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<p class="indent1"> She who was great among the nations <p class="indent2"> has become a widow. <p class="indent1"> The princess of the provinces <p class="indent2"> has become a slave. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>She weeps aloud in the night, <p class="indent2"> with tears upon her cheeks. <p class="indent1"> Among all her lovers <p class="indent2"> there is no one to comfort her. <p class="indent1"> All her friends have betrayed her; <p class="indent2"> they have become her enemies. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Judah has gone into exile <p class="indent2"> under affliction and harsh slavery; <p class="indent1"> she dwells among the nations <p class="indent2"> but finds no place to rest. <p class="indent1"> All her pursuers have overtaken her <p class="indent2"> in the midst of her distress. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The roads to Zion mourn, <p class="indent2"> because no one comes to her appointed feasts. <p class="indent1"> All her gates are deserted; <p class="indent2"> her priests groan, <p class="indent1"> her maidens grieve, <p class="indent2"> and she herself is bitter with anguish. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Her foes have become her masters; <p class="indent2"> her enemies are at ease. <p class="indent1"> For the LORD has brought her grief <p class="indent2"> because of her many transgressions. <p class="indent1"> Her children have gone away <p class="indent2"> as captives before the enemy. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>All the splendor has departed <p class="indent2"> from the Daughter of Zion. <p class="indent1"> Her princes are like deer <p class="indent2"> that find no pasture; <p class="indent1"> they lack the strength to flee <p class="indent2"> in the face of the hunter. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>In the days of her affliction and wandering <p class="indent2"> Jerusalem remembers all the treasures <p class="indent2"> that were hers in days of old. <p class="indent1"> When her people fell into enemy hands <p class="indent2"> she received no help. <p class="indent1"> Her enemies looked upon her, <p class="indent2"> laughing at her downfall. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Jerusalem has sinned greatly; <p class="indent2"> therefore she has become an object of scorn. <p class="indent1"> All who honored her now despise her, <p class="indent2"> for they have seen her nakedness;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent2"> she herself groans and turns away. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Her uncleanness stains her skirts; <p class="indent2"> she did not consider her end. <p class="indent1"> Her downfall was astounding; <p class="indent2"> there was no one to comfort her. <p class="indent1"> Look, O LORD, on my affliction, <p class="indent2"> for the enemy has triumphed! <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The adversary has seized <p class="indent2"> all her treasures. <p class="indent1"> For she has seen the nations <p class="indent2"> enter her sanctuary—<p class="indent1"> those You had forbidden <p class="indent2"> to enter Your assembly. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>All her people groan <p class="indent2"> as they search for bread. <p class="indent1"> They have traded their treasures for food <p class="indent2"> to keep themselves alive. <p class="indent1"> Look, O LORD, and consider, <p class="indent2"> for I have become despised. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? <p class="indent2"> Look around and see! <p class="indent1"> Is there any sorrow like mine, <p class="indent2"> which was inflicted on me, <p class="indent1"> which the LORD made me suffer <p class="indent2"> on the day of His fierce anger? <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He sent fire from on high, <p class="indent2"> and it overpowered my bones. <p class="indent1"> He spread a net for my feet <p class="indent2"> and turned me back. <p class="indent1"> He made me desolate, <p class="indent2"> faint all the day long. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>My transgressions are bound into a yoke,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <p class="indent2"> knit together by His hand; <p class="indent1"> they are draped over my neck, <p class="indent2"> and the Lord has broken my strength. <p class="indent1"> He has delivered me into the hands <p class="indent2"> of those I cannot withstand. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The Lord has rejected <p class="indent2"> all the mighty men in my midst; <p class="indent1"> He has summoned an army against me<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <p class="indent2"> to crush my young warriors. <p class="indent1"> Like grapes in a winepress, <p class="indent2"> the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For these things I weep; <p class="indent2"> my eyes flow with tears. <p class="indent1"> For there is no one nearby to comfort me, <p class="indent2"> no one to revive my soul. <p class="indent1"> My children are destitute <p class="indent2"> because the enemy has prevailed. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Zion stretches out her hands, <p class="indent2"> but there is no one to comfort her. <p class="indent1"> The LORD has decreed against Jacob <p class="indent2"> that his neighbors become his foes. <p class="indent1"> Jerusalem has become <p class="indent2"> an unclean thing among them. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The LORD is righteous, <p class="indent2"> for I have rebelled against His command. <p class="indent1"> Listen, all you people; <p class="indent2"> look upon my suffering. <p class="indent1"> My young men and maidens <p class="indent2"> have gone into captivity. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>I called out to my lovers, <p class="indent2"> but they have betrayed me. <p class="indent1"> My priests and elders <p class="indent2"> perished in the city <p class="indent1"> while they searched for food <p class="indent2"> to keep themselves alive. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>See, O LORD, how distressed I am! <p class="indent2"> I am churning within; <p class="indent1"> my heart is pounding within me, <p class="indent2"> for I have been most rebellious. <p class="indent1"> Outside, the sword bereaves; <p class="indent2"> inside, there is death. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>People have heard my groaning, <p class="indent2"> but there is no one to comfort me. <p class="indent1"> All my enemies have heard of my trouble; <p class="indent2"> they are glad that You have caused it. <p class="indent1"> May You bring the day You have announced, <p class="indent2"> so that they may become like me. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/lamentations/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Let all their wickedness come before You, <p class="indent2"> and deal with them <p class="indent1"> as You have dealt with me <p class="indent2"> because of all my transgressions. <p class="indent1"> For my groans are many, <p class="indent2"> and my heart is faint.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> This chapter is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.<br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>her shame</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Most Hebrew manuscripts; other Hebrew manuscripts and LXX <i>He kept watch over my sins</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>has set a time for me</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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