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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Lamentations 1 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/lamentations/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/lamentations/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NRSVCE</a> > Lamentations 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/52.htm" title="Jeremiah 52">◄</a> Lamentations 1 <a href="../lamentations/2.htm" title="Lamentations 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <h3>The Deserted City</h3><div class="poetry">1How lonely sits the city     that once was full of people! How like a widow she has become,     she that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the provinces     has become a vassal.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">2She weeps bitterly in the night,     with tears on her cheeks; among all her lovers     she has no one to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her,     they have become her enemies.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">3Judah has gone into exile with suffering     and hard servitude; she lives now among the nations,     and finds no resting place; her pursuers have all overtaken her     in the midst of her distress.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">4The roads to Zion mourn,     for no one comes to the festivals; all her gates are desolate,     her priests groan; her young girls grieve,a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]     and her lot is bitter.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">5Her foes have become the masters,     her enemies prosper, because the Lord has made her suffer     for the multitude of her transgressions; her children have gone away,     captives before the foe.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">6From daughter Zion has departed     all her majesty. Her princes have become like stags     that find no pasture; they fled without strength     before the pursuer.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">7Jerusalem remembers,     in the days of her affliction and wandering, all the precious things     that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into the hand of the foe,     and there was no one to help her, the foe looked on mocking     over her downfall.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">8Jerusalem sinned grievously,     so she has become a mockery; all who honored her despise her,     for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans,     and turns her face away.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">9Her uncleanness was in her skirts;     she took no thought of her future; her downfall was appalling,     with none to comfort her. “O Lord, look at my affliction,     for the enemy has triumphed!”</div> <div class="poetry top-1">10Enemies have stretched out their hands     over all her precious things; she has even seen the nations     invade her sanctuary, those whom you forbade     to enter your congregation.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">11All her people groan     as they search for bread; they trade their treasures for food     to revive their strength. Look, O Lord, and see     how worthless I have become.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">12Is it nothing to you,b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>] all you who pass by?     Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow,     which was brought upon me, which the Lord inflicted     on the day of his fierce anger.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">13From on high he sent fire;     it went deep into my bones; he spread a net for my feet;     he turned me back; he has left me stunned,     faint all day long.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">14My transgressions were boundc</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>] into a yoke;     by his hand they were fastened together; they weigh on my neck,     sapping my strength; the Lord handed me over     to those whom I cannot withstand.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">15The Lord has rejected     all my warriors in the midst of me; he proclaimed a time against me     to crush my young men; the Lord has trodden as in a wine press     the virgin daughter Judah.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">16For these things I weep;     my eyes flow with tears; for a comforter is far from me,     one to revive my courage; my children are desolate,     for the enemy has prevailed.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">17Zion stretches out her hands,     but there is no one to comfort her; the Lord has commanded against Jacob     that his neighbors should become his foes; Jerusalem has become     a filthy thing among them.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">18The Lord is in the right,     for I have rebelled against his word; but hear, all you peoples,     and behold my suffering; my young women and young men     have gone into captivity.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">19I called to my lovers     but they deceived me; my priests and elders     perished in the city while seeking food     to revive their strength.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">20See, O Lord, how distressed I am;     my stomach churns, my heart is wrung within me,     because I have been very rebellious. In the street the sword bereaves;     in the house it is like death.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">21They heard how I was groaning,     with no one to comfort me. All my enemies heard of my trouble;     they are glad that you have done it. Bring on the day you have announced,     and let them be as I am.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">22Let all their evil doing come before you;     and deal with them as you have dealt with me     because of all my transgressions; for my groans are many     and my heart is faint.</div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Lamentations 1:4">Lamentations 1:4</a> Meaning of Heb uncertain</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Lamentations 1:12">Lamentations 1:12</a> Meaning of Heb uncertain</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Lamentations 1:14">Lamentations 1:14</a> Meaning of Heb uncertain</li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. 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