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1. How lonely she is now, the once crowded city! Widowed is she who was mistress over nations; The princess among the provinces has been made a toiling slave.
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1. How H349 doth the city H5892 sit H3427 solitary H910 , that was full H7227 of people H5971 ! how is she become H1961 as a widow H490 ! she that was great H7227 among the nations H1471 , and princess H8282 among the provinces H4082 , how is she become H1961 tributary H4522 !
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2. Bitterly she weeps at night, tears upon her cheeks, With not one to console her of all her dear ones; Her friends have all betrayed her and become her enemies.
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2. She weepeth sore H1058 H1058 in the night H3915 , and her tears H1832 are on H5921 her cheeks H3895 : among all H4480 H3605 her lovers H157 she hath none H369 to comfort H5162 her : all H3605 her friends H7453 have dealt treacherously H898 with her , they are become H1961 her enemies H341 .
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3. Judah has fled into exile from oppression and cruel slavery; Yet where she lives among the nations she finds no place to rest: All her persecutors come upon her where she is narrowly confined.
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3. Judah H3063 is gone into captivity H1540 because of affliction H4480 H6040 , and because of great H4480 H7230 servitude H5656 : she H1931 dwelleth H3427 among the heathen H1471 , she findeth H4672 no H3808 rest H4494 : all H3605 her persecutors H7291 overtook H5381 her between H996 the straits H4712 .
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4. The roads to Zion mourn for lack of pilgrims going to her feasts; All her gateways are deserted, her priests groan, Her virgins sigh; she is in bitter grief.
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4. The ways H1870 of Zion H6726 do mourn H57 , because none H4480 H1097 come H935 to the solemn feasts H4150 : all H3605 her gates H8179 are desolate H8074 : her priests H3548 sigh H584 , her virgins H1330 are afflicted H3013 , and she H1931 is in bitterness H4843 .
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5. Her foes are uppermost, her enemies are at ease; The LORD has punished her for her many sins. Her little ones have gone away, captive before the foe.
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5. Her adversaries H6862 are H1961 the chief H7218 , her enemies H341 prosper H7951 ; for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath afflicted H3013 her for H5921 the multitude H7230 of her transgressions H6588 : her children H5768 are gone H1980 into captivity H7628 before H6440 the enemy H6862 .
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6. Gone from daughter Zion is all her glory: Her princes, like rams that find no pasture, Have gone off without strength before their captors.
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6. And from H4480 the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 all H3605 her beauty H1926 is departed H3318 : her princes H8269 are become H1961 like harts H354 that find H4672 no H3808 pasture H4829 , and they are gone H1980 without H3808 strength H3581 before H6440 the pursuer H7291 .
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7. Jerusalem is mindful of the days of her wretched homelessness, When her people fell into enemy hands, and she had no one to help her; When her foes gloated over her, laughed at her ruin.
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7. Jerusalem H3389 remembered H2142 in the days H3117 of her affliction H6040 and of her miseries H4788 all H3605 her pleasant things H4262 that H834 she had H1961 in the days H4480 H3117 of old H6924 , when her people H5971 fell H5307 into the hand H3027 of the enemy H6862 , and none H369 did help H5826 her : the adversaries H6862 saw H7200 her, and did mock H7832 at H5921 her sabbaths H4868 .
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8. Through the sin of which she is guilty, Jerusalem is defiled; All who esteemed her think her vile now that they see her nakedness; She herself groans and turns away.
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8. Jerusalem H3389 hath grievously sinned H2398 H2399 ; therefore H5921 H3651 she is H1961 removed H5206 : all H3605 that honored H3513 her despise H2151 her, because H3588 they have seen H7200 her nakedness H6172 : yea H1571 , she H1931 sigheth H584 , and turneth H7725 backward H268 .
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9. Her filth is on her skirt; she gave no thought how she would end. Astounding is her downfall, with no one to console her. Look, O LORD, upon her misery, for the enemy has triumphed!
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9. Her filthiness H2932 is in her skirts H7757 ; she remembereth H2142 not H3808 her last end H319 ; therefore she came down H3381 wonderfully H6382 : she had no H369 comforter H5162 . O LORD H3068 , behold H7200 H853 my affliction H6040 : for H3588 the enemy H341 hath magnified H1431 himself .
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10. The foe stretched out his hand to all her treasures; She has seen those nations enter her sanctuary Whom you forbade to come into your assembly.
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10. The adversary H6862 hath spread out H6566 his hand H3027 upon H5921 all H3605 her pleasant things H4261 : for H3588 she hath seen H7200 that the heathen H1471 entered H935 into her sanctuary H4720 , whom H834 thou didst command H6680 that they should not H3808 enter H935 into thy congregation H6951 .
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11. All her people groan, searching for bread; They give their treasures for food, to retain the breath of life. "Look O LORD, and see how worthless I have become!
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11. All H3605 her people H5971 sigh H584 , they seek H1245 bread H3899 ; they have given H5414 their pleasant things H4262 for meat H400 to relieve H7725 the soul H5315 : see H7200 , O LORD H3068 , and consider H5027 ; for H3588 I am become H1961 vile H2151 .
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12. "Come, all you who pass by the way, look and see Whether there is any suffering like my suffering, which has been dealt me When the LORD afflicted me on the day of his blazing wrath.
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12. Is it nothing H3808 to H413 you, all H3605 ye that pass by H5674 H1870 ? behold H5027 , and see H7200 if H518 there be H3426 any sorrow H4341 like unto my sorrow H4341 , which H834 is done H5953 unto me, wherewith H834 the LORD H3068 hath afflicted H3013 me in the day H3117 of his fierce H2740 anger H639 .
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13. "From on high he sent fire down into my very frame; He spread a net for my feet, and overthrew me. He left me desolate, in pain all the day.
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13. From above H4480 H4791 hath he sent H7971 fire H784 into my bones H6106 , and it prevaileth against H7287 them : he hath spread H6566 a net H7568 for my feet H7272 , he hath turned H7725 me back H268 : he hath made H5414 me desolate H8074 and faint H1739 all H3605 the day H3117 .
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14. "He has kept watch over my sins; by his hand they have been plaited: They have settled about my neck, he has brought my strength to its knees; The Lord has delivered me into their grip, I am unable to rise.
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14. The yoke H5923 of my transgressions H6588 is bound H8244 by his hand H3027 : they are wreathed H8276 , and come up H5927 upon H5921 my neck H6677 : he hath made my strength H3581 to fall H3782 , the Lord H136 hath delivered H5414 me into their hands H3027 , from whom I am not able H3201 H3808 to rise up H6965 .
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15. "All the mighty ones in my midst the Lord has cast away; He summoned an army against me to crush my young men; The LORD has trodden in the wine press virgin daughter Judah.
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15. The Lord H136 hath trodden under foot H5541 all H3605 my mighty H47 men in the midst H7130 of me : he hath called H7121 an assembly H4150 against H5921 me to crush H7665 my young men H970 : the Lord H136 hath trodden H1869 the virgin H1330 , the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063 , as in a winepress H1660 .
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16. "At this I weep, my eyes run with tears: Far from me are all who could console me, any who might revive me; My sons were reduced to silence when the enemy prevailed."
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16. For H5921 these H428 things I H589 weep H1058 ; mine eye H5869 , mine eye H5869 runneth down H3381 with water H4325 , because H3588 the comforter H5162 that should relieve H7725 my soul H5315 is far H7368 from H4480 me : my children H1121 are H1961 desolate H8074 , because H3588 the enemy H341 prevailed H1396 .
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17. Zion stretched out her hands, but there was no one to console her; The LORD gave orders against Jacob for his neighbors to be his foes; Jerusalem has become in their midst a thing unclean.
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17. Zion H6726 spreadeth forth H6566 her hands H3027 , and there is none H369 to comfort H5162 her : the LORD H3068 hath commanded H6680 concerning Jacob H3290 , that his adversaries H6862 should be round about H5439 him: Jerusalem H3389 is H1961 as a menstruous woman H5079 among H996 them.
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18. "The LORD is just; I had defied his command. Listen, all you peoples, and behold my suffering: My maidens and my youths have gone into captivity.
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18. The LORD H3068 is righteous H6662 ; for H3588 I have rebelled H4784 against his commandment H6310 : hear H8085 , I pray you H4994 , all H3605 people H5971 , and behold H7200 my sorrow H4341 : my virgins H1330 and my young men H970 are gone H1980 into captivity H7628 .
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19. "I cried out to my lovers, but they failed me. My priests and my elders perished in the city; Where they sought food for themselves, they found it not.
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19. I called H7121 for my lovers H157 , but they H1992 deceived H7411 me : my priests H3548 and mine elders H2205 gave up the ghost H1478 in the city H5892 , while H3588 they sought H1245 their meat H400 to relieve H7725 H853 their souls H5315 .
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20. "Look, O LORD, upon my distress: all within me is in ferment, My heart recoils within me from my monstrous rebellion. In the streets the sword bereaves, at home death stalks.
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20. Behold H7200 , O LORD H3068 ; for H3588 I am in distress H6862 : my bowels H4578 are troubled H2560 ; mine heart H3820 is turned H2015 within H7130 me; for H3588 I have grievously rebelled H4784 H4784 : abroad H4480 H2351 the sword H2719 bereaveth H7921 , at home H1004 there is as death H4194 .
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21. "Give heed to my groaning; there is no one to console me. All my enemies rejoice at my misfortune: it is you who have wrought it. Bring on the day you have proclaimed, that they may be even as I.
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21. They have heard H8085 that H3588 I H589 sigh H584 : there is none H369 to comfort H5162 me: all H3605 mine enemies H341 have heard H8085 of my trouble H7451 ; they are glad H7797 that H3588 thou H859 hast done H6213 it : thou wilt bring H935 the day H3117 that thou hast called H7121 , and they shall be H1961 like unto me H3644 .
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22. "Let all their evil come before you; deal with them As you have dealt with me for all my sins; My groans are many, and I am sick at heart."
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22. Let all H3605 their wickedness H7451 come H935 before H6440 thee ; and do H5953 unto them, as H834 thou hast done H5953 unto me for H5921 all H3605 my transgressions H6588 : for H3588 my sighs H585 are many H7227 , and my heart H3820 is faint H1742 .
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