2 <poetry> How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion <indent>with the cloud of his anger ! </indent> He has hurled down the splendor of Israel <indent>from heaven to earth;</indent> he has not remembered his footstool <indent>in the day of his anger. </indent><poetry></poetry> 2 <poetry>Without pity the Lord has swallowed up <indent>all the dwellings of Jacob;</indent> in his wrath he has torn down <indent>the strongholds of Daughter Judah.</indent> He has brought her kingdom and its princes <indent>down to the ground in dishonor.</indent><poetry></poetry> 3 <poetry>In fierce anger he has cut off <indent>every horn of Israel.</indent> He has withdrawn his right hand <indent>at the approach of the enemy.</indent> He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire <indent>that consumes everything around it. </indent><poetry></poetry> 4 <poetry>Like an enemy he has strung his bow; <indent>his right hand is ready.</indent> Like a foe he has slain <indent>all who were pleasing to the eye; </indent> he has poured out his wrath like fire <indent>on the tent of Daughter Zion.</indent><poetry></poetry> 5 <poetry>The Lord is like an enemy; <indent>he has swallowed up Israel.</indent> He has swallowed up all her palaces <indent>and destroyed her strongholds. </indent> He has multiplied mourning and lamentation <indent>for Daughter Judah. </indent><poetry></poetry> 6 <poetry>He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden; <indent>he has destroyed his place of meeting. </indent> The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> has made Zion forget <indent>her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths; </indent> in his fierce anger he has spurned <indent>both king and priest. </indent><poetry></poetry> 7 <poetry>The Lord has rejected his altar <indent>and abandoned his sanctuary. </indent> He has given the walls of her palaces <indent>into the hands of the enemy;</indent> they have raised a shout in the house of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> <indent>as on the day of an appointed festival. </indent><poetry></poetry> 8 <poetry>The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> determined to tear down <indent>the wall around Daughter Zion. </indent> He stretched out a measuring line <indent>and did not withhold his hand from destroying.</indent> He made ramparts and walls lament; <indent>together they wasted away. </indent><poetry></poetry> 9 <poetry>Her gates have sunk into the ground; <indent>their bars he has broken and destroyed.</indent> Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, <indent>the law is no more,</indent> and her prophets no longer find <indent>visions from the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent><poetry></poetry> 10 <poetry>The elders of Daughter Zion <indent>sit on the ground in silence; </indent> they have sprinkled dust on their heads <indent>and put on sackcloth. </indent> The young women of Jerusalem <indent>have bowed their heads to the ground. </indent><poetry></poetry> 11 <poetry>My eyes fail from weeping, <indent>I am in torment within ;</indent> my heart is poured out on the ground <indent>because my people are destroyed, </indent> because children and infants faint <indent>in the streets of the city.</indent><poetry></poetry> 12 <poetry>They say to their mothers, <indent>“Where is bread and wine?” </indent> as they faint like the wounded <indent>in the streets of the city,</indent> as their lives ebb away <indent>in their mothers’ arms. </indent><poetry></poetry> 13 <poetry>What can I say for you? <indent>With what can I compare you,</indent> <indent>Daughter Jerusalem?</indent> To what can I liken you, <indent>that I may comfort you,</indent> <indent>Virgin Daughter Zion? </indent> Your wound is as deep as the sea. <indent>Who can heal you?</indent><poetry></poetry> 14 <poetry>The visions of your prophets <indent>were false and worthless;</indent> they did not expose your sin <indent>to ward off your captivity. </indent> The prophecies they gave you <indent>were false and misleading. </indent><poetry></poetry> 15 <poetry>All who pass your way <indent>clap their hands at you; </indent> they scoff and shake their heads <indent>at Daughter Jerusalem: </indent> “Is this the city that was called <indent>the perfection of beauty, </indent> <indent>the joy of the whole earth?” </indent><poetry></poetry> 16 <poetry>All your enemies open their mouths <indent>wide against you; </indent> they scoff and gnash their teeth <indent>and say, “We have swallowed her up. </indent> This is the day we have waited for; <indent>we have lived to see it.” </indent><poetry></poetry> 17 <poetry>The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> has done what he planned; <indent>he has fulfilled his word,</indent> <indent>which he decreed long ago. </indent> He has overthrown you without pity, <indent>he has let the enemy gloat over you, </indent> <indent>he has exalted the horn of your foes. </indent><poetry></poetry> 18 <poetry>The hearts of the people <indent>cry out to the Lord. </indent> You walls of Daughter Zion, <indent>let your tears flow like a river</indent> <indent>day and night; </indent> give yourself no relief, <indent>your eyes no rest. </indent><poetry></poetry> 19 <poetry>Arise, cry out in the night, <indent>as the watches of the night begin;</indent> pour out your heart like water <indent>in the presence of the Lord. </indent> Lift up your hands to him <indent>for the lives of your children,</indent> who faint from hunger <indent>at every street corner.</indent><poetry></poetry> 20 <poetry>“Look, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, and consider: <indent>Whom have you ever treated like this?</indent> Should women eat their offspring, <indent>the children they have cared for? </indent> Should priest and prophet be killed <indent>in the sanctuary of the Lord? </indent><poetry></poetry> 21 <poetry>“Young and old lie together <indent>in the dust of the streets;</indent> my young men and young women <indent>have fallen by the sword. </indent> You have slain them in the day of your anger; <indent>you have slaughtered them without pity. </indent><poetry></poetry> 22 <poetry>“As you summon to a feast day, <indent>so you summoned against me terrors on every side.</indent> In the day of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>’s anger <indent>no one escaped or survived;</indent> those I cared for and reared <indent>my enemy has destroyed.”</indent></poetry>

<ft>1</ft>How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion <indent>with the cloud of his anger<ft>2</ft>!<cr>1</cr> </indent> He has hurled down the splendor of Israel <indent>from heaven to earth;</indent> he has not remembered his footstool<cr>2</cr> <indent>in the day of his anger.<cr>3</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:1

Without pity<cr>1</cr> the Lord has swallowed<cr>2</cr> up <indent>all the dwellings of Jacob;</indent> in his wrath he has torn down <indent>the strongholds<cr>3</cr> of Daughter Judah.</indent> He has brought her kingdom and its princes <indent>down to the ground<cr>4</cr> in dishonor.</indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:2

In fierce anger he has cut off <indent>every horn<ft>1</ft><ft>2</ft><cr>1</cr> of Israel.</indent> He has withdrawn his right hand<cr>2</cr> <indent>at the approach of the enemy.</indent> He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire <indent>that consumes everything around it.<cr>3</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:3

Like an enemy he has strung his bow;<cr>1</cr> <indent>his right hand is ready.</indent> Like a foe he has slain <indent>all who were pleasing to the eye;<cr>2</cr> </indent> he has poured out his wrath<cr>3</cr> like fire<cr>4</cr> <indent>on the tent<cr>5</cr> of Daughter Zion.</indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:4

The Lord is like an enemy;<cr>1</cr> <indent>he has swallowed up Israel.</indent> He has swallowed up all her palaces <indent>and destroyed her strongholds.<cr>2</cr> </indent> He has multiplied mourning and lamentation<cr>3</cr> <indent>for Daughter Judah.<cr>4</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:5

He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden; <indent>he has destroyed<cr>1</cr> his place of meeting.<cr>2</cr> </indent> The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> has made Zion forget <indent>her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths;<cr>3</cr> </indent> in his fierce anger he has spurned <indent>both king and priest.<cr>4</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:6

The Lord has rejected his altar <indent>and abandoned his sanctuary.<cr>1</cr> </indent> He has given the walls of her palaces<cr>2</cr> <indent>into the hands of the enemy;</indent> they have raised a shout in the house of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> <indent>as on the day of an appointed festival.<cr>3</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:7

The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> determined to tear down <indent>the wall around Daughter Zion.<cr>1</cr> </indent> He stretched out a measuring line<cr>2</cr> <indent>and did not withhold his hand from destroying.</indent> He made ramparts<cr>3</cr> and walls lament; <indent>together they wasted away.<cr>4</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:8

Her gates<cr>1</cr> have sunk into the ground; <indent>their bars<cr>2</cr> he has broken and destroyed.</indent> Her king and her princes are exiled<cr>3</cr> among the nations, <indent>the law<cr>4</cr> is no more,</indent> and her prophets<cr>5</cr> no longer find <indent>visions<cr>6</cr> from the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:9

The elders of Daughter Zion <indent>sit on the ground in silence;<cr>1</cr> </indent> they have sprinkled dust<cr>2</cr> on their heads<cr>3</cr> <indent>and put on sackcloth.<cr>4</cr> </indent> The young women of Jerusalem <indent>have bowed their heads to the ground.<cr>5</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:10

My eyes fail from weeping,<cr>1</cr> <indent>I am in torment within<cr>2</cr> ;</indent> my heart<cr>3</cr> is poured out<cr>4</cr> on the ground <indent>because my people are destroyed,<cr>5</cr> </indent> because children and infants faint<cr>6</cr> <indent>in the streets of the city.</indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:11

They say to their mothers, <indent>“Where is bread and wine?”<cr>1</cr> </indent> as they faint like the wounded <indent>in the streets of the city,</indent> as their lives ebb away<cr>2</cr> <indent>in their mothers’ arms.<cr>3</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:12

What can I say for you?<cr>1</cr> <indent>With what can I compare you,</indent> <indent>Daughter<cr>2</cr> Jerusalem?</indent> To what can I liken you, <indent>that I may comfort you,</indent> <indent>Virgin Daughter Zion?<cr>3</cr> </indent> Your wound is as deep as the sea.<cr>4</cr> <indent>Who can heal you?</indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:13

The visions of your prophets <indent>were false<cr>1</cr> and worthless;</indent> they did not expose your sin <indent>to ward off your captivity.<cr>2</cr> </indent> The prophecies they gave you <indent>were false and misleading.<cr>3</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:14

All who pass your way <indent>clap their hands at you;<cr>1</cr> </indent> they scoff<cr>2</cr> and shake their heads<cr>3</cr> <indent>at Daughter Jerusalem:<cr>4</cr> </indent> “Is this the city that was called <indent>the perfection of beauty,<cr>5</cr> </indent> <indent>the joy of the whole earth?”<cr>6</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:15

All your enemies open their mouths <indent>wide against you;<cr>1</cr> </indent> they scoff and gnash their teeth<cr>2</cr> <indent>and say, “We have swallowed her up.<cr>3</cr> </indent> This is the day we have waited for; <indent>we have lived to see it.”<cr>4</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:16

The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> has done what he planned; <indent>he has fulfilled<cr>1</cr> his word,</indent> <indent>which he decreed long ago.<cr>2</cr> </indent> He has overthrown you without pity,<cr>3</cr> <indent>he has let the enemy gloat over you,<cr>4</cr> </indent> <indent>he has exalted the horn<ft>1</ft> of your foes.<cr>5</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:17

The hearts of the people <indent>cry out to the Lord.<cr>1</cr> </indent> You walls of Daughter Zion,<cr>2</cr> <indent>let your tears<cr>3</cr> flow like a river</indent> <indent>day and night;<cr>4</cr> </indent> give yourself no relief, <indent>your eyes no rest.<cr>5</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:18

Arise, cry out in the night, <indent>as the watches of the night begin;</indent> pour out your heart<cr>1</cr> like water <indent>in the presence of the Lord.<cr>2</cr> </indent> Lift up your hands<cr>3</cr> to him <indent>for the lives of your children,</indent> who faint<cr>4</cr> from hunger <indent>at every street corner.</indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:19

“Look, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, and consider: <indent>Whom have you ever treated like this?</indent> Should women eat their offspring,<cr>1</cr> <indent>the children they have cared for?<cr>2</cr> </indent> Should priest and prophet be killed<cr>3</cr> <indent>in the sanctuary of the Lord?<cr>4</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:20

“Young and old lie together <indent>in the dust of the streets;</indent> my young men and young women <indent>have fallen by the sword.<cr>1</cr> </indent> You have slain them in the day of your anger; <indent>you have slaughtered them without pity.<cr>2</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Lamentations 2:21

“As you summon to a feast day, <indent>so you summoned against me terrors<cr>1</cr> on every side.</indent> In the day of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>’s anger <indent>no one escaped<cr>2</cr> or survived;</indent> those I cared for and reared<cr>3</cr> <indent>my enemy has destroyed.”</indent>

Lamentations 2:22

 1  How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion with the cloud of his anger !   He has hurled down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he has not remembered his footstool   in the day of his anger.    2 Without pity   the Lord has swallowed   up all the dwellings of Jacob; in his wrath he has torn down the strongholds   of Daughter Judah. He has brought her kingdom and its princes down to the ground   in dishonor.  3 In fierce anger he has cut off every horn     of Israel. He has withdrawn his right hand   at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.    4 Like an enemy he has strung his bow;   his right hand is ready. Like a foe he has slain all who were pleasing to the eye;   he has poured out his wrath   like fire   on the tent   of Daughter Zion.  5 The Lord is like an enemy;   he has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds.   He has multiplied mourning and lamentation   for Daughter Judah.    6 He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden; he has destroyed   his place of meeting.   The Lord has made Zion forget her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths;   in his fierce anger he has spurned both king and priest.    7 The Lord has rejected his altar and abandoned his sanctuary.   He has given the walls of her palaces   into the hands of the enemy; they have raised a shout in the house of the Lord as on the day of an appointed festival.    8 The Lord determined to tear down the wall around Daughter Zion.   He stretched out a measuring line   and did not withhold his hand from destroying. He made ramparts   and walls lament; together they wasted away.    9 Her gates   have sunk into the ground; their bars   he has broken and destroyed. Her king and her princes are exiled   among the nations, the law   is no more, and her prophets   no longer find visions   from the Lord.  10 The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence;   they have sprinkled dust   on their heads   and put on sackcloth.   The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.    11 My eyes fail from weeping,   I am in torment within  ; my heart   is poured out   on the ground because my people are destroyed,   because children and infants faint   in the streets of the city.  12 They say to their mothers, “Where is bread and wine?”   as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives ebb away   in their mothers’ arms.    13 What can I say for you?   With what can I compare you, Daughter   Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you, Virgin Daughter Zion?   Your wound is as deep as the sea.   Who can heal you?  14 The visions of your prophets were false   and worthless; they did not expose your sin to ward off your captivity.   The prophecies they gave you were false and misleading.    15 All who pass your way clap their hands at you;   they scoff   and shake their heads   at Daughter Jerusalem:   “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty,   the joy of the whole earth?”    16 All your enemies open their mouths wide against you;   they scoff and gnash their teeth   and say, “We have swallowed her up.   This is the day we have waited for; we have lived to see it.”    17 The Lord has done what he planned; he has fulfilled   his word, which he decreed long ago.   He has overthrown you without pity,   he has let the enemy gloat over you,   he has exalted the horn  of your foes.    18 The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord.   You walls of Daughter Zion,   let your tears   flow like a river day and night;   give yourself no relief, your eyes no rest.    19 Arise, cry out in the night, as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart   like water in the presence of the Lord.   Lift up your hands   to him for the lives of your children, who faint   from hunger at every street corner.  20 “Look, Lord, and consider: Whom have you ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring,   the children they have cared for?   Should priest and prophet be killed   in the sanctuary of the Lord?    21 “Young and old lie together in the dust of the streets; my young men and young women have fallen by the sword.   You have slain them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered them without pity.    22 “As you summon to a feast day, so you summoned against me terrors   on every side. In the day of the Lord’s anger no one escaped   or survived; those I cared for and reared   my enemy has destroyed.”

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