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13     My bones burn with the wrath of God,
        the fire sent from on high.
    He laid a trap, then left me,
        turned me back to the destruction,
    With the shakes, constantly sick and faint.

14     Now the burden of all my wrongs is a yoke.
        God has laid them upon my shoulders,
    Bound them around my neck.
        He has made sure I’m too weak to support them.
    The Lord gave me into the hand of an enemy.
        I could not resist.

15     Overwhelmed by none other than God,
        the Lord has determined that all my warriors are worthless.
    He has summoned a meeting of those who are against me
        to crush the young men who would protect me,
    And He has stomped lovely Judah, virgin daughter,
        like grapes in a winepress.

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13 “From on high he sent fire,
    sent it down into my bones.(A)
He spread a net(B) for my feet
    and turned me back.
He made me desolate,(C)
    faint(D) all the day long.

14 “My sins have been bound into a yoke[a];(E)
    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(F)
    of those I cannot withstand.

15 “The Lord has rejected
    all the warriors in my midst;(G)
he has summoned an army(H) against me
    to[b] crush my young men.(I)
In his winepress(J) the Lord has trampled(K)
    Virgin Daughter(L) Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:14 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint He kept watch over my sins
  2. Lamentations 1:15 Or has set a time for me / when he will