Lamentations 1:11-16
Christian Standard Bible
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.
Lamentations 1:11-16
New American Standard Bible
11 All her people groan, (A)seeking bread;
They have given their treasures for food
To (B)restore their [a]lives.
“See, Lord, and look,
For I am (C)despised.”
12 “Is it (D)nothing to all you who pass this way?
Look and see if there is any pain like my pain
Which was inflicted on me,
With which the (E)Lord tormented me on the day of His (F)fierce anger.
13 From [b]the height He sent fire into my (G)bones,
And it dominated them.
He has spread a (H)net for my feet;
He has turned me back;
He has made me (I)desolate,
[c]Faint all day long.
14 The (J)yoke of my wrongdoings is bound;
By His hand they are woven together.
They have (K)come upon my neck;
He has made my strength [d]fail.
The Lord (L)has handed me over
To those against whom I am not able to stand.
15 The (M)Lord has thrown away all my strong men
In my midst;
He has called an appointed [e]time against me
To crush my (N)young men;
The Lord has (O)trodden as in a wine press
The virgin daughter of Judah.
16 For these things I (P)weep;
[f]My eyes run down with water;
Because far from me is a (Q)comforter,
One to restore my soul.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy has prevailed.”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:11 Lit soul
- Lamentations 1:13 I.e., heaven
- Lamentations 1:13 Or Sick
- Lamentations 1:14 Lit falter
- Lamentations 1:15 Another reading is feast
- Lamentations 1:16 Lit My eye, my eye
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