Lamentations 1:11-16
Legacy Standard Bible
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.”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:12 Or sorrow
- Lamentations 1:12 Or sorrow
- Lamentations 1:13 Or Sick
- Lamentations 1:16 Lit My eye, my eye
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)
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