Lam 01:01 ¶ How doth the city <05892> sit <03427> (8804)

solitary <0910>, that was full <07227> of people <05971>! how is

she become as a widow <0490>! she that was great <07227> among

the nations <01471>, and princess <08282> among the provinces

<04082>, how is she become tributary <04522>!

Lam 01:02  She weepeth <01058> (8799) sore <01058> (8800) in the

night <03915>, and her tears <01832> are on her cheeks <03895>:

among all her lovers <0157> (8802) she hath none to comfort

<05162> (8764) her: all her friends <07453> have dealt

treacherously <0898> (8804) with her, they are become her

enemies <0341> (8802).

Lam 01:03  Judah <03063> is gone into captivity <01540> (8804)

because of affliction <06040>, and because of great <07230>

servitude <05656>: she dwelleth <03427> (8804) among the heathen

<01471>, she findeth <04672> (8804) no rest <04494>: all her

persecutors <07291> (8802) overtook <05381> (8689) her between

the straits <04712>.

Lam 01:04  The ways <01870> of Zion <06726> do mourn <057>,

because none come <0935> (8802) to the solemn feasts <04150>:

all her gates <08179> are desolate <08074> (8802): her priests

<03548> sigh <0584> (8737), her virgins <01330> are afflicted

<03013> (8737), and she is in bitterness <04843> (8804).

Lam 01:05  Her adversaries <06862> are the chief <07218>, her

enemies <0341> (8802) prosper <07951> (8804); for the LORD

<03068> hath afflicted <03013> (8689) her for the multitude

<07230> of her transgressions <06588>: her children <05768> are

gone <01980> (8804) into captivity <07628> before <06440> the

enemy <06862>.

Lam 01:06  And from the daughter <01323> of Zion <06726> all her

beauty <01926> is departed <03318> (8799): her princes <08269>

are become like harts <0354> that find <04672> (8804) no pasture

<04829>, and they are gone <03212> (8799) without strength

<03581> before <06440> the pursuer <07291> (8802).

Lam 01:07  Jerusalem <03389> remembered <02142> (8804) in the

days <03117> of her affliction <06040> and of her miseries

<04788> all her pleasant things <04262> that she had in the days

<03117> of old <06924>, when her people <05971> fell <05307>

(8800) into the hand <03027> of the enemy <06862>, and none did

help <05826> (8802) her: the adversaries <06862> saw <07200>

(8804) her, and did mock <07832> (8804) at her sabbaths <04868>.

Lam 01:08  Jerusalem <03389> hath grievously <02399> sinned

<02398> (8804); therefore she is removed <05206>: all that

honoured <03513> (8764) her despise <02107> (8689) her, because

they have seen <07200> (8804) her nakedness <06172>: yea, she

sigheth <0584> (8738), and turneth <07725> (8799) backward

<0268>.

Lam 01:09  Her filthiness <02932> is in her skirts <07757>; she

remembereth <02142> (8804) not her last end <0319>; therefore

she came down <03381> (8799) wonderfully <06382>: she had no

comforter <05162> (8764). O LORD <03068>, behold <07200> (8798)

my affliction <06040>: for the enemy <0341> (8802) hath

magnified <01431> (8689) himself.

Lam 01:10  The adversary <06862> hath spread out <06566> (8804)

his hand <03027> upon all her pleasant things <04261>: for she

hath seen <07200> (8804) that the heathen <01471> entered <0935>

(8804) into her sanctuary <04720>, whom thou didst command

<06680> (8765) that they should not enter <0935> (8799) into thy

congregation <06951>.

Lam 01:11  All her people <05971> sigh <0584> (8737), they seek

<01245> (8764) bread <03899>; they have given <05414> (8804)

their pleasant things <04261> (8675) <04262> for meat <0400> to

relieve <07725> (8687) the soul <05315>: see <07200> (8798), O

LORD <03068>, and consider <05027> (8685); for I am become vile

<02151> (8802).

Lam 01:12 ¶ Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass <05674>

(8802) by <01870>? behold <05027> (8685), and see <07200> (8798)

if there be <03426> any sorrow <04341> like unto my sorrow

<04341>, which is done <05953> (8776) unto me, wherewith the

LORD <03068> hath afflicted <03013> (8689) me in the day <03117>

of his fierce <02740> anger <0639>.

Lam 01:13  From above <04791> hath he sent <07971> (8804) fire

<0784> into my bones <06106>, and it prevaileth <07287> (8799)

against them: he hath spread <06566> (8804) a net <07568> for my

feet <07272>, he hath turned <07725> (8689) me back <0268>: he

hath made <05414> (8804) me desolate <08074> (8802) and faint

<01739> all the day <03117>.

Lam 01:14  The yoke <05923> of my transgressions <06588> is

bound <08244> (8738) by his hand <03027>: they are wreathed

<08276> (8691), and come up <05927> (8804) upon my neck <06677>:

he hath made my strength <03581> to fall <03782> (8689), the

Lord <0136> hath delivered <05414> (8804) me into their hands

<03027>, from whom I am not able <03201> (8799) to rise up

<06965> (8800).

Lam 01:15  The Lord <0136> hath trodden under foot <05541>

(8765) all my mighty <047> men in the midst <07130> of me: he

hath called <07121> (8804) an assembly <04150> against me to

crush <07665> (8800) my young men <0970>: the Lord <0136> hath

trodden <01869> (8804) the virgin <01330>, the daughter <01323>

of Judah <03063>, as in a winepress <01660>.

Lam 01:16  For these things I weep <01058> (8802); mine eye

<05869>, mine eye <05869> runneth down <03381> (8802) with water

<04325>, because the comforter <05162> (8764) that should

relieve <07725> (8688) my soul <05315> is far <07368> (8804)

from me: my children <01121> are desolate <08074> (8802),

because the enemy <0341> (8802) prevailed <01396> (8804).

Lam 01:17  Zion <06726> spreadeth forth <06566> (8765) her hands

<03027>, and there is none to comfort <05162> (8764) her: the

LORD <03068> hath commanded <06680> (8765) concerning Jacob

<03290>, that his adversaries <06862> should be round about

<05439> him: Jerusalem <03389> is as a menstruous woman <05079>

among them.

Lam 01:18  The LORD <03068> is righteous <06662>; for I have

rebelled <04784> (8804) against his commandment <06310>: hear

<08085> (8798), I pray you, all people <05971>, and behold

<07200> (8798) my sorrow <04341>: my virgins <01330> and my

young men <0970> are gone <01980> (8804) into captivity <07628>.

Lam 01:19  I called <07121> (8804) for my lovers <0157> (8764),

but they deceived <07411> (8765) me: my priests <03548> and mine

elders <02205> gave up the ghost <01478> (8804) in the city

<05892>, while they sought <01245> (8765) their meat <0400> to

relieve <07725> (8686) their souls <05315>.

Lam 01:20  Behold <07200> (8798), O LORD <03068>; for I am in

distress <06887> (8804): my bowels <04578> are troubled <02560>

(8777); mine heart <03820> is turned <02015> (8738) within

<07130> me; for I have grievously <04784> (8800) rebelled

<04784> (8804): abroad <02351> the sword <02719> bereaveth

<07921> (8765), at home <01004> there is as death <04194>.

Lam 01:21  They have heard <08085> (8804) that I sigh <0584>

(8737): there is none to comfort <05162> (8764) me: all mine

enemies <0341> (8802) have heard <08085> (8804) of my trouble

<07451>; they are glad <07797> (8804) that thou hast done

<06213> (8804) it: thou wilt bring <0935> (8689) the day <03117>

that thou hast called <07121> (8804), and they shall be like

<03644> unto me.

Lam 01:22  Let all their wickedness <07451> come <0935> (8799)

before <06440> thee; and do <05953> (8778) unto them, as thou

hast done <05953> (8782) unto me for all my transgressions

<06588>: for my sighs <0585> are many <07227>, and my heart

<03820> is faint <01742>.

Lam 02:01 ¶ How hath the Lord <0136> covered <05743> <00> the

daughter <01323> of Zion <06726> with a cloud <05743> (8686) in

his anger <0639>, and cast down <07993> (8689) from heaven

<08064> unto the earth <0776> the beauty <08597> of Israel

<03478>, and remembered <02142> (8804) not his footstool <01916>

<07272> in the day <03117> of his anger <0639>!

Lam 02:02  The Lord <0136> hath swallowed up <01104> (8765) all

the habitations <04999> of Jacob <03290>, and hath not pitied

<02550> (8804): he hath thrown down <02040> (8804) in his wrath

<05678> the strong holds <04013> of the daughter <01323> of

Judah <03063>; he hath brought them down <05060> (8689) to the

ground <0776>: he hath polluted <02490> (8765) the kingdom

<04467> and the princes <08269> thereof.

Lam 02:03  He hath cut off <01438> (8804) in his fierce <02750>

anger <0639> all the horn <07161> of Israel <03478>: he hath

drawn <07725> (8689) back <0268> his right hand <03225> from

before <06440> the enemy <0341> (8802), and he burned <01197>

(8799) against Jacob <03290> like a flaming <03852> fire <0784>,

which devoureth <0398> (8804) round about <05439>.

Lam 02:04  He hath bent <01869> (8804) his bow <07198> like an

enemy <0341> (8802): he stood <05324> (8737) with his right hand

<03225> as an adversary <06862>, and slew <02026> (8799) all

that were pleasant <04261> to the eye <05869> in the tabernacle

<0168> of the daughter <01323> of Zion <06726>: he poured out

<08210> (8804) his fury <02534> like fire <0784>.

Lam 02:05  The Lord <0136> was as an enemy <0341> (8802): he

hath swallowed up <01104> (8765) Israel <03478>, he hath

swallowed up <01104> (8765) all her palaces <0759>: he hath

destroyed <07843> (8765) his strong holds <04013>, and hath

increased <07235> (8686) in the daughter <01323> of Judah

<03063> mourning <08386> and lamentation <0592>.

Lam 02:06  And he hath violently taken away <02554> (8799) his

tabernacle <07900>, as if it were of a garden <01588>: he hath

destroyed <07843> (8765) his places of the assembly <04150>: the

LORD <03068> hath caused the solemn feasts <04150> and sabbaths

<07676> to be forgotten <07911> (8765) in Zion <06726>, and hath

despised <05006> (8799) in the indignation <02195> of his anger

<0639> the king <04428> and the priest <03548>.

Lam 02:07  The Lord <0136> hath cast off <02186> (8804) his

altar <04196>, he hath abhorred <05010> (8765) his sanctuary

<04720>, he hath given up <05462> (8689) into the hand <03027>

of the enemy <0341> (8802) the walls <02346> of her palaces

<0759>; they have made <05414> (8804) a noise <06963> in the

house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, as in the day <03117> of a

solemn feast <04150>.

Lam 02:08  The LORD <03068> hath purposed <02803> (8804) to

destroy <07843> (8687) the wall <02346> of the daughter <01323>

of Zion <06726>: he hath stretched out <05186> (8804) a line

<06957>, he hath not withdrawn <07725> (8689) his hand <03027>

from destroying <01104> (8763): therefore he made the rampart

<02426> and the wall <02346> to lament <056> (8686); they

languished <0535> (8797) together <03162>.

Lam 02:09  Her gates <08179> are sunk <02883> (8804) into the

ground <0776>; he hath destroyed <06> (8765) and broken <07665>

(8765) her bars <01280>: her king <04428> and her princes

<08269> are among the Gentiles <01471>: the law <08451> is no

more; her prophets <05030> also find <04672> (8804) no vision

<02377> from the LORD <03068>.

Lam 02:10 ¶ The elders <02205> of the daughter <01323> of Zion

<06726> sit <03427> (8799) upon the ground <0776>, and keep

silence <01826> (8799): they have cast up <05927> (8689) dust

<06083> upon their heads <07218>; they have girded <02296>

(8804) themselves with sackcloth <08242>: the virgins <01330> of

Jerusalem <03389> hang down <03381> (8689) their heads <07218>

to the ground <0776>.

Lam 02:11  Mine eyes <05869> do fail <03615> (8804) with tears

<01832>, my bowels <04578> are troubled <02560> (8777), my liver

<03516> is poured <08210> (8738) upon the earth <0776>, for the

destruction <07667> of the daughter <01323> of my people <05971>;

 because the children <05768> and the sucklings <03243> (8802)

swoon <05848> (8736) in the streets <07339> of the city <07151>.

Lam 02:12  They say <0559> (8799) to their mothers <0517>, Where

is corn <01715> and wine <03196>? when they swooned <05848>

(8692) as the wounded <02491> in the streets <07339> of the city

<05892>, when their soul <05315> was poured out <08210> (8692)

into their mothers <0517>‘ bosom <02436>.

Lam 02:13  What thing shall I take to witness <05749> (8686)

(8675) <05749> (8799) for thee? what thing <04100> shall I liken

<01819> (8762) to thee, O daughter <01323> of Jerusalem <03389>?

what shall I equal <07737> (8686) to thee, that I may comfort

<05162> (8762) thee, O virgin <01330> daughter <01323> of Zion

<06726>? for thy breach <07667> is great <01419> like the sea

<03220>: who can heal <07495> (8799) thee?

Lam 02:14  Thy prophets <05030> have seen <02372> (8804) vain

<07723> and foolish things <08602> for thee: and they have not

discovered <01540> (8765) thine iniquity <05771>, to turn away

<07725> (8687) thy captivity <07622> (8675) <07622>; but have

seen <02372> (8799) for thee false <07723> burdens <04864> and

causes of banishment <04065>.

Lam 02:15  All that pass <05674> (8802) by clap <05606> (8804)

their hands <03709> at thee <01870>; they hiss <08319> (8804)

and wag <05128> (8686) their head <07218> at the daughter

<01323> of Jerusalem <03389>, saying, Is this the city <05892>

that men call <0559> (8799) The perfection <03632> of beauty

<03308>, The joy <04885> of the whole earth <0776>?

Lam 02:16  All thine enemies <0341> (8802) have opened <06475>

(8804) their mouth <06310> against thee: they hiss <08319>

(8804) and gnash <02786> (8799) the teeth <08127>: they say

<0559> (8804), We have swallowed her up <01104> (8765):

certainly <0389> this is the day <03117> that we looked for

<06960> (8765); we have found <04672> (8804), we have seen

<07200> (8804) it.

Lam 02:17  The LORD <03068> hath done <06213> (8804) that which

he had devised <02161> (8804); he hath fulfilled <01214> (8765)

his word <0565> that he had commanded <06680> (8765) in the days

<03117> of old <06924>: he hath thrown down <02040> (8804), and

hath not pitied <02550> (8804): and he hath caused thine enemy

<0341> (8802) to rejoice <08055> (8762) over thee, he hath set

up <07311> (8689) the horn <07161> of thine adversaries <06862>.

Lam 02:18  Their heart <03820> cried <06817> (8804) unto the

Lord <0136>, O wall <02346> of the daughter <01323> of Zion

<06726>, let tears <01832> run down <03381> (8685) like a river

<05158> day <03119> and night <03915>: give <05414> (8799)

thyself no rest <06314>; let not the apple <01323> of thine eye

<05869> cease <01826> (8799).

Lam 02:19  Arise <06965> (8798), cry out <07442> (8798) in the

night <03915>: in the beginning <07218> of the watches <0821>

pour out <08210> (8798) thine heart <03820> like water <04325>

before <05227> the face <06440> of the Lord <0136>: lift up

<05375> (8798) thy hands <03709> toward him for the life <05315>

of thy young children <05768>, that faint <05848> (8803) for

hunger <07458> in the top <07218> of every street <02351>.

Lam 02:20  Behold <07200> (8798), O LORD <03068>, and consider

<05027> (8685) to whom thou hast done <05953> (8782) this

<03541>. Shall the women <0802> eat <0398> (8799) their fruit

<06529>, and children <05768> of a span long <02949>? shall the

priest <03548> and the prophet <05030> be slain <02026> (8735)

in the sanctuary <04720> of the Lord <0136>?

Lam 02:21  The young <05288> and the old <02205> lie <07901>

(8804) on the ground <0776> in the streets <02351>: my virgins

<01330> and my young men <0970> are fallen <05307> (8804) by the

sword <02719>; thou hast slain <02026> (8804) them in the day

<03117> of thine anger <0639>; thou hast killed <02873> (8804),

and not pitied <02550> (8804).

Lam 02:22  Thou hast called <07121> (8799) as in a solemn

<04150> day <03117> my terrors <04032> round about <05439>, so

that in the day <03117> of the LORD’S <03068> anger <0639> none

escaped <06412> nor remained <08300>: those that I have swaddled

<02946> (8765) and brought up <07235> (8765) hath mine enemy

<0341> (8802) consumed <03615> (8765).

Lam 03:01 ¶ I am the man <01397> that hath seen <07200> (8804)

affliction <06040> by the rod <07626> of his wrath <05678>.

Lam 03:02  He hath led <05090> (8804) me, and brought <03212>

(8686) me into darkness <02822>, but not into light <0216>.

Lam 03:03  Surely against me is he turned <07725> (8799); he

turneth <02015> (8799) his hand <03027> against me all the day

<03117>.

Lam 03:04  My flesh <01320> and my skin <05785> hath he made old

<01086> (8765); he hath broken <07665> (8765) my bones <06106>.

Lam 03:05  He hath builded against <01129> (8804) me, and

compassed <05362> (8686) me with gall <07219> and travail

<08513>.

Lam 03:06  He hath set <03427> (8689) me in dark places <04285>,

as they that be dead <04191> (8801) of old <05769>.

Lam 03:07  He hath hedged <01443> (8804) me about, that I cannot

get out <03318> (8799): he hath made my chain <05178> heavy

<03513> (8689).

Lam 03:08  Also when I cry <02199> (8799) and shout <07768>

(8762), he shutteth out <05640> (8804) my prayer <08605>.

Lam 03:09  He hath inclosed <01443> (8804) my ways <01870> with

hewn stone <01496>, he hath made my paths <05410> crooked

<05753> (8765).

Lam 03:10  He was unto me as a bear <01677> lying in wait <0693>

(8802), and as a lion <0738> in secret places <04565>.

Lam 03:11  He hath turned aside <05493> (8790) my ways <01870>,

and pulled me in pieces <06582> (8762): he hath made <07760>

(8804) me desolate <08074> (8802).

Lam 03:12  He hath bent <01869> (8804) his bow <07198>, and set

<05324> (8686) me as a mark <04307> for the arrow <02671>.

Lam 03:13  He hath caused the arrows <01121> of his quiver

<0827> to enter <0935> (8689) into my reins <03629>.

Lam 03:14  I was a derision <07814> to all my people <05971>;

and their song <05058> all the day <03117>.

Lam 03:15  He hath filled <07646> (8689) me with bitterness

<04844>, he hath made me drunken <07301> (8689) with wormwood

<03939>.

Lam 03:16  He hath also broken <01638> (8686) my teeth <08127>

with gravel stones <02687>, he hath covered <03728> (8689) me

with ashes <0665>.

Lam 03:17  And thou hast removed <02186> <00> my soul <05315>

far off <02186> (8799) from peace <07965>: I forgat <05382>

(8804) prosperity <02896>.

Lam 03:18  And I said <0559> (8799), My strength <05331> and my

hope <08431> is perished <06> (8804) from the LORD <03068>:

Lam 03:19  Remembering <02142> (8798) mine affliction <06040>

and my misery <04788>, the wormwood <03939> and the gall <07219>.

Lam 03:20  My soul <05315> hath them still <02142> (8800) in

remembrance <02142> (8799), and is humbled <07743> (8686) in me.

Lam 03:21 ¶ This I recall <07725> (8686) to my mind <03820>,

therefore have I hope <03176> (8686).

Lam 03:22  It is of the LORD’S <03068> mercies <02617> that we

are not consumed <08552> (8804), because his compassions <07356>

fail <03615> (8804) not.

Lam 03:23  They are new <02319> every morning <01242>: great

<07227> is thy faithfulness <0530>.

Lam 03:24  The LORD <03068> is my portion <02506>, saith <0559>

(8804) my soul <05315>; therefore will I hope <03176> (8686) in

him.

Lam 03:25  The LORD <03068> is good <02896> unto them that wait

<06960> (8802) for him, to the soul <05315> that seeketh <01875>

(8799) him.

Lam 03:26  It is good <02896> that a man should both hope

<03175> (8675) <02342> (8799) and quietly wait <01748> for the

salvation <08668> of the LORD <03068>.

Lam 03:27  It is good <02896> for a man <01397> that he bear

<05375> (8799) the yoke <05923> in his youth <05271>.

Lam 03:28  He sitteth <03427> (8799) alone <0910> and keepeth

silence <01826> (8799), because he hath borne <05190> (8804) it

upon him.

Lam 03:29  He putteth <05414> (8799) his mouth <06310> in the

dust <06083>; if so be there may be <03426> hope <08615>.

Lam 03:30  He giveth <05414> (8799) his cheek <03895> to him

that smiteth <05221> (8688) him: he is filled full <07646>

(8799) with reproach <02781>.

Lam 03:31  For the Lord <0136> will not cast off <02186> (8799)

for ever <05769>:

Lam 03:32  But though he cause grief <03013> (8689), yet will he

have compassion <07355> (8765) according to the multitude

<07230> of his mercies <02617>.

Lam 03:33  For he doth not afflict <06031> (8765) willingly

<03820> nor grieve <03013> (8762) the children <01121> of men

<0376>.

Lam 03:34  To crush <01792> (8763) under his feet <07272> all

the prisoners <0615> of the earth <0776>,

Lam 03:35  To turn aside <05186> (8687) the right <04941> of a

man <01397> before the face <06440> of the most High <05945>,

Lam 03:36  To subvert <05791> (8763) a man <0120> in his cause

<07379>, the Lord <0136> approveth <07200> (8804) not.

Lam 03:37 ¶ Who is he that saith <0559> (8804), and it cometh to

pass, when the Lord <0136> commandeth <06680> (8765) it not?

Lam 03:38  Out of the mouth <06310> of the most High <05945>

proceedeth <03318> (8799) not evil <07451> and good <02896>?

Lam 03:39  Wherefore doth a living <02416> man <0120> complain

<0596> (8691), a man <01397> for the punishment of his sins

<02399>?

Lam 03:40  Let us search <02664> (8799) and try <02713> (8799)

our ways <01870>, and turn again <07725> (8799) to the LORD

<03068>.

Lam 03:41  Let us lift up <05375> (8799) our heart <03824> with

our hands <03709> unto God <0410> in the heavens <08064>.

Lam 03:42 ¶ We <05168> have transgressed <06586> (8804) and have

rebelled <04784> (8804): thou hast not pardoned <05545> (8804).

Lam 03:43  Thou hast covered <05526> (8804) with anger <0639>,

and persecuted <07291> (8799) us: thou hast slain <02026> (8804),

 thou hast not pitied <02550> (8804).

Lam 03:44  Thou hast covered <05526> (8804) thyself with a cloud

<06051>, that our prayer <08605> should not pass through <05674>

(8800).

Lam 03:45  Thou hast made <07760> (8799) us as the offscouring

<05501> and refuse <03973> in the midst <07130> of the people

<05971>.

Lam 03:46  All our enemies <0341> (8802) have opened <06475>

(8804) their mouths <06310> against us.

Lam 03:47  Fear <06343> and a snare <06354> is come upon us,

desolation <07612> and destruction <07667>.

Lam 03:48  Mine eye <05869> runneth down <03381> (8799) with

rivers <06388> of water <04325> for the destruction <07667> of

the daughter <01323> of my people <05971>.

Lam 03:49  Mine eye <05869> trickleth down <05064> (8738), and

ceaseth <01820> (8799) not, without any intermission <02014>,

Lam 03:50  Till the LORD <03068> look down <08259> (8686), and

behold <07200> (8799) from heaven <08064>.

Lam 03:51  Mine eye <05869> affecteth <05953> (8782) mine heart

<05315> because of all the daughters <01323> of my city <05892>.

Lam 03:52  Mine enemies <0341> (8802) chased <06679> (8804) me

sore <06679> (8800), like a bird <06833>, without cause <02600>.

Lam 03:53  They have cut off <06789> (8804) my life <02416> in

the dungeon <0953>, and cast <03034> (8762) a stone <068> upon

me.

Lam 03:54  Waters <04325> flowed over <06687> (8804) mine head

<07218>; then I said <0559> (8804), I am cut off <01504> (8738).

Lam 03:55 ¶ I called <07121> (8804) upon thy name <08034>, O

LORD <03068>, out of the low <08482> dungeon <0953>.

Lam 03:56  Thou hast heard <08085> (8804) my voice <06963>: hide

<05956> (8686) not thine ear <0241> at my breathing <07309>, at

my cry <07775>.

Lam 03:57  Thou drewest near <07126> (8804) in the day <03117>

that I called <07121> (8799) upon thee: thou saidst <0559>

(8804), Fear <03372> (8799) not.

Lam 03:58  O Lord <0136>, thou hast pleaded <07378> (8804) the

causes <07379> of my soul <05315>; thou hast redeemed <01350>

(8804) my life <02416>.

Lam 03:59  O LORD <03068>, thou hast seen <07200> (8804) my

wrong <05792>: judge <08199> (8798) thou my cause <04941>.

Lam 03:60  Thou hast seen <07200> (8804) all their vengeance

<05360> and all their imaginations <04284> against me.

Lam 03:61  Thou hast heard <08085> (8804) their reproach <02781>,

 O LORD <03068>, and all their imaginations <04284> against me;

Lam 03:62  The lips <08193> of those that rose up <06965> (8801)

against me, and their device <01902> against me all the day

<03117>.

Lam 03:63  Behold <05027> (8685) their sitting down <03427>

(8800), and their rising up <07012>; I am their musick <04485>.

Lam 03:64  Render <07725> (8686) unto them a recompence <01576>,

O LORD <03068>, according to the work <04639> of their hands

<03027>.

Lam 03:65  Give <05414> (8799) them sorrow <04044> of heart

<03820>, thy curse <08381> unto them.

Lam 03:66  Persecute <07291> (8799) and destroy <08045> (8686)

them in anger <0639> from under the heavens <08064> of the LORD

<03068>.

Lam 04:01 ¶ How is the gold <02091> become dim <06004> (8714)!

how is the most <02896> fine gold <03800> changed <08132> (8799)!

 the stones <068> of the sanctuary <06944> are poured out

<08210> (8691) in the top <07218> of every street <02351>.

Lam 04:02  The precious <03368> sons <01121> of Zion <06726>,

comparable <05537> (8794) to fine gold <06337>, how are they

esteemed <02803> (8738) as earthen <02789> pitchers <05035>, the

work <04639> of the hands <03027> of the potter <03335> (8802)!

Lam 04:03  Even the sea monsters <08577> draw out <02502> (8804)

the breast <07699>, they give suck <03243> (8689) to their young

ones <01482>: the daughter <01323> of my people <05971> is

become cruel <0393>, like the ostriches <03283> in the

wilderness <04057>.

Lam 04:04  The tongue <03956> of the sucking child <03243>

(8802) cleaveth <01692> (8804) to the roof of his mouth <02441>

for thirst <06772>: the young children <05768> ask <07592>

(8804) bread <03899>, and no man breaketh <06566> (8802) it unto

them.

Lam 04:05  They that did feed <0398> (8802) delicately <04574>

are desolate <08074> (8738) in the streets <02351>: they that

were brought up <0539> (8803) in scarlet <08438> embrace <02263>

(8765) dunghills <0830>.

Lam 04:06  For the punishment of the iniquity <05771> of the

daughter <01323> of my people <05971> is greater <01431> (8799)

than the punishment <02403> of the sin of Sodom <05467>, that

was overthrown <02015> (8803) as in a moment <07281>, and no

hands <03027> stayed <02342> (8804) on her.

Lam 04:07  Her Nazarites <05139> were purer <02141> (8804) than

snow <07950>, they were whiter <06705> (8804) than milk <02461>,

they were more ruddy <0119> (8804) in body <06106> than rubies

<06443>, their polishing <01508> was of sapphire <05601>:

Lam 04:08  Their visage <08389> is blacker <02821> (8804) than a

coal <07815>; they are not known <05234> (8738) in the streets

<02351>: their skin <05785> cleaveth <06821> (8804) to their

bones <06106>; it is withered <03001> (8804), it is become like

a stick <06086>.

Lam 04:09  They that be slain <02491> with the sword <02719> are

better <02896> than they that be slain <02491> with hunger

<07458>: for these <01992> pine away <02100> (8799), stricken

<01856> (8794) through for want of the fruits <08570> of the

field <07704>.

Lam 04:10  The hands <03027> of the pitiful <07362> women <0802>

have sodden <01310> (8765) their own children <03206>: they were

their meat <01262> (8763) in the destruction <07667> of the

daughter <01323> of my people <05971>.

Lam 04:11  The LORD <03068> hath accomplished <03615> (8765) his

fury <02534>; he hath poured out <08210> (8804) his fierce

<02740> anger <0639>, and hath kindled <03341> (8686) a fire

<0784> in Zion <06726>, and it hath devoured <0398> (8799) the

foundations <03247> thereof.

Lam 04:12  The kings <04428> of the earth <0776>, and all the

inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the world <08398>, would not have

believed <0539> (8689) that the adversary <06862> and the enemy

<0341> (8802) should have entered <0935> (8799) into the gates

<08179> of Jerusalem <03389>.

Lam 04:13 ¶ For the sins <02403> of her prophets <05030>, and

the iniquities <05771> of her priests <03548>, that have shed

<08210> (8802) the blood <01818> of the just <06662> in the

midst <07130> of her,

Lam 04:14  They have wandered <05128> (8804) as blind <05787>

men in the streets <02351>, they have polluted <01351> (8738)

themselves with blood <01818>, so that men could <03201> (8799)

not <03808> touch <05060> (8799) their garments <03830>.

Lam 04:15  They cried <07121> (8804) unto them, Depart <05493>

(8798) ye; it is unclean <02931>; depart <05493> (8798), depart

<05493> (8798), touch <05060> (8799) not: when they fled away

<05132> (8804) and wandered <05128> (8804), they said <0559>

(8804) among the heathen <01471>, They shall no more <03254>

(8686) sojourn <01481> (8800) there.

Lam 04:16  The anger <06440> of the LORD <03068> hath divided

<02505> (8765) them; he will no more <03254> (8686) regard

<05027> (8687) them: they respected <05375> (8804) not the

persons <06440> of the priests <03548>, they favoured <02603>

(8804) not the elders <02205>.

Lam 04:17  As for us, our eyes <05869> as yet failed <03615>

(8799) for our vain <01892> help <05833>: in our watching

<06836> we have watched <06822> (8765) for a nation <01471> that

could not save <03467> (8686) us.

Lam 04:18  They hunt <06679> (8804) our steps <06806>, that we

cannot go <03212> (8800) in our streets <07339>: our end <07093>

is near <07126> (8804), our days <03117> are fulfilled <04390>

(8804); for our end <07093> is come <0935> (8804).

Lam 04:19  Our persecutors <07291> (8802) are swifter <07031>

than the eagles <05404> of the heaven <08064>: they pursued

<01814> (8804) us upon the mountains <02022>, they laid wait

<0693> (8804) for us in the wilderness <04057>.

Lam 04:20  The breath <07307> of our nostrils <0639>, the

anointed <04899> of the LORD <03068>, was taken <03920> (8738)

in their pits <07825>, of whom we said <0559> (8804), Under his

shadow <06738> we shall live <02421> (8799) among the heathen

<01471>.

Lam 04:21 ¶ Rejoice <07797> (8798) and be glad <08055> (8798), O

daughter <01323> of Edom <0123>, that dwellest <03427> (8802) in

the land <0776> of Uz <05780>; the cup <03563> also shall pass

<05674> (8799) through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken <07937>

(8799), and shalt make thyself naked <06168> (8691).

Lam 04:22  The punishment of thine iniquity <05771> is

accomplished <08552> (8804), O daughter <01323> of Zion <06726>;

he will no more <03254> (8686) carry thee away into captivity

<01540> (8687): he will visit <06485> (8804) thine iniquity

<05771>, O daughter <01323> of Edom <0123>; he will discover

<01540> (8765) thy sins <02403>.

Lam 05:01 ¶ Remember <02142> (8798), O LORD <03068>, what is

come upon us: consider <05027> (8685), and behold <07200> (8798)

our reproach <02781>.

Lam 05:02  Our inheritance <05159> is turned <02015> (8738) to

strangers <02114> (8801), our houses <01004> to aliens <05237>.

Lam 05:03  We are orphans <03490> and fatherless <0369> <01>,

our mothers <0517> are as widows <0490>.

Lam 05:04  We have drunken <08354> (8804) our water <04325> for

money <03701>; our wood <06086> is sold <0935> (8799) <04242>

unto us.

Lam 05:05  Our necks <06677> are under persecution <07291>

(8738): we labour <03021> (8804), and have no rest <05117>

(8717).

Lam 05:06  We have given <05414> (8804) the hand <03027> to the

Egyptians <04714>, and to the Assyrians <0804>, to be satisfied

<07646> (8800) with bread <03899>.

Lam 05:07  Our fathers <01> have sinned <02398> (8804), and are

not <0369>; and we have borne <05445> (8804) their iniquities

<05771>.

Lam 05:08  Servants <05650> have ruled <04910> (8804) over us:

there is none that doth deliver <06561> (8802) us out of their

hand <03027>.

Lam 05:09  We gat <0935> (8686) our bread <03899> with the peril

of our lives <05315> because <06440> of the sword <02719> of the

wilderness <04057>.

Lam 05:10  Our skin <05785> was black <03648> (8738) like an

oven <08574> because <06440> of the terrible <02152> famine

<07458>.

Lam 05:11  They ravished <06031> (8765) the women <0802> in Zion

<06726>, and the maids <01330> in the cities <05892> of Judah

<03063>.

Lam 05:12  Princes <08269> are hanged up <08518> (8738) by their

hand <03027>: the faces <06440> of elders <02205> were not

honoured <01921> (8738).

Lam 05:13  They took <05375> (8804) the young men <0970> to

grind <02911>, and the children <05288> fell <03782> (8804)

under the wood <06086>.

Lam 05:14  The elders <02205> have ceased <07673> (8804) from

the gate <08179>, the young men <0970> from their musick <05058>.

Lam 05:15  The joy <04885> of our heart <03820> is ceased

<07673> (8804); our dance <04234> is turned <02015> (8738) into

mourning <060>.

Lam 05:16  The crown <05850> is fallen <05307> (8804) from our

head <07218>: woe <0188> unto us, that we have sinned <02398>

(8804)!

Lam 05:17 ¶ For this our heart <03820> is faint <01739>; for

these things our eyes <05869> are dim <02821> (8804).

Lam 05:18  Because of the mountain <02022> of Zion <06726>,

which is desolate <08074> (8804), the foxes <07776> walk <01980>

(8765) upon it.

Lam 05:19  Thou, O LORD <03068>, remainest <03427> (8799) for

ever <05769>; thy throne <03678> from generation <01755> to

generation <01755>.

Lam 05:20  Wherefore dost thou forget <07911> (8799) us for ever

<05331>, and forsake <05800> (8799) us so long <0753> time

<03117>?

Lam 05:21  Turn <07725> (8685) thou us unto thee, O LORD <03068>,

 and we shall be turned <07725> (8799); renew <02318> (8761) our

days <03117> as of old <06924>.

Lam 05:22  But thou hast utterly <03988> (8800) rejected <03988>

(8804) us; thou art very <03966> wroth <07107> (8804) against us.

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