Lamentations 2 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Lamentations 3

¹I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

KJVI am the man^H1397 that hath seen^H7200^(H8804) affliction^H6040 by the rod^H7626 of his wrath^H5678.

² He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.

KJVHe hath led^H5090^(H8804) me, and brought^H3212^(H8686) me into darkness^H2822, but not into light^H216.

³ Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long.

KJVSurely against me is he turned^H7725^(H8799); he turneth^H2015^(H8799) his hand^H3027 against me all the day^H3117.

⁴ He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.

KJVMy flesh^H1320 and my skin^H5785 hath he made old^H1086^(H8765); he hath broken^H7665^(H8765) my bones^H6106.

⁵ He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

KJVHe hath builded against^H1129^(H8804) me, and compassed^H5362^(H8686) me with gall^H7219 and travail^H8513.

⁶ He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

KJVHe hath set^H3427^(H8689) me in dark places^H4285, as they that be dead^H4191^(H8801) of old^H5769.

⁷ He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.

KJVHe hath hedged^H1443^(H8804) me about, that I cannot get out^H3318^(H8799): he hath made my chain^H5178 heavy^H3513^(H8689).

⁸ Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.

KJVAlso when I cry^H2199^(H8799) and shout^H7768^(H8762), he shutteth out^H5640^(H8804) my prayer^H8605.

⁹ He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked.

KJVHe hath inclosed^H1443^(H8804) my ways^H1870 with hewn stone^H1496, he hath made my paths^H5410 crooked^H5753^(H8765).

¹⁰ He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.

KJVHe was unto me as a bear^H1677 lying in wait^H693^(H8802), and as a lion^H738 in secret places^H4565.

¹¹ He has turned away my path, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate.

KJVHe hath turned aside^H5493^(H8790) my ways^H1870, and pulled me in pieces^H6582^(H8762): he hath made^H7760^(H8804) me desolate^H8074^(H8802).

¹² He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

KJVHe hath bent^H1869^(H8804) his bow^H7198, and set^H5324^(H8686) me as a mark^H4307 for the arrow^H2671.

¹³ He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.

KJVHe hath caused the arrows^H1121 of his quiver^H827 to enter^H935^(H8689) into my reins^H3629.

¹⁴ I have become a derision to all my people, and their song all day long.

KJVI was a derision^H7814 to all my people^H5971; and their song^H5058 all the day^H3117.

¹⁵ He has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood.

KJVHe hath filled^H7646^(H8689) me with bitterness^H4844, he hath made me drunken^H7301^(H8689) with wormwood^H3939.

¹⁶ He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes.

KJVHe hath also broken^H1638^(H8686) my teeth^H8127 with gravel stones^H2687, he hath covered^H3728^(H8689) me with ashes^H665.

¹⁷ You have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity.

KJVAnd thou hast removed^H2186 my soul^H5315 far off^H2186^(H8799) from peace^H7965: I forgat^H5382^(H8804) prosperity^H2896.

¹⁸ I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from Yahweh.”

KJVAnd I said^H559^(H8799), My strength^H5331 and my hope^H8431 is perished^H6^(H8804) from the LORD^H3068:

¹⁹ Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness.

KJVRemembering^H2142^(H8798) mine affliction^H6040 and my misery^H4788, the wormwood^H3939 and the gall^H7219.

²⁰ My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.

KJVMy soul^H5315 hath them still^H2142^(H8800) in remembrance^H2142^(H8799), and is humbled^H7743^(H8686) in me.

²¹ This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope.

KJVThis I recall^H7725^(H8686) to my mind^H3820, therefore have I hope^H3176^(H8686).

²² It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail.

KJVIt is of the LORD'S^H3068 mercies^H2617 that we are not consumed^H8552^(H8804), because his compassions^H7356 fail^H3615^(H8804) not.

²³ They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.

KJVThey are new^H2319 every morning^H1242: great^H7227 is thy faithfulness^H530.

²⁴ “Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”

KJVThe LORD^H3068 is my portion^H2506, saith^H559^(H8804) my soul^H5315; therefore will I hope^H3176^(H8686) in him.

²⁵ Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

KJVThe LORD^H3068 is good^H2896 unto them that wait^H6960^(H8802) for him, to the soul^H5315 that seeketh^H1875^(H8799) him.

²⁶ It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.

KJVIt is good^H2896 that a man should both hope^H3175^(H8675)^H2342^(H8799) and quietly wait^H1748 for the salvation^H8668 of the LORD^H3068.

²⁷ It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

KJVIt is good^H2896 for a man^H1397 that he bear^H5375^(H8799) the yoke^H5923 in his youth^H5271.

²⁸ Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.

KJVHe sitteth^H3427^(H8799) alone^H910 and keepeth silence^H1826^(H8799), because he hath borne^H5190^(H8804) it upon him.

²⁹ Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope.

KJVHe putteth^H5414^(H8799) his mouth^H6310 in the dust^H6083; if so be there may be^H3426 hope^H8615.

³⁰ Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.

KJVHe giveth^H5414^(H8799) his cheek^H3895 to him that smiteth^H5221^(H8688) him: he is filled full^H7646^(H8799) with reproach^H2781.

³¹ For the Lord will not cast off forever.

KJVFor the Lord^H136 will not cast off^H2186^(H8799) for ever^H5769:

³² For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

KJVBut though he cause grief^H3013^(H8689), yet will he have compassion^H7355^(H8765) according to the multitude^H7230 of his mercies^H2617.

³³ For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.

KJVFor he doth not afflict^H6031^(H8765) willingly^H3820 nor grieve^H3013^(H8762) the children^H1121 of men^H376.

³⁴ To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

KJVTo crush^H1792^(H8763) under his feet^H7272 all the prisoners^H615 of the earth^H776,

³⁵ to turn away the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

KJVTo turn aside^H5186^(H8687) the right^H4941 of a man^H1397 before the face^H6440 of the most High^H5945,

³⁶ to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.

KJVTo subvert^H5791^(H8763) a man^H120 in his cause^H7379, the Lord^H136 approveth^H7200^(H8804) not.

³⁷ Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?

KJVWho is he that saith^H559^(H8804), and it cometh to pass, when the Lord^H136 commandeth^H6680^(H8765) it not?

³⁸ Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?

KJVOut of the mouth^H6310 of the most High^H5945 proceedeth^H3318^(H8799) not evil^H7451 and good^H2896?

³⁹ Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

KJVWherefore doth a living^H2416 man^H120 complain^H596^(H8691), a man^H1397 for the punishment of his sins^H2399?

⁴⁰ Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.

KJVLet us search^H2664^(H8799) and try^H2713^(H8799) our ways^H1870, and turn again^H7725^(H8799) to the LORD^H3068.

⁴¹ Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.

KJVLet us lift up^H5375^(H8799) our heart^H3824 with our hands^H3709 unto God^H410 in the heavens^H8064.

⁴² “We have transgressed and have rebelled. You have not pardoned.

KJVWe^H5168 have transgressed^H6586^(H8804) and have rebelled^H4784^(H8804): thou hast not pardoned^H5545^(H8804).

⁴³ “You have covered us with anger and pursued us. You have killed. You have not pitied.

KJVThou hast covered^H5526^(H8804) with anger^H639, and persecuted^H7291^(H8799) us: thou hast slain^H2026^(H8804), thou hast not pitied^H2550^(H8804).

⁴⁴ You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.

KJVThou hast covered^H5526^(H8804) thyself with a cloud^H6051, that our prayer^H8605 should not pass through^H5674^(H8800).

⁴⁵ You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the middle of the peoples.

KJVThou hast made^H7760^(H8799) us as the offscouring^H5501 and refuse^H3973 in the midst^H7130 of the people^H5971.

⁴⁶ “All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.

KJVAll our enemies^H341^(H8802) have opened^H6475^(H8804) their mouths^H6310 against us.

⁴⁷ Terror and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.”

KJVFear^H6343 and a snare^H6354 is come upon us, desolation^H7612 and destruction^H7667.

⁴⁸ My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

KJVMine eye^H5869 runneth down^H3381^(H8799) with rivers^H6388 of water^H4325 for the destruction^H7667 of the daughter^H1323 of my people^H5971.

⁴⁹ My eye pours down and doesn’t cease, without any intermission,

KJVMine eye^H5869 trickleth down^H5064^(H8738), and ceaseth^H1820^(H8799) not, without any intermission^H2014,

⁵⁰ until Yahweh looks down, and sees from heaven.

KJVTill the LORD^H3068 look down^H8259^(H8686), and behold^H7200^(H8799) from heaven^H8064.

⁵¹ My eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.

KJVMine eye^H5869 affecteth^H5953^(H8782) mine heart^H5315 because of all the daughters^H1323 of my city^H5892.

⁵² They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.

KJVMine enemies^H341^(H8802) chased^H6679^(H8804) me sore^H6679^(H8800), like a bird^H6833, without cause^H2600.

⁵³ They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.

KJVThey have cut off^H6789^(H8804) my life^H2416 in the dungeon^H953, and cast^H3034^(H8762) a stone^H68 upon me.

⁵⁴ Waters flowed over my head. I said, “I am cut off.”

KJVWaters^H4325 flowed over^H6687^(H8804) mine head^H7218; then I said^H559^(H8804), I am cut off^H1504^(H8738).

⁵⁵ I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.

KJVI called^H7121^(H8804) upon thy name^H8034, O LORD^H3068, out of the low^H8482 dungeon^H953.

⁵⁶ You heard my voice: “Don’t hide your ear from my sighing, and my cry.”

KJVThou hast heard^H8085^(H8804) my voice^H6963: hide^H5956^(H8686) not thine ear^H241 at my breathing^H7309, at my cry^H7775.

⁵⁷ You came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be afraid.”

KJVThou drewest near^H7126^(H8804) in the day^H3117 that I called^H7121^(H8799) upon thee: thou saidst^H559^(H8804), Fear^H3372^(H8799) not.

⁵⁸ Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul. You have redeemed my life.

KJVO Lord^H136, thou hast pleaded^H7378^(H8804) the causes^H7379 of my soul^H5315; thou hast redeemed^H1350^(H8804) my life^H2416.

⁵⁹ Yahweh, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.

KJVO LORD^H3068, thou hast seen^H7200^(H8804) my wrong^H5792: judge^H8199^(H8798) thou my cause^H4941.

⁶⁰ You have seen all their vengeance and all their plans against me.

KJVThou hast seen^H7200^(H8804) all their vengeance^H5360 and all their imaginations^H4284 against me.

⁶¹ You have heard their reproach, Yahweh, and all their plans against me,

KJVThou hast heard^H8085^(H8804) their reproach^H2781, O LORD^H3068, and all their imaginations^H4284 against me;

⁶² the lips of those that rose up against me, and their plots against me all day long.

KJVThe lips^H8193 of those that rose up^H6965^(H8801) against me, and their device^H1902 against me all the day^H3117.

⁶³ You see their sitting down and their rising up. I am their song.

KJVBehold^H5027^(H8685) their sitting down^H3427^(H8800), and their rising up^H7012; I am their musick^H4485.

⁶⁴ You will pay them back, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.

KJVRender^H7725^(H8686) unto them a recompence^H1576, O LORD^H3068, according to the work^H4639 of their hands^H3027.

⁶⁵ You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.

KJVGive^H5414^(H8799) them sorrow^H4044 of heart^H3820, thy curse^H8381 unto them.

⁶⁶ You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh.

KJVPersecute^H7291^(H8799) and destroy^H8045^(H8686) them in anger^H639 from under the heavens^H8064 of the LORD^H3068.

WEB·Lamentations 2

¹How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast the beauty of Israel down from heaven to the earth, and hasn’t remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.

KJVHow hath the Lord^H136 covered^H5743 the daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726 with a cloud^H5743^(H8686) in his anger^H639, and cast down^H7993^(H8689) from heaven^H8064 unto the earth^H776 the beauty^H8597 of Israel^H3478, and remembered^H2142^(H8804) not his footstool^H1916^H7272 in the day^H3117 of his anger^H639!

² The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob without pity. He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah. He has brought them down to the ground. He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.

KJVThe Lord^H136 hath swallowed up^H1104^(H8765) all the habitations^H4999 of Jacob^H3290, and hath not pitied^H2550^(H8804): he hath thrown down^H2040^(H8804) in his wrath^H5678 the strong holds^H4013 of the daughter^H1323 of Judah^H3063; he hath brought them down^H5060^(H8689) to the ground^H776: he hath polluted^H2490^(H8765) the kingdom^H4467 and the princes^H8269 thereof.

³ He has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger. He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy. He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.

KJVHe hath cut off^H1438^(H8804) in his fierce^H2750 anger^H639 all the horn^H7161 of Israel^H3478: he hath drawn^H7725^(H8689) back^H268 his right hand^H3225 from before^H6440 the enemy^H341^(H8802), and he burned^H1197^(H8799) against Jacob^H3290 like a flaming^H3852 fire^H784, which devoureth^H398^(H8804) round about^H5439.

⁴ He has bent his bow like an enemy. He has stood with his right hand as an adversary. He has killed all that were pleasant to the eye. In the tent of the daughter of Zion, he has poured out his wrath like fire.

KJVHe hath bent^H1869^(H8804) his bow^H7198 like an enemy^H341^(H8802): he stood^H5324^(H8737) with his right hand^H3225 as an adversary^H6862, and slew^H2026^(H8799) all that were pleasant^H4261 to the eye^H5869 in the tabernacle^H168 of the daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726: he poured out^H8210^(H8804) his fury^H2534 like fire^H784.

⁵ The Lord has become as an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces. He has destroyed his strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah.

KJVThe Lord^H136 was as an enemy^H341^(H8802): he hath swallowed up^H1104^(H8765) Israel^H3478, he hath swallowed up^H1104^(H8765) all her palaces^H759: he hath destroyed^H7843^(H8765) his strong holds^H4013, and hath increased^H7235^(H8686) in the daughter^H1323 of Judah^H3063 mourning^H8386 and lamentation^H592.

⁶ He has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were a garden. He has destroyed his place of assembly. Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion. In the indignation of his anger, he has despised the king and the priest.

KJVAnd he hath violently taken away^H2554^(H8799) his tabernacle^H7900, as if it were of a garden^H1588: he hath destroyed^H7843^(H8765) his places of the assembly^H4150: the LORD^H3068 hath caused the solemn feasts^H4150 and sabbaths^H7676 to be forgotten^H7911^(H8765) in Zion^H6726, and hath despised^H5006^(H8799) in the indignation^H2195 of his anger^H639 the king^H4428 and the priest^H3548.

⁷ The Lord has cast off his altar. He has abhorred his sanctuary. He has given the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in Yahweh’s house, as in the day of a solemn assembly.

KJVThe Lord^H136 hath cast off^H2186^(H8804) his altar^H4196, he hath abhorred^H5010^(H8765) his sanctuary^H4720, he hath given up^H5462^(H8689) into the hand^H3027 of the enemy^H341^(H8802) the walls^H2346 of her palaces^H759; they have made^H5414^(H8804) a noise^H6963 in the house^H1004 of the LORD^H3068, as in the day^H3117 of a solemn feast^H4150.

⁸ Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out the line. He has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall lament. They languish together.

KJVThe LORD^H3068 hath purposed^H2803^(H8804) to destroy^H7843^(H8687) the wall^H2346 of the daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726: he hath stretched out^H5186^(H8804) a line^H6957, he hath not withdrawn^H7725^(H8689) his hand^H3027 from destroying^H1104^(H8763): therefore he made the rampart^H2426 and the wall^H2346 to lament^H56^(H8686); they languished^H535^(H8797) together^H3162.

⁹ Her gates have sunk into the ground. He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not. Yes, her prophets find no vision from Yahweh.

KJVHer gates^H8179 are sunk^H2883^(H8804) into the ground^H776; he hath destroyed^H6^(H8765) and broken^H7665^(H8765) her bars^H1280: her king^H4428 and her princes^H8269 are among the Gentiles^H1471: the law^H8451 is no more; her prophets^H5030 also find^H4672^(H8804) no vision^H2377 from the LORD^H3068.

¹⁰ The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground. They keep silence. They have cast up dust on their heads. They have clothed themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

KJVThe elders^H2205 of the daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726 sit^H3427^(H8799) upon the ground^H776, and keep silence^H1826^(H8799): they have cast up^H5927^(H8689) dust^H6083 upon their heads^H7218; they have girded^H2296^(H8804) themselves with sackcloth^H8242: the virgins^H1330 of Jerusalem^H3389 hang down^H3381^(H8689) their heads^H7218 to the ground^H776.

¹¹ My eyes fail with tears. My heart is troubled. My bile is poured on the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the young children and the infants swoon in the streets of the city.

KJVMine eyes^H5869 do fail^H3615^(H8804) with tears^H1832, my bowels^H4578 are troubled^H2560^(H8777), my liver^H3516 is poured^H8210^(H8738) upon the earth^H776, for the destruction^H7667 of the daughter^H1323 of my people^H5971; because the children^H5768 and the sucklings^H3243^(H8802) swoon^H5848^(H8736) in the streets^H7339 of the city^H7151.

¹² They ask their mothers, “Where is grain and wine?” when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul is poured out into their mothers’ bosom.

KJVThey say^H559^(H8799) to their mothers^H517, Where is corn^H1715 and wine^H3196? when they swooned^H5848^(H8692) as the wounded^H2491 in the streets^H7339 of the city^H5892, when their soul^H5315 was poured out^H8210^(H8692) into their mothers^H517' bosom^H2436.

¹³ What shall I testify to you? What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is as big as the sea. Who can heal you?

KJVWhat thing shall I take to witness^H5749^(H8686)^(H8675)^H5749^(H8799) for thee? what thing^H4100 shall I liken^H1819^(H8762) to thee, O daughter^H1323 of Jerusalem^H3389? what shall I equal^H7737^(H8686) to thee, that I may comfort^H5162^(H8762) thee, O virgin^H1330 daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726? for thy breach^H7667 is great^H1419 like the sea^H3220: who can heal^H7495^(H8799) thee?

¹⁴ Your prophets have seen false and foolish visions for you. They have not uncovered your iniquity, to reverse your captivity, but have seen for you false revelations and causes of banishment.

KJVThy prophets^H5030 have seen^H2372^(H8804) vain^H7723 and foolish things^H8602 for thee: and they have not discovered^H1540^(H8765) thine iniquity^H5771, to turn away^H7725^(H8687) thy captivity^H7622^(H8675)^H7622; but have seen^H2372^(H8799) for thee false^H7723 burdens^H4864 and causes of banishment^H4065.

¹⁵ All that pass by clap their hands at you. They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, “Is this the city that men called ‘The perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth’?”

KJVAll that pass^H5674^(H8802) by clap^H5606^(H8804) their hands^H3709 at thee^H1870; they hiss^H8319^(H8804) and wag^H5128^(H8686) their head^H7218 at the daughter^H1323 of Jerusalem^H3389, saying, Is this the city^H5892 that men call^H559^(H8799) The perfection^H3632 of beauty^H3308, The joy^H4885 of the whole earth^H776?

¹⁶ All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found it. We have seen it.”

KJVAll thine enemies^H341^(H8802) have opened^H6475^(H8804) their mouth^H6310 against thee: they hiss^H8319^(H8804) and gnash^H2786^(H8799) the teeth^H8127: they say^H559^(H8804), We have swallowed her up^H1104^(H8765): certainly^H389 this is the day^H3117 that we looked for^H6960^(H8765); we have found^H4672^(H8804), we have seen^H7200^(H8804) it.

¹⁷ Yahweh has done that which he planned. He has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old. He has thrown down, and has not pitied. He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you. He has exalted the horn of your adversaries.

KJVThe LORD^H3068 hath done^H6213^(H8804) that which he had devised^H2161^(H8804); he hath fulfilled^H1214^(H8765) his word^H565 that he had commanded^H6680^(H8765) in the days^H3117 of old^H6924: he hath thrown down^H2040^(H8804), and hath not pitied^H2550^(H8804): and he hath caused thine enemy^H341^(H8802) to rejoice^H8055^(H8762) over thee, he hath set up^H7311^(H8689) the horn^H7161 of thine adversaries^H6862.

¹⁸ Their heart cried to the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief. Don’t let your eyes rest.

KJVTheir heart^H3820 cried^H6817^(H8804) unto the Lord^H136, O wall^H2346 of the daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726, let tears^H1832 run down^H3381^(H8685) like a river^H5158 day^H3119 and night^H3915: give^H5414^(H8799) thyself no rest^H6314; let not the apple^H1323 of thine eye^H5869 cease^H1826^(H8799).

¹⁹ Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.

KJVArise^H6965^(H8798), cry out^H7442^(H8798) in the night^H3915: in the beginning^H7218 of the watches^H821 pour out^H8210^(H8798) thine heart^H3820 like water^H4325 before^H5227 the face^H6440 of the Lord^H136: lift up^H5375^(H8798) thy hands^H3709 toward him for the life^H5315 of thy young children^H5768, that faint^H5848^(H8803) for hunger^H7458 in the top^H7218 of every street^H2351.

²⁰ “Look, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done thus! Should the women eat their offspring, the children that they held and bounced on their knees? Should the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?

KJVBehold^H7200^(H8798), O LORD^H3068, and consider^H5027^(H8685) to whom thou hast done^H5953^(H8782) this^H3541. Shall the women^H802 eat^H398^(H8799) their fruit^H6529, and children^H5768 of a span long^H2949? shall the priest^H3548 and the prophet^H5030 be slain^H2026^(H8735) in the sanctuary^H4720 of the Lord^H136?

²¹ “The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets. My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword. You have killed them in the day of your anger. You have slaughtered, and not pitied.

KJVThe young^H5288 and the old^H2205 lie^H7901^(H8804) on the ground^H776 in the streets^H2351: my virgins^H1330 and my young men^H970 are fallen^H5307^(H8804) by the sword^H2719; thou hast slain^H2026^(H8804) them in the day^H3117 of thine anger^H639; thou hast killed^H2873^(H8804), and not pitied^H2550^(H8804).

²² “You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side. There was no one that escaped or remained in the day of Yahweh’s anger. My enemy has consumed those whom I have cared for and brought up.

KJVThou hast called^H7121^(H8799) as in a solemn^H4150 day^H3117 my terrors^H4032 round about^H5439, so that in the day^H3117 of the LORD'S^H3068 anger^H639 none escaped^H6412 nor remained^H8300: those that I have swaddled^H2946^(H8765) and brought up^H7235^(H8765) hath mine enemy^H341^(H8802) consumed^H3615^(H8765).

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