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How doth the city[H5892]sit[H3427]solitary[H910], that was full[H7227] of people[H5971]! how is she become as a widow[H490]! she that was great[H7227] among the nations[H1471], and princess[H8282] among the provinces[H4082], how is she become tributary[H4522]!
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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].
3Judah[H3063] is gone into captivity[H1540] because of affliction[H6040], and because of great[H7230]servitude[H5656]: she dwelleth[H3427] among the heathen[H1471], she findeth[H4672] no rest[H4494]: all her persecutors[H7291]overtook[H5381] her between the straits[H4712].
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The ways[H1870] of Zion[H6726] do mourn[H57], because none come[H935] to the solemn feasts[H4150]: all her gates[H8179] are desolate[H8074]: her priests[H3548]sigh[H584], her virgins[H1330] are afflicted[H3013], and she is in bitterness[H4843].
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Her adversaries[H6862] are the chief[H7218], her enemies[H341]prosper[H7951]; for the LORD[H3068] hath afflicted[H3013] her for the multitude[H7230] of her transgressions[H6588]: her children[H5768] are gone[H1980] into captivity[H7628]before[H6440] the enemy[H6862].
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And from the daughter[H1323] of Zion[H6726] all her beauty[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].
7Jerusalem[H3389]remembered[H2142] in the days[H3117] of her affliction[H6040] and of her miseries[H4788] all her pleasant things[H4262] that she had in the days[H3117] of old[H6924], when her people[H5971]fell[H5307] into the hand[H3027] of the enemy[H6862], and none did help[H5826] her: the adversaries[H6862]saw[H7200] her, and did mock[H7832] at her sabbaths[H4868].
8Jerusalem[H3389] hath grievously[H2399]sinned[H2398]; therefore she is removed[H5206]: all that honoured[H3513] her despise[H2107] her, because they have seen[H7200] her nakedness[H6172]: yea, she sigheth[H584], and turneth[H7725]backward[H268].
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Her filthiness[H2932] is in her skirts[H7757]; she remembereth[H2142] not her last end[H319]; therefore she came down[H3381]wonderfully[H6382]: she had no comforter[H5162]. O LORD[H3068], behold[H7200] my affliction[H6040]: for the enemy[H341] hath magnified[H1431] himself.
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The adversary[H6862] hath spread out[H6566] his hand[H3027] upon all her pleasant things[H4261]: for she hath seen[H7200] that the heathen[H1471]entered[H935] into her sanctuary[H4720], whom thou didst command[H6680] that they should not enter[H935] into thy congregation[H6951].
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All her people[H5971]sigh[H584], they seek[H1245]bread[H3899]; they have given[H5414] their pleasant things[H4261] for meat[H400] to relieve[H7725] the soul[H5315]: see[H7200], O LORD[H3068], and consider[H5027]; for I am become vile[H2151].
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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 done[H5953] unto me, wherewith the LORD[H3068] hath afflicted[H3013] me in the day[H3117] of his fierce[H2740]anger[H639].
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From above[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].
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The yoke[H5923] of my transgressions[H6588] is bound[H8244] by his hand[H3027]: they are wreathed[H8276], and come up[H5927] upon my neck[H6677]: he hath made my strength[H3581] to fall[H3782], the Lord[H136] hath delivered[H5414] me into their hands[H3027], from whom I am not able[H3201] to rise up[H6965].
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The Lord[H136] hath trodden[H1869] under foot[H5541] all my mighty[H47]men[H970] in the midst[H7130] of me: he hath called[H7121] an assembly[H4150] against me to crush[H7665] my young men[H970]: the Lord[H136] hath trodden[H1869] the virgin[H1330], the daughter[H1323] of Judah[H3063], as in a winepress[H1660].
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For these things I weep[H1058]; mine eye[H5869], mine eye[H5869] runneth down[H3381] with water[H4325], because the comforter[H5162] that should relieve[H7725] my soul[H5315] is far[H7368] from me: my children[H1121] are desolate[H8074], because the enemy[H341]prevailed[H1396].
17Zion[H6726] spreadeth forth[H6566] her hands[H3027], and there is none to comfort[H5162] her: the LORD[H3068] hath commanded[H6680] concerning Jacob[H3290], that his adversaries[H6862] should be round about[H5439] him: Jerusalem[H3389] is as a menstruous woman[H5079] among them.
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The LORD[H3068] is righteous[H6662]; for I have rebelled[H4784] against his commandment[H6310]: hear[H8085], I pray you, all people[H5971], and behold[H7200] my sorrow[H4341]: my virgins[H1330] and my young men[H970] are gone[H1980] into captivity[H7628].
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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] their meat[H400] to relieve[H7725] their souls[H5315].
20Behold[H7200], O LORD[H3068]; for I am in distress[H6887]: my bowels[H4578] are troubled[H2560]; mine 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].
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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 called[H7121], and they shall be like[H3644] unto me.
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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].