Lamentations 1:11-16
Lexham English Bible
11 All her people groan,
they are searching for bread.
They give their treasures for food,
to bring back life.
See, O Yahweh, and look,
how I am despised.
12 Is it nothing to you, all who pass by?[a]
Look and see
if there is sorrow like my sorrow,[b]
which was dealt to me,
which Yahweh inflicted
on the day of his wrath.[c]
13 From heaven he sent fire,
into my bones he let it descend.
He spread out a net for my feet;
he turned me back,
he gave me devastation,
fainting all day.
14 My rebellion was bound as a yoke,
with his hand it was fastened together;
it was put on my neck
and caused my strength to fail.
The Lord gave me into the hands
of those whom I cannot withstand.
15 The Lord has rejected
all my mighty ones in my midst.
He called an assembly against me,
to crush my young men;
like in a wine press,
the Lord has trodden on
the virgin daughter of Judah.
16 For these things, I am weeping,
my eyes flow with tears;[d]
because a comforter is far from me,
one to restore my life.
My sons are desolate
because the enemy has prevailed.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:12 Literally “all who cross a road”
- Lamentations 1:12 Or “pain like my pain”
- Lamentations 1:12 Literally “on the day of the blaze of his nose”
- Lamentations 1:16 Literally “my eye my eye is going down with water”
Lamentations 1:11-16
English Standard Version
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.”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:13 Septuagint; Hebrew bones and
- Lamentations 1:14 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
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