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The Sorrows of Zion |
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Lamentations 1:1
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How lonely sits the city That was full of people!
She has become like a widow Who was once great among the nations! She who was
a princess among the provinces Has become a forced laborer! |
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Lamentations 1:2
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She weeps bitterly in the night And her tears
are on her cheeks; She has none to comfort her Among all her lovers. All her friends
have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies. |
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Lamentations 1:3
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Judah has gone into exile under affliction And
under harsh servitude; She dwells among the nations, But she has found no rest;
All her pursuers have overtaken her In the midst of distress. |
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Lamentations 1:4
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The roads of Zion are in mourning Because no
one comes to the appointed feasts. All her gates are desolate; Her priests are
groaning, Her virgins are afflicted, And she herself is bitter. |
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Lamentations 1:5
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Her adversaries have become her masters, Her
enemies prosper; For the LORD has caused her grief Because of the multitude of
her transgressions; Her little ones have gone away As captives before the adversary. |
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Lamentations 1:6
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All her majesty Has departed from the daughter
of Zion; Her princes have become like deer That have found no pasture; And they
have fled without strength Before the pursuer. |
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Lamentations 1:7
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In the days of her affliction and homelessness
Jerusalem remembers all her precious things That were from the days of old, When
her people fell into the hand of the adversary And no one helped her. The adversaries
saw her, They mocked at her ruin. |
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Lamentations 1:8
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Jerusalem sinned greatly, Therefore she has
become an unclean thing. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen
her nakedness; Even she herself groans and turns away. |
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Lamentations 1:9
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Her uncleanness was in her skirts; She did not
consider her future. Therefore she has fallen astonishingly; She has no comforter.
"See, O LORD, my affliction, For the enemy has magnified himself!" |
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Lamentations 1:10
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The adversary has stretched out his hand Over
all her precious things, For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary, The
ones whom You commanded That they should not enter into Your congregation. |
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Lamentations 1:11
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All her people groan seeking bread; They have
given their precious things for food To restore their lives themselves. "See,
O LORD, and look, For I am despised." |
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Lamentations 1:12
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"Is it nothing to all you who pass this way?
Look and see if there is any pain like my pain Which was severely dealt out to
me, Which the LORD inflicted on the day of His fierce anger. |
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Lamentations 1:13
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"From on high He sent fire into my bones, And
it prevailed over them. He has spread a net for my feet; He has turned me back;
He has made me desolate, Faint all day long. |
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Lamentations 1:14
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"The yoke of my transgressions is bound; By
His hand they are knit together. They have come upon my neck; He has made my strength
fail. The Lord has given me into the hands Of those against whom I am not able
to stand. |
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Lamentations 1:15
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"The Lord has rejected all my strong men In
my midst; He has called an appointed time against me To crush my young men; The
Lord has trodden as in a wine press The virgin daughter of Judah. |
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Lamentations 1:16
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"For these things I weep; My eyes run down with
water; Because far from me is a comforter, One who restores my soul. My children
are desolate Because the enemy has prevailed." |
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Lamentations 1:17
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Zion stretches out her hands; There is no one
to comfort her; The LORD has commanded concerning Jacob That the ones round about
him should be his adversaries; Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them. |
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Lamentations 1:18
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"The LORD is righteous; For I have rebelled
against His command; Hear now, all peoples, And behold my pain; My virgins and
my young men Have gone into captivity. |
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Lamentations 1:19
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"I called to my lovers, but they deceived me;
My priests and my elders perished in the city While they sought food to restore
their strength themselves. |
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Lamentations 1:20
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"See, O LORD, for I am in distress; My spirit
is greatly troubled; My heart is overturned within me, For I have been very rebellious.
In the street the sword slays; In the house it is like death. |
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Lamentations 1:21
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"They have heard that I groan; There is no one
to comfort me; All my enemies have heard of my calamity; They are glad that You
have done it. Oh, that You would bring the day which You have proclaimed, That
they may become like me. |
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Lamentations 1:22
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"Let all their wickedness come before You; And
deal with them as You have dealt with me For all my transgressions; For my groans
are many and my heart is faint." |
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