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Lamentations 1:12-22
New International Version
Lamentations 1:12-22
New International Version
12 “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?(A)
Look around and see.
Is any suffering like my suffering(B)
that was inflicted on me,
that the Lord brought on me
in the day of his fierce anger?(C)
13 “From on high he sent fire,
sent it down into my bones.(D)
He spread a net(E) for my feet
and turned me back.
He made me desolate,(F)
faint(G) all the day long.
14 “My sins have been bound into a yoke[a];(H)
by his hands they were woven together.
They have been hung on my neck,
and the Lord has sapped my strength.
He has given me into the hands(I)
of those I cannot withstand.
15 “The Lord has rejected
all the warriors in my midst;(J)
he has summoned an army(K) against me
to[b] crush my young men.(L)
In his winepress(M) the Lord has trampled(N)
Virgin Daughter(O) Judah.
16 “This is why I weep
and my eyes overflow with tears.(P)
No one is near to comfort(Q) me,
no one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute
because the enemy has prevailed.”(R)
17 Zion stretches out her hands,(S)
but there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has decreed for Jacob
that his neighbors become his foes;(T)
Jerusalem has become
an unclean(U) thing(V) among them.
18 “The Lord is righteous,(W)
yet I rebelled(X) against his command.
Listen, all you peoples;
look on my suffering.(Y)
My young men and young women
have gone into exile.(Z)
19 “I called to my allies(AA)
but they betrayed me.
My priests and my elders
perished(AB) in the city
while they searched for food
to keep themselves alive.
20 “See, Lord, how distressed(AC) I am!
I am in torment(AD) within,
and in my heart I am disturbed,(AE)
for I have been most rebellious.(AF)
Outside, the sword bereaves;
inside, there is only death.(AG)
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:14 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint He kept watch over my sins
- Lamentations 1:15 Or has set a time for me / when he will
Lamentations 1:12-22
King James Version
Lamentations 1:12-22
King James Version
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 me in the day of his fierce anger.
13 From above 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.
14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
15 The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
18 The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
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.
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 called, and they shall be like unto me.
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.
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