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13 “The Lord sent fire from above.
    It went down into my bones.
He stretched out a net for my feet.
    He turned me back.
He made me sad and lonely.
    I am weak all day.

14 “He has noticed my sins.
    They are tied together by his hands.
They hang around my neck.
    He has turned my strength into weakness.
The Lord has let me be defeated
    by those who are stronger than I am.

15 “The Lord has rejected
    all my mighty men inside my walls.
He brought an army against me
    to destroy my young men.
As if in a winepress, the Lord has crushed
    the capital city of Judah.

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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