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    <book number='25' name='Lamentations' abbreviation='Lam' testament='old'>
        <chapter number='1'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>doth the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs><strongs hebrew='910'>solitary</strongs>, <em>that</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='7227'>full</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>! <em>how</em> is she <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='490'>widow</strongs>! she <em>that</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='8282'>princess</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='4082'>provinces</strongs>, <em>how</em> is she <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs><strongs hebrew='4522'>tributary</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='2'>She weepeth <strongs hebrew='1058 1058'>sore</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>, and her <strongs hebrew='1832'>tears</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3895'>cheeks</strongs>: among <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='157'>lovers</strongs>she hath <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5162'>comfort</strongs><em>her</em> : <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='7453'>friends</strongs>have dealt <strongs hebrew='898'>treacherously</strongs>with her, they are <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>is gone into <strongs hebrew='1540'>captivity</strongs>because of <strongs hebrew='4480 6040'>affliction</strongs>, and because of <strongs hebrew='4480 7230'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='5656'>servitude</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelleth</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs>, she <strongs hebrew='4672'>findeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4494'>rest</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='7291'>persecutors</strongs><strongs hebrew='5381'>overtook</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4712'>straits</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>The <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='57'>mourn</strongs>, because <strongs hebrew='4480 1097'>none</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to the solemn <strongs hebrew='4150'>feasts</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='8074'>desolate</strongs>: her <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs><strongs hebrew='584'>sigh</strongs>, her <strongs hebrew='1330'>virgins</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3013'>afflicted</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs><em>is</em> in <strongs hebrew='4843'>bitterness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Her <strongs hebrew='6862'>adversaries</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs>, her <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs><strongs hebrew='7951'>prosper</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3013'>afflicted</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7230'>multitude</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='6588'>transgressions</strongs>: her <strongs hebrew='5768'>children</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='7628'>captivity</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6862'>enemy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1926'>beauty</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3318'>departed</strongs>: her <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='354'>harts</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4829'>pasture</strongs>, and they are <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='3581'>strength</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7291'>pursuer</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='2142'>remembered</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='6040'>affliction</strongs>and of her <strongs hebrew='4788'>miseries</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her pleasant <strongs hebrew='4262'>things</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>she <strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4480 3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6924'>old</strongs>, when her <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6862'>enemy</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='5826'>help</strongs>her: the <strongs hebrew='6862'>adversaries</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs>her, <em>and</em> did <strongs hebrew='7832'>mock</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='4868'>sabbaths</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>hath grievously <strongs hebrew='2398 2399'>sinned</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>she <strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='5206'>removed</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3513'>honored</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='2151'>despise</strongs>her, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='6172'>nakedness</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1571'>yea</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs><strongs hebrew='584'>sigheth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7725'>turneth</strongs><strongs hebrew='268'>backward</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Her <strongs hebrew='2932'>filthiness</strongs><em>is</em> in her <strongs hebrew='7757'>skirts</strongs>; she <strongs hebrew='2142'>remembereth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>her last <strongs hebrew='319'>end</strongs>; therefore she came <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='6382'>wonderfully</strongs>: she had <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5162'>comforter</strongs>. O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7200'>behold</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6040'>affliction</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1431'>magnified</strongs><em>himself</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='10'>The <strongs hebrew='6862'>adversary</strongs>hath spread <strongs hebrew='6566'>out</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her pleasant <strongs hebrew='4261'>things</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>she hath <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><em>that</em> the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>entered</strongs>into her <strongs hebrew='4720'>sanctuary</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>thou didst <strongs hebrew='6680'>command</strongs><em>that</em> they should <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs>into thy <strongs hebrew='6951'>congregation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='584'>sigh</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>; they have <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>their pleasant <strongs hebrew='4262'>things</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='400'>meat</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7725'>relieve</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5027'>consider</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I am <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs><strongs hebrew='2151'>vile</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><em>Is</em> <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>nothing</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>ye that pass <strongs hebrew='5674 1870'>by</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='5027'>behold</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='3426'>be</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='4341'>sorrow</strongs>like unto my <strongs hebrew='4341'>sorrow</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5953'>done</strongs>unto me, <strongs hebrew='834'>wherewith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3013'>afflicted</strongs><em>me</em> in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='2740'>fierce</strongs><strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>From <strongs hebrew='4480 4791'>above</strongs>hath he <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>into my <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>, and it prevaileth <strongs hebrew='7287'>against</strongs>them: he hath <strongs hebrew='6566'>spread</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7568'>net</strongs>for my <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>, he hath <strongs hebrew='7725'>turned</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='268'>back</strongs>: he hath <strongs hebrew='5414'>made</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='8074'>desolate</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='1739'>faint</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>The <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='6588'>transgressions</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='8244'>bound</strongs>by his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>: they are <strongs hebrew='8276'>wreathed</strongs>, <em>and</em> come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6677'>neck</strongs>: he hath made my <strongs hebrew='3581'>strength</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3782'>fall</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5414'>delivered</strongs>me into <em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>, <em>from</em> <em>whom</em> I am not <strongs hebrew='3201 3808'>able</strongs>to rise <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>The <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>hath trodden under <strongs hebrew='5541'>foot</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='47'>mighty</strongs><em>men</em> in the <strongs hebrew='7130'>midst</strongs>of me: he hath <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='4150'>assembly</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>me to <strongs hebrew='7665'>crush</strongs>my young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1869'>trodden</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1330'>virgin</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <em>as</em> in a <strongs hebrew='1660'>winepress</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='5921'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>things</em> <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1058'>weep</strongs>; mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eye</strongs>, mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eye</strongs>runneth <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5162'>comforter</strongs>that should <strongs hebrew='7725'>relieve</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7368'>far</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>me: my <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs><strongs hebrew='8074'>desolate</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs><strongs hebrew='1396'>prevailed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>spreadeth <strongs hebrew='6566'>forth</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5162'>comfort</strongs>her: the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>concerning <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>, <em>that</em> his <strongs hebrew='6862'>adversaries</strongs><em>should</em> <em>be</em> round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>him: <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs>as a menstruous <strongs hebrew='5079'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>among</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='4784'>rebelled</strongs>against his <strongs hebrew='6310'>commandment</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>you</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>behold</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4341'>sorrow</strongs>: my <strongs hebrew='1330'>virgins</strongs>and my young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='7628'>captivity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>I <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>for my <strongs hebrew='157'>lovers</strongs>, <em>but</em> <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='7411'>deceived</strongs>me: my <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>and mine <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>gave up the <strongs hebrew='1478'>ghost</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>while</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='1245'>sought</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='400'>meat</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7725'>relieve</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5315'>souls</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='7200'>Behold</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I <em>am</em> in <strongs hebrew='6862'>distress</strongs>: my <strongs hebrew='4578'>bowels</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='2560'>troubled</strongs>; mine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2015'>turned</strongs><strongs hebrew='7130'>within</strongs>me; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I have grievously <strongs hebrew='4784 4784'>rebelled</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4480 2351'>abroad</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><strongs hebrew='7921'>bereaveth</strongs>, at <strongs hebrew='1004'>home</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> as <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>They have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='584'>sigh</strongs>: <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5162'>comfort</strongs>me: <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='7451'>trouble</strongs>; they are <strongs hebrew='7797'>glad</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><em>it</em> : thou wilt <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><em>that</em> thou hast <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>like unto <strongs hebrew='3644'>me</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>Let <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee; and <strongs hebrew='5953'>do</strongs>unto them, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='5953'>done</strongs>unto me <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6588'>transgressions</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='585'>sighs</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>, and my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1742'>faint</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='2'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>hath the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='5743'>covered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>with a cloud in his <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>, <em>and</em> cast <strongs hebrew='7993'>down</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8064'>heaven</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8597'>beauty</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2142'>remembered</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1916 7272'>footstool</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='2'>The <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>hath swallowed <strongs hebrew='1104'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4999'>habitations</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>, and hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2550'>pitied</strongs>: he hath thrown <strongs hebrew='2040'>down</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='5678'>wrath</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4013'>strongholds</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>; he hath brought <em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='5060'>down</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>: he hath <strongs hebrew='2490'>polluted</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>He hath cut <strongs hebrew='1438'>off</strongs>in <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='2750'>fierce</strongs><strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7161'>horn</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: he hath <strongs hebrew='7725'>drawn</strongs><strongs hebrew='268'>back</strongs>his right <strongs hebrew='3225'>hand</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='1197'>burned</strongs>against <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='3852'>flaming</strongs><strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>, <em>which</em> <strongs hebrew='398'>devoureth</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>He hath <strongs hebrew='1869'>bent</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs>like an <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>: he <strongs hebrew='5324'>stood</strongs>with his right <strongs hebrew='3225'>hand</strongs>as an <strongs hebrew='6862'>adversary</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2026'>slew</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>that</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='4261'>pleasant</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eye</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='168'>tabernacle</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>: he poured <strongs hebrew='8210'>out</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>The <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>as an <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>: he hath swallowed <strongs hebrew='1104'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, he hath swallowed <strongs hebrew='1104'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>: he hath <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroyed</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4013'>strongholds</strongs>, and hath <strongs hebrew='7235'>increased</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='8386'>mourning</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='592'>lamentation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And he hath violently taken <strongs hebrew='2554'>away</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7900'>tabernacle</strongs>, as <em>if</em> <em>it</em> <em>were</em> <em>of</em> a <strongs hebrew='1588'>garden</strongs>: he hath <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroyed</strongs>his places of the <strongs hebrew='4150'>assembly</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath caused the solemn <strongs hebrew='4150'>feasts</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbaths</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgotten</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>, and hath <strongs hebrew='5006'>despised</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2195'>indignation</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>The <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>hath cast <strongs hebrew='2186'>off</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>, he hath <strongs hebrew='5010'>abhorred</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4720'>sanctuary</strongs>, he hath given <strongs hebrew='5462'>up</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>walls</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>; they have <strongs hebrew='5414'>made</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6963'>noise</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, as in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of a solemn <strongs hebrew='4150'>feast</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='2803'>purposed</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>: he hath stretched <strongs hebrew='5186'>out</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6957'>line</strongs>, he hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>withdrawn</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 1104'>destroying</strongs>: therefore he made the <strongs hebrew='2426'>rampart</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='56'>lament</strongs>; they <strongs hebrew='535'>languished</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Her <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='2883'>sunk</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>; he hath <strongs hebrew='6'>destroyed</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1280'>bars</strongs>: her <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>and her <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs><em>are</em> among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>Gentiles</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><em>more</em> ; her <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2377'>vision</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>The <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>, <em>and</em> keep <strongs hebrew='1826'>silence</strongs>: they have cast <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='6083'>dust</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7218'>heads</strongs>; they have <strongs hebrew='2296'>girded</strongs>themselves with <strongs hebrew='8242'>sackcloth</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='1330'>virgins</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>hang <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7218'>heads</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='3615'>fail</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1832'>tears</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='4578'>bowels</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='2560'>troubled</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='3516'>liver</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='8210'>poured</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7667'>destruction</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>; because the <strongs hebrew='5768'>children</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3243'>sucklings</strongs><strongs hebrew='5848'>swoon</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7339'>streets</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7151'>city</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>They <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>to their <strongs hebrew='517'>mothers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='346'>Where</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1715'>corn</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>? when they <strongs hebrew='5848'>swooned</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='2491'>wounded</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7339'>streets</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, when their <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>was poured <strongs hebrew='8210'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='517'>mothers</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='2436'>bosom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>What <strongs hebrew='4100'>thing</strongs>shall I take to <strongs hebrew='5749'>witness</strongs>for thee? what <strongs hebrew='4100'>thing</strongs>shall I <strongs hebrew='1819'>liken</strongs>to thee, O <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>shall I <strongs hebrew='7737'>equal</strongs>to thee, that I may <strongs hebrew='5162'>comfort</strongs>thee, O <strongs hebrew='1330'>virgin</strongs><strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7667'>breach</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>can <strongs hebrew='7495'>heal</strongs>thee? </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Thy <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='2372'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='7723'>vain</strongs>and foolish <strongs hebrew='8602'>things</strongs>for thee: and they have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1540 5921'>discovered</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>, to turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7622'>captivity</strongs>; but have <strongs hebrew='2372'>seen</strongs>for thee <strongs hebrew='7723'>false</strongs><strongs hebrew='4864'>burdens</strongs>and causes of <strongs hebrew='4065'>banishment</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>that pass <strongs hebrew='5674 1870'>by</strongs><strongs hebrew='5606'>clap</strongs><em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='3709'>hands</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs>thee; they <strongs hebrew='8319'>hiss</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5128'>wag</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <em>saying,</em> <em>Is</em> <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>that <em>men</em> <strongs hebrew='7945 559'>call</strongs>The <strongs hebrew='3632'>perfection</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3308'>beauty</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='4885'>joy</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6475'>opened</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>thee: they <strongs hebrew='8319'>hiss</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2786'>gnash</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8127'>teeth</strongs>: they <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, We have swallowed <em>her</em> <strongs hebrew='1104'>up</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='389'>certainly</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>that we looked <strongs hebrew='7945 6960'>for</strongs>; we have <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>, we have <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='17'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='2161'>devised</strongs>; he hath <strongs hebrew='1214'>fulfilled</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='565'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4480 3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6924'>old</strongs>: he hath thrown <strongs hebrew='2040'>down</strongs>, and hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2550'>pitied</strongs>: and he hath caused <em>thine</em> <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoice</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>thee, he hath set <strongs hebrew='7311'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7161'>horn</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='6862'>adversaries</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Their <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='6817'>cried</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>, let <strongs hebrew='1832'>tears</strongs>run <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='5158'>river</strongs><strongs hebrew='3119'>day</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>thyself <strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='6314'>rest</strongs>; let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>apple</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eye</strongs><strongs hebrew='1826'>cease</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs>, cry <strongs hebrew='7442'>out</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>: in the <strongs hebrew='7218'>beginning</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='821'>watches</strongs>pour <strongs hebrew='8210'>out</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs><strongs hebrew='5227'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>: lift <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3709'>hands</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>toward</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>of thy young <strongs hebrew='5768'>children</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='5848'>faint</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='7458'>hunger</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7218'>top</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='2351'>street</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='7200'>Behold</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5027'>consider</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4310'>whom</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='5953'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>this</strongs>. Shall the <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5768'>children</strongs>of a span <strongs hebrew='2949'>long</strongs>? shall the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='2026'>slain</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4720'>sanctuary</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='21'>The <strongs hebrew='5288'>young</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='2205'>old</strongs><strongs hebrew='7901'>lie</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2351'>streets</strongs>: my <strongs hebrew='1330'>virgins</strongs>and my young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='5307'>fallen</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>; thou hast <strongs hebrew='2026'>slain</strongs><em>them</em> in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>; thou hast <strongs hebrew='2873'>killed</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2550'>pitied</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>Thou hast <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>as in a <strongs hebrew='4150'>solemn</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4032'>terrors</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='4480 5439'>about</strongs>, so that in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>none</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961 6412'>escaped</strongs>nor <strongs hebrew='8300'>remained</strongs>: those <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='2946'>swaddled</strongs>and brought <strongs hebrew='7235'>up</strongs>hath mine <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs><strongs hebrew='3615'>consumed</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='3'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> the <strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs><em>that</em> hath <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='6040'>affliction</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='7626'>rod</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5678'>wrath</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>He hath <strongs hebrew='5090'>led</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>brought</strongs><em>me</em> <em>into</em> <strongs hebrew='2822'>darkness</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><em>into</em> <strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='389'>Surely</strongs>against me is he <strongs hebrew='7725'>turned</strongs>; he <strongs hebrew='2015'>turneth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><em>against</em> <em>me</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>My <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='5785'>skin</strongs>hath he made <strongs hebrew='1086'>old</strongs>; he hath <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>He hath <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='5362'>compassed</strongs><em>me</em> with <strongs hebrew='7219'>gall</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8513'>travail</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>He hath <strongs hebrew='3427'>set</strongs>me in dark <strongs hebrew='4285'>places</strongs>, as <em>they</em> <em>that</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5769'>old</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>He hath <strongs hebrew='1443'>hedged</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='1157'>about</strongs>, that I <strongs hebrew='3808'>cannot</strongs>get <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>: he hath made my chain <strongs hebrew='3513 5178'>heavy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Also</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='2199'>cry</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7768'>shout</strongs>, he shutteth <strongs hebrew='5640'>out</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>He hath <strongs hebrew='1443'>enclosed</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>with hewn <strongs hebrew='1496'>stone</strongs>, he hath made my paths <strongs hebrew='5753 5410'>crooked</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='1931'>He</strongs><em>was</em> unto me <em>as</em> a <strongs hebrew='1677'>bear</strongs>lying in <strongs hebrew='693'>wait</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>as</em> a <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs>in secret <strongs hebrew='4565'>places</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>He hath turned <strongs hebrew='5493'>aside</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>, and pulled me in <strongs hebrew='6582'>pieces</strongs>: he hath <strongs hebrew='7760'>made</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='8074'>desolate</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>He hath <strongs hebrew='1869'>bent</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5324'>set</strongs>me as a <strongs hebrew='4307'>mark</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='2671'>arrow</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>He hath caused the <strongs hebrew='1121'>arrows</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='827'>quiver</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs>into my <strongs hebrew='3629'>reins</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>I <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7814'>derision</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>; <em>and</em> their <strongs hebrew='5058'>song</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>He hath <strongs hebrew='7646'>filled</strongs>me with <strongs hebrew='4844'>bitterness</strongs>, he hath made me <strongs hebrew='7301'>drunken</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3939'>wormwood</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>He hath also <strongs hebrew='1638'>broken</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8127'>teeth</strongs>with gravel <strongs hebrew='2687'>stones</strongs>, he hath <strongs hebrew='3728'>covered</strongs>me with <strongs hebrew='665'>ashes</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And thou hast removed my soul far <strongs hebrew='2186 5315'>off</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 7965'>peace</strongs>: I <strongs hebrew='5382'>forgot</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>prosperity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, My <strongs hebrew='5331'>strength</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='8431'>hope</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6'>perished</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3068'>LORD</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='2142'>Remembering</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='6040'>affliction</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='4788'>misery</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3939'>wormwood</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='7219'>gall</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>My <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>hath <em>them</em> still in <strongs hebrew='2142 2142'>remembrance</strongs>, and is <strongs hebrew='7743'>humbled</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='2063'>This</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='7725'>recall</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3820'>mind</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='3176'>hope</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> <em>of</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2617'>mercies</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>we are <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8552'>consumed</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7356'>compassions</strongs><strongs hebrew='3615'>fail</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><em>They</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='2319'>new</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><em>is</em> thy <strongs hebrew='530'>faithfulness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> my <strongs hebrew='2506'>portion</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='3176'>hope</strongs>in him. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>unto them that wait <strongs hebrew='6960'>for</strongs>him, to the <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='1875'>seeketh</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>that <em>a</em> <em>man</em> should both <strongs hebrew='3175'>hope</strongs>and quietly <strongs hebrew='1748'>wait</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='8668'>salvation</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='5375'>bear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='5271'>youth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>He <strongs hebrew='3427'>sitteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='910'>alone</strongs>and keepeth <strongs hebrew='1826'>silence</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='5190'>borne</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>He <strongs hebrew='5414'>putteth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6083'>dust</strongs>; if so <strongs hebrew='194'>be</strongs>there may <strongs hebrew='3426'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='8615'>hope</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>He <strongs hebrew='5414'>giveth</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='3895'>cheek</strongs>to him that <strongs hebrew='5221'>smiteth</strongs>him: he is filled <strongs hebrew='7646'>full</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>cast <strongs hebrew='2186'>off</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs hebrew='3588'>But</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>though</strongs>he cause <strongs hebrew='3013'>grief</strongs>, yet will he have <strongs hebrew='7355'>compassion</strongs>according to the <strongs hebrew='7230'>multitude</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='2617'>mercies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>he doth <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6031'>afflict</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 3820'>willingly</strongs>nor <strongs hebrew='3013'>grieve</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>To <strongs hebrew='1792'>crush</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='615'>prisoners</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='35'>To turn <strongs hebrew='5186'>aside</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4941'>right</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>of the most <strongs hebrew='5945'>High</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='36'>To <strongs hebrew='5791'>subvert</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='7379'>cause</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>approveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'><strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>he</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>, and it cometh to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <em>when</em> the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commandeth</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='38'>Out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 6310'>mouth</strongs>of the most <strongs hebrew='5945'>High</strongs><strongs hebrew='3318'>proceedeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='39'><strongs hebrew='4100'>Wherefore</strongs>doth a <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='596'>complain</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the punishment of his <strongs hebrew='2399'>sins</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='40'>Let us <strongs hebrew='2664'>search</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2713'>try</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>, and turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='41'>Let us lift <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>with</strongs><em>our</em> <strongs hebrew='3709'>hands</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='410'>God</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heavens</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='42'><strongs hebrew='5168'>We</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6586'>transgressed</strongs>and have <strongs hebrew='4784'>rebelled</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5545'>pardoned</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='43'>Thou hast <strongs hebrew='5526'>covered</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7291'>persecuted</strongs>us: thou hast <strongs hebrew='2026'>slain</strongs>, thou hast <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2550'>pitied</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='44'>Thou hast <strongs hebrew='5526'>covered</strongs>thyself with a <strongs hebrew='6051'>cloud</strongs>, that <em>our</em> <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs>should not pass <strongs hebrew='4480 5674'>through</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='45'>Thou hast <strongs hebrew='7760'>made</strongs>us <em>as</em> the <strongs hebrew='5501'>offscouring</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3973'>refuse</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7130'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='46'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6475'>opened</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouths</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>us. </verse>
            <verse number='47'><strongs hebrew='6343'>Fear</strongs>and a <strongs hebrew='6354'>snare</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='1961'>come</strongs>upon us, <strongs hebrew='7612'>desolation</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7667'>destruction</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='48'>Mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eye</strongs>runneth <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='6388'>rivers</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7667'>destruction</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='49'>Mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eye</strongs>trickleth <strongs hebrew='5064'>down</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1820'>ceaseth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, without <strongs hebrew='4480 369'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='2014'>intermission</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='50'><strongs hebrew='5704'>Till</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>look <strongs hebrew='8259'>down</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>behold</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8064'>heaven</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='51'>Mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eye</strongs><strongs hebrew='5953'>affecteth</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='5315'>heart</strongs>because of <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='52'>Mine <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>chased me <strongs hebrew='6679 6679'>sore</strongs>, like a <strongs hebrew='6833'>bird</strongs>, without <strongs hebrew='2600'>cause</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='53'>They have cut <strongs hebrew='6789'>off</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='953'>dungeon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3034'>cast</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='68'>stone</strongs>upon me. </verse>
            <verse number='54'><strongs hebrew='4325'>Waters</strongs><strongs hebrew='6687'>flowed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>; <em>then</em> I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, I am cut <strongs hebrew='1504'>off</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='55'>I called <strongs hebrew='7121'>upon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, out of the low <strongs hebrew='4480 953 8482'>dungeon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='56'>Thou hast <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5956'>hide</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>at my <strongs hebrew='7309'>breathing</strongs>, at my <strongs hebrew='7775'>cry</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='57'>Thou drewest <strongs hebrew='7126'>near</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><em>that</em> I called <strongs hebrew='7121'>upon</strongs>thee: thou <strongs hebrew='559'>saidst</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3372'>Fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='58'>O <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>, thou hast <strongs hebrew='7378'>pleaded</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7379'>causes</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>; thou hast <strongs hebrew='1350'>redeemed</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='59'>O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, thou hast <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5792'>wrong</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='8199'>judge</strongs>thou my <strongs hebrew='4941'>cause</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='60'>Thou hast <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5360'>vengeance</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4284'>imaginations</strongs>against me. </verse>
            <verse number='61'>Thou hast <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4284'>imaginations</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>me; </verse>
            <verse number='62'>The <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>of those that rose up <strongs hebrew='6965'>against</strongs>me, and their <strongs hebrew='1902'>device</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='63'><strongs hebrew='5027'>Behold</strongs>their sitting <strongs hebrew='3427'>down</strongs>, and their rising <strongs hebrew='7012'>up</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> their <strongs hebrew='4485'>music</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='64'><strongs hebrew='7725'>Render</strongs>unto them a <strongs hebrew='1576'>recompense</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, according to the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='65'><strongs hebrew='5414'>Give</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='4044'>sorrow</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, thy <strongs hebrew='8381'>curse</strongs>unto them. </verse>
            <verse number='66'><strongs hebrew='7291'>Persecute</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8045'>destroy</strongs>them in <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heavens</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='4'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>is the <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>become <strongs hebrew='6004'>dim</strongs>! <em>how</em> is the <strongs hebrew='2896'>most</strongs>fine <strongs hebrew='3800'>gold</strongs><strongs hebrew='8132'>changed</strongs>! the <strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6944'>sanctuary</strongs>are poured <strongs hebrew='8210'>out</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7218'>top</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='2351'>street</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>The <strongs hebrew='3368'>precious</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5537'>comparable</strongs>to fine <strongs hebrew='6337'>gold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='349'>how</strongs>are they <strongs hebrew='2803'>esteemed</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='2789'>earthen</strongs><strongs hebrew='5035'>pitchers</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3335'>potter</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Even</strongs>the sea <strongs hebrew='8565'>monsters</strongs>draw <strongs hebrew='2502'>out</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7699'>breast</strongs>, they give <strongs hebrew='3243'>suck</strongs>to their young <strongs hebrew='1482'>ones</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><em>is</em> <em>become</em> <strongs hebrew='393'>cruel</strongs>, like the <strongs hebrew='3283'>ostriches</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>The <strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs>of the sucking <strongs hebrew='3243'>child</strongs><strongs hebrew='1692'>cleaveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the roof of his <strongs hebrew='2441'>mouth</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='6772'>thirst</strongs>: the young <strongs hebrew='5768'>children</strongs><strongs hebrew='7592'>ask</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>, <em>and</em> no <strongs hebrew='369'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='6566'>breaketh</strongs><em>it</em> unto them. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>They that did <strongs hebrew='398'>feed</strongs><strongs hebrew='4574'>delicately</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='8074'>desolate</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2351'>streets</strongs>: they that were brought <strongs hebrew='539'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='8438'>scarlet</strongs><strongs hebrew='2263'>embrace</strongs><strongs hebrew='830'>dunghills</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>For the punishment of the <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='1431'>greater</strongs>than the punishment of the <strongs hebrew='4480 2403'>sin</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5467'>Sodom</strongs>, that was <strongs hebrew='2015'>overthrown</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='3644'>in</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7281'>moment</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs><strongs hebrew='2342'>stayed</strongs>on her. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Her <strongs hebrew='5139'>Nazarites</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='2141'>purer</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 7950'>snow</strongs>, they were <strongs hebrew='6705'>whiter</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 2461'>milk</strongs>, they were more <strongs hebrew='119'>ruddy</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6106'>body</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 6443'>rubies</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='1508'>polishing</strongs><em>was</em> of <strongs hebrew='5601'>sapphire</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Their <strongs hebrew='8389'>visage</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2821'>blacker</strongs>than a <strongs hebrew='4480 7815'>coal</strongs>; they are <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5234'>known</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2351'>streets</strongs>: their <strongs hebrew='5785'>skin</strongs><strongs hebrew='6821'>cleaveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>; it is <strongs hebrew='3001'>withered</strongs>, it is <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='6086'>stick</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><em>They</em> <em>that</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='2491'>slain</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>than <em>they that be</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 2491'>slain</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='7458'>hunger</strongs>: for <strongs hebrew='7945 1992'>these</strongs>pine <strongs hebrew='2100'>away</strongs>, stricken <strongs hebrew='1856'>through</strongs>for <em>want of</em> the <strongs hebrew='4480 8570'>fruits</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>The <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7362'>pitiful</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='1310'>sodden</strongs>their own <strongs hebrew='3206'>children</strongs>: they <strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1262'>meat</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7667'>destruction</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3615'>accomplished</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs>; he hath poured <strongs hebrew='8210'>out</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2740'>fierce</strongs><strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>, and hath <strongs hebrew='3341'>kindled</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>, and it hath <strongs hebrew='398'>devoured</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3247'>foundations</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>The <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8398'>world</strongs>, would <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='539'>believed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6862'>adversary</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>should have <strongs hebrew='935'>entered</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>For the <strongs hebrew='4480 2403'>sins</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquities</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, that have <strongs hebrew='8210'>shed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7130'>midst</strongs>of her, </verse>
            <verse number='14'>They have <strongs hebrew='5128'>wandered</strongs><em>as</em> <strongs hebrew='5787'>blind</strongs><em>men</em> in the <strongs hebrew='2351'>streets</strongs>, they have <strongs hebrew='1351'>polluted</strongs>themselves with <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>, so that men <strongs hebrew='3201'>could</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5060'>touch</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3830'>garments</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>They <strongs hebrew='7121'>cried</strongs>unto them, <strongs hebrew='5493'>Depart</strongs>ye; <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2931'>unclean</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5493'>depart</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5493'>depart</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5060'>touch</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>they fled <strongs hebrew='5132'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>and</strongs><strongs hebrew='5128'>wandered</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs>, They shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='1481'>sojourn</strongs><em>there</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='16'>The <strongs hebrew='6440'>anger</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='2505'>divided</strongs>them; he will <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='5027'>regard</strongs>them: they <strongs hebrew='5375'>respected</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>persons</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='2603'>favored</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>As for us, our <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3615'>failed</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='1892'>vain</strongs><strongs hebrew='5833'>help</strongs>: in our <strongs hebrew='6836'>watching</strongs>we have <strongs hebrew='6822'>watched</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs><em>that</em> could <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs><em>us</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='18'>They <strongs hebrew='6679'>hunt</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='6806'>steps</strongs>, that we cannot <strongs hebrew='4480 1980'>go</strongs>in our <strongs hebrew='7339'>streets</strongs>: our <strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7126'>near</strongs>, our <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='4390'>fulfilled</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>Our <strongs hebrew='7291'>persecutors</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs><strongs hebrew='7031'>swifter</strongs>than the <strongs hebrew='4480 5404'>eagles</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>: they <strongs hebrew='1814'>pursued</strongs>us <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>, they laid <strongs hebrew='693'>wait</strongs>for us in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>The <strongs hebrew='7307'>breath</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='639'>nostrils</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4899'>anointed</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, was <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='7825'>pits</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>we <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Under his <strongs hebrew='6738'>shadow</strongs>we shall <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='7797'>Rejoice</strongs>and be <strongs hebrew='8055'>glad</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwellest</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5780'>Uz</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='3563'>cup</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>shall pass <strongs hebrew='5674'>through</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>thee: thou shalt be <strongs hebrew='7937'>drunken</strongs>, and shalt make thyself <strongs hebrew='6168'>naked</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>The punishment of thine <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='8552'>accomplished</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>; he will <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs>carry thee away into <strongs hebrew='1540'>captivity</strongs>: he will <strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>; he will <strongs hebrew='1540 5921'>discover</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='5'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='2142'>Remember</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='1961'>come</strongs>upon us: <strongs hebrew='5027'>consider</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>behold</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>our <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Our <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2015'>turned</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2114'>strangers</strongs>, our <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5237'>aliens</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>We <strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs><strongs hebrew='3490'>orphans</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='369 1'>fatherless</strongs>, our <strongs hebrew='517'>mothers</strongs><em>are</em> as <strongs hebrew='490'>widows</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>We have <strongs hebrew='8354'>drunken</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3701'>money</strongs>; our <strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='935 4242'>sold</strongs>unto us. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Our <strongs hebrew='6677'>necks</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>under</strongs><strongs hebrew='7291'>persecution</strongs>: we <strongs hebrew='3021'>labor</strongs>, <em>and</em> have no <strongs hebrew='3808 5117'>rest</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>We have <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><em>to</em> the <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egyptians</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>to</em> the <strongs hebrew='804'>Assyrians</strongs>, to be <strongs hebrew='7646'>satisfied</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='5445'>borne</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquities</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='5650'>Servants</strongs>have ruled <strongs hebrew='4910'>over</strongs>us: <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>that doth <strongs hebrew='6561'>deliver</strongs><em>us</em> out of their <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>We <strongs hebrew='935'>got</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>with <em>the</em> <em>peril</em> <em>of</em> our <strongs hebrew='5315'>lives</strongs>because <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Our <strongs hebrew='5785'>skin</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3648'>black</strongs>like an <strongs hebrew='8574'>oven</strongs>because <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2152'>terrible</strongs><strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>They <strongs hebrew='6031'>ravished</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='1330'>maids</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='8269'>Princes</strongs>are hanged <strongs hebrew='8518'>up</strongs>by their <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='6440'>faces</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1921'>honored</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>They <strongs hebrew='5375'>took</strongs>the young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2911'>grind</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5288'>children</strongs><strongs hebrew='3782'>fell</strongs>under the <strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>The <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7673'>ceased</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 8179'>gate</strongs>, the young <strongs hebrew='970'>men</strongs>from their <strongs hebrew='4480 5058'>music</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>The <strongs hebrew='4885'>joy</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7673'>ceased</strongs>; our <strongs hebrew='4234'>dance</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2015'>turned</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='60'>mourning</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>The <strongs hebrew='5850'>crown</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5307'>fallen</strongs><em>from</em> our <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='188'>woe</strongs>unto us, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>we have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='5921'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='1739'>faint</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>things</em> our <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='2821'>dim</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Because <strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountain</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7945'>which</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='8074'>desolate</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7776'>foxes</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>upon it. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3427'>remainest</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>; thy <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='1755'>generation</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1755'>generation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='4100'>Wherefore</strongs>dost thou <strongs hebrew='7911'>forget</strongs>us <strongs hebrew='5331'>forever</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsake</strongs>us so <strongs hebrew='753'>long</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>time</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='7725'>Turn</strongs>thou us <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and we shall be <strongs hebrew='7725'>turned</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2318'>renew</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>as of <strongs hebrew='6924'>old</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='3588 518'>But</strongs>thou hast utterly <strongs hebrew='3988 3988'>rejected</strongs>us; thou art very <strongs hebrew='7107 5704 3966'>wroth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>us. </verse>
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