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

כ Kaf

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 heaven(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.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:13 DSS, LXX; MT reads bones, and it prevailed against them
  2. Lamentations 1:14 Some Hb mss, LXX read He kept watch over my transgressions
  3. Lamentations 1:14 Or The yoke of my transgressions is bound; Hb obscure
  4. Lamentations 1:15 Or has announced an appointed time
  5. Lamentations 1:16 Lit my eye, my eye flows