1 How H349 doth the city H5892 sit H3427 solitary, H910 that was full H7227 of people H5971 ! how is she become H1961 as a widow H490 ! she that was great H7227 among the nations, H1471 and princess H8282 among the provinces, H4082 how is she become H1961 tributary H4522 !
2 She weepeth sore H1058 H1058 in the night, H3915 and her tears H1832 are on H5921 her cheeks: H3895 among all H4480 H3605 her lovers H157 she hath none H369 to comfort H5162 her : all H3605 her friends H7453 have dealt treacherously H898 with her , they are become H1961 her enemies. H341
3 Judah H3063 is gone into captivity H1540 because of affliction H4480 H6040 , and because of great H4480 H7230 servitude: H5656 she H1931 dwelleth H3427 among the heathen, H1471 she findeth H4672 no H3808 rest: H4494 all H3605 her persecutors H7291 overtook H5381 her between H996 the straits. H4712
4 The ways H1870 of Zion H6726 do mourn, H57 because none H4480 H1097 come H935 to the solemn feasts: H4150 all H3605 her gates H8179 are desolate: H8074 her priests H3548 sigh, H584 her virgins H1330 are afflicted, H3013 and she H1931 is in bitterness. H4843
5 Her adversaries H6862 are H1961 the chief, H7218 her enemies H341 prosper; H7951 for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath afflicted H3013 her for H5921 the multitude H7230 of her transgressions: H6588 her children H5768 are gone H1980 into captivity H7628 before H6440 the enemy. H6862
6 And from H4480 the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 all H3605 her beauty H1926 is departed: H3318 her princes H8269 are become H1961 like harts H354 that find H4672 no H3808 pasture, H4829 and they are gone H1980 without H3808 strength H3581 before H6440 the pursuer. H7291
7 Jerusalem H3389 remembered H2142 in the days H3117 of her affliction H6040 and of her miseries H4788 all H3605 her pleasant things H4262 that H834 she had H1961 in the days H4480 H3117 of old, H6924 when her people H5971 fell H5307 into the hand H3027 of the enemy, H6862 and none H369 did help H5826 her : the adversaries H6862 saw H7200 her, and did mock H7832 at H5921 her sabbaths. H4868
8 Jerusalem H3389 hath grievously sinned H2398 H2399 ; therefore H5921 H3651 she is H1961 removed: H5206 all H3605 that honored H3513 her despise H2151 her, because H3588 they have seen H7200 her nakedness: H6172 yea, H1571 she H1931 sigheth, H584 and turneth H7725 backward. H268
9 Her filthiness H2932 is in her skirts; H7757 she remembereth H2142 not H3808 her last end; H319 therefore she came down H3381 wonderfully: H6382 she had no H369 comforter. H5162 O LORD, H3068 behold H7200 H853 my affliction: H6040 for H3588 the enemy H341 hath magnified H1431 himself .
10 The adversary H6862 hath spread out H6566 his hand H3027 upon H5921 all H3605 her pleasant things: H4261 for H3588 she hath seen H7200 that the heathen H1471 entered H935 into her sanctuary, H4720 whom H834 thou didst command H6680 that they should not H3808 enter H935 into thy congregation. H6951
11 All H3605 her people H5971 sigh, H584 they seek H1245 bread; H3899 they have given H5414 their pleasant things H4262 for meat H400 to relieve H7725 the soul: H5315 see, H7200 O LORD, H3068 and consider; H5027 for H3588 I am become H1961 vile. H2151
12 Is it nothing H3808 to H413 you, all H3605 ye that pass by H5674 H1870 ? behold, H5027 and see H7200 if H518 there be H3426 any sorrow H4341 like unto my sorrow, H4341 which H834 is done H5953 unto me, wherewith H834 the LORD H3068 hath afflicted H3013 me in the day H3117 of his fierce H2740 anger. H639
13 From above H4480 H4791 hath he sent H7971 fire H784 into my bones, H6106 and it prevaileth against H7287 them : he hath spread H6566 a net H7568 for my feet, H7272 he hath turned H7725 me back: H268 he hath made H5414 me desolate H8074 and faint H1739 all H3605 the day. H3117
14 The yoke H5923 of my transgressions H6588 is bound H8244 by his hand: H3027 they are wreathed, H8276 and come up H5927 upon H5921 my neck: H6677 he hath made my strength H3581 to fall, H3782 the Lord H136 hath delivered H5414 me into their hands, H3027 from whom I am not able H3201 H3808 to rise up. H6965
15 The Lord H136 hath trodden under foot H5541 all H3605 my mighty H47 men in the midst H7130 of me : he hath called H7121 an assembly H4150 against H5921 me to crush H7665 my young men: H970 the Lord H136 hath trodden H1869 the virgin, H1330 the daughter H1323 of Judah, H3063 as in a winepress. H1660
16 For H5921 these H428 things I H589 weep; H1058 mine eye, H5869 mine eye H5869 runneth down H3381 with water, H4325 because H3588 the comforter H5162 that should relieve H7725 my soul H5315 is far H7368 from H4480 me : my children H1121 are H1961 desolate, H8074 because H3588 the enemy H341 prevailed. H1396
17 Zion H6726 spreadeth forth H6566 her hands, H3027 and there is none H369 to comfort H5162 her : the LORD H3068 hath commanded H6680 concerning Jacob, H3290 that his adversaries H6862 should be round about H5439 him: Jerusalem H3389 is H1961 as a menstruous woman H5079 among H996 them.
18 The LORD H3068 is righteous; H6662 for H3588 I have rebelled H4784 against his commandment: H6310 hear, H8085 I pray you, H4994 all H3605 people, H5971 and behold H7200 my sorrow: H4341 my virgins H1330 and my young men H970 are gone H1980 into captivity. H7628
19 I called H7121 for my lovers, H157 but they H1992 deceived H7411 me : my priests H3548 and mine elders H2205 gave up the ghost H1478 in the city, H5892 while H3588 they sought H1245 their meat H400 to relieve H7725 H853 their souls. H5315
20 Behold H7200 , O LORD; H3068 for H3588 I am in distress: H6862 my bowels H4578 are troubled; H2560 mine heart H3820 is turned H2015 within H7130 me; for H3588 I have grievously rebelled H4784 H4784 : abroad H4480 H2351 the sword H2719 bereaveth, H7921 at home H1004 there is as death. H4194
21 They have heard H8085 that H3588 I H589 sigh: H584 there is none H369 to comfort H5162 me: all H3605 mine enemies H341 have heard H8085 of my trouble; H7451 they are glad H7797 that H3588 thou H859 hast done H6213 it : thou wilt bring H935 the day H3117 that thou hast called, H7121 and they shall be H1961 like unto me. H3644
22 Let all H3605 their wickedness H7451 come H935 before H6440 thee ; and do H5953 unto them, as H834 thou hast done H5953 unto me for H5921 all H3605 my transgressions: H6588 for H3588 my sighs H585 are many, H7227 and my heart H3820 is faint. H1742