Jeremiah 52:31 - Lamentations 1:10

English Standard Version

Jehoiachin Released from Prison

³¹^(A)And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously freed^[a] ^(B)Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison. ³²And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of ^(C)the kings who were with him in Babylon. ³³So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life he dined regularly at the king's table, ³⁴and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, according to his daily needs, until the day of his death, as long as he lived.

How Lonely Sits the City

1 ^(D)How lonely sits the city
    that was full of people!
How like ^(E)a widow has she become,
    she who was great among the nations!
She who was ^(F)a princess among the provinces
    has become ^(G)a slave.

²^(H)She weeps bitterly in the night,
    with tears on her cheeks;
^(I)among all her lovers
    she has ^(J)none to comfort her;
^(K)all her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
    they have become her enemies.

³^(L)Judah has gone into exile because of affliction^[b]
    and hard servitude;
^(M)she dwells now among the nations,
    ^(N)but finds no resting place;
her pursuers have all overtaken her
    in the midst of her distress.^[c]

⁴The roads to Zion mourn,
    for none come to ^(O)the festival;
^(P)all her gates are desolate;
    her priests ^(Q)groan;
her virgins have been afflicted,^[d]
    and she herself suffers bitterly.

⁵^(R)Her foes have become the head;
    her ^(S)enemies prosper,
because ^(T)the Lord has afflicted her
    ^(U)for the multitude of her transgressions;
^(V)her children have gone away,
    captives before the foe.

⁶From the daughter of Zion
    all her majesty has departed.
Her princes have become like deer
    ^(W)that find no pasture;
they fled without strength
    before the pursuer.

⁷Jerusalem remembers
    in the days of her affliction and wandering
^(X)all the precious things
    that were hers from ^(Y)days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the foe,
    and there was none to help her,
her foes gloated over her;
    they ^(Z)mocked at her downfall.

⁸^(AA)Jerusalem sinned grievously;
    therefore she became filthy;
all who honored her despise her,
    ^(AB)for they have seen her nakedness;
she herself ^(AC)groans
    and turns her face away.

⁹Her uncleanness was ^(AD)in her skirts;
    ^(AE)she took no thought of her future;^[e]
therefore her fall is terrible;
    ^(AF)she has no comforter.
“O Lord, behold my affliction,
    for the enemy has ^(AG)triumphed!”

¹⁰The enemy has stretched out his hands
    over all her ^(AH)precious things;
for she has seen ^(AI)the nations
    enter her sanctuary,
those whom you ^(AJ)forbade
    to enter your congregation.