Lamentations 1:1; Lamentations 1:2; Lamentations 1:5; Lamentations 1:6; Lamentations 1:8; Lamentations 1:11; Lamentations 1:17; Lamentations 1:21; Lamentations 2:5; Lamentations 3:14; Lamentations 3:37; Lamentations 3:47; Lamentations 4:8; Lamentations 4:10; Lamentations 5:1; Lamentations 5:3

Lamentations 1:1

1 How lonely sits the city That was full of people! She has become like a widow Who was once great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces Has become a forced laborer!

Lamentations 1:2

2 She weeps bitterly in the night And her tears are on her cheeks; She has none to comfort her Among all her lovers. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies.

Lamentations 1:5

5 Her adversaries have become her masters, Her enemies prosper; For the LORD has caused her grief Because of the multitude of her transgressions; Her little ones have gone away As captives before the adversary.

Lamentations 1:6

6 All her majesty Has departed from the daughter of Zion; Her princes have become like deer That have found no pasture; And they have fled without strength Before the pursuer.

Lamentations 1:8

8 Jerusalem sinned greatly, Therefore she has become an unclean thing. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Even she herself groans and turns away.

Lamentations 1:11

11 All her people groan seeking bread; They have given their precious things for food To restore their lives themselves. "See, O LORD , and look, For I am despised."

Lamentations 1:17

17 Zion stretches out her hands; There is no one to comfort her; The LORD has commanded concerning Jacob That the ones round about him should be his adversaries; Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

Lamentations 1:21

21 "They have heard that I groan; There is no one to comfort me; All my enemies have heard of my calamity; They are glad that You have done it. Oh, that You would bring the day which You have proclaimed, That they may become like me.

Lamentations 2:5

5 The Lord has become like an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel; He has swallowed up all its palaces, He has destroyed its strongholds And multiplied in the daughter of Judah Mourning and moaning.

Lamentations 3:14

14 I have become a laughingstock to all my people, Their mocking song all the day.

Lamentations 3:37

37 Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it?

Lamentations 3:47

47 Panic and pitfall have befallen us, Devastation and destruction;

Lamentations 4:8

8 Their appearance is blacker than soot, They are not recognized in the streets; Their skin is shriveled on their bones, It is withered, it has become like wood.

Lamentations 4:10

10 The hands of compassionate women Boiled their own children; They became food for them Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Lamentations 5:1

1 Remember, O LORD , what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach!

Lamentations 5:3

3 We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows.