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Lamentations 2:10-19

10The eldersH2205 of the daughterH1323 of ZionH6726 sitH3427 upon the groundH776, they keep silence;They have cast up dustH6083 upon their headsH7218; they have girdedH2296 themselves with sackclothH8242:The virginsH1330 of JerusalemH3389 hang down their headsH7218 to the groundH776.11Mine eyesH5869 do failH3615 with tearsH1832, my heart is troubled;My liverH3516 is pouredH8210 upon the earthH776, because of the destructionH7667 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971,Because the young childrenH5768 and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.12They sayH559 to their mothersH517, WhereH346 is grainH1715 and wineH3196?When they swoon as the woundedH2491 in the streets of the cityH5892,When their soulH5315 is pouredH8210 out into their mothers’H517 bosomH2436.13What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I likenH1819 to thee, O daughterH1323 of JerusalemH3389?What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfortH5162 thee, O virginH1330 daughterH1323 of ZionH6726?For thy breach is greatH1419 like the seaH3220: who can healH7495 thee?14Thy prophetsH5030 have seenH2372 for thee false and foolish visions;And they have not uncoveredH1540 thine iniquityH5771, to bringH7725 backH7725 thy captivityH7622,But have seenH2372 for thee false oracles and causes of banishment.15All that passH5674 by clapH5606 their handsH3709 at thee;They hissH8319 and wag their headH7218 at the daughterH1323 of JerusalemH3389, sayingH559,Is this the cityH5892 that men called The perfection of beautyH3308, The joyH4885 of the whole earthH776?16All thine enemiesH341 have openedH6475 their mouthH6310 wide against thee;They hissH8319 and gnashH2786 the teethH8127; they sayH559, We have swallowedH1104 her up;Certainly this is the dayH3117 that we lookedH7200 for; we have foundH4672, we have seenH7200 it.17Jehovah hath done that which he purposed; he hath fulfilled his wordH565 that he commandedH6680 in the daysH3117 of old;He hath thrown downH2040, and hath not pitied:And he hath caused the enemyH341 to rejoiceH8055 over thee; he hath exaltedH7311 the hornH7161 of thine adversaries.18Their heartH3820 criedH6817 unto the LordH136:O wallH2346 of the daughterH1323 of ZionH6726, let tearsH1832 run down like a riverH5158 dayH3119 and nightH3915;GiveH5414 thyself no respite; let not the apple of thine eyeH5869 cease.19AriseH6965, cryH7442 out in the nightH3915, at the beginning of the watchesH821;PourH8210 out thy heartH3820 like waterH4325 before the faceH6440 of the LordH136:LiftH5375 up thy handsH3709 toward him for the lifeH5315 of thy young childrenH5768, that faint for hungerH7458 at the headH7218 of every streetH2351.

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