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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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/lamentations/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Sorrowful City<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="This book is an acrostic—successive verses begin with a consecutive letter of the Heb. alphabet except in chapter 3, where every three verses begin with the same consecutive Heb. letter.">a</a></span> </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>How lonely she lies,</p> <p class="poetry2">the city that thronged with people!</p> <p class="poetry2">Like a widow she has become,</p> <p class="poetry2">this great one among nations!</p> <p class="poetry2">The princess among provinces</p> <p class="poetry2">has become a vassal.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Bitterly she cries in the night,</p> <p class="poetry2">as tears stream down<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:2 The Heb. lacks stream down">b</a></span> her cheeks.</p> <p class="poetry2">No one consoles her</p> <p class="poetry2">of all her friends.</p> <p class="poetry2">All her neighbors have betrayed her;</p> <p class="poetry2">they have become her enemies.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Judah has gone into exile</p> <p class="poetry2">to escape affliction and servitude.</p> <p class="poetry2">She that sat among the nations,</p> <p class="poetry2">has found no rest.</p> <p class="poetry2">All her pursuers overtook her</p> <p class="poetry2">amid narrow passes.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The roads that lead to Zion are in mourning,</p> <p class="poetry2">because no one travels to the festivals.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">All her gates are desolate;</p> <p class="poetry2">her priests are moaning.</p> <p class="poetry2">Her young women<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:4 Lit. virgins">c</a></span> are grieving,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:4 Or are led away.">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and she is bitter.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Her adversaries dominate her,</p> <p class="poetry2">her enemies prosper.</p> <p class="poetry2">For the LORD has made her suffer</p> <p class="poetry2">because of her many transgressions.</p> <p class="poetry2">Her children have gone away,</p> <p class="poetry2">taken into captivity in the presence of the enemy.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Fled from cherished<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:6 Lit. from the daughter of">e</a></span> Zion</p> <p class="poetry2">are all that were her splendor.</p> <p class="poetry2">Her princes have become like deer</p> <p class="poetry2">that cannot find their feeding grounds.</p> <p class="poetry2">They flee with strength exhausted</p> <p class="poetry2">from their pursuers.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Jerusalem remembers<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:7 Or Remember, LORD, Jerusalem,">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">her time of affliction and misery;</p> <p class="poetry2">all her valued belongings<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:7 Or Perished are all her valued belongings">g</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">of days gone by,</p> <p class="poetry2">when her people fell into enemy hands,</p> <p class="poetry2">with no one to help her,</p> <p class="poetry2">and her enemies stared at her,</p> <p class="poetry2">mocking her downfall.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Jerusalem sinned greatly,</p> <p class="poetry2">and she became unclean.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:8 Lit. has been removed; i.e. due to ritual uncleanness">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">All who honored her now despise her,</p> <p class="poetry2">because they saw her naked.</p> <p class="poetry2">She herself groans</p> <p class="poetry2">and turns her face away.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Uncleanness has soiled her skirts,</p> <p class="poetry2">and she gave no thought to what would follow.</p> <p class="poetry2">She fell in such a startling way,</p> <p class="poetry2">with no one to comfort her.</p> <p class="poetry2">Look, LORD, upon my affliction,</p> <p class="poetry2">because my enemy is boasting.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The adversary seized in his hands</p> <p class="poetry2">everything she valued.</p> <p class="poetry2">She watched the nations<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:10 Or watched foreigners">i</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">enter her sanctuary;</p> <p class="poetry2">those you forbade to enter</p> <p class="poetry2">your place of meeting.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>All her people groaned</p> <p class="poetry2">as they searched for food.</p> <p class="poetry2">They traded their valuables in order to eat,</p> <p class="poetry2">to keep themselves alive.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:11 Lit. to eat to refresh the soul">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Look, LORD, and see</p> <p class="poetry2">how I have become dishonored.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>May it not befall you,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:12 Lit. It is not for you">k</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">all who pass along the road!</p> <p class="poetry2">Look and see:</p> <p class="poetry2">Is there any grief</p> <p class="poetry2">like my grief</p> <p class="poetry2">dealt out to me,</p> <p class="poetry2">by which the LORD afflicted me</p> <p class="poetry2">in the time of his fierce wrath?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He sent fire from on high,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:13 Lit. high into my bones">l</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">making it penetrate my bones.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:13 Lit. overcoming her">m</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">He stretched out a net at my feet,</p> <p class="poetry2">forcing me to turn back.</p> <p class="poetry2">He made me desolate;</p> <p class="poetry2">I’m fainting all day long.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The yoke of my sins was bound on,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:14 Lit. was heavy">n</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">fastened together by his hand.</p> <p class="poetry2">They settled on my neck;</p> <p class="poetry2">he caused my strength to fail.</p> <p class="poetry2">The LORD placed me in the power</p> <p class="poetry2">of those I cannot resist.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He rejected all the valiant men—</p> <p class="poetry2">the LORD, in my midst.</p> <p class="poetry2">He set a time to meet with me</p> <p class="poetry2">to crush my young warriors.</p> <p class="poetry2">The LORD has trampled, as in a winepress,</p> <p class="poetry2">the fair virgin that is<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:15 Lit. the virgin daughter of">o</a></span> Judah.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Because of all this, I weep;</p> <p class="poetry2">my eyes<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:16 Lit. my eyes my eyes">p</a></span> stream with tears</p> <p class="poetry2">because far from me</p> <p class="poetry2">is the comforter of my soul.</p> <p class="poetry2">My children are sorrowful,</p> <p class="poetry2">because the enemy has won.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Zion spreads out her hands;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:17 Or Zion rent her linen garments">q</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">no one is there to comfort her.</p> <p class="poetry2">The LORD has issued an order against<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:17 Or LORD kept watch over">r</a></span> Jacob,</p> <p class="poetry2">that all who are around him are to be his enemies;</p> <p class="poetry2">Jerusalem has become</p> <p class="poetry2">unclean among them.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The LORD is in the right,</p> <p class="poetry2">but I rebelled against his commands.</p> <p class="poetry2">Listen, please, all you people,</p> <p class="poetry2">and look at my pain—</p> <p class="poetry2">my young men and women<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:18 Lit. virgins">s</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">have gone into captivity.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>I called out to my lovers,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:19 Or friends">t</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">but they deceived me.</p> <p class="poetry2">My priests and my elders</p> <p class="poetry2">have died within the city</p> <p class="poetry2">while looking for something to eat</p> <p class="poetry2">to keep themselves alive.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Look, LORD, how distressed I am;</p> <p class="poetry2">all my insides are churning.</p> <p class="poetry2">My heart is troubled within me,</p> <p class="poetry2">because I vigorously rebelled.</p> <p class="poetry2">Outside the sword brings loss of life,</p> <p class="poetry2">while at home death rules.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>People<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:21 Lit. 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