce wrath he despised both king and priest.H2554H7900H1588H7843H4150H3068H4150H7676H7911H6726H5006H2195H639H4428H35487The Lord rejected his altar, disavowing his sanctuary. He gave up her palace walls to the control of the enemy. They shouted in the Lord's temple, as though they were attending a day of celebration.H136H2186H4196H5010H4720H5462H3027H341H2346H759H5414H6963H1004H3068H3117H41508The Lord planned to destroy the walls of cherished Zion. He measured them with his line. He did not withhold his hand from destruction. He made both ramparts and defensive walls mourn; they languish together.H3068H2803H7843H2346H1323H6726H5186H6957H7725H3027H1104H2426H2346H56H535H31629Jerusalem's gates collapsed to the ground; he destroyed and broke the bars of her gates. Both king and prince have gone into captivity. There is no instruction, and the prophets receive no vision from the Lord.H8179H2883H776H6H7665H1280H4428H8269H1471H8451H5030H4672H2377H306810The leaders of cherished Zion sit silently on the ground; they throw dust on their heads and dress in mourning clothes. The young women of Jerusalem bow their heads in sorrow.H2205H1323H6726H3427H776H1826H5927H6083H7218H2296H8242H1330H3389H3381H7218H77611My eyes are worn out from crying, my insides are churning, My emotions pour out in grief because my people are destroyed - Children and infants faint in the streets of the city.H5869H3615H1832H4578H2560H3516H8210H776H7667H1323H5971H5768H3243H5848H7339H715112They ask their mothers "Is there anything to eat or drink? They faint in the streets of the city like wounded men. Their life ebbs away while they lie on their mother's bosom.H559H517H1715H3196H5848H2491H7339H5892H5315H8210H517H243613What can be said about you? To what should you be compared, fair Jerusalem? To what may I liken you, so I may comfort you, fair one of Zion? Indeed, your wound is as deep as the sea - who can heal you?H5749H5749H4100H1819H1323H3389H7737H5162H1330H1323H6726H7667H1419H3220H749514Your prophets look on your behalf; they see false and deceptive visions. They did not expose your sins in order to restore what had been captured. Instead, they crafted oracles for you that are false and misleading.H5030H2372H7723H8602H1540H5771H7725H7622H7622H2372H7723H4864H406515Everyone who passes by on the road shake their fists at you. They hiss and shake their heads at cherished Jerusalem: "Is this the city men used to call 'The Perfection of Beauty,' and 'The Joy of the Entire Earth' ?"H5674H5606H3709H1870H8319H5128H7218H1323H3389H5892H559H3632H3308H4885H77616All of your enemies insult you with gaping mouths. They hiss and grind their teeth while saying, "We have devoured her completely. Yes, this is the day that we anticipated! We found it at last; we have seen it!"H341H6475H6310H8319H2786H8127H559H1104H389H3117H6960H4672H720017The Lord did what he planned. He carried out his threat. Just as he commanded long ago, he has torn down without pity; He let the enemy boast about you and has exalted the power of your enemies.H3068H6213H2161H1214H565H6680H3117H6924H2040H2550H341H8055H7311H7161H686218Cry out from your heart to the Lord,2 wall of fair Zion! Let your tears run down like a river day and night. Allow yourself no rest, and don't stop crying.H3820H6817H136H2346H1323H6726H1832H3381H5158H3119H3915H5414H6314H1323H5869H182619Get up and cry aloud in the night, at the beginning of every hour. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord! Lift up your hands toward him for the lives of your children, who are fainting away at every street corner.H6965H7442H3915H7218H821H8210H3820H4325H5227H6440H136H5375H3709H5315H5768H5848H7458H7218H235120Look, Lord, and take note: To whom have you done this?Should women eat their offspring, the children they have cuddled?Should priests and prophets be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord -H7200H3068H5027H5953H3541H802H398H6529H5768H2949H3548H5030H2026H4720H13621Young men and the aged lie on the ground in the streets; my young women and young men have fallen by the sword. You killed them in your anger, slaughtering them without pity.H5288H2205H7901H776H2351H1330H970H5307H2719H2026H3117H639H2873H255022You have invited those who terrorize me to come round, s if today were a festival. No one has escaped or survived he time of the Lord's anger. My enemy has finished off hose whom I cuddled and raised.H7121H4150H3117H4032H5439H3117H3068H639H6412H8300H2946H7235H341H3615
