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ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger !
He
hath
cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, And hath
not
remembered his footstool in the day of his anger .
How hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger ,
and
cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not
his footstool in the day of his anger !
The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: He hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds
of the daughter of Judah; He hath brought them down to the ground ;
he hath profaned
the kingdom and the princes thereof.
The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong
holds
of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground :
he hath polluted
the kingdom and the princes thereof.
He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel ;
He hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy :
And he hath
burned up
Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
He hath cut off in his
fierce anger all the horn of Israel :
he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy ,
and he burned against
Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
He hath bent his bow like an enemy ,
he hath
stood with his right hand as an adversary, And hath
slain
all that were pleasant to the eye :
In the tent
of the daughter of Zion he hath
poured out his wrath
like fire.
He hath bent his bow like an enemy :
he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew
all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle
of the daughter of Zion :
he poured out his fury
like fire.
The Lord is
become
as an enemy ,
he hath swallowed up Israel ;
He hath swallowed up all her palaces ,
he hath destroyed his strongholds;
And he
hath multiplied
in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
The LORD was
as an enemy :
he hath swallowed up Israel ,
he hath swallowed up all her palaces :
he hath destroyed his strong
holds,
and hath increased
in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden ;
he hath destroyed his place
of assembly: Jehovah
hath caused solemn assembly
and sabbath
to be forgotten in Zion, And hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden :
he hath destroyed his places
of the
assembly: the
LORD
hath caused the
solemn feasts
and sabbaths
to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary ;
He hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces :
They have made a noise in the house of Jehovah
, as in the day of a solemn assembly
.
The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary ,
he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces ;
they have made a noise in the house of the
LORD
, as in the day of a solemn feast
.
Jehovah
hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion ;
He hath stretched out the
line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying ;
And
he hath
made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish
together.
The
LORD
hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion :
he hath stretched out a
line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying :
therefore
he made the rampart and the
wall to lament; they languished
together.
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: Her king and her princes are among the nations
where
the law is not
; Yea,
her prophets find no vision from Jehovah
.
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles:
the law is no
more
; her prophets also
find no vision from the
LORD
.
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, they
keep silence ;
They have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and
keep silence :
they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my heart
is
troubled ;
My liver is poured upon the earth, because
of
the destruction of the daughter of my people ,
Because the young
children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels
are
troubled ,
my liver is poured upon the earth, for
the destruction of the daughter of my people ;
because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
They say to their mothers, Where is grain
and wine? When they swoon
as the wounded in the streets of the city, When their soul is
poured out into their mothers' bosom.
They say to their mothers, Where is corn
and wine? when they swooned
as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was
poured out into their mothers' bosom.
What shall I testify
unto
thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare
to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
What thing
shall I take
to
witness
for
thee? what thing
shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal
to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
Thy prophets have seen for
thee
false
and foolish visions;
And they have not uncovered
thine iniquity, to bring
back
thy captivity ,
But have seen for thee false oracles
and causes of banishment.
Thy prophets have seen vain
and foolish things
for
thee:
and they have not discovered
thine iniquity, to turn
away
thy captivity ;
but have seen for thee false burdens
and causes of banishment.
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, `
saying '
, Is this the city that men called
The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call
The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide
against thee ;
They hiss and gnash the teeth ;
they say, We have swallowed her up ;
Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee :
they hiss and gnash the teeth :
they say, We have swallowed her up :
certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
Jehovah
hath done that which he purposed
; he hath fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old ;
He hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: And he hath caused the
enemy to rejoice over thee ;
he hath exalted
the horn of thine adversaries.
The
LORD
hath done that which he had
devised
; he hath fulfilled his word that he had
commanded in the days of old :
he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine
enemy to rejoice over thee ,
he hath set
up
the horn of thine adversaries.
Their heart cried unto the Lord :
O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night ;
Give thyself no respite
; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
Their heart cried unto the LORD ,
O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night :
give thyself no rest
; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
Arise, cry out in the night ,
at
the beginning of the watches ;
Pour out thy
heart like water before the face of the Lord: Lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at
the head
of every street.
Arise, cry out in the night :
in
the beginning of the watches pour out thine
heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in
the top
of every street.
See
, O Jehovah
, and behold
to whom thou hast done thus!
Shall the women eat their fruit, the
children that
are
dandled
in
the
hands
? Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
Behold
, O LORD
, and consider
to whom thou hast done this.
Shall the women eat their fruit, and
children of
a
span
long
? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
The youth
and the old man
lie on the ground in the streets ;
My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword :
Thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast slaughtered
, `
and '
not pitied.
The young
and the old lie on the ground in the streets :
my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword ;
thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed
, and not pitied.
Thou hast called ,
as in the
day
of
a solemn assembly,
my terrors on
every
side;
And
there
was
none
that escaped
or
remained
in the day of Jehovah's
anger: Those that I have dandled
and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
Thou hast called as in a solemn day
my terrors round
about,
so
that in the day of the
LORD's
anger none
escaped
nor
remained
: those that I have swaddled
and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
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