1 How hath the Lord 136 covered 5743 0 the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726 with a cloud 5743 in his anger 639, and cast down 7993 from heaven 8064 unto the earth 776 the beauty 8597 of Israel 3478, and remembered 2142 not his footstool 1916 7272 in the day 3117 of his anger 639!
2 The Lord 136 hath swallowed up 1104 all the habitations 4999 of Jacob 3290, and hath not pitied 2550: he hath thrown down 2040 in his wrath 5678 the strong holds 4013 of the daughter 1323 of Judah 3063; he hath brought them down 5060 to the ground 776: he hath polluted 2490 the kingdom 4467 and the princes 8269 thereof.
3 He hath cut off 1438 in his fierce 2750 anger 639 all the horn 7161 of Israel 3478: he hath drawn 7725 back 268 his right hand 3225 from before 6440 the enemy 341, and he burned 1197 against Jacob 3290 like a flaming 3852 fire 784, which devoureth 398 round about 5439.
4 He hath bent 1869 his bow 7198 like an enemy 341: he stood 5324 with his right hand 3225 as an adversary 6862, and slew 2026 all that were pleasant 4261 to the eye 5869 in the tabernacle 168 of the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726: he poured out 8210 his fury 2534 like fire 784.
5 The Lord 136 was as an enemy 341: he hath swallowed up 1104 Israel 3478, he hath swallowed up 1104 all her palaces 759: he hath destroyed 7843 his strong holds 4013, and hath increased 7235 in the daughter 1323 of Judah 3063 mourning 8386 and lamentation 592.
6 And he hath violently taken away 2554 his tabernacle 7900, as if it were of a garden 1588: he hath destroyed 7843 his places of the assembly 4150: the LORD 3068 hath caused the solemn feasts 4150 and sabbaths 7676 to be forgotten 7911 in Zion 6726, and hath despised 5006 in the indignation 2195 of his anger 639 the king 4428 and the priest 3548.
7 The Lord 136 hath cast off 2186 his altar 4196, he hath abhorred 5010 his sanctuary 4720, he hath given up 5462 into the hand 3027 of the enemy 341 the walls 2346 of her palaces 759; they have made 5414 a noise 6963 in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, as in the day 3117 of a solemn feast 4150.
8 The LORD 3068 hath purposed 2803 to destroy 7843 the wall 2346 of the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726: he hath stretched out 5186 a line 6957, he hath not withdrawn 7725 his hand 3027 from destroying 1104: therefore he made the rampart 2426 and the wall 2346 to lament 56; they languished 535 together 3162.
9 Her gates 8179 are sunk 2883 into the ground 776; he hath destroyed 6 and broken 7665 her bars 1280: her king 4428 and her princes 8269 are among the Gentiles 1471: the law 8451 is no more; her prophets 5030 also find 4672 no vision 2377 from the LORD 3068.
10 The elders 2205 of the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726 sit 3427 upon the ground 776, and keep silence 1826: they have cast up 5927 dust 6083 upon their heads 7218; they have girded 2296 themselves with sackcloth 8242: the virgins 1330 of Jerusalem 3389 hang down 3381 their heads 7218 to the ground 776.
11 Mine eyes 5869 do fail 3615 with tears 1832, my bowels 4578 are troubled 2560, my liver 3516 is poured 8210 upon the earth 776, for the destruction 7667 of the daughter 1323 of my people 5971; because the children 5768 and the sucklings 3243 swoon 5848 in the streets 7339 of the city 7151.
12 They say 559 to their mothers 517, Where is corn 1715 and wine 3196? when they swooned 5848 as the wounded 2491 in the streets 7339 of the city 5892, when their soul 5315 was poured out 8210 into their mothers 517' bosom 2436.
13 What thing shall I take to witness 5749 5749 for thee? what thing 4100 shall I liken 1819 to thee, O daughter 1323 of Jerusalem 3389? what shall I equal 7737 to thee, that I may comfort 5162 thee, O virgin 1330 daughter 1323 of Zion 6726? for thy breach 7667 is great 1419 like the sea 3220: who can heal 7495 thee?
14 Thy prophets 5030 have seen 2372 vain 7723 and foolish things 8602 for thee: and they have not discovered 1540 thine iniquity 5771, to turn away 7725 thy captivity 7622 7622; but have seen 2372 for thee false 7723 burdens 4864 and causes of banishment 4065.
15 All that pass 5674 by clap 5606 their hands 3709 at thee 1870; they hiss 8319 and wag 5128 their head 7218 at the daughter 1323 of Jerusalem 3389, saying, Is this the city 5892 that men call 559 The perfection 3632 of beauty 3308, The joy 4885 of the whole earth 776?
16 All thine enemies 341 have opened 6475 their mouth 6310 against thee: they hiss 8319 and gnash 2786 the teeth 8127: they say 559, We have swallowed her up 1104: certainly 389 this is the day 3117 that we looked for 6960; we have found 4672, we have seen 7200 it.
17 The LORD 3068 hath done 6213 that which he had devised 2161; he hath fulfilled 1214 his word 565 that he had commanded 6680 in the days 3117 of old 6924: he hath thrown down 2040, and hath not pitied 2550: and he hath caused thine enemy 341 to rejoice 8055 over thee, he hath set up 7311 the horn 7161 of thine adversaries 6862.
18 Their heart 3820 cried 6817 unto the Lord 136, O wall 2346 of the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726, let tears 1832 run down 3381 like a river 5158 day 3119 and night 3915: give 5414 thyself no rest 6314; let not the apple 1323 of thine eye 5869 cease 1826.
19 Arise 6965, cry out 7442 in the night 3915: in the beginning 7218 of the watches 821 pour out 8210 thine heart 3820 like water 4325 before 5227 the face 6440 of the Lord 136: lift up 5375 thy hands 3709 toward him for the life 5315 of thy young children 5768, that faint 5848 for hunger 7458 in the top 7218 of every street 2351.
20 Behold 7200, O LORD 3068, and consider 5027 to whom thou hast done 5953 this 3541. Shall the women 802 eat 398 their fruit 6529, and children 5768 of a span long 2949? shall the priest 3548 and the prophet 5030 be slain 2026 in the sanctuary 4720 of the Lord 136?
21 The young 5288 and the old 2205 lie 7901 on the ground 776 in the streets 2351: my virgins 1330 and my young men 970 are fallen 5307 by the sword 2719; thou hast slain 2026 them in the day 3117 of thine anger 639; thou hast killed 2873, and not pitied 2550.
22 Thou hast called 7121 as in a solemn 4150 day 3117 my terrors 4032 round about 5439, so that in the day 3117 of the LORD'S 3068 anger 639 none escaped 6412 nor remained 8300: those that I have swaddled 2946 and brought up 7235 hath mine enemy 341 consumed 3615.