\NormalFont\ShortTitle{Lamentations}
{\MT THE LAMENTATIONS
\par }{\MTB OF JEREMIAH

\par }\PoetryChap{1}{\Q \VerseOne{1}How
doth
the
city
sit
solitary,
that
was
full
of
people!
\par }{\Q She
is
become
as
a
widow,
that
was
great
among
the
nations!
\par }{\Q She
that
was
a
princess
among
the
provinces
is
become
tributary!
\par }{\Q \VS{2}She
weepeth
sore
in
the
night,
and
her
tears
are
on
her
cheeks;
\par }{\Q Among
all
her
lovers
she
hath
none
to
comfort
her:
\par }{\Q All
her
friends
have
dealt
treacherously
with
her;
they
are
become
her
enemies.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Judah
is
gone
into
captivity
because
of
affliction,
and
because
of
great
servitude;
\par }{\Q She
dwelleth
among
the
nations,
she
findeth
no
rest:
\par }{\Q All
her
persecutors
overtook
her
within
the
straits.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}The
ways
of
Zion
do
mourn,
because
none
come
to
the
solemn
assembly;
\par }{\Q All
her
gates
are
desolate,
her
priests
do
sigh:
\par }{\Q Her
virgins
are
afflicted,
and
she
herself
is
in
bitterness.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Her
adversaries
are
become
the
head,
her
enemies
prosper;
\par }{\Q For
Jehovah
hath
afflicted
her
for
the
multitude
of
her
transgressions:
\par }{\Q Her
young
children
are
gone
into
captivity
before
the
adversary.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}And
from
the
daughter
of
Zion
all
her
majesty
is
departed:
\par }{\Q Her
princes
are
become
like
harts
that
find
no
pasture,
\par }{\Q And
they
are
gone
without
strength
before
the
pursuer.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Jerusalem
remembereth
in
the
days
of
her
affliction
and
of
her
miseries
all
her
pleasant
things
that
were
from
the
days
of
old:
\par }{\Q When
her
people
fell
into
the
hand
of
the
adversary,
and
none
did
help
her,
\par }{\Q The
adversaries
saw
her,
they
did
mock
at
her
desolations.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Jerusalem
hath
grievously
sinned;
therefore
she
is
become
as
an
unclean
thing;
\par }{\Q All
that
honored
her
despise
her,
because
they
have
seen
her
nakedness:
\par }{\Q Yea,
she
sigheth,
and
turneth
backward.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Her
filthiness
was
in
her
skirts;
she
remembered
not
her
latter
end;
\par }{\Q Therefore
is
she
come
down
wonderfully;
she
hath
no
comforter:
\par }{\Q Behold,
O
Jehovah,
my
affliction;
for
the
enemy
hath
magnified
himself.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}The
adversary
hath
spread
out
his
hand
upon
all
her
pleasant
things:
\par }{\Q For
she
hath
seen
that
the
nations
are
entered
into
her
sanctuary,
\par }{\Q Concerning
whom
thou
didst
command
that
they
should
not
enter
into
thine
assembly.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}All
her
people
sigh,
they
seek
bread;
\par }{\Q They
have
given
their
pleasant
things
for
food
to
refresh
the
soul:
\par }{\Q See,
O
Jehovah,
and
behold;
for
I
am
become abject.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}Is
it
nothing
to
you,
all
ye
that
pass
by?
\par }{\Q Behold,
and
see
if
there
be
any
sorrow
like
unto
my
sorrow,
which
is
brought
upon
me,
\par }{\Q Wherewith
Jehovah
hath
afflicted
{\ADD{
me}}
in
the
day
of
his
fierce
anger.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}From
on
high
hath
he
sent
fire
into
my
bones,
and
it
prevaileth
against
them;
\par }{\Q He
hath
spread
a
net
for
my
feet,
he
hath
turned
me
back:
\par }{\Q He
hath
made
me
desolate
and
faint
all
the
day.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}The
yoke
of
my
transgressions
is
bound
by
his
hand;
\par }{\Q They
are
knit
together,
they
are
come
up
upon
my
neck;
he
hath
made
my
strength
to
fail:
\par }{\Q The
Lord
hath
delivered
me
into
their
hands,
against
whom
I
am
not
able
to
stand.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}The
Lord
hath
set
at
nought
all
my
mighty
men
in
the
midst
of
me;
\par }{\Q He
hath
called
a
solemn
assembly
against
me
to
crush
my
young
men:
\par }{\Q The
Lord
hath
trodden
as
in
a
winepress
the
virgin
daughter
of
Judah.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}For
these
things
I
weep;
mine
eye,
mine
eye
runneth
down
with
water;
\par }{\Q Because
the
comforter
that
should
refresh
my
soul
is
far
from
me:
\par }{\Q My
children
are
desolate,
because
the
enemy
hath
prevailed.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Zion
spreadeth
forth
her
hands;
there
is
none
to
comfort
her;
\par }{\Q Jehovah
hath
commanded
concerning
Jacob,
that
they
that
are
round
about
him
should
be
his
adversaries:
\par }{\Q Jerusalem
is
among
them
as
an
unclean
thing.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Jehovah
is
righteous;
for
I
have
rebelled
against
his
commandment:
\par }{\Q Hear,
I
pray
you,
all
ye
peoples,
and
behold
my
sorrow:
\par }{\Q My
virgins
and
my
young
men
are
gone
into
captivity.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}I
called
for
my
lovers,
{\ADD{
but}}
they
deceived
me:
\par }{\Q My
priests
and
mine
elders
gave
up
the
ghost
in
the
city,
\par }{\Q While
they
sought
them
food
to
refresh
their
souls.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}Behold,
O
Jehovah;
for
I
am
in
distress;
my
heart
is
troubled;
\par }{\Q My
heart
is
turned
within
me;
for
I
have
grievously
rebelled:
\par }{\Q Abroad
the
sword
bereaveth,
at
home
there
is
as
death.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}They
have
heard
that
I
sigh;
there
is
none
to
comfort
me;
\par }{\Q All
mine
enemies
have
heard
of
my
trouble;
they
are
glad
that
thou
hast
done
it:
\par }{\Q Thou
wilt
bring
the
day
that
thou
hast
proclaimed,
and
they
shall
be
like
unto
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Let
all
their
wickedness
come
before
thee;
\par }{\Q And
do
unto
them,
as
thou
hast
done
unto
me
for
all
my
transgressions:
\par }{\Q For
my
sighs
are
many,
and
my
heart
is
faint.
\par }{\BB \par }
\PoetryChap{2}{\Q \VerseOne{1}How
hath
the
Lord
covered
the
daughter
of
Zion
with
a
cloud
in
his
anger!
\par }{\Q He
hath
cast
down
from
heaven
unto
the
earth
the
beauty
of
Israel,
\par }{\Q And
hath
not
remembered
his
footstool
in
the
day
of
his
anger.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}The
Lord
hath
swallowed
up
all
the
habitations
of
Jacob,
and
hath
not
pitied:
\par }{\Q He
hath
thrown
down
in
his
wrath
the
strongholds
of
the
daughter
of
Judah;
\par }{\Q He
hath
brought
them
down
to
the
ground;
he
hath
profaned
the
kingdom
and
the
princes
thereof.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}He
hath
cut
off
in
fierce
anger
all
the
horn
of
Israel;
\par }{\Q He
hath
drawn
back
his
right
hand
from
before
the
enemy:
\par }{\Q And
he
hath
burned
up
Jacob
like
a
flaming
fire,
which
devoureth
round
about.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}He
hath
bent
his
bow
like
an
enemy,
he
hath
stood
with
his
right
hand
as
an
adversary,
\par }{\Q And
hath
slain
all
that
were
pleasant
to
the
eye:
\par }{\Q In
the
tent
of
the
daughter
of
Zion
he
hath
poured
out
his
wrath
like
fire.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}The
Lord
is
become
as
an
enemy,
he
hath
swallowed
up
Israel;
\par }{\Q He
hath
swallowed
up
all
her
palaces,
he
hath
destroyed
his
strongholds;
\par }{\Q And
he
hath
multiplied
in
the
daughter
of
Judah
mourning
and
lamentation.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}And
he
hath
violently
taken
away
his
tabernacle,
as
if
it
were
of
a
garden;
he
hath
destroyed
his
place
of
assembly:
\par }{\Q Jehovah
hath
caused
solemn
assembly
and
sabbath
to
be
forgotten
in
Zion,
\par }{\Q And
hath
despised
in
the
indignation
of
his
anger
the
king
and
the
priest.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}The
Lord
hath
cast
off
his
altar,
he
hath
abhorred
his
sanctuary;
\par }{\Q He
hath
given
up
into
the
hand
of
the
enemy
the
walls
of
her
palaces:
\par }{\Q They
have
made
a
noise
in
the
house
of
Jehovah,
as
in
the
day
of
a
solemn
assembly.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Jehovah
hath
purposed
to
destroy
the
wall
of
the
daughter
of
Zion;
\par }{\Q He
hath
stretched
out
the
line,
he
hath
not
withdrawn
his
hand
from
destroying;
\par }{\Q And
he
hath
made
the
rampart
and
wall
to
lament;
they
languish
together.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Her
gates
are
sunk
into
the
ground;
he
hath
destroyed
and
broken
her
bars:
\par }{\Q Her
king
and
her
princes
are
among
the
nations
where
the
law
is
not;
\par }{\Q Yea,
her
prophets
find
no
vision
from
Jehovah.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}The
elders
of
the
daughter
of
Zion
sit
upon
the
ground,
they
keep
silence;
\par }{\Q They
have
cast
up
dust
upon
their
heads;
they
have
girded
themselves
with
sackcloth:
\par }{\Q The
virgins
of
Jerusalem
hang
down
their
heads
to
the
ground.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}Mine
eyes
do
fail
with
tears,
my
heart
is
troubled;
\par }{\Q My
liver
is
poured
upon
the
earth,
because
of
the
destruction
of
the
daughter
of
my
people,
\par }{\Q Because
the
young
children
and
the
sucklings
swoon
in
the
streets
of
the
city.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}They
say
to
their
mothers,
Where
is
grain
and
wine?
\par }{\Q When
they
swoon
as
the
wounded
in
the
streets
of
the
city,
\par }{\Q When
their
soul
is
poured
out
into
their
mothers’
bosom.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}What
shall
I
testify
unto
thee?
what
shall
I
liken
to
thee,
O
daughter
of
Jerusalem?
\par }{\Q What
shall
I
compare
to
thee,
that
I
may
comfort
thee,
O
virgin
daughter
of
Zion?
\par }{\Q For
thy
breach
is
great
like
the
sea:
who
can
heal
thee?
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Thy
prophets
have
seen
for
thee
false
and
foolish
visions;
\par }{\Q And
they
have
not
uncovered
thine
iniquity,
to
bring
back
thy
captivity,
\par }{\Q But
have
seen
for
thee
false
oracles
and
causes
of
banishment.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}All
that
pass
by
clap
their
hands
at
thee;
\par }{\Q They
hiss
and
wag
their
head
at
the
daughter
of
Jerusalem,
{\ADD{
saying}},
\par }{\Q Is
this
the
city
that
men
called
The
perfection
of
beauty,
The
joy
of
the
whole
earth?
\par }{\Q \VS{16}All
thine
enemies
have
opened
their
mouth
wide
against
thee;
\par }{\Q They
hiss
and
gnash
the
teeth;
they
say,
We
have
swallowed
her
up;
\par }{\Q Certainly
this
is
the
day
that
we
looked
for;
we
have
found,
we
have
seen
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Jehovah
hath
done
that
which
he
purposed;
he
hath
fulfilled
his
word
that
he
commanded
in
the
days
of
old;
\par }{\Q He
hath
thrown
down,
and
hath
not
pitied:
\par }{\Q And
he
hath
caused
the
enemy
to
rejoice
over
thee;
he
hath
exalted
the
horn
of
thine
adversaries.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Their
heart
cried
unto
the
Lord:
\par }{\Q O
wall
of
the
daughter
of
Zion,
let
tears
run
down
like
a
river
day
and
night;
\par }{\Q Give
thyself
no
respite;
let
not
the
apple
of
thine
eye
cease.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Arise,
cry
out
in
the
night,
at
the
beginning
of
the
watches;
\par }{\Q Pour
out
thy
heart
like
water
before
the
face
of
the
Lord:
\par }{\Q Lift
up
thy
hands
toward
him
for
the
life
of
thy
young
children,
that
faint
for
hunger
at
the
head
of
every
street.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}See,
O
Jehovah,
and
behold
to
whom
thou
hast
done
thus!
\par }{\Q Shall
the
women
eat
their
fruit,
the
children
that
are
dandled
in
the
hands?
\par }{\Q Shall
the
priest
and
the
prophet
be
slain
in
the
sanctuary
of
the
Lord?
\par }{\Q \VS{21}The
youth
and
the
old
man
lie
on
the
ground
in
the
streets;
\par }{\Q My
virgins
and
my
young
men
are
fallen
by
the
sword:
\par }{\Q Thou
hast
slain
them
in
the
day
of
thine
anger;
thou
hast
slaughtered,
{\ADD{
and}}
not
pitied.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Thou
hast
called,
as
in
the
day
of
a
solemn
assembly,
my
terrors
on
every
side;
\par }{\Q And
there
was
none
that
escaped
or
remained
in
the
day
of Jehovah’s
anger:
\par }{\Q Those
that
I
have
dandled
and
brought
up
hath
mine
enemy
consumed.
\par }{\BB \par }
\PoetryChap{3}{\Q \VerseOne{1}I
am
the
man
that
hath
seen
affliction
by
the
rod
of
his
wrath.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}He
hath
led
me
and
caused
me
to
walk
in
darkness,
and
not
in
light.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Surely
against
me
he
turneth
his
hand
again
and
again
all
the
day.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}My
flesh
and
my
skin
hath
he
made
old;
he
hath
broken
my
bones.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}He
hath
builded
against
me,
and
compassed
me
with
gall
and
travail.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}He
hath
made
me
to
dwell
in
dark
places,
as
those
that
have
been
long
dead.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}He
hath
walled
me
about,
that
I
cannot
go
forth;
he
hath
made
my
chain
heavy.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Yea,
when
I
cry,
and
call
for
help,
he
shutteth
out
my
prayer.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}He
hath
walled
up
my
ways
with
hewn
stone;
he
hath
made
my
paths
crooked.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}He
is
unto
me
as
a
bear
lying
in
wait,
as
a
lion
in
secret
places.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}He
hath
turned
aside
my
ways,
and
pulled
me
in
pieces;
he
hath
made
me
desolate.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}He
hath
bent
his
bow,
and
set
me
as
a
mark
for
the
arrow.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}He
hath
caused
the
shafts
of
his
quiver
to
enter
into
my
reins.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}I
am
become
a
derision
to
all
my
people,
and
their
song
all
the
day.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}He
hath
filled
me
with
bitterness,
he
hath
sated
me
with
wormwood.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}He
hath
also
broken
my
teeth
with
gravel
stones;
he
hath
covered
me
with
ashes.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}And
thou
hast
removed
my
soul
far
off
from
peace;
I
forgat
prosperity.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}And
I
said,
My
strength
is
perished,
and
mine
expectation
from
Jehovah.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{19}Remember
mine
affliction
and
my
misery,
the
wormwood
and
the
gall.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}My
soul
hath
them
still
in
remembrance,
and
is
bowed
down
within
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}This
I
recall
to
my
mind;
therefore
have
I
hope.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}{\ADD{
It
is
of}} Jehovah’s
lovingkindnesses
that
we
are
not
consumed,
because
his
compassions
fail
not.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}They
are
new
every
morning;
great
is
thy
faithfulness.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}Jehovah
is
my
portion,
saith
my
soul;
therefore
will
I
hope
in
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}Jehovah
is
good
unto
them
that
wait
for
him,
to
the
soul
that
seeketh
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}It
is
good
that
a
man
should
hope
and
quietly
wait
for
the
salvation
of
Jehovah.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}It
is
good
for
a
man
that
he
bear
the
yoke
in
his
youth.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}Let
him
sit
alone
and
keep
silence,
because
he
hath
laid
it
upon
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}Let
him
put
his
mouth
in
the
dust,
if
so
be
there
may
be
hope.
\par }{\Q \VS{30}Let
him
give
his
cheek
to
him
that
smiteth
him;
let
him
be
filled
full
with
reproach.
\par }{\Q \VS{31}For
the
Lord
will
not
cast
off
for
ever.
\par }{\Q \VS{32}For
though
he
cause
grief,
yet
will
he
have
compassion
according
to
the
multitude
of
his
lovingkindnesses.
\par }{\Q \VS{33}For
he
doth
not
afflict
willingly,
nor
grieve
the
children
of
men.
\par }{\Q \VS{34}To
crush
under
foot
all
the
prisoners
of
the
earth,
\par }{\Q \VS{35}To
turn
aside
the
right
of
a
man
before
the
face
of
the
Most
High,
\par }{\Q \VS{36}To
subvert
a
man
in
his
cause,
the
Lord
approveth
not.
\par }{\Q \VS{37}Who
is
he
that
saith,
and
it
cometh
to
pass,
when
the
Lord
commandeth
it
not?
\par }{\Q \VS{38}Out
of
the
mouth
of
the
Most
High
cometh
there
not
evil
and
good?
\par }{\Q \VS{39}Wherefore
doth
a
living
man
complain,
a
man
for
the
punishment
of
his
sins?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{40}Let
us
search
and
try
our
ways,
and
turn
again
to
Jehovah.
\par }{\Q \VS{41}Let
us
lift
up
our
heart
with
our
hands
unto
God
in
the
heavens.
\par }{\Q \VS{42}We
have
transgressed
and
have
rebelled;
thou
hast
not
pardoned.
\par }{\Q \VS{43}Thou
hast
covered
with
anger
and
pursued
us;
thou
hast
slain,
thou
hast
not
pitied.
\par }{\Q \VS{44}Thou
hast
covered
thyself
with
a
cloud,
so
that
no
prayer
can
pass
through.
\par }{\Q \VS{45}Thou
hast
made
us
an
offscouring
and
refuse
in
the
midst
of
the
peoples.
\par }{\Q \VS{46}All
our
enemies
have
opened
their
mouth
wide
against
us.
\par }{\Q \VS{47}Fear
and
the
pit
are
come
upon
us,
devastation
and
destruction.
\par }{\Q \VS{48}Mine
eye
runneth
down
with
streams
of
water,
for
the
destruction
of
the
daughter
of
my
people.
\par }{\Q \VS{49}Mine
eye
poureth
down,
and
ceaseth
not,
without
any
intermission,
\par }{\Q \VS{50}Till
Jehovah
look
down,
and
behold
from
heaven.
\par }{\Q \VS{51}Mine
eye
affecteth
my
soul,
because
of
all
the
daughters
of
my
city.
\par }{\Q \VS{52}They
have
chased
me
sore
like
a
bird,
they
that
are
mine
enemies
without
cause.
\par }{\Q \VS{53}They
have
cut
off
my
life
in
the
dungeon,
and
have
cast
a
stone
upon
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{54}Waters
flowed
over
my
head;
I
said,
I
am
cut
off.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{55}I
called
upon
thy
name,
O
Jehovah,
out
of
the
lowest
dungeon.
\par }{\Q \VS{56}Thou
heardest
my
voice;
hide
not
thine
ear
at
my
breathing,
at
my
cry.
\par }{\Q \VS{57}Thou drewest
near
in
the
day
that
I
called
upon
thee;
thou
saidst,
Fear
not.
\par }{\Q \VS{58}O
Lord,
thou
hast
pleaded
the
causes
of
my
soul;
thou
hast
redeemed
my
life.
\par }{\Q \VS{59}O
Jehovah,
thou
hast
seen
my
wrong;
judge
thou
my
cause.
\par }{\Q \VS{60}Thou
hast
seen
all
their
vengeance
and
all
their
devices
against
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{61}Thou
hast
heard
their
reproach,
O
Jehovah,
and
all
their
devices
against
me,
\par }{\Q \VS{62}The
lips
of
those
that
rose
up
against
me,
and
their
device
against
me
all
the
day.
\par }{\Q \VS{63}Behold
thou
their
sitting
down,
and
their
rising
up;
I
am
their
song.
\par }{\Q \VS{64}Thou
wilt
render
unto
them
a
recompense,
O
Jehovah,
according
to
the
work
of
their
hands.
\par }{\Q \VS{65}Thou
wilt
give
them
hardness
of
heart,
thy
curse
unto
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{66}Thou
wilt
pursue
them
in
anger,
and
destroy
them
from
under
the
heavens
of
Jehovah.
\par }{\BB \par }
\PoetryChap{4}{\Q \VerseOne{1}How
is
the
gold
become
dim!
{\ADD{
how}}
is
the
most
pure
gold
changed!
\par }{\Q The
stones
of
the
sanctuary
are
poured
out
at
the
head
of
every
street.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}The
precious
sons
of
Zion,
comparable
to
fine
gold,
\par }{\Q How
are
they
esteemed
as
earthen
pitchers,
the
work
of
the
hands
of
the
potter!
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Even
the
jackals
draw
out
the
breast,
they
give
suck
to
their
young
ones:
\par }{\Q The
daughter
of
my
people
is
become
cruel,
like
the
ostriches
in
the
wilderness.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}The
tongue
of
the
sucking
child
cleaveth
to
the
roof
of
his
mouth
for
thirst:
\par }{\Q The
young
children
ask
bread,
and
no
man
breaketh
it
unto
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}They
that
did
feed
delicately
are
desolate
in
the
streets:
\par }{\Q They
that
were
brought
up
in
scarlet
embrace
dunghills.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}For
the
iniquity
of
the
daughter
of
my
people
is
greater
than
the
sin
of
Sodom,
\par }{\Q That
was
overthrown
as
in
a
moment,
and
no
hands
were
laid
upon
her.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Her
nobles
were
purer
than
snow,
they
were
whiter
than
milk;
\par }{\Q They
were
more
ruddy
in
body
than
rubies,
their
polishing
was
as
of
sapphire.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Their
visage
is
blacker
than
a
coal;
they
are
not
known
in
the
streets:
\par }{\Q Their
skin
cleaveth
to
their
bones;
it
is
withered,
it
is
become
like
a
stick.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}They
that
are
slain
with
the
sword
are
better
than
they
that
are
slain
with
hunger;
\par }{\Q For
these
pine
away,
stricken
through,
for
want
of
the
fruits
of
the
field.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}The
hands
of
the
pitiful
women
have
boiled
their
own
children;
\par }{\Q They
were
their
food
in
the
destruction
of
the
daughter
of
my
people.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}Jehovah
hath
accomplished
his
wrath,
he
hath
poured
out
his
fierce
anger;
\par }{\Q And
he
hath
kindled
a
fire
in
Zion,
which
hath
devoured
the
foundations
thereof.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}The
kings
of
the
earth
believed
not,
neither
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
world,
\par }{\Q That
the
adversary
and
the
enemy
would
enter
into
the
gates
of
Jerusalem.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}{\ADD{
It
is}}
because
of
the
sins
of
her
prophets,
{\ADD{
and}}
the
iniquities
of
her
priests,
\par }{\Q That
have
shed
the
blood
of
the
just
in
the
midst
of
her.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}They
wander
as
blind
men
in
the
streets,
they
are
polluted
with
blood,
\par }{\Q So
that
men
cannot
touch
their
garments.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Depart
ye,
they
cried
unto
them,
Unclean!
depart,
depart,
touch
not!
\par }{\Q When
they
fled
away
and
wandered,
men
said
among
the
nations,
They
shall
no
more
sojourn
{\ADD{
here}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}The
anger
of
Jehovah
hath
scattered
them;
he
will
no
more
regard
them:
\par }{\Q They
respected
not
the
persons
of
the
priests,
they
favored
not
the
elders.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{17}Our
eyes
do
yet
fail
{\ADD{
in
looking}}
for
our
vain
help:
\par }{\Q In
our
watching
we
have
watched
for
a
nation
that
could
not
save.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}They
hunt
our
steps,
so
that
we
cannot
go
in
our
streets:
\par }{\Q Our
end
is
near,
our
days
are
fulfilled;
for
our
end
is
come.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Our
pursuers
were
swifter
than
the
eagles
of
the
heavens:
\par }{\Q They
chased
us
upon
the
mountains,
they
laid
wait
for
us
in
the
wilderness.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}The
breath
of
our
nostrils,
the
anointed
of
Jehovah,
was
taken
in
their
pits;
\par }{\Q Of
whom
we
said,
Under
his
shadow
we
shall
live
among
the
nations.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{21}Rejoice
and
be
glad,
O
daughter
of
Edom,
that
dwellest
in
the
land
of
Uz:
\par }{\Q The
cup
shall
pass
through
unto
thee
also;
thou shalt
be
drunken,
and shalt
make
thyself
naked.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}The
punishment
of
thine
iniquity
is
accomplished,
O
daughter
of
Zion;
he
will
no
more
carry
thee
away
into
captivity:
\par }{\Q He
will
visit
thine
iniquity,
O
daughter
of
Edom;
he
will
uncover
thy
sins.
\par }{\BB \par }
\PoetryChap{5}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Remember,
O
Jehovah,
what
is
come
upon
us:
\par }{\Q Behold,
and
see
our
reproach.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Our
inheritance
is
turned
unto
strangers,
\par }{\Q Our
houses
unto
aliens.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}We
are
orphans
and
fatherless;
\par }{\Q Our
mothers
are
as
widows.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}We
have
drunken
our
water
for
money;
\par }{\Q Our
wood
is
sold
unto
us.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Our
pursuers
are
upon
our
necks:
\par }{\Q We
are
weary,
and
have
no
rest.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}We
have
given
the
hand
to
the
Egyptians,
\par }{\Q And
to
the
Assyrians,
to
be
satisfied
with
bread.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Our
fathers
sinned,
and
are
not;
\par }{\Q And
we
have
borne
their
iniquities.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Servants
rule
over
us:
\par }{\Q There
is
none
to
deliver
us
out
of
their
hand.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}We
get
our
bread
at
the peril
of
our
lives,
\par }{\Q Because
of
the
sword
of
the
wilderness.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Our
skin
is
black
like
an
oven,
\par }{\Q Because
of
the
burning
heat
of
famine.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}They
ravished
the
women
in
Zion,
\par }{\Q The
virgins
in
the
cities
of
Judah.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Princes
were
hanged
up
by
their
hand:
\par }{\Q The
faces
of
elders
were
not
honored.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}The
young
men
bare
the
mill;
\par }{\Q And
the
children
stumbled
under
the
wood.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}The
elders
have
ceased
from
the
gate,
\par }{\Q The
young
men
from
their
music.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}The
joy
of
our
heart
is
ceased;
\par }{\Q Our
dance
is
turned
into
mourning.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}The
crown
is
fallen
from
our
head:
\par }{\Q Woe
unto
us!
for
we
have
sinned.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}For
this
our
heart
is
faint;
\par }{\Q For
these
things
our
eyes
are
dim;
\par }{\Q \VS{18}For
the
mountain
of
Zion,
which
is
desolate:
\par }{\Q The
foxes
walk
upon
it.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{19}Thou,
O
Jehovah, abidest
for
ever;
\par }{\Q Thy
throne
is
from
generation
to
generation.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Wherefore
dost
thou
forget
us
for
ever,
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
And}}
forsake
us
so
long
time?
\par }{\Q \VS{21}Turn
thou
us
unto
thee,
O
Jehovah,
and
we
shall
be
turned;
\par }{\Q Renew
our
days
as
of
old.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}But
thou
hast
utterly
rejected
us;
\par }{\Q Thou
art
very
wroth
against
us.
\par }