Lamentations 1:11-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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.(A)
12 Is it nothing to you,[a] 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.(B)
13 From on high he sent fire;
it went deep into my bones;
he spread a net for my feet;
he turned me back;
he has left me stunned,
faint all day long.(C)
14 My transgressions were bound[b] into a yoke;
by his hand they were fastened together;
they weigh on my neck,
sapping my strength;
the Lord handed me over
to those whom I cannot withstand.(D)
15 The Lord has rejected
all my warriors in the midst of me;
he proclaimed a time against me
to crush my young men;
the Lord has trodden as in a winepress
the virgin daughter Judah.(E)
16 For these things I weep;
my eyes[c] flow with tears;
for a comforter is far from me,
one to revive my courage;
my children are desolate,
for the enemy has prevailed.(F)
Lamentations 1:11-16
Evangelical Heritage Version
11 All her people are sighing as they search for bread.
They traded their precious things for food in order to stay alive.
Look, Lord, and see that I have become despised.
12 But nothing like this is happening to you, all you who pass me by.[a]
Look and see if there is any pain like my pain, which was dealt out to me,
which the Lord caused me to suffer on the day of his burning anger.
13 From on high he sent fire into my bones and overpowered[b] me.
He spread a net for my feet. He turned me back.
He made me desolate. I was sick all day long.
14 The yoke of my sinful rebellion is fastened to my neck.
My sins are bound together by his hand.
They have risen up as high as my neck. He has weakened my strength.[c]
The Lord has given me into the hands of people I cannot resist.
15 The Lord has tossed aside all the strong men in my midst.
He called an assembly against me to break my best young men.
The Lord has trampled the virgin daughter of Judah in a winepress.
16 Because of these things, I am weeping. My eye, my eye flows with water,
because the comforter, the one who restores my soul, is far away from me.
My children have become desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:12 Or is all this nothing to you, all you who pass me by?
- Lamentations 1:13 Or it came down on
- Lamentations 1:14 This verse is difficult.
Lamentations 1:11-16
New International Version
11 All her people groan(A)
as they search for bread;(B)
they barter their treasures for food
to keep themselves alive.
“Look, Lord, and consider,
for I am despised.”
12 “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?(C)
Look around and see.
Is any suffering like my suffering(D)
that was inflicted on me,
that the Lord brought on me
in the day of his fierce anger?(E)
13 “From on high he sent fire,
sent it down into my bones.(F)
He spread a net(G) for my feet
and turned me back.
He made me desolate,(H)
faint(I) all the day long.
14 “My sins have been bound into a yoke[a];(J)
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(K)
of those I cannot withstand.
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
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