Berean Standard Bible

Lamentations 1:12-22

12Is this nothingH3808 to youH413, allH3605 you who pass byH5674 H1870? Look aroundH5027 and seeH7200 H518! Is thereH3426 any sorrowH4341 like mineH4341, whichH834 was inflictedH5953 on me, whichH834 the LORDH3068 made me sufferH3013 on the dayH3117 of His fierceH2740 angerH639?

13He sentH7971 fireH784 from on highH4791,and it overpoweredH7287 my bonesH6106.He spreadH6566 a netH7568 for my feetH7272and turned meH7725 backH268.He made meH5414 desolateH8076,faintH1739 allH3605 the day longH3117.

14My transgressionsH6588 are bound intoH8244 a yokeH5923,1knit togetherH8276 by His handH3027;they are drapedH5927 overH5921 my neckH6677,and the LordH136 has brokenH3782 my strengthH3581.He has delivered meH5414 into the handsH3027of those I cannotH3808 H3201 withstandH6965.

15The LordH136 has rejectedH5541allH3605 the mighty menH47 in my midstH7130;He has summonedH7121 an armyH4150 against meH5921 2to crushH7665 my young warriorsH970.Like grapes in a winepressH1660,the LordH136 has trampledH1869 the VirginH1330 DaughterH1323 of JudahH3063.

16ForH5921 these thingsH428 IH589 weepH1058;my eyesH5869 flowH3381 with tearsH4325.ForH3588 there is no one nearbyH7368 H4480 to comfort meH5162,no one to reviveH7725 my soulH5315.My childrenH1121 areH1961 destituteH8074becauseH3588 the enemyH341 has prevailedH1396.

17ZionH6726 stretches outH6566 her handsH3027,but there is noH369 one to comfortH5162 her.The LORDH3068 has decreedH6680 against JacobH3290that his neighborsH5439 become his foesH6862.JerusalemH3389 has becomeH1961an unclean thingH5079 among themH996.

18The LORDH3068 is righteousH6662 H1931,yetH3588 I rebelledH4784 against His commandH6310.ListenH8085 H4994, all you peopleH3605 H5971;look uponH7200 my sufferingH4341.My young menH970 and maidensH1330have goneH1980 into captivityH7628.

19I called outH7121 to my loversH157,but theyH1992 have betrayed meH7411.My priestsH3548 and eldersH2205perishedH1478 in the cityH5892whileH3588 they searched forH1245 foodH400to keep themselvesH7725 aliveH5315.

20SeeH7200, O LORDH3068, howH3588 distressedH6862 I am!I am churningH2560 withinH4578;my heartH3820 is poundingH2015 within meH7130,forH3588 I have been most rebelliousH4784.OutsideH2351, the swordH2719 bereavesH7921;insideH1004, there is deathH4194.

21People have heardH8085 myH589 groaningH584 ,but there is noH369 one to comfortH5162 me.AllH3605 my enemiesH341 have heardH8085 of my troubleH7451;they are gladH7797 thatH3588 YouH859 have caused itH6213.May You bringH935 the dayH3117 You have announcedH7121,so that they may becomeH1961 like meH3644.

22Let allH3605 their wickednessH7451 comeH935 before YouH6440,and dealH5953 with themasH834 You have dealtH5953 with mebecause ofH5921 allH3605 my transgressionsH6588.ForH3588 my groansH585 are manyH7227,and my heartH3820 is faintH1742.

Notes

1. Lamentations 1:14 Most Hebrew manuscripts; other Hebrew manuscripts and LXX He kept watch over my sins ↩
2. Lamentations 1:15 Or has set a time for me ↩