Lamentations 1:18-22
Legacy Standard Bible
Tsadhe
18 “Yahweh is (A)righteous;
For I have (B)rebelled against His [a]command;
Hear now, all peoples,
And (C)behold my [b]pain;
(D)My virgins and my young men
Have gone into captivity.
Qoph
19 I (E)called to my lovers, but they deceived me;
My (F)priests and my elders breathed their last in the city
While they sought food for themselves in order to (G)restore their souls.
Resh
20 See, O Yahweh, for I am in distress;
My [c](H)inmost being is greatly disturbed;
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very (I)rebellious.
In the street the sword bereaves;
In the house it is like death.
Shin
21 They have heard that I (J)am sighing;
There is no one to comfort me;
All my enemies have heard of the [d]evil done to me;
They (K)rejoice that You have done it.
You have brought the day which You have proclaimed,
So that they will become (L)like me.
Tav
22 Let all their evil come before You;
And (M)deal severely with them as You have dealt severely with me
For all my transgressions;
For my groans are great and my heart is faint.”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:18 Lit mouth
- Lamentations 1:18 Or sorrow
- Lamentations 1:20 Lit inward parts are in ferment
- Lamentations 1:21 Or calamity
Lamentations 1:18-22
Christian Standard Bible
צ Tsade
18 The Lord is just,
for I have rebelled against his command.(A)
Listen, all you people;
look at my pain.
My young women and young men
have gone into captivity.(B)
ק Qoph
19 I called to my lovers,(C)
but they betrayed me.
My priests and elders
perished in the city
while searching for food
to keep themselves alive.(D)
ר Resh
20 Lord, see how I am in distress.
I am churning within;(E)
my heart is broken,[a]
for I have been very rebellious.
Outside, the sword takes the children;
inside, there is death.(F)
שׁ Shin
21 People have heard me groaning,(G)
but there is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my misfortune;
they are glad that you have caused it.(H)
Bring on the day you have announced,
so that they may become like me.(I)
ת Taw
22 Let all their wickedness come before you,
and deal with them
as you have dealt with me
because of all my transgressions.(J)
For my groans are many,
and I am sick at heart.
Footnotes
- 1:20 Lit is turned within me
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