1:1 Ye that have escaped[06405] the sword[02719], go away[01980][8798], stand not still[05975][8799]: remember[02142][8798] the LORD[03068] afar off[07350], and let Jerusalem[03389] come[05927][8799] into your mind[03824].
1:2 We are confounded[0954][8804], because we have heard[08085][8804] reproach[02781]: shame[03639] hath covered[03680][8765] our faces[06440]: for strangers[02114][8801] are come[0935][8804] into the sanctuaries[04720] of the LORD'S[03068] house[01004].
1:3 Wherefore, behold, the days[03117] come[0935][8802], saith[05002][8803] the LORD[03068], that I will do judgment[06485][8804] upon her graven images[06456]: and through all her land[0776] the wounded[02491] shall groan[0602][8799].
1:4 Though Babylon[0894] should mount up[05927][8799] to heaven[08064], and though she should fortify[01219][8762] the height[04791] of her strength[05797], yet[0227] from me shall spoilers[07703][8802] come[0935][8799] unto her, saith[05002][8803] the LORD[03068].
1:5 A sound[06963] of a cry[02201] cometh from Babylon[0894], and great[01419] destruction[07667] from the land[0776] of the Chaldeans[03778]:
1:6 Because the LORD[03068] hath spoiled[07703][8802] Babylon[0894], and destroyed[06][8765] out of her the great[01419] voice[06963]; when her waves[01530] do roar[01993][8804] like great[07227] waters[04325], a noise[07588] of their voice[06963] is uttered[05414][8738]:
1:7 Because the spoiler[07703][8802] is come[0935][8804] upon her, even upon Babylon[0894], and her mighty men[01368] are taken[03920][8738], every one of their bows[07198] is broken[02865][8765]: for the LORD[03068] God[0410] of recompences[01578] shall surely[07999][8763] requite[07999][8762].
1:8 And I will make drunk[07937][8689] her princes[08269], and her wise[02450] men , her captains[06346], and her rulers[05461], and her mighty men[01368]: and they shall sleep[03462][8804] a perpetual[05769] sleep[08142], and not wake[06974][8686], saith[05002][8803] the King[04428], whose name[08034] is the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635].
1:9 Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635]; The broad[07342] walls[02346] of Babylon[0894] shall be utterly[06209][8771] broken[06209][8698], and her high[01364] gates[08179] shall be burned[03341][8799] with fire[0784]; and the people[05971] shall labour[03021][8799] in vain[07385], and the folk[03816] in[01767] the fire[0784], and they shall be weary[03286][8804]. The broad...: or, The walls of broad Babylon broken: or, made naked
1:10 The word[01697] which Jeremiah[03414] the prophet[05030] commanded[06680][8765] Seraiah[08304] the son[01121] of Neriah[05374], the son[01121] of Maaseiah[04271], when he went[03212][8800] with Zedekiah[06667] the king[04428] of Judah[03063] into Babylon[0894] in the fourth[07243] year[08141] of his reign[04427][8800]. And this Seraiah[08304] was a quiet[04496] prince[08269]. with: or, on the behalf of quiet...: or, prince of Menucha, or, chief chamberlain
1:11 So Jeremiah[03414] wrote[03789][8799] in a[0259] book[05612] all the evil[07451] that should come[0935][8799] upon Babylon[0894], even all these words[01697] that are written[03789][8803] against Babylon[0894].
1:12 And Jeremiah[03414] said[0559][8799] to Seraiah[08304], When thou comest[0935][8800] to Babylon[0894], and shalt see[07200][8804], and shalt read[07121][8804] all these words[01697];
1:13 Then shalt thou say[0559][8804], O LORD[03068], thou hast spoken[01696][8765] against this place[04725], to cut it off[03772][8687], that none shall remain[03427][8802] in it, neither man[0120] nor beast[0929], but that it shall be desolate[08077] for ever[05769]. desolate: Heb. desolations
1:14 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end[03615][8763] of reading[07121][8800] this book[05612], that thou shalt bind[07194][8799] a stone[068] to it, and cast[07993][8689] it into the midst[08432] of Euphrates[06578]:
1:15 And thou shalt say[0559][8804], Thus shall Babylon[0894] sink[08257][8799], and shall not rise[06965][8799] from[06440] the evil[07451] that I will bring[0935][8688] upon her: and they shall be weary[03286][8804]. Thus far are the words[01697] of Jeremiah[03414].
1:16 Zedekiah[06667] was one[0259] and twenty[06242] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] eleven[0259][06240] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389]. And his mother's[0517] name[08034] was Hamutal[02537] the daughter[01323] of Jeremiah[03414] of Libnah[03841]. began...: Heb. reigned
1:17 And he did[06213][8799] that which was evil[07451] in the eyes[05869] of the LORD[03068], according to all that Jehoiakim[03079] had done[06213][8804].
1:18 For through[05921] the anger[0639] of the LORD[03068] it came to pass in Jerusalem[03389] and Judah[03063], till he had cast them out[07993][8687] from his presence[06440], that Zedekiah[06667] rebelled[04775][8799] against the king[04428] of Babylon[0894].
1:19 And it came to pass in the ninth[08671] year[08141] of his reign[04427][8800], in the tenth[06224] month[02320], in the tenth[06218] day of the month[02320], that Nebuchadrezzar[05019] king[04428] of Babylon[0894] came[0935][8804], he and all his army[02428], against Jerusalem[03389], and pitched[02583][8799] against it, and built[01129][8799] forts[01785] against it round about[05439].
1:20 So[0935][8799] the city[05892] was besieged[04692] unto the eleventh[06249][06240] year[08141] of king[04428] Zedekiah[06667].
1:21 And in the fourth[07243] month[02320], in the ninth[08672] day of the month[02320], the famine[07458] was sore[02388][8799] in the city[05892], so that there was no bread[03899] for the people[05971] of the land[0776].
1:22 Then the city[05892] was broken up[01234][8735], and all the men[0582] of war[04421] fled[01272][8799], and went forth[03318][8799] out of the city[05892] by night[03915] by the way[01870] of the gate[08179] between the two walls[02346], which was by the king's[04428] garden[01588]; (now the Chaldeans[03778] were by the city[05892] round about[05439]:) and they went[03212][8799] by the way[01870] of the plain[06160].
2:1 But the army[02428] of the Chaldeans[03778] pursued[07291][8799] after[0310] the king[04428], and overtook[05381][8686] Zedekiah[06667] in the plains[06160] of Jericho[03405]; and all his army[02428] was scattered[06327][8738] from him.
2:2 Then they took[08610][8799] the king[04428], and carried him up[05927][8686] unto the king[04428] of Babylon[0894] to Riblah[07247] in the land[0776] of Hamath[02574]; where he gave[01696][8762] judgment[04941] upon him.
2:3 And the king[04428] of Babylon[0894] slew[07819][8799] the sons[01121] of Zedekiah[06667] before his eyes[05869]: he slew[07819][8804] also all the princes[08269] of Judah[03063] in Riblah[07247].
2:4 Then he put out[05786][8765] the eyes[05869] of Zedekiah[06667]; and the king[04428] of Babylon[0894] bound[0631][8799] him in chains[05178], and carried[0935][8686] him to Babylon[0894], and put[05414][8799] him in prison[01004][06486] till the day[03117] of his death[04194]. put out: Heb. blinded chains: or, fetters prison: Heb. house of the wards
2:5 Now in the fifth[02549] month[02320], in the tenth[06218] day of the month[02320], which was the nineteenth[08672][06240][08141] year[08141] of Nebuchadrezzar[05019] king[04428] of Babylon[0894], came[0935][8804] Nebuzaradan[05018], captain[07227] of the guard[02876], which served[05975][8804][06440] the king[04428] of Babylon[0894], into Jerusalem[03389], captain...: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen served: Heb. stood before
2:6 And burned[08313][8799] the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and the king's[04428] house[01004]; and all the houses[01004] of Jerusalem[03389], and all the houses[01004] of the great[01419] men , burned[08313][8804] he with fire[0784]:
2:7 And all the army[02428] of the Chaldeans[03778], that were with the captain[07227] of the guard[02876], brake down[05422][8804] all the walls[02346] of Jerusalem[03389] round about[05439].
2:8 Then Nebuzaradan[05018] the captain[07227] of the guard[02876] carried away captive[01540][8689] certain of the poor[01803] of the people[05971], and the residue[03499] of the people[05971] that remained[07604][8737] in the city[05892], and those that fell away[05307][8802], that fell[05307][8804] to the king[04428] of Babylon[0894], and the rest[03499] of the multitude[0527].
2:9 But Nebuzaradan[05018] the captain[07227] of the guard[02876] left[07604][8689] certain of the poor[01803] of the land[0776] for vinedressers[03755] and for husbandmen[03009][8802].
2:10 Also the pillars[05982] of brass[05178] that were in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and the bases[04350], and the brasen[05178] sea[03220] that was in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], the Chaldeans[03778] brake[07665][8765], and carried[05375][8799] all the brass[05178] of them to Babylon[0894].
2:11 The caldrons[05518] also, and the shovels[03257], and the snuffers[04212], and the bowls[04219], and the spoons[03709], and all the vessels[03627] of brass[05178] wherewith they ministered[08334][8762], took they away[03947][8804]. shovels: or, instruments to remove the ashes bowls: or, basons
2:12 And the basons[05592], and the firepans[04289], and the bowls[04219], and the caldrons[05518], and the candlesticks[04501], and the spoons[03709], and the cups[04518]; that which was of gold[02091] in  gold[02091], and that which was of silver[03701] in silver[03701], took[03947][00] the captain[07227] of the guard[02876] away[03947][8804]. firepans: or, censers
2:13 The two[08147] pillars[05982], one[0259] sea[03220], and twelve[08147][06240] brasen[05178] bulls[01241] that were under the bases[04350], which king[04428] Solomon[08010] had made[06213][8804] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]: the brass[05178] of all these vessels[03627] was without weight[04948]. the brass: Heb. their brass
2:14 And concerning the pillars[05982], the height[06967] of one[0259] pillar[05982] was eighteen[08083][06240] cubits[0520]; and a fillet[02339] of twelve[08147][06240] cubits[0520] did compass[05437][8799] it; and the thickness[05672] thereof was four[0702] fingers[0676]: it was hollow[05014][8803]. fillet: Heb. thread
2:15 And a chapiter[03805] of brass[05178] was upon it; and the height[06967] of one[0259] chapiter[03805] was five[02568] cubits[0520], with network[07639] and pomegranates[07416] upon the chapiters[03805] round about[05439], all of brass[05178]. The second[08145] pillar[05982] also and the pomegranates[07416] were like unto these.
2:16 And there were ninety[08673] and six[08337] pomegranates[07416] on a side[07307]; and all the pomegranates[07416] upon the network[07639] were an hundred[03967] round about[05439].
2:17 And the captain[07227] of the guard[02876] took[03947][8799] Seraiah[08304] the chief[07218] priest[03548], and Zephaniah[06846] the second[04932] priest[03548], and the three[07969] keepers[08104][8802] of the door[05592]: door: Heb. threshold
2:18 He took[03947][8804] also out of the city[05892] an[0259] eunuch[05631], which had the charge[06496] of the men[0582] of war[04421]; and seven[07651] men[0582] of them that were near[07200][8802] the king's[04428] person[06440], which were found[04672][8738] in the city[05892]; and the principal[08269] scribe[05608][8802] of the host[06635], who mustered[06633][8688] the people[05971] of the land[0776]; and threescore[08346] men[0376] of the people[05971] of the land[0776], that were found[04672][8737] in the midst[08432] of the city[05892]. were near...: Heb. saw the face of the king principal...: or, scribe of the captain of the host
2:19 So Nebuzaradan[05018] the captain[07227] of the guard[02876] took[03947][8799] them, and brought[03212][8686] them to the king[04428] of Babylon[0894] to Riblah[07247].
2:20 And the king[04428] of Babylon[0894] smote[05221][8686] them, and put them to death[04191][8686] in Riblah[07247] in the land[0127] of Hamath[02574]. Thus Judah[03063] was carried away captive[01540][8799] out of his own land[0776].
2:21 This is the people[05971] whom Nebuchadrezzar[05019] carried away captive[01540][8689]: in the seventh[07651] year[08141] three[07969] thousand[0505] Jews[03064] and three[07969] and twenty[06242]:
2:22 In the eighteenth[08083][06240] year[08141] of Nebuchadrezzar[05019] he carried away captive[01540][8689] from Jerusalem[03389] eight[08083] hundred[03967] thirty[07970] and two[08147] persons[05315]: persons: Heb. souls
3:1 In the three[07969] and twentieth[06242] year[08141] of Nebuchadrezzar[05019] Nebuzaradan[05018] the captain[07227] of the guard[02876] carried away captive[01540][8689] of the Jews[03064] seven[07651] hundred[03967] forty[0705] and five[02568] persons[05315]: all the persons[05315] were four[0702] thousand[0505] and six[08337] hundred[03967].
3:2 And it came to pass in the seven[07651] and thirtieth[07970] year[08141] of the captivity[01546] of Jehoiachin[03078] king[04428] of Judah[03063], in the twelfth[08147][06240] month[02320], in the five[02568] and twentieth[06242] day of the month[02320], that Evilmerodach[0192] king[04428] of Babylon[0894] in the first year[08141] of his reign[04438] lifted up[05375][8804] the head[07218] of Jehoiachin[03078] king[04428] of Judah[03063], and brought him forth[03318][8686] out of prison[01004][03628],
3:3 And spake[01696][8762] kindly[02896] unto him, and set[05414][8799] his throne[03678] above[04605] the throne[03678] of the kings[04428] that were with him in Babylon[0894], kindly...: Heb. good things with him
3:4 And changed[08138][8765] his prison[03608] garments[0899]: and he did continually[08548] eat[0398][8804] bread[03899] before[06440] him all the days[03117] of his life[02416].
3:5 And for his diet[0737], there was a continual[08548] diet[0737] given[05414][8738] him of the king[04428] of Babylon[0894], every[03117] day[03117] a portion[01697] until the day[03117] of his death[04194], all the days[03117] of his life[02416]. every...: Heb. the matter of the day in his day
3:6 How doth the city[05892] sit[03427][8804] solitary[0910], that was full[07227] of people[05971]! how is she become as a widow[0490]! she that was great[07227] among the nations[01471], and princess[08282] among the provinces[04082], how is she become tributary[04522]!
3:7 She weepeth[01058][8799] sore[01058][8800] in the night[03915], and her tears[01832] are on her cheeks[03895]: among all her lovers[0157][8802] she hath none to comfort[05162][8764] her : all her friends[07453] have dealt treacherously[0898][8804] with her, they are become her enemies[0341][8802].
3:8 Judah[03063] is gone into captivity[01540][8804] because of affliction[06040], and because of great[07230] servitude[05656]: she dwelleth[03427][8804] among the heathen[01471], she findeth[04672][8804] no rest[04494]: all her persecutors[07291][8802] overtook[05381][8689] her between the straits[04712]. because of great...: Heb. for the greatness of servitude
3:9 The ways[01870] of Zion[06726] do mourn[057], because none come[0935][8802] to the solemn feasts[04150]: all her gates[08179] are desolate[08074][8802]: her priests[03548] sigh[0584][8737], her virgins[01330] are afflicted[03013][8737], and she is in bitterness[04843][8804].
3:10 Her adversaries[06862] are the chief[07218], her enemies[0341][8802] prosper[07951][8804]; for the LORD[03068] hath afflicted[03013][8689] her for the multitude[07230] of her transgressions[06588]: her children[05768] are gone[01980][8804] into captivity[07628] before[06440] the enemy[06862].
3:11 And from the daughter[01323] of Zion[06726] all her beauty[01926] is departed[03318][8799]: her princes[08269] are become like harts[0354] that find[04672][8804] no pasture[04829], and they are gone[03212][8799] without strength[03581] before[06440] the pursuer[07291][8802].
3:12 Jerusalem[03389] remembered[02142][8804] in the days[03117] of her affliction[06040] and of her miseries[04788] all her pleasant things[04262] that she had in the days[03117] of old[06924], when her people[05971] fell[05307][8800] into the hand[03027] of the enemy[06862], and none did help[05826][8802] her: the adversaries[06862] saw[07200][8804] her, and did mock[07832][8804] at her sabbaths[04868]. pleasant: or, desirable
3:13 Jerusalem[03389] hath grievously[02399] sinned[02398][8804]; therefore she is removed[05206]: all that honoured[03513][8764] her despise[02107][8689] her, because they have seen[07200][8804] her nakedness[06172]: yea, she sigheth[0584][8738], and turneth[07725][8799] backward[0268]. is...: Heb. is become a removing, or, wandering
3:14 Her filthiness[02932] is in her skirts[07757]; she remembereth[02142][8804] not her last end[0319]; therefore she came down[03381][8799] wonderfully[06382]: she had no comforter[05162][8764]. O LORD[03068], behold[07200][8798] my affliction[06040]: for the enemy[0341][8802] hath magnified[01431][8689] himself .
3:15 The adversary[06862] hath spread out[06566][8804] his hand[03027] upon all her pleasant things[04261]: for she hath seen[07200][8804] that the heathen[01471] entered[0935][8804] into her sanctuary[04720], whom thou didst command[06680][8765] that they should not enter[0935][8799] into thy congregation[06951]. pleasant: or, desirable
3:16 All her people[05971] sigh[0584][8737], they seek[01245][8764] bread[03899]; they have given[05414][8804] their pleasant things[04261][8675][04262] for meat[0400] to relieve[07725][8687] the soul[05315]: see[07200][8798], O LORD[03068], and consider[05027][8685]; for I am become vile[02151][8802]. to...: or, to make the soul to come again
3:17 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass[05674][8802] by[01870]? behold[05027][8685], and see[07200][8798] if there be[03426] any sorrow[04341] like unto my sorrow[04341], which is done[05953][8776] unto me, wherewith the LORD[03068] hath afflicted[03013][8689] me in the day[03117] of his fierce[02740] anger[0639]. Is it...: or, It is nothing pass by: Heb. pass by the way?
3:18 From above[04791] hath he sent[07971][8804] fire[0784] into my bones[06106], and it prevaileth[07287][8799] against them: he hath spread[06566][8804] a net[07568] for my feet[07272], he hath turned[07725][8689] me back[0268]: he hath made[05414][8804] me desolate[08074][8802] and faint[01739] all the day[03117].
3:19 The yoke[05923] of my transgressions[06588] is bound[08244][8738] by his hand[03027]: they are wreathed[08276][8691], and come up[05927][8804] upon my neck[06677]: he hath made my strength[03581] to fall[03782][8689], the Lord[0136] hath delivered[05414][8804] me into their hands[03027], from whom I am not able[03201][8799] to rise up[06965][8800].
3:20 The Lord[0136] hath trodden under foot[05541][8765] all my mighty[047] men in the midst[07130] of me: he hath called[07121][8804] an assembly[04150] against me to crush[07665][8800] my young men[0970]: the Lord[0136] hath trodden[01869][8804] the virgin[01330], the daughter[01323] of Judah[03063], as in a winepress[01660]. the virgin...: or, the winepress of the virgin, etc
3:21 For these things I weep[01058][8802]; mine eye[05869], mine eye[05869] runneth down[03381][8802] with water[04325], because the comforter[05162][8764] that should relieve[07725][8688] my soul[05315] is far[07368][8804] from me: my children[01121] are desolate[08074][8802], because the enemy[0341][8802] prevailed[01396][8804]. relieve: Heb. bring back
3:22 Zion[06726] spreadeth forth[06566][8765] her hands[03027], and there is none to comfort[05162][8764] her: the LORD[03068] hath commanded[06680][8765] concerning Jacob[03290], that his adversaries[06862]  should be round about[05439] him: Jerusalem[03389] is as a menstruous woman[05079] among them.
3:23 The LORD[03068] is righteous[06662]; for I have rebelled[04784][8804] against his commandment[06310]: hear[08085][8798], I pray you, all people[05971], and behold[07200][8798] my sorrow[04341]: my virgins[01330] and my young men[0970] are gone[01980][8804] into captivity[07628]. commandment: Heb. mouth
3:24 I called[07121][8804] for my lovers[0157][8764], but they deceived[07411][8765] me: my priests[03548] and mine elders[02205] gave up the ghost[01478][8804] in the city[05892], while they sought[01245][8765] their meat[0400] to relieve[07725][8686] their souls[05315].
3:25 Behold[07200][8798], O LORD[03068]; for I am in distress[06887][8804]: my bowels[04578] are troubled[02560][8777]; mine heart[03820] is turned[02015][8738] within[07130] me; for I have grievously[04784][8800] rebelled[04784][8804]: abroad[02351] the sword[02719] bereaveth[07921][8765], at home[01004] there is as death[04194].
3:26 They have heard[08085][8804] that I sigh[0584][8737]: there is none to comfort[05162][8764] me: all mine enemies[0341][8802] have heard[08085][8804] of my trouble[07451]; they are glad[07797][8804] that thou hast done[06213][8804] it : thou wilt bring[0935][8689] the day[03117] that thou hast called[07121][8804], and they shall be like[03644] unto me. called: or, proclaimed
3:27 Let all their wickedness[07451] come[0935][8799] before[06440] thee; and do[05953][8778] unto them, as thou hast done[05953][8782] unto me for all my transgressions[06588]: for my sighs[0585] are many[07227], and my heart[03820] is faint[01742].
3:28 How hath the Lord[0136] covered[05743][00] the daughter[01323] of Zion[06726] with a cloud[05743][8686] in his anger[0639], and cast down[07993][8689] from heaven[08064] unto the earth[0776] the beauty[08597] of Israel[03478], and remembered[02142][8804] not his footstool[01916][07272] in the day[03117] of his anger[0639]!
3:29 The Lord[0136] hath swallowed up[01104][8765] all the habitations[04999] of Jacob[03290], and hath not pitied[02550][8804]: he hath thrown down[02040][8804] in his wrath[05678] the strong holds[04013] of the daughter[01323] of Judah[03063]; he hath brought them down[05060][8689] to the ground[0776]: he hath polluted[02490][8765] the kingdom[04467] and the princes[08269] thereof. brought...: Heb. made to touch
3:30 He hath cut off[01438][8804] in his fierce[02750] anger[0639] all the horn[07161] of Israel[03478]: he hath drawn[07725][8689] back[0268] his right hand[03225] from before[06440] the enemy[0341][8802], and he burned[01197][8799] against Jacob[03290] like a flaming[03852] fire[0784], which devoureth[0398][8804] round about[05439].
3:31 He hath bent[01869][8804] his bow[07198] like an enemy[0341][8802]: he stood[05324][8737] with his right hand[03225] as an adversary[06862], and slew[02026][8799] all that were  pleasant[04261] to the eye[05869] in the tabernacle[0168] of the daughter[01323] of Zion[06726]: he poured out[08210][8804] his fury[02534] like fire[0784]. all...: Heb. all the desirable of the eye
3:32 The Lord[0136] was as an enemy[0341][8802]: he hath swallowed up[01104][8765] Israel[03478], he hath swallowed up[01104][8765] all her palaces[0759]: he hath destroyed[07843][8765] his strong holds[04013], and hath increased[07235][8686] in the daughter[01323] of Judah[03063] mourning[08386] and lamentation[0592].
3:33 And he hath violently taken away[02554][8799] his tabernacle[07900], as if it were of a garden[01588]: he hath destroyed[07843][8765] his places of the assembly[04150]: the LORD[03068] hath caused the solemn feasts[04150] and sabbaths[07676] to be forgotten[07911][8765] in Zion[06726], and hath despised[05006][8799] in the indignation[02195] of his anger[0639] the king[04428] and the priest[03548]. tabernacle: or, hedge
3:34 The Lord[0136] hath cast off[02186][8804] his altar[04196], he hath abhorred[05010][8765] his sanctuary[04720], he hath given up[05462][8689] into the hand[03027] of the enemy[0341][8802] the walls[02346] of her palaces[0759]; they have made[05414][8804] a noise[06963] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], as in the day[03117] of a solemn feast[04150]. given up: Heb. shut up
3:35 The LORD[03068] hath purposed[02803][8804] to destroy[07843][8687] the wall[02346] of the daughter[01323] of Zion[06726]: he hath stretched out[05186][8804] a line[06957], he hath not withdrawn[07725][8689] his hand[03027] from destroying[01104][8763]: therefore he made the rampart[02426] and the wall[02346] to lament[056][8686]; they languished[0535][8797] together[03162]. destroying: Heb. swallowing up
3:36 Her gates[08179] are sunk[02883][8804] into the ground[0776]; he hath destroyed[06][8765] and broken[07665][8765] her bars[01280]: her king[04428] and her princes[08269] are  among the Gentiles[01471]: the law[08451] is no more ; her prophets[05030] also find[04672][8804] no vision[02377] from the LORD[03068].
3:37 The elders[02205] of the daughter[01323] of Zion[06726] sit[03427][8799] upon the ground[0776], and keep silence[01826][8799]: they have cast up[05927][8689] dust[06083] upon their heads[07218]; they have girded[02296][8804] themselves with sackcloth[08242]: the virgins[01330] of Jerusalem[03389] hang down[03381][8689] their heads[07218] to the ground[0776].
3:38 Mine eyes[05869] do fail[03615][8804] with tears[01832], my bowels[04578] are troubled[02560][8777], my liver[03516] is poured[08210][8738] upon the earth[0776], for the destruction[07667] of the daughter[01323] of my people[05971]; because the children[05768] and the sucklings[03243][8802] swoon[05848][8736] in the streets[07339] of the city[07151]. swoon: or, faint
3:39 They say[0559][8799] to their mothers[0517], Where is corn[01715] and wine[03196]? when they swooned[05848][8692] as the wounded[02491] in the streets[07339] of the city[05892], when their soul[05315] was poured out[08210][8692] into their mothers[0517]' bosom[02436].
3:40 What thing shall I take to witness[05749][8686][8675][05749][8799] for thee? what thing[04100] shall I liken[01819][8762] to thee, O daughter[01323] of Jerusalem[03389]? what shall I equal[07737][8686] to thee, that I may comfort[05162][8762] thee, O virgin[01330] daughter[01323] of Zion[06726]? for thy breach[07667] is great[01419] like the sea[03220]: who can heal[07495][8799] thee?
3:41 Thy prophets[05030] have seen[02372][8804] vain[07723] and foolish things[08602] for thee: and they have not discovered[01540][8765] thine iniquity[05771], to turn away[07725][8687] thy captivity[07622][8675][07622]; but have seen[02372][8799] for thee false[07723] burdens[04864] and causes of banishment[04065].
3:42 All that pass[05674][8802] by clap[05606][8804] their hands[03709] at thee[01870]; they hiss[08319][8804] and wag[05128][8686] their head[07218] at the daughter[01323] of Jerusalem[03389], saying, Is this the city[05892] that men call[0559][8799] The perfection[03632] of beauty[03308], The joy[04885] of the whole earth[0776]? by: Heb. by the way
3:43 All thine enemies[0341][8802] have opened[06475][8804] their mouth[06310] against thee: they hiss[08319][8804] and gnash[02786][8799] the teeth[08127]: they say[0559][8804], We have swallowed her up[01104][8765]: certainly[0389] this is the day[03117] that we looked for[06960][8765]; we have found[04672][8804], we have seen[07200][8804] it .
3:44 The LORD[03068] hath done[06213][8804] that which he had devised[02161][8804]; he hath fulfilled[01214][8765] his word[0565] that he had commanded[06680][8765] in the days[03117] of old[06924]: he hath thrown down[02040][8804], and hath not pitied[02550][8804]: and he hath caused thine enemy[0341][8802] to rejoice[08055][8762] over thee, he hath set up[07311][8689] the horn[07161] of thine adversaries[06862].
3:45 Their heart[03820] cried[06817][8804] unto the Lord[0136], O wall[02346] of the daughter[01323] of Zion[06726], let tears[01832] run down[03381][8685] like a river[05158] day[03119] and night[03915]: give[05414][8799] thyself no rest[06314]; let not the apple[01323] of thine eye[05869] cease[01826][8799].
3:46 Arise[06965][8798], cry out[07442][8798] in the night[03915]: in the beginning[07218] of the watches[0821] pour out[08210][8798] thine heart[03820] like water[04325] before[05227] the face[06440] of the Lord[0136]: lift up[05375][8798] thy hands[03709] toward him for the life[05315] of thy young children[05768], that faint[05848][8803] for hunger[07458] in the top[07218] of every street[02351].
3:47 Behold[07200][8798], O LORD[03068], and consider[05027][8685] to whom thou hast done[05953][8782] this[03541]. Shall the women[0802] eat[0398][8799] their fruit[06529], and  children[05768] of a span long[02949]? shall the priest[03548] and the prophet[05030] be slain[02026][8735] in the sanctuary[04720] of the Lord[0136]? of a span...: or, swaddled with their hands?
3:48 The young[05288] and the old[02205] lie[07901][8804] on the ground[0776] in the streets[02351]: my virgins[01330] and my young men[0970] are fallen[05307][8804] by the sword[02719]; thou hast slain[02026][8804] them  in the day[03117] of thine anger[0639]; thou hast killed[02873][8804], and not pitied[02550][8804].
3:49 Thou hast called[07121][8799] as in a solemn[04150] day[03117] my terrors[04032] round about[05439], so that in the day[03117] of the LORD'S[03068] anger[0639] none escaped[06412] nor remained[08300]: those that I have swaddled[02946][8765] and brought up[07235][8765] hath mine enemy[0341][8802] consumed[03615][8765].
3:50 I am the man[01397] that hath seen[07200][8804] affliction[06040] by the rod[07626] of his wrath[05678].
3:51 He hath led[05090][8804] me, and brought[03212][8686] me into darkness[02822], but not into light[0216].
3:52 Surely against me is he turned[07725][8799]; he turneth[02015][8799] his hand[03027] against me all the day[03117].
3:53 My flesh[01320] and my skin[05785] hath he made old[01086][8765]; he hath broken[07665][8765] my bones[06106].
3:54 He hath builded against[01129][8804] me, and compassed[05362][8686] me with gall[07219] and travail[08513].
3:55 He hath set[03427][8689] me in dark places[04285], as they that be dead[04191][8801] of old[05769].
3:56 He hath hedged[01443][8804] me about, that I cannot get out[03318][8799]: he hath made my chain[05178] heavy[03513][8689].
3:57 Also when I cry[02199][8799] and shout[07768][8762], he shutteth out[05640][8804] my prayer[08605].
3:58 He hath inclosed[01443][8804] my ways[01870] with hewn stone[01496], he hath made my paths[05410] crooked[05753][8765].
3:59 He was unto me as a bear[01677] lying in wait[0693][8802], and as a lion[0738] in secret places[04565].
3:60 He hath turned aside[05493][8790] my ways[01870], and pulled me in pieces[06582][8762]: he hath made[07760][8804] me desolate[08074][8802].
3:61 He hath bent[01869][8804] his bow[07198], and set[05324][8686] me as a mark[04307] for the arrow[02671].
3:62 He hath caused the arrows[01121] of his quiver[0827] to enter[0935][8689] into my reins[03629]. arrows: Heb. sons
3:63 I was a derision[07814] to all my people[05971]; and their song[05058] all the day[03117].
3:64 He hath filled[07646][8689] me with bitterness[04844], he hath made me drunken[07301][8689] with wormwood[03939]. bitterness: Heb. bitternesses
3:65 He hath also broken[01638][8686] my teeth[08127] with gravel stones[02687], he hath covered[03728][8689] me with ashes[0665]. covered...: or, rolled me in the ashes
3:66 And thou hast removed[02186][00] my soul[05315] far off[02186][8799] from peace[07965]: I forgat[05382][8804] prosperity[02896]. prosperity: Heb. good
4:1 And I said[0559][8799], My strength[05331] and my hope[08431] is perished[06][8804] from the LORD[03068]:
4:2 Remembering[02142][8798] mine affliction[06040] and my misery[04788], the wormwood[03939] and the gall[07219]. Remembering: or, Remember
4:3 My soul[05315] hath them still[02142][8800] in remembrance[02142][8799], and is humbled[07743][8686] in me. humbled: Heb. bowed
4:4 This I recall[07725][8686] to my mind[03820], therefore have I hope[03176][8686]. recall...: Heb. make to return to my heart
4:5 It is of the LORD'S[03068] mercies[02617] that we are not consumed[08552][8804], because his compassions[07356] fail[03615][8804] not.
4:6 They are new[02319] every morning[01242]: great[07227] is thy faithfulness[0530].
4:7 The LORD[03068] is my portion[02506], saith[0559][8804] my soul[05315]; therefore will I hope[03176][8686] in him.
4:8 The LORD[03068] is good[02896] unto them that wait[06960][8802] for him, to the soul[05315] that seeketh[01875][8799] him.
4:9 It is good[02896] that a man should both hope[03175][8675][02342][8799] and quietly wait[01748] for the salvation[08668] of the LORD[03068].
4:10 It is good[02896] for a man[01397] that he bear[05375][8799] the yoke[05923] in his youth[05271].
4:11 He sitteth[03427][8799] alone[0910] and keepeth silence[01826][8799], because he hath borne[05190][8804] it upon him.
4:12 He putteth[05414][8799] his mouth[06310] in the dust[06083]; if so be there may be[03426] hope[08615].
4:13 He giveth[05414][8799] his cheek[03895] to him that smiteth[05221][8688] him: he is filled full[07646][8799] with reproach[02781].
4:14 For the Lord[0136] will not cast off[02186][8799] for ever[05769]:
4:15 But though he cause grief[03013][8689], yet will he have compassion[07355][8765] according to the multitude[07230] of his mercies[02617].
4:16 For he doth not afflict[06031][8765] willingly[03820] nor grieve[03013][8762] the children[01121] of men[0376]. willingly: Heb. from his heart
4:17 To crush[01792][8763] under his feet[07272] all the prisoners[0615] of the earth[0776],
4:18 To turn aside[05186][8687] the right[04941] of a man[01397] before the face[06440] of the most High[05945], the most High: or, a superior
4:19 To subvert[05791][8763] a man[0120] in his cause[07379], the Lord[0136] approveth[07200][8804] not. approveth not: or, seeth not
4:20 Who is he that saith[0559][8804], and it cometh to pass, when the Lord[0136] commandeth[06680][8765] it not?
4:21 Out of the mouth[06310] of the most High[05945] proceedeth[03318][8799] not evil[07451] and good[02896]?
4:22 Wherefore doth a living[02416] man[0120] complain[0596][8691], a man[01397] for the punishment of his sins[02399]? complain: or, murmur
5:1 Let us search[02664][8799] and try[02713][8799] our ways[01870], and turn again[07725][8799] to the LORD[03068].
5:2 Let us lift up[05375][8799] our heart[03824] with our hands[03709] unto God[0410] in the heavens[08064].
5:3 We[05168] have transgressed[06586][8804] and have rebelled[04784][8804]: thou hast not pardoned[05545][8804].
5:4 Thou hast covered[05526][8804] with anger[0639], and persecuted[07291][8799] us: thou hast slain[02026][8804], thou hast not pitied[02550][8804].
5:5 Thou hast covered[05526][8804] thyself with a cloud[06051], that our prayer[08605] should not pass through[05674][8800].
5:6 Thou hast made[07760][8799] us as the offscouring[05501] and refuse[03973] in the midst[07130] of the people[05971].
5:7 All our enemies[0341][8802] have opened[06475][8804] their mouths[06310] against us.
5:8 Fear[06343] and a snare[06354] is come upon us, desolation[07612] and destruction[07667].
5:9 Mine eye[05869] runneth down[03381][8799] with rivers[06388] of water[04325] for the destruction[07667] of the daughter[01323] of my people[05971].
5:10 Mine eye[05869] trickleth down[05064][8738], and ceaseth[01820][8799] not, without any intermission[02014],
5:11 Till the LORD[03068] look down[08259][8686], and behold[07200][8799] from heaven[08064].
5:12 Mine eye[05869] affecteth[05953][8782] mine heart[05315] because of all the daughters[01323] of my city[05892]. mine heart: Heb. my soul because...: or, more than all
5:13 Mine enemies[0341][8802] chased[06679][8804] me sore[06679][8800], like a bird[06833], without cause[02600].
5:14 They have cut off[06789][8804] my life[02416] in the dungeon[0953], and cast[03034][8762] a stone[068] upon me.
5:15 Waters[04325] flowed over[06687][8804] mine head[07218]; then I said[0559][8804], I am cut off[01504][8738].
5:16 I called[07121][8804] upon thy name[08034], O LORD[03068], out of the low[08482] dungeon[0953].
5:17 Thou hast heard[08085][8804] my voice[06963]: hide[05956][8686] not thine ear[0241] at my breathing[07309], at my cry[07775].
5:18 Thou drewest near[07126][8804] in the day[03117] that I called[07121][8799] upon thee: thou saidst[0559][8804], Fear[03372][8799] not.
5:19 O Lord[0136], thou hast pleaded[07378][8804] the causes[07379] of my soul[05315]; thou hast redeemed[01350][8804] my life[02416].
5:20 O LORD[03068], thou hast seen[07200][8804] my wrong[05792]: judge[08199][8798] thou my cause[04941].
5:21 Thou hast seen[07200][8804] all their vengeance[05360] and all their imaginations[04284] against me.
5:22 Thou hast heard[08085][8804] their reproach[02781], O LORD[03068], and all their imaginations[04284] against me;
