How doth the city <H5892> sit <H3427> solitary, <H0910> [that was] full <H7227> of people! <H5971> [how] is she become as a widow! <H0490> she [that was] great <H7227> among the nations, <H1471> [and] princess <H8282> among the provinces, <H4082> [how] is she become tributary! <H4522>
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She weepeth <H1058> sore <H1058> in the night, <H3915> and her tears <H1832> [are] on her cheeks: <H3895> among all her lovers <H0157> she hath none to comfort <H5162> [her]: all her friends <H7453> have dealt treacherously <H0898> with her, they are become her enemies. <H0341>
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Judah <H3063> is gone into captivity <H1540> because of affliction, <H6040> and because of great <H7230> servitude: <H5656> she dwelleth <H3427> among the heathen, <H1471> she findeth <H4672> no rest: <H4494> all her persecutors <H7291> overtook <H5381> her between the straits. <H4712>
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The ways <H1870> of Zion <H6726> do mourn, <H0057> because none come <H0935> to the solemn feasts: <H4150> all her gates <H8179> are desolate: <H8074> her priests <H3548> sigh, <H0584> her virgins <H1330> are afflicted, <H3013> and she [is] in bitterness. <H4843>
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Her adversaries <H6862> are the chief, <H7218> her enemies <H0341> prosper; <H7951> for the LORD <H3068> hath afflicted <H3013> her for 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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And from the daughter <H1323> of Zion <H6726> all her beauty <H1926> is departed: <H3318> her princes <H8269> are become like harts <H0354> [that] find <H4672> no pasture, <H4829> and they are gone <H3212> without strength <H3581> before <H6440> the pursuer. <H7291>
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Jerusalem <H3389> remembered <H2142> in the days <H3117> of her affliction <H6040> and of her miseries <H4788> all her pleasant things <H4262> that she had in the days <H3117> of old, <H6924> when her people <H5971> fell <H5307> into the hand <H3027> of the enemy, <H6862> and none did help <H5826> her: the adversaries <H6862> saw <H7200> her, [and] did mock <H7832> at her sabbaths. <H4868>
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Jerusalem <H3389> hath grievously <H2399> sinned; <H2398> therefore she is removed: <H5206> all that honoured <H3513> her despise <H2107> her, because they have seen <H7200> her nakedness: <H6172> yea, she sigheth, <H0584> and turneth <H7725> backward. <H0268>
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Her filthiness <H2932> [is] in her skirts; <H7757> she remembereth <H2142> not her last end; <H0319> therefore she came down <H3381> wonderfully: <H6382> she had no comforter. <H5162> O LORD, <H3068> behold <H7200> my affliction: <H6040> for the enemy <H0341> hath magnified <H1431> [himself].
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The adversary <H6862> hath spread <H6566> out his hand <H3027> upon all her pleasant things: <H4261> for she hath seen <H7200> [that] the heathen <H1471> entered <H0935> into her sanctuary, <H4720> whom thou didst command <H6680> [that] they should not enter <H0935> into thy congregation. <H6951>
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All her people <H5971> sigh, <H0584> they seek <H1245> bread; <H3899> they have given <H5414> their pleasant things <H4261> <H4262> for meat <H0400> to relieve <H7725> the soul: <H5315> see, <H7200> O LORD, <H3068> and consider; <H5027> for I am become vile. <H2151>
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[Is it] nothing to you, all ye that pass by? <H5674> <H1870> behold, <H5027> and see <H7200> if there be <H3426> any sorrow <H4341> like unto my sorrow, <H4341> which is done <H5953> unto me, wherewith the LORD <H3068> hath afflicted <H3013> [me] in the day <H3117> of his fierce <H2740> anger. <H0639>
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From above <H4791> hath he sent <H7971> fire <H0784> into my bones, <H6106> and it prevaileth <H7287> against them: he hath spread <H6566> a net <H7568> for my feet, <H7272> he hath turned <H7725> me back: <H0268> he hath made <H5414> me desolate <H8074> [and] faint <H1739> all the day. <H3117>
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The yoke <H5923> of my transgressions <H6588> is bound <H8244> by his hand: <H3027> they are wreathed, <H8276> [and] come up <H5927> upon my neck: <H6677> he hath made my strength <H3581> to fall, <H3782> the Lord <H0136> hath delivered <H5414> me into [their] hands, <H3027> [from whom] I am not able <H3201> to rise up. <H6965>
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The Lord <H0136> hath trodden under foot <H5541> all my mighty <H0047> [men] in the midst <H7130> of me: he hath called <H7121> an assembly <H4150> against me to crush <H7665> my young men: <H0970> the Lord <H0136> hath trodden <H1869> the virgin, <H1330> the daughter <H1323> of Judah, <H3063> [as] in a winepress. <H1660>
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For these [things] I weep; <H1058> mine eye, <H5869> mine eye <H5869> runneth down <H3381> with water, <H4325> because the comforter <H5162> that should relieve <H7725> my soul <H5315> is far <H7368> from me: my children <H1121> are desolate, <H8074> because the enemy <H0341> prevailed. <H1396>
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Zion <H6726> spreadeth forth <H6566> her hands, <H3027> [and there is] none 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 as a menstruous woman <H5079> among them.
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The LORD <H3068> is righteous; <H6662> for I have rebelled <H4784> against his commandment: <H6310> hear, <H8085> I pray you, all people, <H5971> and behold <H7200> my sorrow: <H4341> my virgins <H1330> and my young men <H0970> are gone <H1980> into captivity. <H7628>
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I called <H7121> for my lovers, <H0157> [but] they deceived <H7411> me: my priests <H3548> and mine elders <H2205> gave up the ghost <H1478> in the city, <H5892> while they sought <H1245> their meat <H0400> to relieve <H7725> their souls. <H5315>
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Behold, <H7200> O LORD; <H3068> for I [am] in distress: <H6887> my bowels <H4578> are troubled; <H2560> mine heart <H3820> is turned <H2015> within <H7130> me; for I have grievously <H4784> rebelled: <H4784> abroad <H2351> the sword <H2719> bereaveth, <H7921> at home <H1004> [there is] as death. <H4194>
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They have heard <H8085> that I sigh: <H0584> [there is] none to comfort <H5162> me: all mine enemies <H0341> have heard <H8085> of my trouble; <H7451> they are glad <H7797> that thou hast done <H6213> [it]: thou wilt bring <H0935> the day <H3117> [that] thou hast called, <H7121> and they shall be like <H3644> unto me.
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Let all their wickedness <H7451> come <H0935> before <H6440> thee; and do <H5953> unto them, as thou hast done <H5953> unto me for all my transgressions: <H6588> for my sighs <H0585> [are] many, <H7227> and my heart <H3820> [is] faint. <H1742>