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Kaph

11 All her people are sighing, (A)seeking bread;
They have given their desirable things for food
To (B)restore their souls.
“See, O Yahweh, and look,
For I am (C)despised.”

Lamedh

12 “Is (D)it nothing to all you who pass this way?
Look and see if there is any [a]pain like my [b]pain
Which was dealt severely to me,
Which (E)Yahweh grieved me with on the day of His (F)burning anger.

Mem

13 From on high He sent fire into my (G)bones,
And it dominated them.
He has spread a (H)net for my feet;
He has turned me back;
He has made me (I)desolate,
[c]Faint all day long.

Nun

14 The (J)yoke of my transgressions is bound;
By His hand they are knit together.
They have (K)come upon my neck;
He has made my strength stumble.
The Lord (L)has given me into the hands
Of those against whom I am not able to stand.

Samekh

15 The (M)Lord has rejected all my mighty men
In my midst;
He has called an appointed time against me
To break my (N)young men;
The Lord has (O)trodden as in a wine press
The virgin daughter of Judah.

Ayin

16 For these things I (P)am weeping;
[d]My eyes run down with water;
Because far from me is a (Q)comforter,
One who restores my soul.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy has prevailed.”

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:12 Or sorrow
  2. Lamentations 1:12 Or sorrow
  3. Lamentations 1:13 Or Sick
  4. Lamentations 1:16 Lit My eye, my eye

11 All her people groaned
    as they searched for food.
They traded their valuables in order to eat,
    to keep themselves alive.[a]
Look, Lord, and see
    how I have become dishonored.

12 May it not befall you,[b]
    all who pass along the road!
Look and see:
    Is there any grief
like my grief
    dealt out to me,
by which the Lord afflicted me
    in the time of his fierce wrath?

13 He sent fire from on high,[c]
    making it penetrate my bones.[d]
He stretched out a net at my feet,
    forcing me to turn back.
He made me desolate;
    I’m fainting all day long.

14 The yoke of my sins was bound on,[e]
    fastened together by his hand.
They settled on my neck;
    he caused my strength to fail.
The Lord placed me in the power
    of those I cannot resist.

15 He rejected all the valiant men—
    the Lord, in my midst.
He set a time to meet with me
    to crush my young warriors.
The Lord has trampled, as in a winepress,
    the fair virgin that is[f] Judah.

16 Because of all this, I weep;
    my eyes[g] stream with tears
because far from me
    is the comforter of my soul.
My children are sorrowful,
    because the enemy has won.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:11 Lit. to eat to refresh the soul
  2. Lamentations 1:12 Lit. It is not for you
  3. Lamentations 1:13 Lit. high into my bones
  4. Lamentations 1:13 Lit. overcoming her
  5. Lamentations 1:14 Lit. was heavy
  6. Lamentations 1:15 Lit. the virgin daughter of
  7. Lamentations 1:16 Lit. my eyes my eyes