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LAMENTATIONS
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- Concerning whom Thou didst command
- That they should not enter into Thy congregation.
- כ11All her people sigh,
- They seek bread;
- They have given their pleasant things for food
- To refresh the soul.
- 'See, O Lord, and behold,
- How abject I am become.'
- ל12'Let it not come unto you, all ye that pass by!
- Behold, and see
- If there be any pain like unto my pain,
- Which is done unto me,
- Wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me
- In the day of His fierce anger.
- מ13From on high hath He sent fire
- Into my bones, and it prevaileth against them;
- He hath spread a net for my feet,
- He hath turned me back;
- He hath made me desolate
- And faint all the day.
- נ14The yoke of my transgressions is impressed by His hand;
- They are knit together,
- They are come up upon my neck;
- He hath made my strength to fail;
- The Lord hath delivered me into their hands,
- Against whom I am not able to stand.
- ס15The Lord hath set at nought
- All my mighty men in the midst of me;
- He hath called a solemn assembly against me
- To crush my young men;
- The Lord hath trodden as in a winepress
- The virgin daughter of Judah.'
- ע16'For these things I weep;
- Mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water;
- Because the comforter is far from me,
- Even he that should refresh my soul;
- My children are desolate,
- Because the enemy hath prevailed.'
- פ17Zion spreadeth forth her hands;
- There is none to comfort her;
- The Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob,
- That they that are round about him should be his adversaries,
- Jerusalem is among them
- As one unclean.
- צ18'The Lord is righteous;
- For I have rebelled against His word;
- Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples,
- And behold my pain:
- My virgins and my young men
- Are gone into captivity.
- ק19I called for my lovers,
- But they deceived me;
- My priests and mine elders
- Perished in the city,
- While they sought them food
- To refresh their souls.
- ר20Behold, O Lord, for I am in distress,
- Mine inwards burn;
- My heart is turned within me,
- For I have grievously rebelled.
- Abroad the sword bereaveth,
- At home there is the like of death.
- ש21They have heard that I sigh,
- There is none to comfort me;
- All mine enemies have heard of my trouble, and are glad,
- For Thou hast done it;
- Thou wilt bring the day that Thou hast proclaimed,
- And they shall be like unto me.
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