11 All her people groan(A)
    as they search for bread;(B)
they barter their treasures for food
    to keep themselves alive.
“Look, Lord, and consider,
    for I am despised.”

12 “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?(C)
    Look around and see.
Is any suffering like my suffering(D)
    that was inflicted on me,
that the Lord brought on me
    in the day of his fierce anger?(E)

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

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

15 “The Lord has rejected
    all the warriors in my midst;(L)
he has summoned an army(M) against me
    to[b] crush my young men.(N)
In his winepress(O) the Lord has trampled(P)
    Virgin Daughter(Q) Judah.

16 “This is why I weep
    and my eyes overflow with tears.(R)
No one is near to comfort(S) me,
    no one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute
    because the enemy has prevailed.”(T)

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Notas al pie

  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

כ Kaph

11 All her people groan
while they search for bread.(A)
They have traded their precious belongings for food
in order to stay alive.(B)
Lord, look and see
how I have become despised.

ל Lamed

12 Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by?(C)
Look and see!
Is there any pain like mine,
which was dealt out to me,
which the Lord made me suffer
on the day of his burning anger?(D)

מ Mem

13 He sent fire from on high(E) into my bones;
he made it descend.[a](F)
He spread a net for my feet(G)
and turned me back.
He made me desolate,
sick all day long.

נ Nun

14 My transgressions have been formed into a yoke,[b][c](H)
fastened together by his hand;
they have been placed on my neck,
and the Lord has broken my strength.
He has handed me over
to those I cannot withstand.

ס Samek

15 The Lord has rejected(I)
all the mighty men within me.
He has summoned an army[d] against me
to crush my young warriors.
The Lord has trampled Virgin Daughter Judah(J)
like grapes in a winepress.(K)

ע Ayin

16 I weep because of these things;
my eyes flow[e] with tears.(L)
For there is no one nearby to comfort me,(M)
no one to keep me alive.
My children are desolate
because the enemy has prevailed.

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Notas al pie

  1. 1:13 DSS, LXX; MT reads bones, and it prevailed against them
  2. 1:14 Some Hb mss, LXX read He kept watch over my transgressions
  3. 1:14 Or The yoke of my transgressions is bound; Hb obscure
  4. 1:15 Or has announced an appointed time
  5. 1:16 Lit my eye, my eye flows