How Lonely Sits the City

(A)How lonely sits the city
    that was full of people!
How like (B)a widow has she become,
    she who was great among the nations!
She who was (C)a princess among the provinces
    has become (D)a slave.

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[a]How deserted(A) lies the city,
    once so full of people!(B)
How like a widow(C) is she,
    who once was great(D) among the nations!
She who was queen among the provinces
    has now become a slave.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

26 And (A)her gates shall lament and mourn;
    empty, she shall (B)sit on the ground.

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26 The gates(A) of Zion will lament and mourn;(B)
    destitute,(C) she will sit on the ground.(D)

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20 And mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, (A)who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom (B)tribute, custom, and toll were paid.

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20 Jerusalem has had powerful kings ruling over the whole of Trans-Euphrates,(A) and taxes, tribute and duty were paid to them.

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21 [a] (A)Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the (B)Euphrates[b] to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. (C)They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 4:21 Ch 5:1 in Hebrew
  2. 1 Kings 4:21 Hebrew the River

21 And Solomon ruled(A) over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River(B) to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.(C) These countries brought tribute(D) and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.

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16 “Alas, alas, for the great city
    (A)that was clothed in fine linen,
        in purple and scarlet,
    adorned with gold,
        with jewels, and with pearls!
17 For (B)in a single hour all this wealth (C)has been laid waste.”

And (D)all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off

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16 and cry out:

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,(A)
    dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,
    and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!(B)
17 In one hour(C) such great wealth has been brought to ruin!’(D)

“Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea,(E) will stand far off.(F)

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“Fear not, (A)for you will not be ashamed;
    be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced;
for you will forget the shame of your youth,
    and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

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“Do not be afraid;(A) you will not be put to shame.(B)
    Do not fear disgrace;(C) you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth(D)
    and remember no more the reproach(E) of your widowhood.(F)

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15 This is the exultant city
    (A)that lived securely,
that said in her heart,
    “I am, and there is no one else.”
What a desolation she has become,
    (B)a lair for wild beasts!
(C)Everyone who passes by her
    hisses and (D)shakes his fist.

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15 This is the city of revelry(A)
    that lived in safety.(B)
She said to herself,
    “I am the one! And there is none besides me.”(C)
What a ruin she has become,
    a lair for wild beasts!(D)
All who pass by her scoff(E)
    and shake their fists.(F)

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16 (A)The crown has fallen from our head;
    woe to us, for we have sinned!

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16 The crown(A) has fallen from our head.(B)
    Woe to us, for we have sinned!(C)

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you who are full of shoutings,
    tumultuous city, (A)exultant town?
Your slain are (B)not slain with the sword
    or dead in battle.

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you town so full of commotion,
    you city of tumult(A) and revelry?(B)
Your slain(C) were not killed by the sword,(D)
    nor did they die in battle.

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35 And Jehoiakim (A)gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money according to the command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.

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35 Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh Necho the silver and gold he demanded. In order to do so, he taxed the land and exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land according to their assessments.(A)

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(A)As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
    so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
    (B)‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
    and mourning I shall never see.’

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Give her as much torment and grief
    as the glory and luxury she gave herself.(A)
In her heart she boasts,
    ‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;[a]
    I will never mourn.’(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:7 See Isaiah 47:7,8.

Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of great age. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.

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This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem,(A) each of them with cane in hand because of their age. The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there.(B)

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16 Then all (A)the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones and (B)remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; (C)they will sit on the ground and (D)tremble every moment and (E)be appalled at you.

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16 Then all the princes of the coast will step down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and take off their embroidered(A) garments. Clothed(B) with terror, they will sit on the ground,(C) trembling(D) every moment, appalled(E) at you.

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