Lamentations 1:18-22
Legacy Standard Bible
Tsadhe
18 “Yahweh is (A)righteous;
For I have (B)rebelled against His [a]command;
Hear now, all peoples,
And (C)behold my [b]pain;
(D)My virgins and my young men
Have gone into captivity.
Qoph
19 I (E)called to my lovers, but they deceived me;
My (F)priests and my elders breathed their last in the city
While they sought food for themselves in order to (G)restore their souls.
Resh
20 See, O Yahweh, for I am in distress;
My [c](H)inmost being is greatly disturbed;
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very (I)rebellious.
In the street the sword bereaves;
In the house it is like death.
Shin
21 They have heard that I (J)am sighing;
There is no one to comfort me;
All my enemies have heard of the [d]evil done to me;
They (K)rejoice that You have done it.
You have brought the day which You have proclaimed,
So that they will become (L)like me.
Tav
22 Let all their evil come before You;
And (M)deal severely with them as You have dealt severely with me
For all my transgressions;
For my groans are great and my heart is faint.”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:18 Lit mouth
- Lamentations 1:18 Or sorrow
- Lamentations 1:20 Lit inward parts are in ferment
- Lamentations 1:21 Or calamity
Lamentations 1:18-22
New International Version
18 “The Lord is righteous,(A)
yet I rebelled(B) against his command.
Listen, all you peoples;
look on my suffering.(C)
My young men and young women
have gone into exile.(D)
19 “I called to my allies(E)
but they betrayed me.
My priests and my elders
perished(F) in the city
while they searched for food
to keep themselves alive.
20 “See, Lord, how distressed(G) I am!
I am in torment(H) within,
and in my heart I am disturbed,(I)
for I have been most rebellious.(J)
Outside, the sword bereaves;
inside, there is only death.(K)
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