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Lamentations 1:1-2
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Lamentations 1:1-2
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The Deserted City
1 How lonely sits the city
that once was full of people!
How like a widow she has become,
she that was great among the nations!
She that was a princess among the provinces
has become subject to forced labor.(A)
2 She weeps bitterly in the night,
with tears on her cheeks;
among all her lovers,
she has no one to comfort her;
all her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
they have become her enemies.(B)
Lamentations 1:1-2
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Lamentations 1:1-2
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Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Lamentations 1:6-12
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Lamentations 1:6-12
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6 From daughter Zion has departed
all her majesty.
Her princes have become like stags
that find no pasture;
they fled without strength
before the pursuer.(A)
7 Jerusalem remembers[a] all the precious things
that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the enemy
and there was no one to help her,
the enemy looked on;
they mocked over her downfall.(B)
8 Jerusalem sinned grievously,
so she has become a filthy thing;
all who honored her despise her,
for they have seen her nakedness;
she herself groans
and turns her face away.(C)
9 Her uncleanness was in her skirts;
she took no thought of her future;
her downfall was appalling,
with none to comfort her.
Look, O Lord, at my affliction,
for the enemy has triumphed!(D)
10 Enemies have stretched out their hands
over all her precious things;
she has even seen the nations
invade her sanctuary,
those whom you forbade
to enter your congregation.(E)
11 All her people groan
as they search for bread;
they trade their treasures for food
to revive their lives.
Look, O Lord, and see
how worthless I have become.(F)
12 Is it nothing to you,[b] all you who pass by?
Look and see
if there is any sorrow like my sorrow,
which was brought upon me,
which the Lord inflicted
on the day of his fierce anger.(G)
Lamentations 1:6-12
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Lamentations 1:6-12
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6 All the splendor has departed
from Daughter Zion.(A)
Her princes are like deer
that find no pasture;
in weakness they have fled(B)
before the pursuer.
7 In the days of her affliction and wandering
Jerusalem remembers all the treasures
that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into enemy hands,
there was no one to help her.(C)
Her enemies looked at her
and laughed(D) at her destruction.
8 Jerusalem has sinned(E) greatly
and so has become unclean.(F)
All who honored her despise her,
for they have all seen her naked;(G)
she herself groans(H)
and turns away.
9 Her filthiness clung to her skirts;
she did not consider her future.(I)
Her fall(J) was astounding;
there was none to comfort(K) her.
“Look, Lord, on my affliction,(L)
for the enemy has triumphed.”
10 The enemy laid hands
on all her treasures;(M)
she saw pagan nations
enter her sanctuary(N)—
those you had forbidden(O)
to enter your assembly.
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