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Lamentations 1

22 aligned verses; 22 with wording or punctuation differences .

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How hath she sat alone, The city abounding with people! She hath been as a widow , The mighty among nations! Princes among provinces , She hath become tributary!
How lonely lies the city , once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow . The princess of the provinces has become a slave.
She weepeth sore in the night, And her tear `is' on her cheeks , There is no comforter for her out of all her lovers, All her friends dealt treacherously by her , They have been to her for enemies.
She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks . Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her . All her friends have betrayed her ; they have become her enemies.
Removed hath Judah because of affliction , And because of the abundance of her service ; She hath dwelt among nations , She hath not found rest , All her pursuers have overtaken her between the straits .
Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery ; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest . All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress .
The ways of Zion are mourning , Without any coming at the appointed time, All her gates are desolate, her priests sigh , Her virgins are afflicted -- and she hath bitterness .
The roads to Zion mourn , because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan , her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish .
Her adversaries have become chief, Her enemies have been at ease , For Jehovah hath afflicted her, For the abundance of her transgressions , Her infants have gone captive before the adversary .
Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease . For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions . Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy .
And go out from the daughter of Zion doth all her honour, Her princes have been as harts -- They have not found pasture , And they go powerless before a pursuer .
All the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion . Her princes are like deer that find no pasture ; they lack the strength to flee in the face of the hunter .
Remembered hath Jerusalem ` In ' the days of her affliction and her mournings, all her desirable things that were from the days of old , In the falling of her people into the hand of an adversary, And she hath no helper; Seen her have adversaries , They have laughed at her cessation .
In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old . When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her , laughing at her downfall .
A sin hath Jerusalem sinned , Therefore impure she hath become , All who honoured her have esteemed her lightly , For they have seen her nakedness , Yea, she herself hath sighed and turneth backward .
Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness ; she herself groans and turns away .
Her uncleanness `is' in her skirts , She hath not remembered her latter end , And she cometh down wonderfully, There is no comforter for her. See , O Jehovah , mine affliction, For exerted himself hath an enemy .
Her uncleanness stains her skirts ; she did not consider her end . Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look , O LORD , on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!
His hand spread out hath an adversary On all her desirable things, For she hath seen -- Nations have entered her sanctuary , Concerning which Thou didst command, `They do not come into the assembly to thee . '
The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly .
All her people are sighing -- seeking bread , They have given their desirable things For food to refresh the body; See , O Jehovah , and behold attentively , For I have been lightly esteemed .
All her people groan as they search for bread . They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look , O LORD , and consider , for I have become despised .
` Is it' nothing to you, all ye passing by the way ? Look attentively, and see , If there is any pain like my pain , That He is rolling to me ? Whom Jehovah hath afflicted In the day of the fierceness of His anger .
Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see ! Is there any sorrow like mine , which was inflicted on me , which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger ?
From above He hath sent fire into my bone , And it subdueth it, He hath spread a net for my feet , He hath turned me backward, He hath made me desolate -- all the day sick .
He sent fire from on high , and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate , faint all the day long .
Bound hath been the yoke of my transgressions by His hand , They are wrapped together, They have gone up on my neck, He hath caused my power to stumble, The Lord hath given me into hands , I am not able to rise .
My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand ; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand .
Trodden down all my mighty ones hath the Lord in my midst , He proclaimed against me an appointed time, To destroy my young men, A wine-press hath the Lord trodden, To the virgin daughter of Judah.
The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst ; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.
For these I am weeping, My eye, my eye, is running down with waters, For , far from me hath been a comforter , Refreshing my soul , My sons have been desolate, For mighty hath been an enemy.
For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul . My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed .
Spread forth hath Zion her hands, There is no comforter for her , Jehovah hath charged concerning Jacob , His neighbours `are' his adversaries, Jerusalem hath become impure among them.
Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her . The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
Righteous is Jehovah , For His mouth I have provoked . Hear, I pray you , all ye peoples, and see my pain, My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.
The LORD is righteous , for I have rebelled against His command . Listen , all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
I called for my lovers, they -- they have deceived me , My priests and my elders in the city have expired; When they have sought food for themselves , Then they give back their soul .
I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me . My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive .
See, O Jehovah, for distress `is' to me, My bowels have been troubled , Turned hath been my heart in my midst , For I have greatly provoked , From without bereaved hath the sword, In the house `it is ' as death.
See, O LORD , how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me , for I have been most rebellious. Outside , the sword bereaves; inside , there is death.
They have heard that I have sighed , There is no comforter for me , All my enemies have heard of my calamity, They have rejoiced that Thou hast done ` it ', Thou hast brought in the day Thou hast called , And they are like to me.
People have heard my groaning , but there is no one to comfort me . All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it . May You bring the day You have announced , so that they may become like me.
Come in doth all their evil before Thee , And one is doing to them as Thou hast done to me , For all my transgressions , For many `are' my sighs , and my heart ` is ' sick!
Let all their wickedness come before You , and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions . For my groans are many , and my heart is faint.

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