
Lamentations 1:1-3:36 New International Version (NIV)1 [a]How deserted lies the city, 2 Bitterly she weeps at night, 3 After affliction and harsh labor, 4 The roads to Zion mourn, 5 Her foes have become her masters; 6 All the splendor has departed 7 In the days of her affliction and wandering 8 Jerusalem has sinned greatly 9 Her filthiness clung to her skirts; 10 The enemy laid hands 11 All her people groan 12 “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? 13 “From on high he sent fire, 14 “My sins have been bound into a yoke[b]; 15 “The Lord has rejected 16 “This is why I weep 17 Zion stretches out her hands, 18 “The Lord is righteous, 19 “I called to my allies 20 “See, Lord, how distressed I am! 21 “People have heard my groaning, 22 “Let all their wickedness come before you; 2 [d]How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion 2 Without pity the Lord has swallowed up 3 In fierce anger he has cut off 4 Like an enemy he has strung his bow; 5 The Lord is like an enemy; 6 He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden; 7 The Lord has rejected his altar 8 The Lord determined to tear down 9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; 10 The elders of Daughter Zion 11 My eyes fail from weeping, 12 They say to their mothers, 13 What can I say for you? 14 The visions of your prophets 15 All who pass your way 16 All your enemies open their mouths 17 The Lord has done what he planned; 18 The hearts of the people 19 Arise, cry out in the night, 20 “Look, Lord, and consider: 21 “Young and old lie together 22 “As you summon to a feast day, 3 [i]I am the man who has seen affliction 4 He has made my skin and my flesh grow old 7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; 10 Like a bear lying in wait, 13 He pierced my heart 16 He has broken my teeth with gravel; 19 I remember my affliction and my wandering, 22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, 25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, 28 Let him sit alone in silence, 31 For no one is cast off 34 To crush underfoot Footnotes:
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