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-Lament over Jerusalem
-
 # Chapter 1
-1. How she sits alone,
+1 How she sits alone,
 the city once crowded with people!
 She who was great among the nations
 has become like a widow.
-
 The princess among the provinces
 has been put to forced labor.
-
-2. She weeps bitterly during the night,
+2 She weeps bitterly during the night,
 with tears on her cheeks.
 There is no one to offer her comfort,
 not one from all her lovers.
-
 All her friends have betrayed her;
 they have become her enemies.
-
-3. Judah has gone into exile
+3 Judah has gone into exile
 following affliction and harsh slavery;
 she lives among the nations
 but finds no place to rest.
-
 All her pursuers have overtaken her
 in narrow places.
-
-4. The roads to Zion mourn,
+4 The roads to Zion mourn,
 for no one comes to the appointed festivals.
 All her gates are deserted;
 her priests groan,
 her young women grieve,
 and she herself is bitter.
-
-5. Her adversaries have become her masters;
+5 Her adversaries have become her masters;
 her enemies are at ease,
-for 
-the 
-Lord has made her suffer
+for the Lord has made her suffer
 because of her many transgressions.
-
 Her children have gone away
 as captives before the adversary.
-
-6. All the splendor has vanished
+6 All the splendor has vanished
 from Daughter Zion.
-
 Her leaders are like stags
 that find no pasture;
 they stumble away exhausted
 before the hunter.
-
-7. During the days of her affliction and homelessness
+7 During the days of her affliction and homelessness
 Jerusalem remembers all her precious belongings
 that were hers in days of old.
-When her people fell into the adversary's hand,
+When her people fell into the adversary’s hand,
 she had no one to help.
 The adversaries looked at her,
 laughing over her downfall.
-
-8. Jerusalem has sinned grievously;
+8 Jerusalem has sinned grievously;
 therefore, she has become an object of scorn.
 All who honored her now despise her,
 for they have seen her nakedness.
 She herself groans and turns away.
-
-9. Her uncleanness stains her skirts.
+9 Her uncleanness stains her skirts.
 She never considered her end.
 Her downfall was astonishing;
 there was no one to comfort her.
-
 Lord, look on my affliction,
 for the enemy boasts.
-
-10. The adversary has seized
+10 The adversary has seized
 all her precious belongings.
-
 She has even seen the nations
-enter her sanctuary--
+enter her sanctuary—
 those you had forbidden
 to enter your assembly.
-
-11. All her people groan
+11 All her people groan
 while they search for bread.
-
 They have traded their precious belongings for food
 in order to stay alive.
-
 Lord, look and see
 how I have become despised.
-
-12. Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by?
+12 Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by?
 Look and see!
 Is there any pain like mine,
 which was dealt out to me,
-which 
-the 
-Lord made me suffer
+which the Lord made me suffer
 on the day of his burning anger?
-
-13. He sent fire from on high into my bones;
+13 He sent fire from on high into my bones;
 he made it descend.
 He spread a net for my feet
 and turned me back.
 He made me desolate,
 sick all day long.
-
-14. My transgressions have been formed into a yoke,
+14 My transgressions have been formed into a yoke,
 fastened together by his hand;
 they have been placed on my neck,
-and 
-the 
-Lord has broken my strength.
-
+and the Lord has broken my strength.
 He has handed me over
 to those I cannot withstand.
-
-15. The 
-Lord has rejected
+15 The Lord has rejected
 all the mighty men within me.
 He has summoned an army against me
 to crush my young warriors.
-The 
-Lord has trampled Virgin Daughter Judah
+The Lord has trampled Virgin Daughter Judah
 like grapes in a winepress.
-
-16. I weep because of these things;
+16 I weep because of these things;
 my eyes flow with tears.
 For there is no one nearby to comfort me,
 no one to keep me alive.
-
 My children are desolate
 because the enemy has prevailed.
-
-17. Zion stretches out her hands;
+17 Zion stretches out her hands;
 there is no one to comfort her.
-The 
-Lord has issued a decree against Jacob
+The Lord has issued a decree against Jacob
 that his neighbors should be his adversaries.
-
 Jerusalem has become
 something impure among them.
-
-18. The 
-Lord is just,
+18 The Lord is just,
 for I have rebelled against his command.
 Listen, all you people;
 look at my pain.
-
 My young women and young men
 have gone into captivity.
-
-19. I called to my lovers,
+19 I called to my lovers,
 but they betrayed me.
-
 My priests and elders
 perished in the city
 while searching for food
 to keep themselves alive.
-
-20. 
-Lord, see how I am in distress.
+20 Lord, see how I am in distress.
 I am churning within;
 my heart is broken,
 for I have been very rebellious.
 Outside, the sword takes the children;
 inside, there is death.
-
-21. People have heard me groaning,
+21 People have heard me groaning,
 but there is no one to comfort me.
 All my enemies have heard of my misfortune;
 they are glad that you have caused it.
 Bring on the day you have announced,
 so that they may become like me.
-
-22. Let all their wickedness come before you,
+22 Let all their wickedness come before you,
 and deal with them
 as you have dealt with me
 because of all my transgressions.
 For my groans are many,
-and I am sick at heart.
-
-
-
-
+and I am sick at heart.