\id LAM  
\h Lamentations 
\toc1 The Lamentations of Jeremiah 
\toc2 Lamentations 
\toc3 Lam 
\mt2 The 
\mt1 Lamentations 
\mt2 of Jeremiah 
\c 1  
\p
\v 1 See \w her|strong="H1961"\w* \w seated|strong="H3427"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* herself, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w which|strong="H1471"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w full|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*! She \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w widow|strong="H0490"\w*! She \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w princess|strong="H8282"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* countries \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w under|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* yoke \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w forced|strong="H4522"\w* work! 
\v 2 She \w is|strong="H0369"\w* sorrowing \w bitterly|strong="H1058"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w and|strong="H3915"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* face \w is|strong="H0369"\w* wet \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w weeping|strong="H1058"\w*; \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w lovers|strong="H0157"\w* she \w has|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w comforter|strong="H5162"\w*: \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* false \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* haters. 
\v 3 \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H3063"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w taken|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w as|strong="H7230"\w* \w a|strong="H4672"\w* prisoner \w because|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* trouble \w and|strong="H3063"\w* hard \w work|strong="H5656"\w*; \w her|strong="H3605"\w* living-place \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w among|strong="H0996"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w rest|strong="H4494"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*: \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* attackers \w have|strong="H1471"\w* \w overtaken|strong="H5381"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H4672"\w* narrow \w place|strong="H4494"\w*. 
\v 4 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* sad, \w because|strong="H1097"\w* \w no|strong="H1097"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* holy \w meeting|strong="H4150"\w*; \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* doorways \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w made|strong="H8074"\w* \w waste|strong="H8074"\w*, \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* breathing \w out|strong="H3605"\w* sorrow: \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* troubled, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*. 
\v 5 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, everything \w goes|strong="H1980"\w* well \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* haters; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* sent \w sorrow|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w great|strong="H7230"\w* \w number|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* sins: \w her|strong="H5921"\w* young \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* \w away|strong="H1980"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w prisoners|strong="H7628"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* attacker. 
\v 6 \w And|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* glory \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* Zion: \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* harts \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* food, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w flight|strong="H7291"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* attacker. 
\v 7 \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* keeps \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w mind|strong="H2142"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w sorrow|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* wanderings, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* desired \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* hers \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w gone|strong="H0369"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w*; \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* hater \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w helper|strong="H5826"\w*, \w her|strong="H3605"\w* attackers \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* desire effected \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w sport|strong="H7832"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* destruction. 
\v 8 Great \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w unclean|strong="H5206"\w* \w thing|strong="H3651"\w*: \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w gave|strong="H7725"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* honour \w are|strong="H1571"\w* \w looking|strong="H7200"\w* \w down|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w shame|strong="H6172"\w*: \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w truly|strong="H3588"\w*, breathing \w out|strong="H5921"\w* grief, \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*. 
\v 9 \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w* \w skirts|strong="H7757"\w* \w were|strong="H0369"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w* \w unclean|strong="H2932"\w* ways; \w she|strong="H3588"\w* gave \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w thought|strong="H2142"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w* \w end|strong="H0319"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w* \w fall|strong="H3381"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H2142"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* wonder; \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w comforter|strong="H5162"\w*: \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w* sorrow, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* attacker \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w lifted|strong="H1431"\w* \w up|strong="H7200"\w*. 
\v 10 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* hater \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w stretched|strong="H6566"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* desired \w things|strong="H3605"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H0834"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w holy|strong="H4720"\w* \w place|strong="H3027"\w*, \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w orders|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* meeting \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w*. 
\v 11 Breathing \w out|strong="H7200"\w* grief \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w looking|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* desired \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*: \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w note|strong="H7200"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w thing|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* shame. 
\v 12 Come \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w*! \w Keep|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* eyes \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w pain|strong="H4341"\w* \w like|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pain|strong="H4341"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* wound, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* sent \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w burning|strong="H2740"\w* \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w*. 
\v 13 \w From|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w high|strong="H4791"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H0784"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w into|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H0784"\w* overcome \w them|strong="H5414"\w*: \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w net|strong="H7568"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w stretched|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* am \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w by|strong="H0784"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*; \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H0784"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* waste \w and|strong="H7725"\w* feeble \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 14 \w A|strong="H5414"\w* watch \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w kept|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* sins; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* joined \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*; \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H0136"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w way|strong="H5921"\w*: \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w has|strong="H0136"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* whom \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*. 
\v 15 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w has|strong="H0136"\w* \w made|strong="H7121"\w* sport \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0970"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* war \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w has|strong="H0136"\w* got \w men|strong="H0970"\w* \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* send \w destruction|strong="H7130"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H0970"\w* \w men|strong="H0970"\w*: \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H0136"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w crushed|strong="H7665"\w* \w like|strong="H1323"\w* grapes \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* feet \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*. 
\v 16 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w things|strong="H0428"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w weeping|strong="H1058"\w*; \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* streaming \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*; \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w comforter|strong="H5162"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w might|strong="H1121"\w* \w give|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* new \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*: \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w made|strong="H8074"\w* \w waste|strong="H8074"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* hater \w is|strong="H5315"\w* strong. 
\v 17 Zion's \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* outstretched; she \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w comforter|strong="H5162"\w*; \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H6680"\w* \w orders|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* attackers \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w round|strong="H5439"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w*: \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w unclean|strong="H5079"\w* \w thing|strong="H5079"\w* \w among|strong="H0996"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*. 
\v 18 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* upright; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* \w against|strong="H4784"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* orders: \w give|strong="H8085"\w* ear, \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w pain|strong="H4341"\w*, \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H0970"\w* \w men|strong="H0970"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* \w away|strong="H1980"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w prisoners|strong="H7628"\w*. 
\v 19 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w sent|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* \w lovers|strong="H0157"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* false \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*: \w my|strong="H1245"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* responsible \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* breathing \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w last|strong="H1478"\w* \w breath|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*, \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w looking|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w food|strong="H0400"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w give|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* new \w life|strong="H5315"\w*. 
\v 20 \w See|strong="H7200"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w trouble|strong="H6862"\w*; \w the|strong="H3588"\w* inmost \w parts|strong="H4578"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w body|strong="H4578"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w deeply|strong="H3820"\w* moved; \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H4194"\w* uncontrolled: \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H7921"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* put \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*. 
\v 21 \w Give|strong="H5162"\w* ear \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* voice \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* grief; \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w comforter|strong="H5162"\w*; \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* haters \w have|strong="H1961"\w* news \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* troubles, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w glad|strong="H7797"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*: \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w fate|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w me|strong="H0935"\w*. 
\v 22 Let \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* evil-doing \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*; \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* sins: \w for|strong="H3588"\w* loud \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sound \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* grief, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* strength \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w gone|strong="H0935"\w*. 
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\v 1 \w How|strong="H0349"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w been|strong="H2142"\w* \w covered|strong="H1323"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H0776"\w* \w cloud|strong="H5743"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w his|strong="H2142"\w* \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w*! \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* sent \w down|strong="H7993"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w glory|strong="H8597"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* kept \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w memory|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* resting-place \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w his|strong="H2142"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w his|strong="H2142"\w* \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w*. 
\v 2 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w has|strong="H0136"\w* given \w up|strong="H1104"\w* \w to|strong="H0776"\w* destruction \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* living-places \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w pity|strong="H2550"\w*; pulling \w down|strong="H2040"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* strong \w places|strong="H2040"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, stretching \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wounded|strong="H2490"\w*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* king \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w*. 
\v 3 \w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w burning|strong="H0784"\w* \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w cut|strong="H1438"\w* \w off|strong="H1438"\w*; \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* attacker: \w he|strong="H6440"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3290"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, causing destruction \w round|strong="H5439"\w* \w about|strong="H5439"\w*. 
\v 4 \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w has|strong="H0784"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w bent|strong="H1869"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* attack, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H0784"\w* taken \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* ready, \w in|strong="H0784"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* hate \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H0784"\w* put \w to|strong="H5869"\w* death \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1323"\w* pleasing \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w*: \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H0784"\w* let loose \w his|strong="H3605"\w* passion \w like|strong="H1323"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*. 
\v 5 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* fighting \w against|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, sending \w destruction|strong="H7843"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w he|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* sent \w destruction|strong="H7843"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* great houses, \w making|strong="H3605"\w* \w waste|strong="H7843"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* strong \w places|strong="H3605"\w*: increasing \w the|strong="H3605"\w* grief \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sorrow \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. 
\v 6 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w violently|strong="H2554"\w* taken away \w his|strong="H3068"\w* tent, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*; \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* made \w waste|strong="H7843"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* meeting-place: \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* taken away \w the|strong="H3068"\w* memory \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w feast|strong="H4150"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* passion \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* against \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*. 
\v 7 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5462"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* hate \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w holy|strong="H4720"\w* \w place|strong="H5414"\w*; \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5462"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* attacker \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* great \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*: \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w voices|strong="H6963"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* loud \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w holy|strong="H4720"\w* \w meeting|strong="H4150"\w*. 
\v 8 \w It|strong="H7725"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Lord's purpose \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w make|strong="H2803"\w* \w waste|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*; \w his|strong="H3068"\w* line \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w stretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* kept \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7843"\w*: \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7725"\w* sorrow \w on|strong="H3068"\w* tower \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H7725"\w* feeble \w together|strong="H3162"\w*. 
\v 9 \w Her|strong="H1571"\w* doors \w have|strong="H0369"\w* \w gone|strong="H0369"\w* \w down|strong="H7665"\w* \w into|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* sent \w destruction|strong="H0006"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w her|strong="H1571"\w* locks: \w her|strong="H1571"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H1571"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w are|strong="H5030"\w* \w among|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w*; \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w her|strong="H1571"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* \w from|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\v 10 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w responsible|strong="H7218"\w* \w men|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w are|strong="H0776"\w* \w seated|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* without \w a|strong="H5921"\w* word; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w put|strong="H2296"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H0776"\w* \w clothed|strong="H2296"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* haircloth: \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w are|strong="H0776"\w* bent \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\v 11 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* wasted \w with|strong="H5921"\w* weeping, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* inmost \w parts|strong="H4578"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w body|strong="H4578"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* deeply moved, \w my|strong="H5921"\w* inner \w parts|strong="H4578"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* drained \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* young \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* babies \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* breast \w who|strong="H0776"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* falling without strength \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w open|strong="H7339"\w* \w squares|strong="H7339"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w town|strong="H7151"\w*. 
\v 12 \w They|strong="H0559"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H0413"\w* \w mothers|strong="H0517"\w*, \w Where|strong="H0346"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w and|strong="H3196"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*? \w when|strong="H0559"\w* \w they|strong="H0559"\w* \w are|strong="H0346"\w* falling \w like|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w wounded|strong="H2491"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w open|strong="H7339"\w* \w squares|strong="H7339"\w* \w of|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*, \w when|strong="H0559"\w* \w their|strong="H0413"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* drained \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H0413"\w* mother's breast. 
\v 13 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* example \w am|strong="H5162"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w give|strong="H5162"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*? \w what|strong="H4100"\w* comparison \w am|strong="H5162"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w make|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w O|strong="H4310"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*? \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w am|strong="H5162"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w make|strong="H3588"\w* \w equal|strong="H1819"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H4310"\w* \w give|strong="H5162"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w*, \w O|strong="H4310"\w* \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*? \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w like|strong="H1819"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*: \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* able \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w make|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* well? 
\v 14 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w visions|strong="H7723"\w* which \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w seen|strong="H2372"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H5030"\w* \w false|strong="H7723"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* foolish; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w made|strong="H7725"\w* clear \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w sin|strong="H5771"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* fate might \w be|strong="H3808"\w* changed: \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w seen|strong="H2372"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w false|strong="H7723"\w* words, driving \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w*. 
\v 15 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* make \w a|strong="H5921"\w* noise \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* make hisses, shaking \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Is|strong="H0776"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* which \w was|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* crown \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H3308"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w joy|strong="H4885"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*? 
\v 16 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* haters \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w opening|strong="H6310"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w* \w wide|strong="H6475"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*; \w making|strong="H3605"\w* hisses \w and|strong="H3117"\w* whistling \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* meal \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*: \w certainly|strong="H0389"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w looking|strong="H7200"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w*; \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H4672"\w*, \w we|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 17 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w purpose|strong="H2161"\w*; \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H6680"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w force|strong="H2040"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w orders|strong="H6680"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* past; pulling \w down|strong="H2040"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w pity|strong="H2550"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* hater \w glad|strong="H8055"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w lifting|strong="H7311"\w* \w up|strong="H7311"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. 
\v 18 \w Let|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*: \w O|strong="H0136"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* weeping \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w flowing|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w like|strong="H3381"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w stream|strong="H5158"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*; \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w yourself|strong="H0413"\w* \w no|strong="H0408"\w* rest, \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w not|strong="H0408"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* keep \w back|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* drops \w of|strong="H1323"\w* sorrow. 
\v 19 \w Up|strong="H6965"\w*! \w give|strong="H5375"\w* \w cries|strong="H7442"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* starting \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* night-watches; \w let|strong="H5315"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w flowing|strong="H4325"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w like|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, lifting \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* young \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* falling \w down|strong="H6440"\w*, feeble \w for|strong="H5921"\w* need \w of|strong="H7218"\w* food, \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w street|strong="H2351"\w*. 
\v 20 \w Look|strong="H7200"\w*! \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*, \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* done \w this|strong="H3541"\w*! \w Are|strong="H5030"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H7200"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w food|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* bodies, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H5030"\w* folded \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* arms? \w are|strong="H5030"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* put \w to|strong="H3068"\w* death \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w holy|strong="H4720"\w* \w place|strong="H4720"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*? 
\v 21 \w The|strong="H3117"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* stretched \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*; \w my|strong="H3808"\w* \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w my|strong="H3808"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* put \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*: \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* sent death \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w them|strong="H5307"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w*, causing death \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w pity|strong="H2550"\w*. 
\v 22 \w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* holy \w meeting|strong="H4150"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* fears \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w round|strong="H5439"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w every|strong="H5439"\w* \w side|strong="H5439"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* got \w away|strong="H3615"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* kept safe \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* Lord's \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w*: \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* folded \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* arms, \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* care \w of|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* sent \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w destruction|strong="H3615"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* hater. 
\c 3  
\p
\v 1 \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w who|strong="H1397"\w* has \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* trouble \w by|strong="H1397"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w*. 
\v 2 \w By|strong="H0216"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* made \w to|strong="H3808"\w* go \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w dark|strong="H2822"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* there \w is|strong="H0216"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w*. 
\v 3 \w Truly|strong="H0389"\w* \w against|strong="H3027"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 4 \w My|strong="H7665"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w and|strong="H7665"\w* \w my|strong="H7665"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* have been used up by him \w and|strong="H7665"\w* \w my|strong="H7665"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w*. 
\v 5 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* has put \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* wall \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, shutting \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* bitter \w sorrow|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 6 He has kept \w me|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w dark|strong="H4285"\w* \w places|strong="H4285"\w*, \w like|strong="H4191"\w* those \w who|strong="H3427"\w* have \w been|strong="H5769"\w* \w long|strong="H5769"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. 
\v 7 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H3318"\w* \w put|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3318"\w* \w wall|strong="H1443"\w* round \w me|strong="H3318"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*; \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H3318"\w* \w made|strong="H3513"\w* great \w the|strong="H3318"\w* weight \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H3318"\w* \w chain|strong="H5178"\w*. 
\v 8 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* send \w up|strong="H5640"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w help|strong="H7768"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* keeps \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* shut \w out|strong="H2199"\w*. 
\v 9 He has put up a \w wall|strong="H1443"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w cut|strong="H1496"\w* \w stones|strong="H1496"\w* \w about|strong="H1870"\w* \w my|strong="H1870"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, he has made \w my|strong="H1870"\w* \w roads|strong="H1870"\w* twisted. 
\v 10 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w like|strong="H0738"\w* \w a|strong="H1931"\w* \w bear|strong="H1677"\w* waiting \w for|strong="H0693"\w* me, \w like|strong="H0738"\w* \w a|strong="H1931"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w in|strong="H0693"\w* \w secret|strong="H4565"\w* \w places|strong="H4565"\w*. 
\v 11 \w By|strong="H1870"\w* \w him|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* have been \w turned|strong="H5493"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* one side \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* have been pulled \w in|strong="H1870"\w* bits; \w he|strong="H7760"\w* has \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w* waste. 
\v 12 \w With|strong="H1869"\w* \w his|strong="H1869"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w bent|strong="H1869"\w*, he has made \w me|strong="H5324"\w* \w the|strong="H1869"\w* mark for \w his|strong="H1869"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*. 
\v 13 \w He|strong="H0935"\w* \w has|strong="H1121"\w* let loose \w his|strong="H0935"\w* \w arrows|strong="H1121"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w inmost|strong="H3629"\w* \w parts|strong="H3629"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H0935"\w* body. 
\v 14 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sport|strong="H7814"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w*; \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w song|strong="H5058"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 15 He has \w made|strong="H7301"\w* my life nothing but pain, he has given \w me|strong="H7301"\w* \w the|strong="H7646"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4844"\w* root \w in|strong="H7301"\w* \w full|strong="H7646"\w* measure. 
\v 16 By him \w my|strong="H1638"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* have been \w broken|strong="H1638"\w* \w with|strong="H8127"\w* \w crushed|strong="H1638"\w* stones, \w and|strong="H8127"\w* \w I|strong="H1638"\w* am bent low \w in|strong="H8127"\w* the \w dust|strong="H0665"\w*. 
\v 17 \w My|strong="H5315"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* sent far away \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w have|strong="H7965"\w* no \w more|strong="H5315"\w* memory \w of|strong="H5315"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*. 
\v 18 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w strength|strong="H5331"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* cut off, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w hope|strong="H8431"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\v 19 \w Keep|strong="H2142"\w* \w in|strong="H2142"\w* \w mind|strong="H2142"\w* \w my|strong="H2142"\w* trouble \w and|strong="H2142"\w* \w my|strong="H2142"\w* \w wandering|strong="H4788"\w*, \w the|strong="H2142"\w* bitter root \w and|strong="H2142"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w poison|strong="H7219"\w*. 
\v 20 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* still keeps \w the|strong="H5921"\w* memory \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*; \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* bent \w down|strong="H7743"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*. 
\v 21 \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* keep \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w mind|strong="H3820"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H3176"\w* \w hope|strong="H3176"\w*. 
\v 22 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w through|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Lord's \w love|strong="H2617"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H3615"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destruction|strong="H3615"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w mercies|strong="H7356"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* limit. 
\v 23 \w They|strong="H1242"\w* are \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w every|strong="H1242"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*; \w great|strong="H7227"\w* is your good \w faith|strong="H0530"\w*. 
\v 24 \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w myself|strong="H5315"\w*, \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* heritage; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w hope|strong="H3176"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 25 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* waiting \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H1875"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* which \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w looking|strong="H6960"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H1875"\w*. 
\v 26 \w It|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* go \w on|strong="H3068"\w* hoping \w and|strong="H3068"\w* quietly waiting \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w salvation|strong="H8668"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\v 27 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w to|strong="H5375"\w* undergo \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* young. 
\v 28 Let \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \w seated|strong="H3427"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w himself|strong="H3427"\w*, saying nothing, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* put \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 29 \w Let|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, \w if|strong="H0194"\w* \w by|strong="H5414"\w* chance \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w may|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*. 
\v 30 \w Let|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* face \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w turned|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w who|strong="H5221"\w* \w gives|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w blows|strong="H5221"\w*; \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w full|strong="H7646"\w* \w of|strong="H2781"\w* \w shame|strong="H2781"\w*. 
\v 31 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* give \w a|strong="H3588"\w* man up \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*. 
\v 32 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* sends \w grief|strong="H3013"\w*, still \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H0518"\w* \w have|strong="H7355"\w* \w pity|strong="H7355"\w* \w in|strong="H0518"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* full measure \w of|strong="H7230"\w* \w his|strong="H0518"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w*. 
\v 33 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H0376"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* pleasure \w in|strong="H0376"\w* troubling \w and|strong="H1121"\w* causing \w grief|strong="H3013"\w* \w to|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*. 
\v 34 \w In|strong="H0776"\w* \w a|strong="H0776"\w* man's \w crushing|strong="H1792"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prisoners|strong="H0615"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, 
\v 35 \w In|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w turning|strong="H5186"\w* \w away|strong="H5186"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H5186"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Most \w High|strong="H5186"\w*. 
\v 36 \w In|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* doing wrong \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w cause|strong="H7379"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w has|strong="H0136"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w pleasure|strong="H7200"\w*. 
\v 37 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* able \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w thing|strong="H2088"\w*, \w and|strong="H2088"\w* \w give|strong="H6680"\w* effect \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w*, \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w ordered|strong="H6680"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*? 
\v 38 \w Do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* Most High? 
\v 39 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* protest \w may|strong="H0120"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* make, \w even|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* punishment \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w sin|strong="H2399"\w*? 
\v 40 Let \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w make|strong="H7725"\w* \w search|strong="H2713"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* test, \w turning|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*; 
\v 41 Lifting \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w our|strong="H0413"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w our|strong="H0413"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*. 
\v 42 \w We|strong="H5168"\w* \w have|strong="H0859"\w* done wrong \w and|strong="H6586"\w* \w gone|strong="H3808"\w* \w against|strong="H6586"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* law; \w we|strong="H5168"\w* \w have|strong="H0859"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H4784"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* forgiveness. 
\v 43 Covering yourself \w with|strong="H0639"\w* \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H2550"\w* \w gone|strong="H3808"\w* \w after|strong="H7291"\w* us, cutting us off \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w pity|strong="H2550"\w*; 
\v 44 Covering yourself \w with|strong="H6051"\w* a \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w*, \w so|strong="H5674"\w* \w that|strong="H5674"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* may not get \w through|strong="H5674"\w*. 
\v 45 \w You|strong="H7760"\w* have \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w us|strong="H7760"\w* \w like|strong="H7130"\w* waste \w and|strong="H7130"\w* \w that|strong="H7760"\w* \w for|strong="H7130"\w* which there \w is|strong="H7130"\w* no use, \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w*. 
\v 46 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* haters \w are|strong="H6310"\w* \w open|strong="H6475"\w* \w wide|strong="H6475"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 47 \w Fear|strong="H6343"\w* \w and|strong="H1961"\w* deep waters \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* us, wasting \w and|strong="H1961"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*. 
\v 48 Rivers \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* running \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. 
\v 49 \w My|strong="H3808"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* streaming \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w stopping|strong="H2014"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* rest, 
\v 50 \w Till|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* Lord's eye \w is|strong="H3068"\w* turned \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, \w till|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w sees|strong="H7200"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* trouble \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*. 
\v 51 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Lord \w is|strong="H5315"\w* unkind \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, \w more|strong="H5315"\w* \w than|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*. 
\v 52 \w They|strong="H2600"\w* who \w are|strong="H2600"\w* against \w me|strong="H2600"\w* \w without|strong="H2600"\w* \w cause|strong="H2600"\w* have gone hard after \w me|strong="H2600"\w* \w as|strong="H6679"\w* if I was \w a|strong="H2600"\w* \w bird|strong="H6833"\w*; 
\v 53 They have put an end \w to|strong="H0068"\w* \w my|strong="H3034"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w* \w in|strong="H0068"\w* \w the|strong="H3034"\w* prison, stoning \w me|strong="H6789"\w* \w with|strong="H3034"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*. 
\v 54 \w Waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w were|strong="H4325"\w* \w flowing|strong="H4325"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*; \w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w I|strong="H0559"\w* am \w cut|strong="H1504"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 55 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* making prayer \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*, out \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w lowest|strong="H8482"\w* prison. 
\v 56 \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* came \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6963"\w*; \w let|strong="H0408"\w* \w not|strong="H0408"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w shut|strong="H5956"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* breathing, \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w cry|strong="H7775"\w*. 
\v 57 \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w came|strong="H7126"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H7121"\w* \w my|strong="H7126"\w* prayer \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*: \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Have|strong="H3117"\w* \w no|strong="H0408"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w*. 
\v 58 \w O|strong="H0136"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, \w you|strong="H5315"\w* \w have|strong="H7378"\w* taken up \w the|strong="H7378"\w* \w cause|strong="H7379"\w* \w of|strong="H5315"\w* \w my|strong="H7378"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, \w you|strong="H5315"\w* \w have|strong="H7378"\w* made \w my|strong="H7378"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* safe. 
\v 59 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* wrong; \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H4941"\w*. 
\v 60 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* evil rewards \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* sent \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w designs|strong="H4284"\w* \w against|strong="H3605"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*. 
\v 61 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* bitter words \w have|strong="H3068"\w* come \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ears, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w designs|strong="H4284"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*; 
\v 62 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* came \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* thoughts \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 63 \w Take|strong="H3427"\w* note \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H3427"\w* \w when|strong="H3427"\w* they are \w seated|strong="H3427"\w*, \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w when|strong="H3427"\w* they get \w up|strong="H3427"\w*; \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w their|strong="H3427"\w* \w song|strong="H4485"\w*. 
\v 64 \w You|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* reward, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*, answering \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*. 
\v 65 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* covered \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H3820"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w curse|strong="H8381"\w* \w on|strong="H3820"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. 
\v 66 \w You|strong="H7291"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* go \w after|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H7291"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* put \w an|strong="H3068"\w* end \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7291"\w* \w from|strong="H8478"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\c 4  
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\v 1 \w How|strong="H0349"\w* \w dark|strong="H6004"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w become|strong="H6004"\w*! \w how|strong="H0349"\w* \w changed|strong="H8132"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w best|strong="H7218"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*! \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w place|strong="H6944"\w* \w are|strong="H0068"\w* dropping \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w at|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w street|strong="H2351"\w*. 
\v 2 \w The|strong="H3027"\w* valued \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* price \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* best \w gold|strong="H6337"\w*, \w are|strong="H3027"\w* looked \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w as|strong="H2803"\w* \w vessels|strong="H2789"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* earth, \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w potter|strong="H3335"\w*! 
\v 3 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* beasts \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* waste land \w have|strong="H1571"\w* full \w breasts|strong="H7699"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* give milk \w to|strong="H1323"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w young|strong="H1482"\w* ones: \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w has|strong="H1571"\w* become \w cruel|strong="H0393"\w* \w like|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ostriches|strong="H3283"\w* \w in|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* waste land. 
\v 4 \w The|strong="H0413"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* \w of|strong="H3899"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w child|strong="H5768"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* breast \w is|strong="H0369"\w* fixed \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w roof|strong="H2441"\w* \w of|strong="H3899"\w* \w his|strong="H0413"\w* \w mouth|strong="H2441"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* need \w of|strong="H3899"\w* drink: \w the|strong="H0413"\w* young \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* crying \w out|strong="H0413"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w man|strong="H0369"\w* gives \w it|strong="H6566"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\v 5 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* who \w were|strong="H5921"\w* used \w to|strong="H5921"\w* feasting \w on|strong="H5921"\w* delicate \w food|strong="H0398"\w* \w are|strong="H8074"\w* wasted \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*: \w those|strong="H5921"\w* who \w as|strong="H0398"\w* children \w were|strong="H5921"\w* dressed \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w purple|strong="H8438"\w* \w are|strong="H8074"\w* stretched \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* dust. 
\v 6 \w For|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w punishment|strong="H5771"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H3027"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w greater|strong="H1431"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w punishment|strong="H5771"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w*, which \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w overturned|strong="H2015"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H7281"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* falling \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w her|strong="H1323"\w*. 
\v 7 Her holy \w ones|strong="H5139"\w* \w were|strong="H5139"\w* cleaner than \w snow|strong="H7950"\w*, they \w were|strong="H5139"\w* \w whiter|strong="H6705"\w* than \w milk|strong="H2461"\w*, their bodies \w were|strong="H5139"\w* redder than \w corals|strong="H6443"\w*, their form was as the \w sapphire|strong="H5601"\w*: 
\v 8 \w Their|strong="H5921"\w* face \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w blacker|strong="H2821"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* night; \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* knowledge \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*: \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* hanging \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H6106"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*. 
\v 9 \w Those|strong="H1992"\w* who \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* put \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* off \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* whose death \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* need \w of|strong="H7704"\w* food; \w for|strong="H1961"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* death slowly, burned \w up|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w fruit|strong="H8570"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*. 
\v 10 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* kind-hearted \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w boiling|strong="H1310"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w*; \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w food|strong="H1262"\w* \w in|strong="H0802"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. 
\v 11 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* given full effect \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* passion, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* let loose \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w burning|strong="H2740"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w*; \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* made \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, causing \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w destruction|strong="H3615"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* bases. 
\v 12 \w To|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w world|strong="H8398"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* seem possible \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* attackers \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* haters \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* doors \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\v 13 \w It|strong="H7130"\w* \w is|strong="H6662"\w* \w because|strong="H5771"\w* \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w the|strong="H7130"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w her|strong="H7130"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H7130"\w* evil-doing \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w her|strong="H7130"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w by|strong="H6662"\w* whom \w the|strong="H7130"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w the|strong="H7130"\w* upright \w has|strong="H5030"\w* been drained \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w in|strong="H7130"\w* \w her|strong="H7130"\w*. 
\v 14 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5787"\w* wandering \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* \w men|strong="H5787"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5787"\w* made \w unclean|strong="H1351"\w* \w with|strong="H1351"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H5060"\w* \w robes|strong="H3830"\w* \w may|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w men|strong="H5787"\w*. 
\v 15 \w Away|strong="H5493"\w*! \w unclean|strong="H2931"\w*! \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1571"\w* \w crying|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*, \w Away|strong="H5493"\w*! \w away|strong="H5493"\w*! \w let|strong="H0408"\w* there \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w touching|strong="H5060"\w*: \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H3254"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w in|strong="H1571"\w* flight \w and|strong="H1471"\w* wandering, \w men|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, There \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w further|strong="H3254"\w* resting-place \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*. 
\v 16 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* sent \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* all \w directions|strong="H6440"\w*; \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3254"\w* \w take|strong="H5375"\w* care \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*: \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w respect|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* gave \w no|strong="H3808"\w* honour \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w*. 
\v 17 \w Our|strong="H0413"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w still|strong="H1471"\w* wasting \w away|strong="H3615"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* looking \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w our|strong="H0413"\w* false \w help|strong="H5833"\w*: we \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w been|strong="H3615"\w* \w watching|strong="H6822"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H3808"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* unable \w to|strong="H0413"\w* give \w salvation|strong="H3467"\w*. 
\v 18 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w after|strong="H7093"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w steps|strong="H6806"\w* \w so|strong="H0935"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w streets|strong="H7339"\w*: \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w*, \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* numbered; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*. 
\v 19 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* who \w went|strong="H1961"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* quicker \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w eagles|strong="H5404"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, driving \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, waiting secretly \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* waste \w land|strong="H8064"\w*. 
\v 20 \w Our|strong="H3068"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H2421"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* holy oil \w was|strong="H0834"\w* put, \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* holes; \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Under \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w shade|strong="H6738"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* living among \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*. 
\v 21 \w Have|strong="H1571"\w* \w joy|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w glad|strong="H7797"\w*, O \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Uz|strong="H5780"\w*: \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* given \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w turn|strong="H1571"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* overcome \w with|strong="H5921"\w* wine \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* shame \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* seen. 
\v 22 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w punishment|strong="H5771"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* evil-doing \w is|strong="H5771"\w* \w complete|strong="H8552"\w*, O \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*; \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H6485"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w as|strong="H3254"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* prisoner: \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w give|strong="H3254"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* reward \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* evil-doing, O \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*; \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w uncovered|strong="H1540"\w*. 
\c 5  
\p
\v 1 \w Keep|strong="H2142"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H2142"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w*: \w take|strong="H1961"\w* \w note|strong="H2142"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w shame|strong="H2781"\w*. 
\v 2 Our \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w* \w is|strong="H1004"\w* given up \w to|strong="H1004"\w* men \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w strange|strong="H2114"\w* lands, our \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* those \w who|strong="H5237"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* not our countrymen. 
\v 3 We \w are|strong="H0369"\w* \w children|strong="H3490"\w* \w without|strong="H0369"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, \w our|strong="H1961"\w* \w mothers|strong="H0517"\w* \w are|strong="H0369"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w widows|strong="H0490"\w*. 
\v 4 We \w give|strong="H0935"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H4325"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, we \w get|strong="H0935"\w* \w our|strong="H0935"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w for|strong="H4325"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w price|strong="H3701"\w*. 
\v 5 \w Our|strong="H5921"\w* attackers \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w necks|strong="H6677"\w*: overcome \w with|strong="H5921"\w* weariness, we \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*. 
\v 6 We \w have|strong="H7646"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Egyptians|strong="H4713"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Assyrians \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* we might \w have|strong="H7646"\w* \w enough|strong="H7646"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*. 
\v 7 \w Our|strong="H0369"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w were|strong="H0369"\w* sinners \w and|strong="H0001"\w* \w are|strong="H0369"\w* dead; \w and|strong="H0001"\w* \w the|strong="H2398"\w* weight \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w their|strong="H5445"\w* evil-doing \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w on|strong="H0369"\w* us. 
\v 8 \w Servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w ruling|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w us|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* \w to|strong="H0369"\w* \w make|strong="H3027"\w* \w us|strong="H3027"\w* free \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H0369"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*. 
\v 9 \w We|strong="H5315"\w* \w put|strong="H0935"\w* \w our|strong="H0935"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* danger \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w get|strong="H0935"\w* \w our|strong="H0935"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* waste \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. 
\v 10 \w Our|strong="H6440"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* heated \w like|strong="H6440"\w* \w an|strong="H6440"\w* \w oven|strong="H8574"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w our|strong="H6440"\w* \w burning|strong="H2152"\w* \w heat|strong="H2152"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* need \w of|strong="H6440"\w* food. 
\v 11 They took \w by|strong="H0802"\w* force \w the|strong="H3063"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w in|strong="H0802"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, \w the|strong="H3063"\w* \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w* \w in|strong="H0802"\w* \w the|strong="H3063"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H0802"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. 
\v 12 \w Their|strong="H6440"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w put|strong="H3027"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* death \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w hanging|strong="H8518"\w*: \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* honoured. 
\v 13 \w The|strong="H5375"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w were|strong="H5288"\w* crushing \w the|strong="H5375"\w* grain, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w boys|strong="H5288"\w* \w were|strong="H5288"\w* falling \w under|strong="H3782"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*. 
\v 14 \w The|strong="H8179"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H0970"\w* \w are|strong="H8179"\w* no longer seated in \w the|strong="H8179"\w* doorway, \w and|strong="H2205"\w* \w the|strong="H8179"\w* \w music|strong="H5058"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w the|strong="H8179"\w* \w young|strong="H0970"\w* \w men|strong="H0970"\w* has come \w to|strong="H8179"\w* an end. 
\v 15 \w The|strong="H2015"\w* \w joy|strong="H4885"\w* \w of|strong="H3820"\w* our \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* ended; our \w dancing|strong="H4234"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w changed|strong="H2015"\w* \w into|strong="H2015"\w* sorrow. 
\v 16 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* been taken \w from|strong="H5307"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*: sorrow \w is|strong="H7218"\w* ours, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* are sinners. 
\v 17 \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* feeble; \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w things|strong="H0428"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w dark|strong="H2821"\w*; 
\v 18 \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w which|strong="H2022"\w* \w is|strong="H6726"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w waste|strong="H8074"\w*; \w jackals|strong="H7776"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 19 \w You|strong="H0859"\w*, \w O|strong="H0859"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*, \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w seated|strong="H3427"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w King|strong="H3678"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*; \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w seat|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* power \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w eternal|strong="H5769"\w*. 
\v 20 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3117"\w* gone \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H7911"\w* memory \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w ever|strong="H7911"\w*? \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* been turned away \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w so|strong="H5800"\w* \w long|strong="H0753"\w*? 
\v 21 \w Make|strong="H7725"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* let \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w*; \w make|strong="H7725"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* new \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* past. 
\v 22 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H0518"\w* quite given \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w*; \w you|strong="H3588"\w* are full \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w wrath|strong="H7107"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.