How doth the city{H5892} sit{H3427} solitary,{H910} that was full{H7227} of people!{H5971} She is become as a widow,{H490} that was great{H7227} among the nations!{H1471} She that was a princess{H8282} among the provinces{H4082} is become tributary!{H4522}

She weepeth{H1058} sore{H1058} in the night,{H3915} and her tears{H1832} are on her cheeks;{H3895} Among all her lovers{H157} she hath none to comfort{H5162} her: All her friends{H7453} have dealt treacherously{H898} with her; they are become her enemies.{H341}

Judah{H3063} is gone into captivity{H1540} because of affliction,{H6040} and because of great{H7230} servitude;{H5656} She dwelleth{H3427} among the nations,{H1471} she findeth{H4672} no rest:{H4494} All her persecutors{H7291} overtook{H5381} her within the straits.{H4712}

The ways{H1870} of Zion{H6726} do mourn,{H57} because none come{H935} to the solemn assembly;{H4150} All her gates{H8179} are desolate,{H8074} her priests{H3548} do sigh:{H584} Her virgins{H1330} are afflicted,{H3013} and she herself is in bitterness.{H4843}

Her adversaries{H6862} are become the head,{H7218} her enemies{H341} prosper;{H7951} For Jehovah{H3068} hath afflicted{H3013} her for the multitude{H7230} of her transgressions:{H6588} Her young children{H5768} are gone{H1980} into captivity{H7628} before{H6440} the adversary.{H6862}

And from the daughter{H1323} of Zion{H6726} all her majesty{H1926} is departed:{H3318} Her princes{H8269} are become like harts{H354} that find{H4672} no pasture,{H4829} And they are gone{H3212} without strength{H3581} before{H6440} the pursuer.{H7291}

Jerusalem{H3389} remembereth{H2142} in the days{H3117} of her affliction{H6040} and of her miseries{H4788} all her pleasant things{H4262} that were from the days{H3117} of old:{H6924} When her people{H5971} fell{H5307} into the hand{H3027} of the adversary,{H6862} and none did help{H5826} her, The adversaries{H6862} saw{H7200} her, they did mock{H7832} at her desolations.{H4868}

Jerusalem{H3389} hath grievously{H2399} sinned;{H2398} therefore she is become{H5206} as an unclean thing; All that honored{H3513} her despise{H2107} her, because they have seen{H7200} her nakedness:{H6172} Yea, she sigheth,{H584} and turneth{H7725} backward.{H268}

Her filthiness{H2932} was in her skirts;{H7757} she remembered{H2142} not her latter end;{H319} Therefore is she come down{H3381} wonderfully;{H6382} she hath no comforter:{H5162} Behold,{H7200} O Jehovah,{H3068} my affliction;{H6040} for the enemy{H341} hath magnified{H1431} himself.

The adversary{H6862} hath spread out{H6566} his hand{H3027} upon all her pleasant things:{H4261} For she hath seen{H7200} that the nations{H1471} are entered{H935} into her sanctuary,{H4720} Concerning whom thou didst command{H6680} that they should not enter{H935} into thine assembly.{H6951}

All her people{H5971} sigh,{H584} they seek{H1245} bread;{H3899} They have given{H5414} their pleasant things{H4261} for food{H400} to refresh{H7725} the soul:{H5315} See,{H7200} O Jehovah,{H3068} and behold;{H5027} for I am become abject.{H2151}

Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass{H5674} by?{H1870} Behold,{H5027} and see{H7200} if there be{H3426} any sorrow{H4341} like unto my sorrow,{H4341} which is brought{H5953} upon me, Wherewith Jehovah{H3068} hath afflicted{H3013} [me] in the day{H3117} of his fierce{H2740} anger.{H639}

From on high{H4791} hath he sent{H7971} fire{H784} into my bones,{H6106} and it prevaileth{H7287} against them; He hath spread{H6566} a net{H7568} for my feet,{H7272} he hath turned{H7725} me back:{H268} He hath made{H5414} me desolate{H8074} and faint{H1739} all the day.{H3117}

The yoke{H5923} of my transgressions{H6588} is bound{H8244} by his hand;{H3027} They are knit{H8276} together, they are come up{H5927} upon my neck;{H6677} He hath made my strength{H3581} to fail:{H3782} The Lord{H136} hath delivered{H5414} me into their hands,{H3027} against whom I am not able{H3201} to stand.{H6965}

The Lord{H136} hath set at nought{H5541} all my mighty{H47} men in the midst{H7130} of me; He hath called{H7121} a solemn assembly{H4150} against me to crush{H7665} my young men:{H970} The Lord{H136} hath trodden{H1869} as in a winepress{H1660} the virgin{H1330} daughter{H1323} of Judah.{H3063}

For these things I weep;{H1058} mine eye,{H5869} mine eye{H5869} runneth down{H3381} with water;{H4325} Because the comforter{H5162} that should refresh{H7725} my soul{H5315} is far{H7368} from me: My children{H1121} are desolate,{H8074} because the enemy{H341} hath prevailed.{H1396}

Zion{H6726} spreadeth forth{H6566} her hands;{H3027} there is none to comfort{H5162} her; Jehovah{H3068} hath commanded{H6680} concerning Jacob,{H3290} that they that are round about{H5439} him should be his adversaries:{H6862} Jerusalem{H3389} is among them as an unclean{H5079} thing.

Jehovah{H3068} is righteous;{H6662} for I have rebelled{H4784} against his commandment:{H6310} Hear,{H8085} I pray you, all ye peoples,{H5971} and behold{H7200} my sorrow:{H4341} My virgins{H1330} and my young men{H970} are gone{H1980} into captivity.{H7628}

I called{H7121} for my lovers,{H157} [but] they deceived{H7411} me: My priests{H3548} and mine elders{H2205} gave up the ghost{H1478} in the city,{H5892} While they sought{H1245} them food{H400} to refresh{H7725} their souls.{H5315}

Behold,{H7200} O Jehovah;{H3068} for I am in distress;{H6887} my heart{H4578} is troubled;{H2560} My heart{H3820} is turned{H2015} within{H7130} me; for I have grievously{H4784} rebelled:{H4784} Abroad{H2351} the sword{H2719} bereaveth,{H7921} at home{H1004} there is as death.{H4194}

They have heard{H8085} that I sigh;{H584} there is none to comfort{H5162} me; all mine enemies{H341} have heard{H8085} of my trouble;{H7451} they are glad{H7797} that thou hast done{H6213} it: Thou wilt bring{H935} the day{H3117} that thou hast proclaimed,{H7121} and they shall be like{H3644} unto me.

Let all their wickedness{H7451} come{H935} before{H6440} thee; And do{H5953} unto them, as thou hast done{H5953} unto me for all my transgressions:{H6588} For my sighs{H585} are many,{H7227} and my heart{H3820} is faint.{H1742}