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1. Jerusalem once was a city full of people, but now the city is so empty. Jerusalem was one of the greatest cities in the world, but now she has become like a widow. She was once a princess among cities, but now she has been made a slave.
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1. How H349 doth the city H5892 sit H3427 solitary H910 , that was full H7227 of people H5971 ! how is she become H1961 as a widow H490 ! she that was great H7227 among the nations H1471 , and princess H8282 among the provinces H4082 , how is she become H1961 tributary H4522 !
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2. She cries bitterly in the night. Her tears are on her cheeks. She has no one to comfort her. Many nations were friendly to her, but not one of them comforts her now. All her friends have turned their backs on her and have become her enemies.
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2. She weepeth sore H1058 H1058 in the night H3915 , and her tears H1832 are on H5921 her cheeks H3895 : among all H4480 H3605 her lovers H157 she hath none H369 to comfort H5162 her : all H3605 her friends H7453 have dealt treacherously H898 with her , they are become H1961 her enemies H341 .
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3. Judah suffered very much, and then she was taken into captivity. She lives among other nations but has found no rest. The people who chased her caught her where there was no way out.
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3. Judah H3063 is gone into captivity H1540 because of affliction H4480 H6040 , and because of great H4480 H7230 servitude H5656 : she H1931 dwelleth H3427 among the heathen H1471 , she findeth H4672 no H3808 rest H4494 : all H3605 her persecutors H7291 overtook H5381 her between H996 the straits H4712 .
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4. The roads to Zion are very sad, because no one comes to Zion for the festivals anymore. All of Zion's gates have been destroyed; all of her priests groan. Zion's young women have been taken away, and all this made Zion sad.
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4. The ways H1870 of Zion H6726 do mourn H57 , because none H4480 H1097 come H935 to the solemn feasts H4150 : all H3605 her gates H8179 are desolate H8074 : her priests H3548 sigh H584 , her virgins H1330 are afflicted H3013 , and she H1931 is in bitterness H4843 .
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5. Jerusalem's enemies have won. Her enemies have been successful. This happened because the Lord punished her. He punished Jerusalem for her many sins. Her children have gone away. Their enemies captured them and took them away.
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5. Her adversaries H6862 are H1961 the chief H7218 , her enemies H341 prosper H7951 ; for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath afflicted H3013 her for H5921 the multitude H7230 of her transgressions H6588 : her children H5768 are gone H1980 into captivity H7628 before H6440 the enemy H6862 .
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6. The beauty of Daughter Zion has gone away. Her princes were like deer that cannot find a meadow to feed in. They walk away without strength from those who chased them.
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6. And from H4480 the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 all H3605 her beauty H1926 is departed H3318 : her princes H8269 are become H1961 like harts H354 that find H4672 no H3808 pasture H4829 , and they are gone H1980 without H3808 strength H3581 before H6440 the pursuer H7291 .
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7. Jerusalem thinks back. She remembers the time when she was hurt and when she lost her home. She remembers all the nice things that she had in the past. She remembers those nice things that she had in the old days. She remembers when her people were captured by the enemy. She remembers when there was no one to help her. When her enemies saw her, they laughed, because she was destroyed.
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7. Jerusalem H3389 remembered H2142 in the days H3117 of her affliction H6040 and of her miseries H4788 all H3605 her pleasant things H4262 that H834 she had H1961 in the days H4480 H3117 of old H6924 , when her people H5971 fell H5307 into the hand H3027 of the enemy H6862 , and none H369 did help H5826 her : the adversaries H6862 saw H7200 her, and did mock H7832 at H5921 her sabbaths H4868 .
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8. Jerusalem sinned very badly. Because Jerusalem sinned, she became a ruined city that people shake their heads about. In the past people respected her. Now they hate her, because they abused her. Jerusalem groaned and turned away.
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8. Jerusalem H3389 hath grievously sinned H2398 H2399 ; therefore H5921 H3651 she is H1961 removed H5206 : all H3605 that honored H3513 her despise H2151 her, because H3588 they have seen H7200 her nakedness H6172 : yea H1571 , she H1931 sigheth H584 , and turneth H7725 backward H268 .
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9. Jerusalem's skirts were dirty. She gave no thought to what would become of her. Her fall was amazing. She had no one to comfort her. She says, "Lord, see how I am hurt! See how my enemy thinks he is so great!"
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9. Her filthiness H2932 is in her skirts H7757 ; she remembereth H2142 not H3808 her last end H319 ; therefore she came down H3381 wonderfully H6382 : she had no H369 comforter H5162 . O LORD H3068 , behold H7200 H853 my affliction H6040 : for H3588 the enemy H341 hath magnified H1431 himself .
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10. The enemy stretched out his hand. He took all her nice things. In fact, she saw the foreign nations go inside her Temple. And, Lord, you said those people could not join in our assembly!
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10. The adversary H6862 hath spread out H6566 his hand H3027 upon H5921 all H3605 her pleasant things H4261 : for H3588 she hath seen H7200 that the heathen H1471 entered H935 into her sanctuary H4720 , whom H834 thou didst command H6680 that they should not H3808 enter H935 into thy congregation H6951 .
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11. All the people of Jerusalem are groaning. All of her people are looking for food. They are giving away all their nice things for food to stay alive. Jerusalem says, "Look, Lord. Look at me! See how people hate me.
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11. All H3605 her people H5971 sigh H584 , they seek H1245 bread H3899 ; they have given H5414 their pleasant things H4262 for meat H400 to relieve H7725 the soul H5315 : see H7200 , O LORD H3068 , and consider H5027 ; for H3588 I am become H1961 vile H2151 .
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12. All you who pass by on the road, you don't seem to care. But look at me and see. Is there any pain like my pain? Is there any pain like the pain that has come to me? Is there any pain like the pain that the Lord has punished me with? He has punished me on the day of his great anger.
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12. Is it nothing H3808 to H413 you, all H3605 ye that pass by H5674 H1870 ? behold H5027 , and see H7200 if H518 there be H3426 any sorrow H4341 like unto my sorrow H4341 , which H834 is done H5953 unto me, wherewith H834 the LORD H3068 hath afflicted H3013 me in the day H3117 of his fierce H2740 anger H639 .
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13. The Lord sent fire from above that went down into my bones. He stretched out a net for my feet. He turned me all the way around. He made me into a wasteland. I am sick all day.
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13. From above H4480 H4791 hath he sent H7971 fire H784 into my bones H6106 , and it prevaileth against H7287 them : he hath spread H6566 a net H7568 for my feet H7272 , he hath turned H7725 me back H268 : he hath made H5414 me desolate H8074 and faint H1739 all H3605 the day H3117 .
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14. "My sins were tied up like a yoke. My sins were tied up in the Lord's hands. His yoke is on my neck. He has made me weak. He has given me to those who I cannot stand up against.
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14. The yoke H5923 of my transgressions H6588 is bound H8244 by his hand H3027 : they are wreathed H8276 , and come up H5927 upon H5921 my neck H6677 : he hath made my strength H3581 to fall H3782 , the Lord H136 hath delivered H5414 me into their hands H3027 , from whom I am not able H3201 H3808 to rise up H6965 .
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15. "The Lord rejected all my powerful men who were inside the city. Then he brought a group of people against me. He brought them to kill my young soldiers. It was as if the Lord were trampling on grapes in a winepress, the winepress of Virgin Daughter Judah.
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15. The Lord H136 hath trodden under foot H5541 all H3605 my mighty H47 men in the midst H7130 of me : he hath called H7121 an assembly H4150 against H5921 me to crush H7665 my young men H970 : the Lord H136 hath trodden H1869 the virgin H1330 , the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063 , as in a winepress H1660 .
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16. "I cry about all these things. Tears are flowing down my cheeks. There is no one near to comfort me. There is no one who can make me feel better. My children are like a wasteland, because the enemy won."
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16. For H5921 these H428 things I H589 weep H1058 ; mine eye H5869 , mine eye H5869 runneth down H3381 with water H4325 , because H3588 the comforter H5162 that should relieve H7725 my soul H5315 is far H7368 from H4480 me : my children H1121 are H1961 desolate H8074 , because H3588 the enemy H341 prevailed H1396 .
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17. Zion spread out her hands. There was no one to comfort her. The Lord had given orders to Jacob's enemies. He ordered them to surround the city. Jerusalem has become a dirty rag that her enemies threw away.
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17. Zion H6726 spreadeth forth H6566 her hands H3027 , and there is none H369 to comfort H5162 her : the LORD H3068 hath commanded H6680 concerning Jacob H3290 , that his adversaries H6862 should be round about H5439 him: Jerusalem H3389 is H1961 as a menstruous woman H5079 among H996 them.
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18. Now Jerusalem says, "I refused to listen to the Lord, so he is right for doing these things. So listen, all you people! Look at my pain! My young women and men have gone into captivity.
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18. The LORD H3068 is righteous H6662 ; for H3588 I have rebelled H4784 against his commandment H6310 : hear H8085 , I pray you H4994 , all H3605 people H5971 , and behold H7200 my sorrow H4341 : my virgins H1330 and my young men H970 are gone H1980 into captivity H7628 .
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19. I called out to my lovers, but they tricked me. My priests and my elders have died in the city. They were looking for food for themselves. They wanted to keep themselves alive.
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19. I called H7121 for my lovers H157 , but they H1992 deceived H7411 me : my priests H3548 and mine elders H2205 gave up the ghost H1478 in the city H5892 , while H3588 they sought H1245 their meat H400 to relieve H7725 H853 their souls H5315 .
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20. "Look at me, Lord. I am in distress! I am upset, as if my heart turned upside down inside of me. I feel this way because I have been so stubborn. Out in the streets, I lost my children to the swords. Inside, it is like death.
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20. Behold H7200 , O LORD H3068 ; for H3588 I am in distress H6862 : my bowels H4578 are troubled H2560 ; mine heart H3820 is turned H2015 within H7130 me; for H3588 I have grievously rebelled H4784 H4784 : abroad H4480 H2351 the sword H2719 bereaveth H7921 , at home H1004 there is as death H4194 .
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21. "Listen to me, I am groaning. I have no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble. They are happy that you did this to me. You said there would be a time of punishment. You said you would punish my enemies. Now do what you said. Let my enemies be like I am now.
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21. They have heard H8085 that H3588 I H589 sigh H584 : there is none H369 to comfort H5162 me: all H3605 mine enemies H341 have heard H8085 of my trouble H7451 ; they are glad H7797 that H3588 thou H859 hast done H6213 it : thou wilt bring H935 the day H3117 that thou hast called H7121 , and they shall be H1961 like unto me H3644 .
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22. "Look how evil my enemies are! Then you can treat them the same way you treated me because of all my sins. Do this because I am groaning again and again. Do this because my heart is sick."
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22. Let all H3605 their wickedness H7451 come H935 before H6440 thee ; and do H5953 unto them, as H834 thou hast done H5953 unto me for H5921 all H3605 my transgressions H6588 : for H3588 my sighs H585 are many H7227 , and my heart H3820 is faint H1742 .
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