The Bible, King James version, Book 25: Lamentations

This eBook was produced by David Widger
with the help of Derek Andrew's text from January 1992
and the work of Bryan Taylor in November 2002.





Book 25        Lamentations

25:001:001 How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how
           is she become as a widow! she that was great among the
           nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become
           tributary!

25:001:002 She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her
           cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all
           her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become
           her enemies.

25:001:003 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and
           because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen,
           she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between
           the straits.

25:001:004 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn
           feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her
           virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.

25:001:005 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the
           LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her
           transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before
           the enemy.

25:001:006 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her
           princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they
           are gone without strength before the pursuer.

25:001:007 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her
           miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of
           old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none
           did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her
           sabbaths.

25:001:008 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed:
           all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her
           nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.

25:001:009 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last
           end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no
           comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath
           magnified himself.

25:001:010 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant
           things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her
           sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter
           into thy congregation.

25:001:011 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their
           pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and
           consider; for I am become vile.

25:001:012 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if
           there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto
           me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his
           fierce anger.

25:001:013 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth
           against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned
           me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

25:001:014 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are
           wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength
           to fall, the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from
           whom I am not able to rise up.

25:001:015 The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the
           midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my
           young men: the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of
           Judah, as in a winepress.

25:001:016 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with
           water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is
           far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy
           prevailed.

25:001:017 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort
           her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his
           adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a
           menstruous woman among them.

25:001:018 The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his
           commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my
           sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

25:001:019 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and
           mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought
           their meat to relieve their souls.

25:001:020 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled;
           mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously
           rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as
           death.

25:001:021 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all
           mine enemies have heard of m