How hath the Lord{H136} covered{H5743} the daughter{H1323} of Zion{H6726} with a cloud{H5743} in his anger!{H639} He hath cast down{H7993} from heaven{H8064} unto the earth{H776} the beauty{H8597} of Israel,{H3478} And hath not remembered{H2142} his footstool{H1916} in the day{H3117} of his anger.{H639}

The Lord{H136} hath swallowed up{H1104} all the habitations{H4999} of Jacob,{H3290} and hath not pitied:{H2550} He hath thrown down{H2040} in his wrath{H5678} the strongholds{H4013} of the daughter{H1323} of Judah;{H3063} He hath brought them down{H5060} to the ground;{H776} he hath profaned{H2490} the kingdom{H4467} and the princes{H8269} thereof.

He hath cut off{H1438} in fierce{H2750} anger{H639} all the horn{H7161} of Israel;{H3478} He hath drawn{H7725} back{H268} his right hand{H3225} from before{H6440} the enemy:{H341} And he hath burned{H1197} up Jacob{H3290} like a flaming{H3852} fire,{H784} which devoureth{H398} round about.{H5439}

He hath bent{H1869} his bow{H7198} like an enemy,{H341} he hath stood{H5324} with his right hand{H3225} as an adversary,{H6862} And hath slain{H2026} all that were pleasant{H4261} to the eye:{H5869} In the tent{H168} of the daughter{H1323} of Zion{H6726} he hath poured out{H8210} his wrath{H2534} like fire.{H784}

The Lord{H136} is become as an enemy,{H341} he hath swallowed up{H1104} Israel;{H3478} He hath swallowed up{H1104} all her palaces,{H759} he hath destroyed{H7843} his strongholds;{H4013} And he hath multiplied{H7235} in the daughter{H1323} of Judah{H3063} mourning{H8386} and lamentation.{H592}

And he hath violently taken away{H2554} his tabernacle,{H7900} as if it were of a garden;{H1588} he hath destroyed{H7843} his place of assembly:{H4150} Jehovah{H3068} hath caused solemn assembly{H4150} and sabbath{H7676} to be forgotten{H7911} in Zion,{H6726} And hath despised{H5006} in the indignation{H2195} of his anger{H639} the king{H4428} and the priest.{H3548}

The Lord{H136} hath cast off{H2186} his altar,{H4196} he hath abhorred{H5010} his sanctuary;{H4720} He hath given up{H5462} into the hand{H3027} of the enemy{H341} the walls{H2346} of her palaces:{H759} They have made{H5414} a noise{H6963} in the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} as in the day{H3117} of a solemn assembly.{H4150}

Jehovah{H3068} hath purposed{H2803} to destroy{H7843} the wall{H2346} of the daughter{H1323} of Zion;{H6726} He hath stretched out{H5186} the line,{H6957} he hath not withdrawn{H7725} his hand{H3027} from destroying;{H1104} And he hath made the rampart{H2426} and wall{H2346} to lament;{H56} they languish{H535} together.{H3162}

Her gates{H8179} are sunk{H2883} into the ground;{H776} he hath destroyed{H6} and broken{H7665} her bars:{H1280} Her king{H4428} and her princes{H8269} are among the nations{H1471} where the law{H8451} is not; Yea, her prophets{H5030} find{H4672} no vision{H2377} from Jehovah.{H3068}

The elders{H2205} of the daughter{H1323} of Zion{H6726} sit{H3427} upon the ground,{H776} they keep silence;{H1826} They have cast up{H5927} dust{H6083} upon their heads;{H7218} They have girded{H2296} themselves with sackcloth:{H8242} The virgins{H1330} of Jerusalem{H3389} hang down{H3381} their heads{H7218} to the ground.{H776}

Mine eyes{H5869} do fail{H3615} with tears,{H1832} my heart{H4578} is troubled;{H2560} My liver{H3516} is poured{H8210} upon the earth,{H776} because of the destruction{H7667} of the daughter{H1323} of my people,{H5971} Because the young children{H5768} and the sucklings{H3243} swoon{H5848} in the streets{H7339} of the city.{H7151}

They say{H559} to their mothers,{H517} Where is grain{H1715} and wine?{H3196} When they swoon{H5848} as the wounded{H2491} in the streets{H7339} of the city,{H5892} When their soul{H5315} is poured out{H8210} into their mothers'{H517} bosom.{H2436}

What shall I testify{H5749} unto thee? what{H4100} shall I liken{H1819} to thee, O daughter{H1323} of Jerusalem?{H3389} What shall I compare{H7737} to thee, that I may comfort{H5162} thee, O virgin{H1330} daughter{H1323} of Zion?{H6726} For thy breach{H7667} is great{H1419} like the sea:{H3220} who can heal{H7495} thee?

Thy prophets{H5030} have seen{H2372} for thee false{H7723} and foolish visions;{H8602} And they have not uncovered{H1540} thine iniquity,{H5771} to bring back{H7725} thy captivity,{H7622} But have seen{H2372} for thee false{H7723} oracles{H4864} and causes of banishment.{H4065}

All that pass{H5674} by clap{H5606} their hands{H3709} at thee;{H1870} They hiss{H8319} and wag{H5128} their head{H7218} at the daughter{H1323} of Jerusalem,{H3389} [saying], Is this the city{H5892} that men called{H559} The perfection{H3632} of beauty,{H3308} The joy{H4885} of the whole earth?{H776}

All thine enemies{H341} have opened{H6475} their mouth{H6310} wide against thee; They hiss{H8319} and gnash{H2786} the teeth;{H8127} they say,{H559} We have swallowed her up;{H1104} Certainly{H389} this is the day{H3117} that we looked for;{H6960} we have found,{H4672} we have seen{H7200} it.

Jehovah{H3068} hath done{H6213} that which he purposed;{H2161} He hath fulfilled{H1214} his word{H565} that he commanded{H6680} in the days{H3117} of old;{H6924} He hath thrown down,{H2040} and hath not pitied:{H2550} And he hath caused the enemy{H341} to rejoice{H8055} over thee; He hath exalted{H7311} the horn{H7161} of thine adversaries.{H6862}

Their heart{H3820} cried{H6817} unto the Lord:{H136} O wall{H2346} of the daughter{H1323} of Zion,{H6726} let tears{H1832} run down{H3381} like a river{H5158} day{H3119} and night;{H3915} Give{H5414} thyself no respite;{H6314} let not the apple{H1323} of thine eye{H5869} cease.{H1826}

Arise,{H6965} cry out{H7442} in the night,{H3915} at the beginning{H7218} of the watches;{H821} Pour out{H8210} thy heart{H3820} like water{H4325} before{H5227} the face{H6440} of the Lord:{H136} Lift up{H5375} thy hands{H3709} toward him for the life{H5315} of thy young children,{H5768} that faint{H5848} for hunger{H7458} at the head{H7218} of every street.{H2351}

See,{H7200} O Jehovah,{H3068} and behold{H7200} to whom thou hast done{H5953} thus!{H3541} Shall the women{H802} eat{H398} their fruit,{H6529} the children{H5768} that are dandled{H2949} in the hands? Shall the priest{H3548} and the prophet{H5030} be slain{H2026} in the sanctuary{H4720} of the Lord?{H136}

The youth{H5288} and the old{H2205} man lie{H7901} on the ground{H776} in the streets;{H2351} My virgins{H1330} and my young men{H970} are fallen{H5307} by the sword:{H2719} Thou hast slain{H2026} them in the day{H3117} of thine anger;{H639} Thou hast slaughtered,{H2873} [and] not pitied.{H2550}

Thou hast called,{H7121} as in the day{H3117} of a solemn{H4150} assembly, my terrors{H4032} on every side;{H5439} And there was none that escaped{H6412} or remained{H8300} in the day{H3117} of Jehovah's{H3068} anger:{H639} Those that I have dandled{H2946} and brought up{H7235} hath mine enemy{H341} consumed.{H3615}