Chapter 1
1 The Sorrows of Zion
How 351 lonely 910 sits 3427 the city 5892 That was full 7227 of people 5971! She has become 1961 like a widow 490 Who 7227 was {once} great 7227 among the nations 1471! She who was a princess 8282 among the provinces 4082 Has become 1961 a forced 4522 laborer 4522!
2 She weeps 1058 bitterly 1058 in the night 3915 And her tears 1832 are on her cheeks 3895; She has 369 none 369 to comfort 5162 her Among 4480 all 3605 her lovers 157. All 3605 her friends 7453 have dealt 898 treacherously 898 with her; They have become 1961 her enemies 340.
3 Judah 3063 has gone 1540 into exile 1540 under 4480 affliction 6040 And under 4480 harsh 7230 servitude 5656; She dwells 3427 among the nations 1471, {But} she has found 4672 no 3808 rest 4494; All 3605 her pursuers 7291 have overtaken 5381 her In the midst 996 of distress 4712.
4 The roads 1870 of Zion 6726 are in mourning 57 Because no 1097 one comes 935 to the appointed 4150 feasts 4150. All 3605 her gates 8179 are desolate 8074; Her priests 3548 are groaning 584, Her virgins 1330 are afflicted 3013, And she herself 1931 is bitter 4843.
5 Her adversaries 6862 have become 1961 her masters 7218, Her enemies 340 prosper 7951; For the LORD 3068 has caused 3013 her grief 3013 Because 5921 of the multitude 7230 of her transgressions 6588; Her little 5768 ones 5768 have gone 1980 away As captives 7628 before 6440 the adversary 6862.
6 All 3605 her majesty 1926 Has departed 3318 from the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726; Her princes 8269 have become 1961 like deer 354 That have found 4672 no 3808 pasture 4829; And they have fled 1980 without 3808 strength 3581 Before 6440 the pursuer 7291.
7 In the days 3117 of her affliction 6040 and homelessness 4788 Jerusalem 3389 remembers 2142 all 3605 her precious 4262 things 4262 That were from the days 3117 of old 6924, When her people 5971 fell 5307 into the hand 3027 of the adversary 6862 And no 369 one 369 helped 5826 her. The adversaries 6862 saw 7200 her, They mocked 7832 at her ruin 4868.
8 Jerusalem 3389 sinned 2398 greatly 2399, Therefore she has become 1961 an unclean 5206 thing 5206. All 3605 who honored 3513 her despise 2151 her Because 3588 they have seen 7200 her nakedness 6172; Even 1571 she herself 1931 groans 584 and turns 7725 away 268.
9 Her uncleanness 2932 was in her skirts 7757; She did not consider 2142 her future 319. Therefore she has fallen 3381 astonishingly 6382; She has 369 no 369 comforter 5162. "See 7200, O LORD 3068, my affliction 6040, For the enemy 340 has magnified 1431 himself!"
10 The adversary 6862 has stretched 6566 out his hand 3027 Over 5921 all 3605 her precious 4261 things 4261, For she has seen 7200 the nations 1471 enter 935 her sanctuary 4720, The ones whom 834 You commanded 6680 That they should not enter 935 into Your congregation 6951.
11 All 3605 her people 5971 groan 584 seeking 1245 bread 3899; They have given 5414 their precious 4262 things 4262 for food 400 To restore 7725 their lives 5315 themselves. "See 7200, O LORD 3068, and look 5027, For I am 1961 despised 2151."
12 "Is it nothing 3808 to all 3605 you who pass 5674 this way 1870? Look 5027 and see 7200 if 518 there 3426 is any 3426 pain 4341 like my pain 4341 Which 834 was severely 5953 dealt 5953 out to me, Which 834 the LORD 3068 inflicted 3013 on the day 3117 of His fierce 2740 anger 639.
13 "From on high 4791 He sent 7971 fire 784 into my bones 6106, And it prevailed 7287 {over them.} He has spread 6566 a net 7568 for my feet 7272; He has turned 7725 me back 268; He has made 5414 me desolate 8074, Faint 1739 all 3605 day 3117 long.
14 "The yoke 5923 of my transgressions 6588 is bound 8244; By His hand 3027 they are knit 8276 together 8276. They have come 5927 upon my neck 6677; He has made my strength 3581 fail 3782. The Lord 136 has given 5414 me into the hands 3027 Of {those against whom} I am not able 3201 to stand 6965.
15 "The Lord 136 has rejected 5541 all 3605 my strong 47 men 47 In my midst 7130; He has called 7121 an appointed 4150 time 4150 against 5921 me To crush 7665 my young 970 men 970; The Lord 136 has trodden 1869 {as in} a wine 1660 press 1660 The virgin 1330 daughter 1323 of Judah 3063.
16 "For these 428 things 428 I weep 1058; My eyes 5869 run 3381 down 3381 with water 4325; Because 3588 far 7368 from me is a comforter 5162, One who restores 7725 my soul 5315. My children 1121 are desolate 8074 Because 3588 the enemy 340 has prevailed 1396."
17 Zion 6726 stretches 6566 out her hands 3027; There 369 is no 369 one 369 to comfort 5162 her; The LORD 3068 has commanded 6680 concerning Jacob 3290 That the ones round 5439 about 5439 him should be his adversaries 6862; Jerusalem 3389 has become 1961 an unclean 5079 thing 5079 among 996 them.
18 "The LORD 3068 is righteous 6662; For I have rebelled 4784 against 854 His command 6310; Hear 8085 now 4994, all 3605 peoples 5971, And behold 7200 my pain 4341; My virgins 1330 and my young 970 men 970 Have gone 1980 into captivity 7628.
19 "I called 7121 to my lovers 157, {but} they deceived 7411 me; My priests 3548 and my elders 2205 perished 1478 in the city 5892 While 3588 they sought 1245 food 400 to restore 7725 their strength 5315 themselves.
20 "See 7200, O LORD 3068, for I am in distress 6887; My spirit 4578 is greatly 2560 troubled 2560; My heart 3820 is overturned 2015 within 7130 me, For I have been very 4784 rebellious 4784. In the street 2351 the sword 2719 slays 7921; In the house 1004 it is like death 4194.
21 "They have heard 8085 that I groan 584; There 369 is no 369 one 369 to comfort 5162 me; All 3605 my enemies 340 have heard 8085 of my calamity 7463; They are glad 7797 that You have done 6213 {it.} Oh, that You would bring 935 the day 3117 which You have proclaimed 7121, That they may become 1961 like 3644 me.
22 "Let all 3605 their wickedness 7463 come 935 before 6440 You; And deal 5953 with them as You have dealt 5953 with me For all 3605 my transgressions 6588; For my groans 585 are many 7227 and my heart 3820 is faint 1742."
Chapter 2
1 God's Anger over Israel
How 351 the Lord 136 has covered 5743 the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726 With a cloud 5743 in His anger 639! He has cast 7993 from heaven 8064 to earth 776 The glory 8597 of Israel 3478, And has not remembered 2142 His footstool In the day 3117 of His anger 639.
2 The Lord 136 has swallowed 1104 up; He has not spared 2550 All 3605 the habitations 4999 of Jacob 3290. In His wrath 5678 He has thrown 2040 down 2040 The strongholds 4013 of the daughter 1323 of Judah 3063; He has brought 5060 {them} down 5060 to the ground 776; He has profaned 2490 the kingdom 4467 and its princes 8269.
3 In fierce 2750 anger 639 He has cut 1438 off 1438 All 3605 the strength 7161 of Israel 3478; He has drawn 7725 back 268 His right 3225 hand 3225 From before 6440 the enemy 340. And He has burned 1197 in Jacob 3290 like a flaming 3852 fire 784 Consuming 398 round 5439 about 5439.
4 He has bent 1869 His bow 7198 like an enemy 340; He has set 5324 His right 3225 hand 3225 like an adversary 6862 And slain 2026 all 3605 that were pleasant 4261 to the eye 5869; In the tent 168 of the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726 He has poured 8210 out His wrath 2534 like fire 784.
5 The Lord 136 has become 1961 like an enemy 340. He has swallowed 1104 up Israel 3478; He has swallowed 1104 up all 3605 its palaces 759, He has destroyed 7843 its strongholds 4013 And multiplied 7235 in the daughter 1323 of Judah 3063 Mourning 592 and moaning 592.
6 And He has violently 2554 treated 2554 His tabernacle 7900 like a garden 1588 {booth;} He has destroyed 7843 His appointed 4150 meeting 4150 place 4150. The LORD 3068 has caused to be forgotten 7911 The appointed 4150 feast 4150 and sabbath 7676 in Zion 6726, And He has despised 5006 king 4428 and priest 3548 In the indignation 2195 of His anger 639.
7 The Lord 136 has rejected 2186 His altar 4196, He has abandoned 5010 His sanctuary 4720; He has delivered 5462 into the hand 3027 of the enemy 340 The walls 2346 of her palaces 759. They have made 5414 a noise 6963 in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068 As in the day 3117 of an appointed 4150 feast 4150.
8 The LORD 3068 determined 2803 to destroy 7843 The wall 2346 of the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726. He has stretched 5186 out a line 6957, He has not restrained 7725 His hand 3027 from destroying 1104, And He has caused rampart 2426 and wall 2346 to lament 56; They have languished 535 together 3164.
9 Her gates 8179 have sunk 2883 into the ground 776, He has destroyed 6 and broken 7665 her bars 1280. Her king 4428 and her princes 8269 are among the nations 1471; The law 8451 is no 369 more 369. Also 1571, her prophets 5030 find 4672 No 3808 vision 2377 from the LORD 3068.
10 The elders 2205 of the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726 Sit 3427 on the ground 776, they are silent 1826. They have thrown 5927 dust 6083 on their heads 7218; They have girded 2296 themselves with sackcloth 8242. The virgins 1330 of Jerusalem 3389 Have bowed 3381 their heads 7218 to the ground 776.
11 My eyes 5869 fail 3615 because of tears 1832, My spirit 4578 is greatly 2560 troubled 2560; My heart 3516 is poured 8210 out on the earth 776 Because 5921 of the destruction 7667 of the daughter 1323 of my people 5971, When little 5768 ones 5768 and infants 3243 faint 5848 In the streets 7339 of the city 7151.
12 They say 559 to their mothers 517, "Where 346 is grain 1715 and wine 3196?" As they faint 5848 like a wounded 2491 man 2491 In the streets 7339 of the city 5892, As their life 5315 is poured 8210 out On their mothers' 517 bosom 2436.
13 How 4100 shall I admonish 5749 you? To what 4100 shall I compare 1819 you, O daughter 1323 of Jerusalem 3389? To what 4100 shall I liken 7737 you as I comfort 5162 you, O virgin 1330 daughter 1323 of Zion 6726? For your ruin 7667 is as vast 1419 as the sea 3220; Who 4310 can heal 7495 you?
14 Your prophets 5030 have seen 2372 for you False 7723 and foolish 8602 {visions;} And they have not exposed 1540 your iniquity 5771 So as to restore 7725 you from captivity 7622, But they have seen 2372 for you false 7723 and misleading 4065 oracles 4065.
15 All 3605 who pass 5674 along 5674 the way 1870 Clap 5606 their hands 3709 {in derision} at you; They hiss 8319 and shake 5128 their heads 7218 At the daughter 1323 of Jerusalem 3389, "Is this 384 the city 5892 of which 7945 they said 559, 'The perfection 3632 of beauty 3308, A joy 4885 to all 3605 the earth 776'?"
16 All 3605 your enemies 340 Have opened 6475 their mouths 6310 wide against 5921 you; They hiss 8319 and gnash 2786 {their} teeth 8127. They say 559, "We have swallowed 1104 {her} up! Surely 389 this 2088 is the day 3117 for which 7945 we waited 6960; We have reached 4672 {it,} we have seen 7200 {it.}"
17 The LORD 3068 has done 6213 what 834 He purposed 2161; He has accomplished 1214 His word 565 Which 834 He commanded 6680 from days 3117 of old 6924. He has thrown 2040 down 2040 without 3808 sparing 2550, And He has caused the enemy 340 to rejoice 8055 over 5921 you; He has exalted 7311 the might 7161 of your adversaries 6862.
18 Their heart 3820 cried 6817 out to the Lord 136, "O wall 2346 of the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726, Let {your} tears 1832 run 3381 down 3381 like a river 5158 day 3119 and night 3915; Give 5414 yourself no 408 relief 6314, Let your eyes 5869 have 1826 no 408 rest 1826.
19 "Arise 6965, cry 7442 aloud 7442 in the night 3915 At the beginning 7218 of the night watches 821; Pour 8210 out your heart 3820 like water 4325 Before 5227 the presence 6440 of the Lord 136; Lift 5375 up your hands 3709 to Him For the life 5315 of your little 5768 ones 5768 Who are faint 5848 because of hunger 7458 At the head 7218 of every 3605 street 2351."
20 See 7200, O LORD 3068, and look 5027! With whom 4310 have You dealt 5953 thus 3541? Should women 802 eat 398 their offspring 6529, The little 5768 ones 5768 who 2949 were born 2949 healthy 2949? Should priest 3548 and prophet 5030 be slain 2026 In the sanctuary 4720 of the Lord 136?
21 On the ground 776 in the streets 2351 Lie 7901 young 5288 and old 2205; My virgins 1330 and my young 970 men 970 Have fallen 5307 by the sword 2719. You have slain 2026 {them} in the day 3117 of Your anger 639, You have slaughtered 2873, not sparing 2550.
22 You called 7121 as in the day 3117 of an appointed 4150 feast 4150 My terrors 4032 on every 5439 side 5439; And there was no 3808 one who 6412 escaped 6412 or survived 8300 In the day 3117 of the LORD'S 3068 anger 639. Those whom 834 I bore 2946 and reared 7235, My enemy 340 annihilated 3615 them.
Chapter 3
1 Jeremiah Shares Israel's Affliction
I am the man 1397 who has seen 7200 affliction 6040 Because of the rod 7626 of His wrath 5678.
2 He has driven 5090 me and made me walk 1980 In darkness 2822 and not in light 216.
3 Surely 389 against me He has turned 2015 His hand 3027 Repeatedly 7725 all 3605 the day 3117.
4 He has caused my flesh 1320 and my skin 5785 to waste 1086 away 1086, He has broken 7665 my bones 6106.
5 He has besieged and encompassed 5362 me with bitterness 7219 and hardship 8513.
6 In dark 4285 places 4285 He has made me dwell 3427, Like those who have long 5769 been dead 4191.
7 He has walled 1443 me in so that I cannot 3808 go 3318 out; He has made 3513 my chain 5178 heavy 3513.
8 Even 1571 when 3588 I cry 2199 out and call 7768 for help 7768, He shuts 8365 out my prayer 8605.
9 He has blocked 1443 my ways 1870 with hewn 1496 stone 1496; He has made 5753 my paths 5410 crooked 5753.
10 He is to me like a bear 1677 lying 693 in wait 693, {Like} a lion 743 in secret 4565 places 4565.
11 He has turned 5493 aside 5493 my ways 1870 and torn 6582 me to pieces 6582; He has made 8074 me desolate 8074.
12 He bent 1869 His bow 7198 And set 5324 me as a target 4307 for the arrow 2671.
13 He made the arrows 1121 of His quiver 827 To enter 935 into my inward 3629 parts 3629.
14 I have become 1961 a laughingstock 7814 to all 3605 my people 5971, Their {mocking} song 5058 all 3605 the day 3117.
15 He has filled 7646 me with bitterness 4844, He has made 7301 me drunk 7301 with wormwood 3939.
16 He has broken 1638 my teeth 8127 with gravel 2687; He has made me cower 3728 in the dust 665.
17 My soul 5315 has been 2186 rejected 2186 from peace 7965; I have forgotten 5382 happiness 2899.
18 So I say 559, "My strength 5331 has perished 6, And {so has} my hope 8431 from the LORD 3068."
19 Hope of Relief in God's Mercy
¶ Remember 2142 my affliction 6040 and my wandering 4788, the wormwood 3939 and bitterness 7219.
20 Surely 2142 my soul 5315 remembers 2142 And is bowed 7743 down 7743 within 5921 me.
21 This 384 I recall 7725 to my mind 3820, Therefore I have 3176 hope 3176.
22 The LORD'S 3068 lovingkindnesses 2617 indeed 3588 never 3808 cease 8552, For His compassions 7356 never 3808 fail 3615.
23 {They} are new 2319 every morning 1242; Great 7227 is Your faithfulness 530.
24 "The LORD 3068 is my portion 2506," says 559 my soul 5315, "Therefore I have 3176 hope 3176 in Him."
25 The LORD 3068 is good 2896 to those who wait 6960 for Him, To the person 5315 who seeks 1875 Him.
26 {It is} good 2896 that he waits 3175 silently 1748 For the salvation 8668 of the LORD 3068.
27 {It is} good 2896 for a man 1397 that he should bear 5375 The yoke 5923 in his youth 5271.
28 Let him sit 3427 alone 910 and be silent 1826 Since 3588 He has laid 5190 {it} on him.
29 Let him put 5414 his mouth 6310 in the dust 6083, Perhaps 194 there 3426 is hope 8615.
30 Let him give 5414 his cheek 3895 to the smiter 5221, Let him be filled 7646 with reproach 2781.
31 For the Lord 136 will not reject 2186 forever 5769,
32 For if 518 He causes 3013 grief 3013, Then He will have 7355 compassion 7355 According to His abundant 7230 lovingkindness 2617.
33 For He does not afflict 6031 willingly Or grieve 3013 the sons 1121 of men 376.
34 To crush 1792 under 8478 His feet 7272 All 3605 the prisoners 615 of the land 776,
35 To deprive 5186 a man 1397 of justice 4941 In the presence 6440 of the Most 5945 High 5945,
36 To defraud 5791 a man 120 in his lawsuit 7379-- Of these things the Lord 136 does not approve 7200.