How the Lord
has acovered
the daughter
of Zion
With a cloud
in His anger
! He has bcast
from heaven
to earth
The cglory
of Israel
, And has not remembered
His dfootstool
In the day
of His anger
.
The Lord has aswallowed
up; He has not spared
All
the habitations
of Jacob
. In His wrath
He has bthrown
down
The strongholds
of the daughter
of Judah
; He has cbrought
them down
to the ground
; He has dprofaned
the kingdom
and its princes
.
In fierce anger
He has cut
off
1All
the astrength
of Israel
; He has bdrawn
back
His right
hand
From before
the enemy
. And He has cburned
in Jacob
like a flaming
fire
Consuming
round
about
.
He has bent His abow
like an enemy
; He has set
His right
hand
like an adversary
And slain
all
that were bpleasant
to the eye
; In the tent
of the daughter
of Zion
He has cpoured
out His wrath
like fire
.
The Lord has become
like an aenemy
. He has bswallowed
up Israel
; He has swallowed
up all
its cpalaces
, He has destroyed
its strongholds
And dmultiplied
in the daughter
of Judah
Mourning
and moaning
.
And He has violently treated
His 1tabernacle
like a garden
booth; He has adestroyed
His appointed
2meeting
place
. The LORD
has bcaused to be forgotten
The appointed
feast
and sabbath
in Zion
, And He has cdespised
king
and priest
In the indignation
of His anger
.
The Lord has arejected
His altar
, He has abandoned
His sanctuary
; He bhas delivered
into the hand
of the enemy
The walls
of her palaces
. They have made
a cnoise
in the house
of the LORD
As in the day
of an appointed
feast
.
The LORD 1determined
to destroy
The wall
of the daughter
of Zion
. He has astretched
out a line
, He has not restrained
His hand
from 2destroying
, And He has bcaused rampart
and wall
to lament
; They have languished
together
.
Her agates have sunk
into the ground
, He has destroyed
and broken
her bars
. Her king
and her princes
are among the nations
; The blaw
is no
more
. Also
, her prophets
find
cNo
vision
from the LORD
.
The elders of the daughter
of Zion
aSit
on the ground
, they bare silent
. They have thrown
cdust
on their heads
; They have girded
themselves with dsackcloth
. The evirgins
of Jerusalem
Have bowed
their heads
to the ground
.
My aeyes fail
because of tears
, My 1 bspirit
is greatly
troubled
; My 2 cheart
is poured
out on the earth
dBecause
of the 3destruction
of the daughter
of my people
, When elittle
ones
and infants
faint
In the streets
of the city
.
They say to their mothers
, " aWhere
is grain
and wine
?" As they faint
like a wounded
man
In the streets
of the city
, As their blife
is poured
out On their mothers'
bosom
.
How shall I admonish
you? To what
ashall I compare
you, O daughter
of Jerusalem
? To what
shall I liken
you as I comfort
you, O bvirgin
daughter
of Zion
? For your 1ruin
is as vast
as the sea
; Who
can cheal
you?
Your aprophets have seen
for you False
and foolish
visions; And they have not bexposed
your iniquity
So as to restore
you from captivity
, But they have cseen
for you false
and misleading
1oracles
.
All who pass
along
the way
aClap
their hands
in derision at you; They bhiss
and shake
their heads
At the daughter
of Jerusalem
, "Is this
the city
of which
they said
, ` cThe perfection
of beauty
, dA joy
to all
the earth
'?"
All ayour enemies
Have opened
their mouths
wide against
you; They hiss
and bgnash
their teeth
. They say
, "We have cswallowed
her up! Surely
this
is the dday
for which
we waited
; We have reached
it, we have seen
it."
The LORD has adone
what
He purposed
; He has accomplished
His word
Which
He commanded
from days
of old
. He has thrown
down
bwithout
sparing
, And He has caused the enemy
to crejoice
over
you; He has dexalted
the 1might
of your adversaries
.
Their aheart cried
out to the Lord
, "O bwall
of the daughter
of Zion
, Let your ctears
run
down
like a river
day
and night
; Give
yourself no
relief
, Let 1your eyes
have
no
rest
.
"Arise, cry
aloud
in the anight
At the beginning
of the night watches
; bPour
out your heart
like water
Before
the presence
of the Lord
; Lift
up your hands
to Him For the clife
of your little
ones
Who are dfaint
because of hunger
At the head
of every
street
."
See, O LORD
, and look
! With awhom
have You dealt
thus
? Should women
beat
their 1offspring
, The little
ones
who
were 2born
healthy
? Should cpriest
and prophet
be slain
In the sanctuary
of the Lord
?
On the ground in the streets
Lie
ayoung
and old
; My bvirgins
and my young
men
Have fallen
by the sword
. You have slain
them in the day
of Your anger
, You have slaughtered
, cnot sparing
.
You called as in the day
of an appointed
feast
My aterrors
on every
side
; And there was bno
one who
escaped
or survived
In the day
of the LORD'S
anger
. Those cwhom
I 1bore
and reared
, My enemy
annihilated
them.