And now I will tell you
    what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove (A)its hedge,
    and it shall be devoured;[a]
(B)I will break down its wall,
    and it shall be trampled down.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:5 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5

24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and (A)be led captive among all nations, and (B)Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, (C)until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Read full chapter

15 “The Lord rejected
    all my mighty men in my midst;
he summoned an assembly against me
    to crush my young men;
(A)the Lord has trodden as in a winepress
    the virgin daughter of Judah.

Read full chapter

18 Then (A)your covenant with death will be annulled,
    and your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
    you will be beaten down by it.

Read full chapter

but do not measure (A)the court outside the temple; leave that out, for (B)it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for (C)forty-two months.

Read full chapter

(A)The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim
    will be trodden underfoot;

Read full chapter

Against a (A)godless nation I send him,
    and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take (B)spoil and seize plunder,
    and to (C)tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Read full chapter

49 (A)The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, (B)swooping down like the eagle, a nation (C)whose language you do not understand, 50 a hard-faced nation (D)who shall not respect the old or show mercy to the young. 51 It shall (E)eat the offspring of your cattle and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; it also shall not leave you grain, wine, or oil, the increase of your herds or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.

52 “They shall (F)besiege you in all your towns, until your high and fortified walls, in which you trusted, come down throughout all your land. And they shall besiege you in all your towns throughout all your land, which the Lord your God has given you.

Read full chapter

Come, (A)let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech.”

Read full chapter

Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower (A)with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”

Read full chapter

13 Then I heard (A)a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to the one who spoke, (B)“For how long is the vision concerning the regular burnt offering, (C)the transgression that makes desolate, and the giving over of the sanctuary and host to be trampled underfoot?”

Read full chapter

12 (A)The kings of the earth did not believe,
    nor any of the inhabitants of the world,
that foe or enemy could enter
    the gates of Jerusalem.

Read full chapter

(A)She weeps bitterly in the night,
    with tears on her cheeks;
(B)among all her lovers
    she has (C)none to comfort her;
(D)all her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
    they have become her enemies.

(E)Judah has gone into exile because of affliction[a]
    and hard servitude;
(F)she dwells now among the nations,
    (G)but finds no resting place;
her pursuers have all overtaken her
    in the midst of her distress.[b]

The roads to Zion mourn,
    for none come to (H)the festival;
(I)all her gates are desolate;
    her priests (J)groan;
her virgins have been afflicted,[c]
    and she herself suffers bitterly.

(K)Her foes have become the head;
    her (L)enemies prosper,
because (M)the Lord has afflicted her
    (N)for the multitude of her transgressions;
(O)her children have gone away,
    captives before the foe.

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

Jerusalem remembers
    in the days of her affliction and wandering
(Q)all the precious things
    that were hers from (R)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 (S)mocked at her downfall.

(T)Jerusalem sinned grievously;
    therefore she became filthy;
all who honored her despise her,
    (U)for they have seen her nakedness;
she herself (V)groans
    and turns her face away.

Her uncleanness was (W)in her skirts;
    (X)she took no thought of her future;[d]
therefore her fall is terrible;
    (Y)she has no comforter.
“O Lord, behold my affliction,
    for the enemy has (Z)triumphed!”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:3 Or under affliction
  2. Lamentations 1:3 Or in the narrow passes
  3. Lamentations 1:4 Septuagint, Old Latin dragged away
  4. Lamentations 1:9 Or end

Bible Gateway Recommends

ESV MacArthur Study Bible, 2nd Edition--soft leather-look, brown
ESV MacArthur Study Bible, 2nd Edition--soft leather-look, brown
Retail: $79.99
Our Price: $52.99
Save: $27.00 (34%)
5.0 of 5.0 stars
ESV Seek and Find Bible, hardcover
ESV Seek and Find Bible, hardcover
Retail: $34.99
Our Price: $9.49
Save: $25.50 (73%)
5.0 of 5.0 stars
ESV Study Bible, Burgundy Genuine Leather with Thumb Index
ESV Study Bible, Burgundy Genuine Leather with Thumb Index
Retail: $124.99
Our Price: $69.99
Save: $55.00 (44%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
ESV Holy Bible for Kids, Softcover Economy Edition
ESV Holy Bible for Kids, Softcover Economy Edition
Retail: $9.99
Our Price: $6.99
Save: $3.00 (30%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars