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Lamentations
(King James Version)
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1 How doth th=
e city
sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she th=
at
was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she
become tributary!
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.
3 Judah is go=
ne
into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she d=
welleth
among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her
between the straits.
4 The ways of=
Zion
do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolat=
e:
her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
5 Her adversa=
ries
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.
6 And from the
daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like ha=
rts
that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer=
.
7 Jerusalem
remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasa=
nt
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.
8 Jerusalem h=
ath
grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise =
her,
because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backwar=
d.
9 Her filthin=
ess 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 en=
emy
hath magnified himself.
10 The adversary hath spre=
ad 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 en=
ter
into thy congregation.
11 All her people sigh, th=
ey
seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the s=
oul:
see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.
12 Is it nothing to you, a=
ll ye
that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, w=
hich
is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fie=
rce
anger.
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 da=
y.
14 The yoke of my transgre=
ssions
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.
15 The LORD hath trodden u=
nder
foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly again=
st
me to crush my young men: the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of
Judah, as in a winepress.
16 For these things I weep=
; mine
eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should re=
lieve
my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevail=
ed.
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.
18 The LORD is righteous; =
for I
have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and be=
hold
my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
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.
20 Behold, O LORD; for I a=
m 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.=
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 cal=
led,
and they shall be like unto me.
22 Let all their wickednes=
s 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.
1 How hath th=
e LORD
covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from
heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstoo=
l in
the day of his anger!
2 The LORD ha=
th
swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thr=
own
down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought
them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes there=
of.
3 He hath cut=
off
in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right ha=
nd
from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, whi=
ch
devoureth round about.
4 He hath ben=
t his
bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew a=
ll
that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he
poured out his fury like fire.
5 The LORD wa=
s as
an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces=
: he
hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah
mourning and lamentation.
6 And he hath=
violently
taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his
places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths=
to
be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the
king and the priest.
7 The LORD ha=
th
cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into t=
he
hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the h=
ouse
of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.
8 The LORD ha=
th
purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out=
a
line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the
rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
9 Her gates a=
re
sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and h=
er
princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find =
no
vision from the LORD.
10 The elders of the daugh=
ter of
Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon the=
ir
heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem
hang down their heads to the ground.
11 Mine eyes do fail with =
tears,
my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruct=
ion
of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon =
in
the streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothe=
rs,
Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of =
the
city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.
13 What thing shall I take=
to
witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem?
what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Z=
ion?
for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
14 Thy prophets have seen =
vain
and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to
turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of
banishment.
15 All that pass by clap t=
heir
hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem,
saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of=
the
whole earth?
16 All thine enemies have =
opened
their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have
swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have fou=
nd,
we have seen it.
17 The LORD hath done that=
which
he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the day=
s of
old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine ene=
my
to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
18 Their heart cried unto =
the
LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day a=
nd
night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
19 Arise, cry out in the n=
ight:
in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the =
face
of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young childre=
n,
that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
20 Behold, O LORD, and con=
sider
to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children =
of a
span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the
Lord?
21 The young and the old l=
ie on
the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sw=
ord;
thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not
pitied.
22 Thou hast called as in a
solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD's anger n=
one
escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine e=
nemy
consumed.
1 I AM the ma=
n that
hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2&n=
bsp; He
hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
3 Surely agai=
nst me
is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
4 My flesh an=
d my
skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
5 He hath bui=
lded
against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6 He hath set=
me in
dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7 He hath hed=
ged me
about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8 Also when I=
cry
and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9 He hath inc=
losed
my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10 He was unto me as a bear
lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
11 He hath turned aside my=
ways,
and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
12 He hath bent his bow, a=
nd set
me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He hath caused the arro=
ws of
his quiver to enter into my reins.
14 I was a derision to all=
my
people; and their song all the day.
15 He hath filled me with
bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
16 He hath also broken my =
teeth
with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
17 And thou hast removed m=
y soul
far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
18 And I said, My strength=
and
my hope is perished from the LORD:
19 Remembering mine afflic=
tion
and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20 My soul hath them still=
in
remembrance, and is humbled in me.
21 This I recall to my min=
d,
therefore have I hope.
22 It is of the LORD's mer=
cies
that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morn=
ing:
great is thy faithfulness.
24 The LORD is my portion,=
saith
my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25 The LORD is good unto t=
hem
that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26 It is good that a man s=
hould
both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
27 It is good for a man th=
at he
bear the yoke in his youth.
28 He sitteth alone and ke=
epeth
silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
29 He putteth his mouth in=
the
dust; if so be there may be hope.
30 He giveth his cheek to =
him
that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
31 For the LORD will not c=
ast
off for ever:
32 But though he cause gri=
ef,
yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
33 For he doth not afflict
willingly nor grieve the children of men.
34 To crush under his feet=
all
the prisoners of the earth.
35 To turn aside the right=
of a
man before the face of the most High,
36 To subvert a man in his
cause, the LORD approveth not.
37 Who is he that saith, a=
nd it
cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
38 Out of the mouth of the=
most
High proceedeth not evil and good?
39 Wherefore doth a living=
man
complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us search and try o=
ur
ways, and turn again to the LORD.
41 Let us lift up our hear=
t with
our hands unto God in the heavens.
42 We have transgressed an=
d have
rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
43 Thou hast covered with =
anger,
and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
44 Thou hast covered thyse=
lf
with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
45 Thou hast made us as the
offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
46 All our enemies have op=
ened
their mouths against us.
47 Fear and a snare is com=
e upon
us, desolation and destruction.
48 Mine eye runneth down w=
ith
rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 Mine eye trickleth down=
, and
ceaseth not, without any intermission.
50 Till the LORD look down=
, and
behold from heaven.
51 Mine eye affecteth mine=
heart
because of all the daughters of my city.
52 Mine enemies chased me =
sore,
like a bird, without cause.
53 They have cut off my li=
fe in
the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
54 Waters flowed over mine=
head;
then I said, I am cut off.
55 I called upon thy name,=
O
LORD, out of the low dungeon.
56 Thou hast heard my voic=
e:
hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
57 Thou drewest near in th=
e day
that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
58 O LORD, thou hast plead=
ed the
causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
59 O LORD, thou hast seen =
my
wrong: judge thou my cause.
60 Thou hast seen all their
vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
61 Thou hast heard their
reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
62 The lips of those that =
rose
up against me, and their device against me all the day.
63 Behold their sitting do=
wn,
and their rising up; I am their musick.
64 Render unto them a
recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
65 Give them sorrow of hea=
rt,
thy curse unto them.
66 Persecute and destroy t=
hem in
anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
1 How is the =
gold
become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary =
are
poured out in the top of every street.
2 The preciou=
s sons
of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers,
the work of the hands of the potter!
3 Even the sea
monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daugh=
ter
of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
4 The tongue =
of the
sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young child=
ren
ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
5 They that d=
id
feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in
scarlet embrace dunghills.
6 For the
punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the
punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no
hands stayed on her.
7 Her Nazarit=
es
were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in b=
ody
than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
8 Their visag=
e is
blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth=
to
their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
9 They that be
slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for th=
ese
pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
10 The hands of the pitiful
women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destructi=
on
of the daughter of my people.
11 The LORD hath accomplis=
hed
his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Z=
ion,
and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
12 The kings of the earth,=
and
all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary
and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
13 For the sins of her pro=
phets,
and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in =
the
midst of her,
14 They have wandered as b=
lind
men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men c=
ould
not touch their garments.
15 They cried unto them, D=
epart
ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wande=
red,
they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.
16 The anger of the LORD h=
ath
divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of
the priests, they favoured not the elders.
17 As for us, our eyes as =
yet
failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that
could not save us.
18 They hunt our steps, th=
at we
cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our =
end
is come.
19 Our persecutors are swi=
fter
than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid
wait for us in the wilderness.
20 The breath of our nostr=
ils,
the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under h=
is
shadow we shall live among the heathen.
21 Rejoice and be glad, O
daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass
through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
22 The punishment of thine
iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee aw=
ay
into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will
discover thy sins.
1 Remember, O=
LORD,
what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
2 Our inherit=
ance
is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
3 We are orph=
ans
and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
4 We have dru=
nken
our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
5 Our necks a=
re
under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
6 We have giv=
en the
hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers=
have
sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
8 Servants ha=
ve
ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
9 We gat our =
bread
with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Our skin was black like=
an
oven because of the terrible famine.
11 They ravished the women=
in
Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes are hanged up by
their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
13 They took the young men=
to
grind, and the children fell under the wood.
14 The elders have ceased =
from
the gate, the young men from their musick.
15 The joy of our heart is
ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
16 The crown is fallen fro=
m our
head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
17 For this our heart is f=
aint;
for these things our eyes are dim.
18 Because of the mountain=
of
Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
19 Thou, O LORD, remainest=
for
ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
20 Wherefore dost thou for=
get us
for ever, and forsake us so long time?
21 Turn thou us unto thee,=
O
LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
22 But thou hast utterly
rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
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