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

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}How
doth
the
city
sit
solitary,
that
was
full
of
people!
{\ADD{
how
}}is
she
become
as
a
widow!
she
that
was
great
among
the
nations,
{\ADD{
and
}}princess
among
the
provinces,
{\ADD{
how
}}is
she
become
tributary!
\VS{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.
\VS{3}Judah
is
gone
into
captivity
because
of
affliction,
and
because
of
great
servitude;
she
dwelleth
among
the
heathen,
she
findeth
no
rest:
all
her
persecutors
overtook
her
within
the
straits.
\VS{4}The
ways
of
Zion
do
mourn,
because
none
come
to
the
solemn
assembly;
all
her
gates
are
desolate,
her
priests
do
sigh:
her
virgins
are
afflicted,
and
she
herself
is
in
bitterness.
\VS{5}Her
adversaries
are
become
the
head,
her
enemies
prosper;
for
the
LORD
hath
afflicted
her
for
the
multitude
of
her
transgressions:
her
young
children
are
gone
into
captivity
before
the
adversary.
\VS{6}And
from
the
daughter
of
Zion
all
her
majesty
is
departed:
her
princes
are
become
like
harts
that
find
no
pasture,
and
they
are
gone
without
strength
before
the
pursuer.
\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:
when
her
people
fell
into
the
hand
of
the
adversary,
and
none
did
help
her,
the
adversaries
saw
her,
they
did
mock
at
her
desolations.
\VS{8}Jerusalem
hath
grievously
sinned;
therefore
she
is
become
as
an
unclean
thing:
all
that
honoured
her
despise
her,
because
they
have
seen
her
nakedness:
yea,
she
sigheth,
and
turneth
backward.
\VS{9}Her
filthiness
was
in
her
skirts;
she
remembered
not
her
latter
end;
therefore
is
she
come
down
wonderfully;
she
hath
no
comforter:
behold,
O
LORD,
my
affliction;
for
the
enemy
hath
magnified
himself.
\VS{10}The
adversary
hath
spread
out
his
hand
upon
all
her
pleasant
things:
for
she
hath
seen
that
the
heathen
are
entered
into
her
sanctuary,
concerning
whom
thou
didst
command
that
they
should
not
enter
into
thy
congregation.
\VS{11}All
her
people
sigh,
they
seek
bread;
they
have
given
their
pleasant
things
for
meat
to
refresh
the
soul:
see,
O
LORD,
and
behold;
for
I
am
become
vile.
\VS{12}Is
it
nothing
to
you,
all
ye
that
pass
by?
behold,
and
see
if
there
be
any
sorrow
like
unto
my
sorrow,
which
is
done
unto
me,
wherewith
the
LORD
hath
afflicted
{\ADD{
me
}}in
the
day
of
his
fierce
anger.
\VS{13}From
on
high
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
day.
\VS{14}The
yoke
of
my
transgressions
is
bound
by
his
hand;
they
are
knit
together,
they
are
come
up
upon
my
neck;
he
hath
made
my
strength
to
fail:
the
Lord
hath
delivered
me
into
their
hands,
against
whom
I
am
not
able
to
stand.
\VS{15}The
Lord
hath
set
at
nought
all
my
mighty
men
in
the
midst
of
me;
he
hath
called
a
solemn
assembly
against
me
to
crush
my
young
men:
the
Lord
hath
trodden
as
in
a
winepress
the
virgin
daughter
of
Judah.
\VS{16}For
these
things
I
weep;
mine
eye,
mine
eye
runneth
down
with
water;
because
the
comforter
that
should
refresh
my
soul
is
far
from
me:
my
children
are
desolate,
because
the
enemy
hath
prevailed.
\VS{17}Zion
spreadeth
forth
her
hands;
there
is
none
to
comfort
her;
the
LORD
hath
commanded
concerning
Jacob,
that
they
that
are
round
about
him
should
be
his
adversaries:
Jerusalem
is
among
them
as
an
unclean
thing.
\VS{18}The
LORD
is
righteous;
for
I
have
rebelled
against
his
commandment:
hear,
I
pray
you,
all
ye
peoples,
and
behold
my
sorrow:
my
virgins
and
my
young
men
are
gone
into
captivity.
\VS{19}I
called
for
my
lovers,
{\ADD{
but
}}they
deceived
me:
my
priests
and
mine
elders
gave
up
the
ghost
in
the
city,
while
they
sought
them
meat
to
refresh
their
souls.
\VS{20}Behold,
O
LORD;
for
I
am
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.
\VS{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
proclaimed,
and
they
shall
be
like
unto
me.
\VS{22}Let
all
their
wickedness
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.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}How
hath
the
Lord
covered
the
daughter
of
Zion
with
a
cloud
in
his
anger!
he
hath
cast
down
from
heaven
unto
the
earth
the
beauty
of
Israel,
and
hath
not
remembered
his
footstool
in
the
day
of
his
anger.
\VS{2}The
Lord
hath
swallowed
up
all
the
habitations
of
Jacob,
and
hath
not
pitied;
he
hath
thrown
down
in
his
wrath
the
strong
holds
of
the
daughter
of
Judah;
he
hath
brought
them
down
to
the
ground:
he
hath
profaned
the
kingdom
and
the
princes
thereof.
\VS{3}He
hath
cut
off
in
fierce
anger
all
the
horn
of
Israel;
he
hath
drawn
back
his
right
hand
from
before
the
enemy:
and
he
hath
burned
up
Jacob
like
a
flaming
fire,
which
devoureth
round
about.
\VS{4}He
hath
bent
his
bow
like
an
enemy,
he
hath
stood
with
his
right
hand
as
an
adversary,
and
hath
slain
all
that
were
pleasant
to
the
eye:
in
the
tent
of
the
daughter
of
Zion
he
hath
poured
out
his
fury
like
fire.
\VS{5}The
Lord
is
become
as
an
enemy,
he
hath
swallowed
up
Israel;
he
hath
swallowed
up
all
her
palaces,
he
hath
destroyed
his
strong
holds:
and
he
hath
multiplied
in
the
daughter
of
Judah
mourning
and
lamentation.
\VS{6}And
he
hath
violently
taken
away
his
tabernacle,
as
if
it
were
of
a
garden;
he
hath
destroyed
his
place
of
assembly:
the
LORD
hath
caused
solemn
assembly
and
sabbath
to
be
forgotten
in
Zion,
and
hath
despised
in
the
indignation
of
his
anger
the
king
and
the
priest.
\VS{7}The
Lord
hath
cast
off
his
altar,
he
hath
abhorred
his
sanctuary,
he
hath
given
up
into
the
hand
of
the
enemy
the
walls
of
her
palaces:
they
have
made
a
noise
in
the
house
of
the
LORD,
as
in
the
day
of
a
solemn
assembly.
\VS{8}The
LORD
hath
purposed
to
destroy
the
wall
of
the
daughter
of
Zion;
he
hath
stretched
out
the
line,
he
hath
not
withdrawn
his
hand
from
destroying:
but
he
hath
made
the
rampart
and
wall
to
lament;
they
languish
together.
\VS{9}Her
gates
are
sunk
into
the
ground;
he
hath
destroyed
and
broken
her
bars:
her
king
and
her
princes
are
among
the
nations
where
the
law
is
not;
yea,
her
prophets
find
no
vision
from
the
LORD.
\VS{10}The
elders
of
the
daughter
of
Zion
sit
upon
the
ground,
they
keep
silence;
they
have
cast
up
dust
upon
their
heads;
they
have
girded
themselves
with
sackcloth:
the
virgins
of
Jerusalem
hang
down
their
heads
to
the
ground.
\VS{11}Mine
eyes
do
fail
with
tears,
my
bowels
are
troubled,
my
liver
is
poured
upon
the
earth,
for
the
destruction
of
the
daughter
of
my
people;
because
the
young
children
and
the
sucklings
swoon
in
the
streets
of
the
city.
\VS{12}They
say
to
their
mothers,
Where
is
corn
and
wine?
when
they
swoon
as
the
wounded
in
the
streets
of
the
city,
when
their
soul
is
poured
out
into
their
mothers’
bosom.
\VS{13}What
shall
I
testify
unto
thee?
what
shall
I
liken
to
thee,
O
daughter
of
Jerusalem?
what
shall
I
equal
to
thee,
that
I
may
comfort
thee,
O
virgin
daughter
of
Zion?
for
thy
breach
is
great
like
the
sea:
who
can
heal
thee?
\VS{14}Thy
prophets
have
seen
visions
for
thee
of
vanity
and
foolishness;
and
they
have
not
discovered
thine
iniquity,
to
bring
again
thy
captivity:
but
have
seen
for
thee
burdens
of
vanity
and
causes
of
banishment.
\VS{15}All
that
pass
by
clap
their
hands
at
thee;
they
hiss
and
wag
their
head
at
the
daughter
of
Jerusalem,
{\ADD{
saying}}:
Is
this
the
city
that
men
called
The
perfection
of
beauty,
The
joy
of
the
whole
earth?
\VS{16}All
thine
enemies
have
opened
their
mouth
wide
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
found,
we
have
seen
it.
\VS{17}The
LORD
hath
done
that
which
he
devised;
he
hath
fulfilled
his
word
that
he
commanded
in
the
days
of
old;
he
hath
thrown
down,
and
hath
not
pitied:
and
he
hath
caused
the
enemy
to
rejoice
over
thee,
he
hath
exalted
the
horn
of
thine
adversaries.
\VS{18}Their
heart
cried
unto
the
Lord:
O
wall
of
the
daughter
of
Zion,
let
tears
run
down
like
a
river
day
and
night;
give
thyself
no
respite;
let
not
the
apple
of
thine
eye
cease.
\VS{19}Arise,
cry
out
in
the
night,
at
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
children,
that
faint
for
hunger
at
the
top
of
every
street.
\VS{20}See,
O
LORD,
and
behold,
to
whom
thou
hast
done
thus!
shall
the
women
eat
their
fruit,
the
children
that
are
dandled
in
the
hands?
shall
the
priest
and
the
prophet
be
slain
in
the
sanctuary
of
the
Lord?
\VS{21}The
youth
and
the
old
man
lie
on
the
ground
in
the
streets;
my
virgins
and
my
young
men
are
fallen
by
the
sword:
thou
hast
slain
them
in
the
day
of
thine
anger;
thou
hast
slaughtered,
{\ADD{
and
}}not
pitied.
\VS{22}Thou
hast
called,
as
in
the
day
of
a
solemn
assembly,
my
terrors
on
every
side,
and
there
was
none
that
escaped
or
remained
in
the
day
of
the
LORD’S
anger:
those
that
I
have
dandled
and
brought
up
hath
mine
enemy
consumed.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
AM
the
man
that
hath
seen
affliction
by
the
rod
of
his
wrath.
\VS{2}He
hath
led
me
and
caused
me
to
walk
in
darkness
and
not
in
light.
\VS{3}Surely
against
me
he
turneth
his
hand
again
and
again
all
the
day.
\VS{4}My
flesh
and
my
skin
hath
he
made
old;
he
hath
broken
my
bones.
\VS{5}He
hath
builded
against
me,
and
compassed
me
with
gall
and
travail.
\VS{6}He
hath
made
me
to
dwell
in
dark
places,
as
those
that
have
been
long
dead.
\VS{7}He
hath
fenced
me
about,
that
I
cannot
go
forth;
he
hath
made
my
chain
heavy.
\VS{8}Yea,
when
I
cry
and
call
for
help,
he
shutteth
out
my
prayer.
\VS{9}He
hath
fenced
up
my
ways
with
hewn
stone,
he
hath
made
my
paths
crooked.
\VS{10}He
is
unto
me
as
a
bear
lying
in
wait,
as
a
lion
in
secret
places.
\VS{11}He
hath
turned
aside
my
ways,
and
pulled
me
in
pieces;
he
hath
made
me
desolate.
\VS{12}He
hath
bent
his
bow,
and
set
me
as
a
mark
for
the
arrow.
\VS{13}He
hath
caused
the
shafts
of
his
quiver
to
enter
into
my
reins.
\VS{14}I
am
become
a
derision
to
all
my
people;
and
their
song
all
the
day.
\VS{15}He
hath
filled
me
with
bitterness,
he
hath
sated
me
with
wormwood.
\VS{16}He
hath
also
broken
my
teeth
with
gravel
stones,
he
hath
covered
me
with
ashes.
\VS{17}And
thou
hast
removed
my
soul
far
off
from
peace;
I
forgat
prosperity.
\VS{18}And
I
said,
My
strength
is
perished,
and
mine
expectation
from
the
LORD.
\VS{19}Remember
mine
affliction
and
my
misery,
the
wormwood
and
the
gall.
\VS{20}My
soul
hath
them
still
in
remembrance,
and
is
bowed
down
within
me.
\VS{21}This
I
recall
to
my
mind,
therefore
have
I
hope.
\VS{22}{\ADD{
It
is
of
}}the
LORD’S
mercies
that
we
are
not
consumed,
because
his
compassions
fail
not.
\VS{23}They
are
new
every
morning;
great
is
thy
faithfulness.
\VS{24}The
LORD
is
my
portion,
saith
my
soul;
therefore
will
I
hope
in
him.
\VS{25}The
LORD
is
good
unto
them
that
wait
for
him,
to
the
soul
that
seeketh
him.
\VS{26}It
is
good
that
a
man
should
hope
and
quietly
wait
for
the
salvation
of
the
LORD.
\VS{27}It
is
good
for
a
man
that
he
bear
the
yoke
in
his
youth.
\VS{28}Let
him
sit
alone
and
keep
silence,
because
he
hath
laid
it
upon
him.
\VS{29}Let
him
put
his
mouth
in
the
dust;
if
so
be
there
may
he
hope.
\VS{30}Let
him
give
his
cheek
to
him
that
smiteth
him;
let
him
be
filled
full
with
reproach.
\VS{31}For
the
Lord
will
not
cast
off
for
ever.
\VS{32}For
though
he
cause
grief,
yet
will
he
have
compassion
according
to
the
multitude
of
his
mercies.
\VS{33}For
he
doth
not
afflict
willingly,
nor
grieve
the
children
of
men.
\VS{34}To
crush
under
foot
all
the
prisoners
of
the
earth,
\VS{35}To
turn
aside
the
right
of
a
man
before
the
face
of
the
Most
High,
\VS{36}To
subvert
a
man
in
his
cause,
the
Lord
approveth
not.
\VS{37}Who
is
he
that
saith,
and
it
cometh
to
pass,
when
the
Lord
commandeth
it
not?
\VS{38}Out
of
the
mouth
of
the
Most
High
cometh
there
not
evil
and
good?
\VS{39}Wherefore
doth
a
living
man
complain,
a
man
for
the
punishment
of
his
sins?
\VS{40}Let
us
search
and
try
our
ways,
and
turn
again
to
the
LORD.
\VS{41}Let
us
lift
up
our
heart
with
our
hands
unto
God
in
the
heavens.
\VS{42}We
have
transgressed
and
have
rebelled;
thou
hast
not
pardoned.
\VS{43}Thou
hast
covered
with
anger
and
pursued
us;
thou
hast
slain,
thou
hast
not
pitied.
\VS{44}Thou
hast
covered
thyself
with
a
cloud,
that
{\ADD{
our
}}prayer
should
not
pass
through.
\VS{45}Thou
hast
made
us
{\ADD{
as
}}the
offscouring
and
refuse
in
the
midst
of
the
peoples.
\VS{46}all
our
enemies
have
opened
their
mouth
wide
against
us.
\VS{47}Fear
and
the
pit
are
come
upon
us,
devastation
and
destruction.
\VS{48}Mine
eye
runneth
down
with
rivers
of
water,
for
the
destruction
of
the
daughter
of
my
people.
\VS{49}Mine
eye
poureth
down,
and
ceaseth
not,
without
any
intermission,
\VS{50}Till
the
LORD
look
down,
and
behold
from
heaven.
\VS{51}Mine
eye
affecteth
my
soul,
because
of
all
the
daughters
of
my
city.
\VS{52}They
have
chased
me
sore
like
a
bird,
that
are
mine
enemies
without
cause.
\VS{53}They
have
cut
off
my
life
in
the
dungeon,
and
have
cast
a
stone
upon
me.
\VS{54}Waters
flowed
over
mine
head;
I
said,
I
am
cut
off.
\VS{55}I
called
upon
thy
name,
O
LORD,
out
of
the
lowest
dungeon.
\VS{56}Thou
heardest
my
voice;
hide
not
thine
ear
at
my
breathing,
at
my
cry.
\VS{57}Thou drewest
near
in
the
day
that
I
called
upon
thee:
thou
saidst,
Fear
not.
\VS{58}O
Lord,
thou
hast
pleaded
the
causes
of
my
soul;
thou
hast
redeemed
my
life.
\VS{59}O
LORD,
thou
hast
seen
my
wrong;
judge
thou
my
cause.
\VS{60}Thou
hast
seen
all
their
vengeance
and
all
their
devices
against
me.
\VS{61}Thou
hast
heard
their
reproach,
O
LORD,
and
all
their
devices
against
me;
\VS{62}The
lips
of
those
that
rose
up
against
me,
and
their
imagination
against
me
all
the
day.
\VS{63}Behold
thou
their
sitting
down,
and
their
rising
up;
I
am
their
song.
\VS{64}Thou
wilt
render
unto
them
a
recompence,
O
LORD,
according
to
the
work
of
their
hands.
\VS{65}Thou
wilt
give
them
hardness
of
heart,
thy
curse
unto
them.
\VS{66}Thou
wilt
pursue
them
in
anger,
and
destroy
them
from
under
the
heavens
of
the
LORD.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}How
is
the
gold
become
dim!
{\ADD{
how
}}is
the
most
pure
gold
changed!
the
stones
of
the
sanctuary
are
poured
out
at
the
top
of
every
street.
\VS{2}The
precious
sons
of
Zion,
comparable
to
fine
gold,
how
are
they
esteemed
as
earthen
pitchers,
the
work
of
the
hands
of
the
potter!
\VS{3}Even
the
jackals
draw
out
the
breast,
they
give
suck
to
their
young
ones:
the
daughter
of
my
people
is
become
cruel,
like
the
ostriches
in
the
wilderness.
\VS{4}The
tongue
of
the
sucking
child
cleaveth
to
the
roof
of
his
mouth
for
thirst:
the
young
children
ask
bread,
and
no
man
breaketh
it
unto
them.
\VS{5}They
that
did
feed
delicately
are
desolate
in
the
streets:
they
that
were
brought
up
in
scarlet
embrace dung-hills.
\VS{6}For
the
iniquity
of
the
daughter
of
my
people
is
greater
than
the
sin
of
Sodom,
that
was
overthrown
as
in
a
moment,
and
no
hands
were
laid
upon
her.
\VS{7}Her
nobles
were
purer
than
snow,
they
were
whiter
than
milk,
they
were
more
ruddy
in
body
than
rubies,
their
polishing
was
as
of
sapphire:
\VS{8}Their
visage
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.
\VS{9}They
that
be
slain
with
the
sword
are
better
than
they
that
be
slain
with
hunger;
for
these
pine
away,
stricken
through,
for
want
of
the
fruits
of
the
field.
\VS{10}The
hands
of
the
pitiful
women
have
sodden
their
own
children;
they
were
their
meat
in
the
destruction
of
the
daughter
of
my
people.
\VS{11}The
LORD
hath
accomplished
his
fury,
he
hath
poured
out
his
fierce
anger;
and
he
hath
kindled
a
fire
in
Zion,
which
hath
devoured
the
foundations
thereof.
\VS{12}The
kings
of
the
earth
believed
not,
neither
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
world,
that
the
adversary
and
the
enemy
should
enter
into
the
gates
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{13}{\ADD{
It
is
}}because
of
the
sins
of
her
prophets,
{\ADD{
and
}}the
iniquities
of
her
priests,
that
have
shed
the
blood
of
the
just
in
the
midst
of
her.
\VS{14}They
wander
as
blind
men
in
the
streets,
that
are
polluted
with
blood,
so
that
men
cannot
touch
their
garments.
\VS{15}Depart
ye,
they
cried
unto
them,
Unclean!
depart,
depart,
touch
not:
when
they
fled
away
and
wandered,
men
said
among
the
nations,
They
shall
no
more
sojourn
{\ADD{
here}}.
\VS{16}The
anger
of
the
LORD
hath
divided
them;
he
will
no
more
regard
them:
they
respected
not
the
persons
of
the
priests,
they
favoured
not
the
elders.
\VS{17}Our
eyes
do
yet
fail
{\ADD{
in
looking
}}for
our
vain
help;
in
our
watching
we
have
watched
for
a
nation
that
could
not
save.
\VS{18}They
hunt
our
steps,
that
we
cannot
go
in
our
streets:
our
end
is
near,
our
days
are
fulfilled;
for
our
end
is
come.
\VS{19}Our
pursuers
were
swifter
than
the
eagles
of
the
heaven:
they
chased
us
upon
the
mountains,
they
laid
wait
for
us
in
the
wilderness.
\VS{20}The
breath
of
our
nostrils,
the
anointed
of
the
LORD,
was
taken
in
their
pits;
of
whom
we
said,
Under
his
shadow
we
shall
live
among
the
nations.
\VS{21}Rejoice
and
be
glad,
O
daughter
of
Edom,
that
dwellest
in
the
land
of
Uz:
the
cup
shall
pass
through
unto
thee
also;
thou shalt
be
drunken,
and shalt
make
thyself
naked.
\VS{22}The
punishment
of
thine
iniquity
is
accomplished,
O
daughter
of
Zion;
he
will
no
more
carry
thee
away
into
captivity:
he
will
visit
thine
iniquity,
O
daughter
of
Edom;
he
will
discover
thy
sins.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Remember,
O
what
is
LORD,
come
upon
us:
behold,
and
see
our
reproach.
\VS{2}Our
inheritance
is
turned
unto
strangers,
our
houses
unto
aliens.
\VS{3}We
are
orphans
and
fatherless,
our
mothers
are
as
widows.
\VS{4}We
have
drunken
our
water
for
money;
our
wood
is
sold
unto
us.
\VS{5}Our
pursuers
are
upon
our
necks:
we
are
weary,
and
have
no
rest.
\VS{6}We
have
given
the
hand
to
the
Egyptians,
and
to
the
Assyrians,
to
be
satisfied
with
bread.
\VS{7}Our
fathers
have
sinned,
and
are
not;
and
we
have
borne
their
iniquities.
\VS{8}Servants
rule
over
us:
there
is
none
to
deliver
us
out
of
their
hand.
\VS{9}We
get
our
bread
with
the peril
of
our
lives
because
of
the
sword
of
the
wilderness.
\VS{10}Our
skin
is
black
like
an
oven
because
of
the
burning
heat
of
famine.
\VS{11}They
ravished
the
women
in
Zion,
the
maidens
in
the
cities
of
Judah.
\VS{12}Princes
were
hanged
up
by
their
hand:
the
faces
of
elders
were
not
honoured.
\VS{13}The
young
men
bare
the
mill,
and
the
children
stumbled
under
the
wood.
\VS{14}The
elders
have
ceased
from
the
gate,
the
young
men
from
their
music.
\VS{15}The
joy
of
our
heart
is
ceased;
our
dance
is
turned
into
mourning.
\VS{16}The
crown
is
fallen
from
our
head:
woe
unto
us!
for
we
have
sinned.
\VS{17}For
this
our
heart
is
faint;
for
these
things
our
eyes
are
dim;
\VS{18}For
the
mountain
of
Zion,
which
is
desolate;
the
foxes
walk
upon
it.
\VS{19}Thou,
O
LORD, abidest
for
ever;
thy
throne
is
from
generation
to
generation.
\VS{20}Wherefore
dost
thou
forget
us
for
ever,
{\ADD{
and
}}forsake
us
so
long
time?
\VS{21}Turn
thou
us
unto
thee,
O
LORD,
and
we
shall
be
turned;
renew
our
days
as
of
old.
\VS{22}But
thou
hast
utterly
rejected
us,
thou
art
very
wroth
against
us.
\par }