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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How deserted lies the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.1.1"><span class="content">once so full of people!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.1.1"><span class="content">How like a widow is she,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.1.1"><span class="content">who once was great among the nations!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.1.1"><span class="content">She who was queen among the provinces</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.1.1"><span class="content">has now become a slave.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Bitterly she weeps at night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.1.2"><span class="content">tears are on her cheeks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.1.2"><span class="content">Among all her lovers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.1.2"><span class="content">there is no one to comfort her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.1.2"><span class="content">All her friends have betrayed her;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.1.2"><span class="content">they have become her enemies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">After affliction and harsh labor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.1.3"><span class="content">Judah has gone into exile.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.1.3"><span class="content">She dwells among the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.1.3"><span class="content">she finds no resting place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.1.3"><span class="content">All who pursue her have overtaken her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.1.3"><span class="content">in the midst of her distress.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The roads to Zion mourn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.1.4"><span class="content">for no one comes to her appointed festivals.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.1.4"><span class="content">All her gateways are desolate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.1.4"><span class="content">her priests groan,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.1.4"><span class="content">her young women grieve,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.1.4"><span class="content">and she is in bitter anguish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Her foes have become her masters;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.1.5"><span class="content">her enemies are at ease.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.1.5"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has brought her grief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.1.5"><span class="content">because of her many sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.1.5"><span class="content">Her children have gone into exile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.1.5"><span class="content">captive before the foe.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">All the splendor has departed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.1.6"><span class="content">from Daughter Zion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.1.6"><span class="content">Her princes are like deer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.1.6"><span class="content">that find no pasture;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.1.6"><span class="content">in weakness they have fled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.1.6"><span class="content">before the pursuer.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">In the days of her affliction and wandering</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.1.7"><span class="content">Jerusalem remembers all the treasures</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.1.7"><span class="content">that were hers in days of old.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.1.7"><span class="content">When her people fell into enemy hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.1.7"><span class="content">there was no one to help her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.1.7"><span class="content">Her enemies looked at her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.1.7"><span class="content">and laughed at her destruction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Jerusalem has sinned greatly</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.1.8"><span class="content">and so has become unclean.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.1.8"><span class="content">All who honored her despise her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.1.8"><span class="content">for they have all seen her naked;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.1.8"><span class="content">she herself groans</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.1.8"><span class="content">and turns away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Her filthiness clung to her skirts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.1.9"><span class="content">she did not consider her future.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.1.9"><span class="content">Her fall was astounding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.1.9"><span class="content">there was none to comfort her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.1.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Look, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, on my affliction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.1.9"><span class="content">for the enemy has triumphed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The enemy laid hands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.1.10"><span class="content">on all her treasures;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.1.10"><span class="content">she saw pagan nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.1.10"><span class="content">enter her sanctuary&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.1.10"><span class="content">those you had forbidden</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.1.10"><span class="content">to enter your assembly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">All her people groan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.1.11"><span class="content">as they search for bread;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.1.11"><span class="content">they barter their treasures for food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.1.11"><span class="content">to keep themselves alive.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.1.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Look, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and consider,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.1.11"><span class="content">for I am despised.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.1.12"><span class="content">Look around and see.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.1.12"><span class="content">Is any suffering like my suffering</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.1.12"><span class="content">that was inflicted on me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.1.12"><span class="content">that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought on me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.1.12"><span class="content">in the day of his fierce anger?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;From on high he sent fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.1.13"><span class="content">sent it down into my bones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.1.13"><span class="content">He spread a net for my feet</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.1.13"><span class="content">and turned me back.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.1.13"><span class="content">He made me desolate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.1.13"><span class="content">faint all the day long.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;My sins have been bound into a yoke</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:14 </span><span class="ft">Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">He kept watch over my sins</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.1.14"><span class="content">by his hands they were woven together.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.1.14"><span class="content">They have been hung on my neck,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.1.14"><span class="content">and the Lord has sapped my strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.1.14"><span class="content">He has given me into the hands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.1.14"><span class="content">of those I cannot withstand.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;The Lord has rejected</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.1.15"><span class="content">all the warriors in my midst;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.1.15"><span class="content">he has summoned an army against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.1.15"><span class="content">to</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">has set a time for me / when he will</span></span></span><span class="content"> crush my young men.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.1.15"><span class="content">In his winepress the Lord has trampled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.1.15"><span class="content">Virgin Daughter Judah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is why I weep</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.1.16"><span class="content">and my eyes overflow with tears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.1.16"><span class="content">No one is near to comfort me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.1.16"><span class="content">no one to restore my spirit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.1.16"><span class="content">My children are destitute</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.1.16"><span class="content">because the enemy has prevailed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Zion stretches out her hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.1.17"><span class="content">but there is no one to comfort her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.1.17"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has decreed for Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.1.17"><span class="content">that his neighbors become his foes;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.1.17"><span class="content">Jerusalem has become</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.1.17"><span class="content">an unclean thing among them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.1.18"><span class="content">yet I rebelled against his command.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.1.18"><span class="content">Listen, all you peoples;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.1.18"><span class="content">look on my suffering.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.1.18"><span class="content">My young men and young women</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.1.18"><span class="content">have gone into exile.</span></span></div>
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