<vn='1'><sn="349">How</s> hath the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="5743">covered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="6726">Zion</s> with a cloud in his <sn="639">anger</s>, and cast <sn="7993">down</s> from <sn="4480 8064">heaven</s> unto the <sn="776">earth</s> the <sn="8597">beauty</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="2142">remembered</s><sn="3808">not</s> his <sn="1916 7272">footstool</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of his <sn="639">anger</s>! </v>
<vn='2'>The <sn="136">Lord</s> hath swallowed <sn="1104">up</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4999">habitations</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s>, and hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2550">pitied</s>: he hath thrown <sn="2040">down</s> in his <sn="5678">wrath</s> the <sn="4013">strongholds</s> of the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>; he hath brought them <sn="5060">down</s> to the <sn="776">ground</s>: he hath <sn="2490">polluted</s> the <sn="4467">kingdom</s> and the <sn="8269">princes</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='3'>He hath cut <sn="1438">off</s> in his <sn="2750">fierce</s><sn="639">anger</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7161">horn</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: he hath <sn="7725">drawn</s><sn="268">back</s> his right <sn="3225">hand</s> from <sn="4480 6440">before</s> the <sn="341">enemy</s>, and he <sn="1197">burned</s> against <sn="3290">Jacob</s> like a <sn="3852">flaming</s><sn="784">fire</s>, which <sn="398">devoureth</s> round <sn="5439">about</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>He hath <sn="1869">bent</s> his <sn="7198">bow</s> like an <sn="341">enemy</s>: he <sn="5324">stood</s> with his right <sn="3225">hand</s> as an <sn="6862">adversary</s>, and <sn="2026">slew</s><sn="3605">all</s> that were <sn="4261">pleasant</s> to the <sn="5869">eye</s> in the <sn="168">tabernacle</s> of the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="6726">Zion</s>: he poured <sn="8210">out</s> his <sn="2534">fury</s> like <sn="784">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>The <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="1961">was</s> as an <sn="341">enemy</s>: he hath swallowed <sn="1104">up</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, he hath swallowed <sn="1104">up</s><sn="3605">all</s> her <sn="759">palaces</s>: he hath <sn="7843">destroyed</s> his <sn="4013">strongholds</s>, and hath <sn="7235">increased</s> in the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="8386">mourning</s> and <sn="592">lamentation</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And he hath violently taken <sn="2554">away</s> his <sn="7900">tabernacle</s>, as if it were of a <sn="1588">garden</s>: he hath <sn="7843">destroyed</s> his places of the <sn="4150">assembly</s>: the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath caused the solemn <sn="4150">feasts</s> and <sn="7676">sabbaths</s> to be <sn="7911">forgotten</s> in <sn="6726">Zion</s>, and hath <sn="5006">despised</s> in the <sn="2195">indignation</s> of his <sn="639">anger</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> and the <sn="3548">priest</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>The <sn="136">Lord</s> hath cast <sn="2186">off</s> his <sn="4196">altar</s>, he hath <sn="5010">abhorred</s> his <sn="4720">sanctuary</s>, he hath given <sn="5462">up</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="341">enemy</s> the <sn="2346">walls</s> of her <sn="759">palaces</s>; they have <sn="5414">made</s> a <sn="6963">noise</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, as in the <sn="3117">day</s> of a solemn <sn="4150">feast</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="2803">purposed</s> to <sn="7843">destroy</s> the <sn="2346">wall</s> of the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="6726">Zion</s>: he hath stretched <sn="5186">out</s> a <sn="6957">line</s>, he hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7725">withdrawn</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s> from <sn="4480 1104">destroying</s>: therefore he made the <sn="2426">rampart</s> and the <sn="2346">wall</s> to <sn="56">lament</s>; they <sn="535">languished</s><sn="3162">together</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Her <sn="8179">gates</s> are <sn="2883">sunk</s> into the <sn="776">ground</s>; he hath <sn="6">destroyed</s> and <sn="7665">broken</s> her <sn="1280">bars</s>: her <sn="4428">king</s> and her <sn="8269">princes</s> are among the <sn="1471">Gentiles</s>: the <sn="8451">law</s> is <sn="369">no</s> more; her <sn="5030">prophets</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="4672">find</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="2377">vision</s> from the <sn="4480 3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>The <sn="2205">elders</s> of the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="6726">Zion</s><sn="3427">sit</s> upon the <sn="776">ground</s>, and keep <sn="1826">silence</s>: they have cast <sn="5927">up</s><sn="6083">dust</s><sn="5921">upon</s> their <sn="7218">heads</s>; they have <sn="2296">girded</s> themselves with <sn="8242">sackcloth</s>: the <sn="1330">virgins</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> hang <sn="3381">down</s> their <sn="7218">heads</s> to the <sn="776">ground</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Mine <sn="5869">eyes</s> do <sn="3615">fail</s> with <sn="1832">tears</s>, my <sn="4578">bowels</s> are <sn="2560">troubled</s>, my <sn="3516">liver</s> is <sn="8210">poured</s> upon the <sn="776">earth</s>, <sn="5921">for</s> the <sn="7667">destruction</s> of the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s>; because the <sn="5768">children</s> and the <sn="3243">sucklings</s><sn="5848">swoon</s> in the <sn="7339">streets</s> of the <sn="7151">city</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>They <sn="559">say</s> to their <sn="517">mothers</s>, <sn="346">Where</s> is <sn="1715">corn</s> and <sn="3196">wine</s>? when they <sn="5848">swooned</s> as the <sn="2491">wounded</s> in the <sn="7339">streets</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>, when their <sn="5315">soul</s> was poured <sn="8210">out</s><sn="413">into</s> their <sn="517">mothers</s> ' <sn="2436">bosom</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>What <sn="4100">thing</s> shall I take to <sn="5749">witness</s> for thee? what <sn="4100">thing</s> shall I <sn="1819">liken</s> to thee, O <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>? <sn="4100">what</s> shall I <sn="7737">equal</s> to thee, that I may <sn="5162">comfort</s> thee, O <sn="1330">virgin</s><sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="6726">Zion</s>? <sn="3588">for</s> thy <sn="7667">breach</s> is <sn="1419">great</s> like the <sn="3220">sea</s>: <sn="4310">who</s> can <sn="7495">heal</s> thee? </v>
<vn='14'>Thy <sn="5030">prophets</s> have <sn="2372">seen</s><sn="7723">vain</s> and foolish <sn="8602">things</s> for thee: and they have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1540 5921">discovered</s> thine <sn="5771">iniquity</s>, to turn <sn="7725">away</s> thy <sn="7622">captivity</s>; but have <sn="2372">seen</s> for thee <sn="7723">false</s><sn="4864">burdens</s> and causes of <sn="4065">banishment</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3605">All</s> that pass <sn="5674 1870">by</s><sn="5606">clap</s> their <sn="3709">hands</s><sn="5921">at</s> thee; they <sn="8319">hiss</s> and <sn="5128">wag</s> their <sn="7218">head</s><sn="5921">at</s> the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, saying, Is <sn="2063">this</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> that men <sn="7945 559">call</s> The <sn="3632">perfection</s> of <sn="3308">beauty</s>, The <sn="4885">joy</s> of the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="776">earth</s>? </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3605">All</s> thine <sn="341">enemies</s> have <sn="6475">opened</s> their <sn="6310">mouth</s><sn="5921">against</s> thee: they <sn="8319">hiss</s> and <sn="2786">gnash</s> the <sn="8127">teeth</s>: they <sn="559">say</s>, We have swallowed her <sn="1104">up</s>: <sn="389">certainly</s><sn="2088">this</s> is the <sn="3117">day</s> that we looked <sn="7945 6960">for</s>; we have <sn="4672">found</s>, we have <sn="7200">seen</s> it. </v>
<vn='17'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="6213">done</s> that <sn="834">which</s> he had <sn="2161">devised</s>; he hath <sn="1214">fulfilled</s> his <sn="565">word</s><sn="834">that</s> he had <sn="6680">commanded</s> in the <sn="4480 3117">days</s> of <sn="6924">old</s>: he hath thrown <sn="2040">down</s>, and hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2550">pitied</s>: and he hath caused thine <sn="341">enemy</s> to <sn="8055">rejoice</s><sn="5921">over</s> thee, he hath set <sn="7311">up</s> the <sn="7161">horn</s> of thine <sn="6862">adversaries</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Their <sn="3820">heart</s><sn="6817">cried</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s>, O <sn="2346">wall</s> of the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="6726">Zion</s>, let <sn="1832">tears</s> run <sn="3381">down</s> like a <sn="5158">river</s><sn="3119">day</s> and <sn="3915">night</s>: <sn="5414">give</s> thyself <sn="408">no</s><sn="6314">rest</s>; let <sn="408">not</s> the <sn="1323">apple</s> of thine <sn="5869">eye</s><sn="1826">cease</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="6965">Arise</s>, cry <sn="7442">out</s> in the <sn="3915">night</s>: in the <sn="7218">beginning</s> of the <sn="821">watches</s> pour <sn="8210">out</s> thine <sn="3820">heart</s> like <sn="4325">water</s><sn="5227">before</s> the <sn="6440">face</s> of the <sn="136">Lord</s>: lift <sn="5375">up</s> thy <sn="3709">hands</s><sn="413">toward</s> him <sn="5921">for</s> the <sn="5315">life</s> of thy young <sn="5768">children</s>, that <sn="5848">faint</s> for <sn="7458">hunger</s> in the <sn="7218">top</s> of <sn="3605">every</s><sn="2351">street</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="7200">Behold</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="5027">consider</s> to <sn="4310">whom</s> thou hast <sn="5953">done</s><sn="3541">this</s>. Shall the <sn="802">women</s><sn="398">eat</s> their <sn="6529">fruit</s>, and <sn="5768">children</s> of a span <sn="2949">long</s>? shall the <sn="3548">priest</s> and the <sn="5030">prophet</s> be <sn="2026">slain</s> in the <sn="4720">sanctuary</s> of the <sn="136">Lord</s>? </v>
<vn='21'>The <sn="5288">young</s> and the <sn="2205">old</s><sn="7901">lie</s> on the <sn="776">ground</s> in the <sn="2351">streets</s>: my <sn="1330">virgins</s> and my young <sn="970">men</s> are <sn="5307">fallen</s> by the <sn="2719">sword</s>; thou hast <sn="2026">slain</s> them in the <sn="3117">day</s> of thine <sn="639">anger</s>; thou hast <sn="2873">killed</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2550">pitied</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Thou hast <sn="7121">called</s> as in a <sn="4150">solemn</s><sn="3117">day</s> my <sn="4032">terrors</s> round <sn="4480 5439">about</s>, so that in the <sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="639">anger</s><sn="3808">none</s><sn="1961 6412">escaped</s> nor <sn="8300">remained</s>: those <sn="834">that</s> I have <sn="2946">swaddled</s> and brought <sn="7235">up</s> hath mine <sn="341">enemy</s><sn="3615">consumed</s>. </v>