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
New King James Version
18 “The Lord is (A)righteous,
For I (B)rebelled against His [a]commandment.
Hear now, all peoples,
And behold my sorrow;
My virgins and my young men
Have gone into captivity.
19 “I called for my lovers,
But they deceived me;
My priests and my elders
Breathed their last in the city,
While they sought food
To restore their life.
20 “See, O Lord, that I am in distress;
My (C)soul[b] is troubled;
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very rebellious.
(D)Outside the sword bereaves,
At home it is like death.
21 “They have heard that I sigh,
But no one comforts me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble;
They are (E)glad that You have done it.
Bring on (F)the day You have [c]announced,
That they may become like me.
22 “Let(G) all their wickedness come before You,
And do to them as You have done to me
For all my transgressions;
For my sighs are many,
And my heart is faint.”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:18 Lit. mouth
- Lamentations 1:20 Lit. inward parts
- Lamentations 1:21 proclaimed
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