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