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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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

11 All her people (A)groan
    as (B)they search for bread;
they trade their (C)treasures for (D)food
    to revive their strength.
“Look, O Lord, and see,
    for I am despised.”

12 “Is it nothing to you, all (E)you who pass by?
    (F)Look and see
if there is any sorrow like my sorrow,
    which was brought upon me,
which (G)the Lord inflicted
    on (H)the day of his fierce anger.

13 “From on high he (I)sent fire;
    into my bones[a] he made it descend;
(J)he spread a net for my feet;
    he turned me back;
(K)he has left me stunned,
    faint all the day long.

14 “My transgressions were bound[b] into (L)a yoke;
    by his hand they were fastened together;
they were set upon my neck;
    he caused my strength to fail;
the Lord gave me into the hands
    of those whom I cannot withstand.

15 “The Lord rejected
    all my mighty men in my midst;
he summoned an assembly against me
    to crush my young men;
(M)the Lord has trodden as in a winepress
    the virgin daughter of Judah.

16 “For these things (N)I weep;
    my eyes flow with tears;
for (O)a comforter is far from me,
    one to (P)revive my spirit;
my children are desolate,
    for the enemy has prevailed.”

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:13 Septuagint; Hebrew bones and
  2. Lamentations 1:14 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain