Lamentations 2

1HowH349 hath the LordH136 in his angerH639 covered the daughterH1323 of ZionH6726 with a cloud! He hath castH7993 downH7993 from the heavensH8064 unto the earthH776 the beautyH8597 of IsraelH3478, and rememberedH2142 not his footstool in the dayH3117 of his angerH639. 2The LordH136 hath swallowedH1104 up all the dwellings of JacobH3290, and hath not sparedH2550; he hath thrown downH2040 in his wrathH5678 the strongholdsH4013 of the daughterH1323 of JudahH3063: he hath brought [them] downH2040 to the groundH776; he hath profanedH2490 the kingdomH4467 and the princesH8269 thereof. 3He hath cutH1438 off in fierce angerH639 all the hornH7161 of IsraelH3478: he hath withdrawn his rightH3225 handH3225 from before the enemyH341; and he burnedH1197 up JacobH3290 like a flamingH3852 fireH784, devouringH398 roundH5439 about. 4He hath bentH1869 his bowH7198 like an enemyH341; he stoodH5324 with his rightH3225 handH3225 as an adversary, and hath slainH2026 all that was pleasant to the eyeH5869: in the tentH168 of the daughterH1323 of ZionH6726, he hath pouredH8210 out his fury like fireH784. 5The LordH136 is becomeH1961 as an enemyH341: he hath swallowedH1104 up IsraelH3478; he hath swallowedH1104 up all her palaces; he hath destroyedH7843 his strongholdsH4013, and hath multipliedH7235 in the daughterH1323 of JudahH3063 mourning and lamentation. 6And he hath violentlyH2554 cast down his enclosure as a gardenH1588; he hath destroyedH7843 his placeH4150 of assembly: Jehovah hath caused set feastH4150 and sabbathH7676 to be forgottenH7911 in ZionH6726, and hath despised in the indignationH2195 of his angerH639 kingH4428 and priestH3548. 7The Lord hath cast off his altarH4196, he hath rejectedH2186 his sanctuaryH4720; he hath givenH5414 up into the handH3027 of the enemyH341 the wallsH2346 of her palaces: they have madeH5414 a noise in the houseH1004 of Jehovah, as on the dayH3117 of a setH5414 feastH4150. 8Jehovah hath purposed to destroyH7843 the wallH2346 of the daughterH1323 of ZionH6726: he hath stretchedH5186 out the line, he hath not withdrawn his handH3027 from destroyingH7843; and he hath made the rampartH2426 and the wallH2346 to lament: they languishH535 togetherH3162. 9Her gatesH8179 are sunkH2883 into the groundH776; he hath destroyedH6 and brokenH7665 her barsH1280. Her kingH4428 and her princesH8269 are among the nationsH1471: the lawH8451 is no [more]; her prophetsH5030 alsoH1571 findH4672 no visionH2377 from Jehovah. 10The eldersH2205 of the daughterH1323 of ZionH6726 sitH3427 upon the groundH776, they keep silence; they have cast dustH6083 upon their headsH7218, they have girdedH2296 themselves with sackclothH8242: the virginsH1330 of JerusalemH3389 hang down their headH7218 to the groundH776. 11Mine eyesH5869 are consumed with tearsH1832, my bowelsH4578 are troubled; my liverH3516 is pouredH8210 upon the earthH776, because of the ruinH7667 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971; because infant and suckling swoon in the streets of the city. 12They sayH559 to their mothersH517, WhereH346 is corn and wineH3196? when they swoon as the woundedH2491 in the streets of the cityH5892; when they pourH8210 out their soulH5315 into their mothers' bosomH2436. 13What shall I take to witness for thee? what shall I likenH1819 unto thee, daughterH1323 of JerusalemH3389? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfortH5162 thee, virginH1330 daughterH1323 of ZionH6726? For thy ruinH7667 is greatH1419 as the seaH3220: who will healH7495 thee? 14Thy prophetsH5030 have seenH2372 vanityH7723 and folly for thee; and they have not revealedH1540 thine iniquityH5771, to turnH7725 awayH7725 thy captivityH7622; but have seenH2372 for thee burdens of falsehoodH7723 and causes of expulsion. 15All that passH5674 by clapH5606 [their] handsH3709 at thee; they hissH8319 and shakeH5128 their headH7218 at the daughterH1323 of JerusalemH3389: Is this the cityH5892 which they called, The perfection of beautyH3308, The joyH4885 of the whole earthH776? 16All thine enemiesH341 openH6475 their mouthH6310 against thee, they hissH8319 and gnashH2786 the teethH8127: they sayH559, We have swallowedH1104 [her] up; this is forsooth the dayH3117 that we lookedH7200 for: we have foundH4672, we have seenH7200 [it]. 17Jehovah hath done what he had devised; he hath fulfilled his wordH565 which he had commandedH6680 from the daysH3117 of old: he hath thrown downH2040, and hath not sparedH2550, and he hath caused the enemyH341 to rejoiceH8055 over thee; he hath set up the hornH7161 of thine adversaries. 18Their heartH3820 criedH6817 unto the LordH136. O wallH2346 of the daughterH1323 of ZionH6726, let tearsH1832 run down like a torrent dayH3119 and nightH3915: giveH5414 thyself no respite; let not the apple of thine eyeH5869 rest. 19AriseH6965, cryH7442 out in the nightH3915, in 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, who faint from hungerH7458 at the topH7218 of all the streetsH2351. 20SeeH7200, Jehovah, and considerH7200 to whom thou hast done this! Shall the womenH802 eatH398 their fruitH6529, the infants that they nursed? Shall priestH3548 and prophetH5030 be slainH2026 in the sanctuaryH4720 of the Lord? 21The child and the oldH2205 manH5288 lieH7901 on the groundH776 in the streetsH2351; my virginsH1330 and my youngH5288 menH5288 are fallenH5307 by the swordH2719: thou hast slainH2026 [them] in the dayH3117 of thine angerH639; thou hast killedH2026, thou hast not sparedH2550. 22Thou hast calledH7121 up, as on the dayH3117 of a set feastH4150, my terrorsH4032 on every side; and in the dayH3117 of Jehovah's angerH639 there wasH1961 none that escaped or remained: those that I have nursed and brought up hath mine enemyH341 consumed.