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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The Lord is like an enemy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.2.5"><span class="content">he has swallowed up Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.2.5"><span class="content">He has swallowed up all her palaces</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.2.5"><span class="content">and destroyed her strongholds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.2.5"><span class="content">He has multiplied mourning and lamentation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.2.5"><span class="content">for Daughter Judah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.2.6"><span class="content">he has destroyed his place of meeting.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.2.6"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has made Zion forget</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.2.6"><span class="content">her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.2.6"><span class="content">in his fierce anger he has spurned</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.2.6"><span class="content">both king and priest.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The Lord has rejected his altar</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.2.7"><span class="content">and abandoned his sanctuary.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.2.7"><span class="content">He has given the walls of her palaces</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.2.7"><span class="content">into the hands of the enemy;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.2.7"><span class="content">they have raised a shout in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.2.7"><span class="content">as on the day of an appointed festival.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> determined to tear down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.2.8"><span class="content">the wall around Daughter Zion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.2.8"><span class="content">He stretched out a measuring line</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.2.8"><span class="content">and did not withhold his hand from destroying.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.2.8"><span class="content">He made ramparts and walls lament;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.2.8"><span class="content">together they wasted away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Her gates have sunk into the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.2.9"><span class="content">their bars he has broken and destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.2.9"><span class="content">Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.2.9"><span class="content">the law is no more,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.2.9"><span class="content">and her prophets no longer find</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.2.9"><span class="content">visions from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The elders of Daughter Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.2.10"><span class="content">sit on the ground in silence;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.2.10"><span class="content">they have sprinkled dust on their heads</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.2.10"><span class="content">and put on sackcloth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.2.10"><span class="content">The young women of Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.2.10"><span class="content">have bowed their heads to the ground.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My eyes fail from weeping,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.2.11"><span class="content">I am in torment within;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.2.11"><span class="content">my heart is poured out on the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.2.11"><span class="content">because my people are destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.2.11"><span class="content">because children and infants faint</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.2.11"><span class="content">in the streets of the city.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They say to their mothers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.2.12"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is bread and wine?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.2.12"><span class="content">as they faint like the wounded</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.2.12"><span class="content">in the streets of the city,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.2.12"><span class="content">as their lives ebb away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.2.12"><span class="content">in their mothers&#8217; arms.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">What can I say for you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.2.13"><span class="content">With what can I compare you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.2.13"><span class="content">Daughter Jerusalem?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.2.13"><span class="content">To what can I liken you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.2.13"><span class="content">that I may comfort you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.2.13"><span class="content">Virgin Daughter Zion?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.2.13"><span class="content">Your wound is as deep as the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.2.13"><span class="content">Who can heal you?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The visions of your prophets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.2.14"><span class="content">were false and worthless;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.2.14"><span class="content">they did not expose your sin</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.2.14"><span class="content">to ward off your captivity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.2.14"><span class="content">The prophecies they gave you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.2.14"><span class="content">were false and misleading.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">All who pass your way</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.2.15"><span class="content">clap their hands at you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.2.15"><span class="content">they scoff and shake their heads</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.2.15"><span class="content">at Daughter Jerusalem:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.2.15"><span class="content">&#8220;Is this the city that was called</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.2.15"><span class="content">the perfection of beauty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.2.15"><span class="content">the joy of the whole earth?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All your enemies open their mouths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.2.16"><span class="content">wide against you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.2.16"><span class="content">they scoff and gnash their teeth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.2.16"><span class="content">and say, &#8220;We have swallowed her up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.2.16"><span class="content">This is the day we have waited for;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.2.16"><span class="content">we have lived to see it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done what he planned;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.2.17"><span class="content">he has fulfilled his word,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.2.17"><span class="content">which he decreed long ago.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.2.17"><span class="content">He has overthrown you without pity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.2.17"><span class="content">he has let the enemy gloat over you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.2.17"><span class="content">he has exalted the horn</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:17 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes strength.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of your foes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The hearts of the people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.2.18"><span class="content">cry out to the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.2.18"><span class="content">You walls of Daughter Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.2.18"><span class="content">let your tears flow like a river</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.2.18"><span class="content">day and night;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.2.18"><span class="content">give yourself no relief,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.2.18"><span class="content">your eyes no rest.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Arise, cry out in the night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.2.19"><span class="content">as the watches of the night begin;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.2.19"><span class="content">pour out your heart like water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.2.19"><span class="content">in the presence of the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.2.19"><span class="content">Lift up your hands to him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.2.19"><span class="content">for the lives of your children,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.2.19"><span class="content">who faint from hunger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.2.19"><span class="content">at every street corner.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><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 v20" data-usfm="LAM.2.20"><span class="content">Whom have you ever treated like this?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.2.20"><span class="content">Should women eat their offspring,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.2.20"><span class="content">the children they have cared for?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.2.20"><span class="content">Should priest and prophet be killed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.2.20"><span class="content">in the sanctuary of the Lord?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Young and old lie together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.2.21"><span class="content">in the dust of the streets;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.2.21"><span class="content">my young men and young women</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.2.21"><span class="content">have fallen by the sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.2.21"><span class="content">You have slain them in the day of your anger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.2.21"><span class="content">you have slaughtered them without pity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;As you summon to a feast day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.2.22"><span class="content">so you summoned against me terrors on every side.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.2.22"><span class="content">In the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.2.22"><span class="content">no one escaped or survived;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.2.22"><span class="content">those I cared for and reared</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.2.22"><span class="content">my enemy has destroyed.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">4</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How the gold has lost its luster,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="content">the fine gold become dull!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="content">The sacred gems are scattered</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="content">at every street corner.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">How the precious children of Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="content">once worth their weight in gold,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="content">are now considered as pots of clay,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="content">the work of a potter&#8217;s hands!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Even jackals offer their breasts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="content">to nurse their young,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="content">but my people have become heartless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="content">like ostriches in the desert.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Because of thirst the infant&#8217;s tongue</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="content">sticks to the roof of its mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="content">the children beg for bread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="content">but no one gives it to them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who once ate delicacies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="content">are destitute in the streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="content">Those brought up in royal purple</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="content">now lie on ash heaps.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The punishment of my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="content">is greater than that of Sodom,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="content">which was overthrown in a moment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="content">without a hand turned to help her.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Their princes were brighter than snow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.4.7"><span class="content">and whiter than milk,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.4.7"><span class="content">their bodies more ruddy than rubies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.4.7"><span class="content">their appearance like lapis lazuli.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But now they are blacker than soot;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.4.8"><span class="content">they are not recognized in the streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.4.8"><span class="content">Their skin has shriveled on their bones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.4.8"><span class="content">it has become as dry as a stick.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Those killed by the sword are better off</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.4.9"><span class="content">than those who die of famine;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.4.9"><span class="content">racked with hunger, they waste away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.4.9"><span class="content">for lack of food from the field.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">With their own hands compassionate women</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.4.10"><span class="content">have cooked their own children,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.4.10"><span class="content">who became their food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.4.10"><span class="content">when my people were destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given full vent to his wrath;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.4.11"><span class="content">he has poured out his fierce anger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.4.11"><span class="content">He kindled a fire in Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.4.11"><span class="content">that consumed her foundations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The kings of the earth did not believe,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.4.12"><span class="content">nor did any of the peoples of the world,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.4.12"><span class="content">that enemies and foes could enter</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.4.12"><span class="content">the gates of Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But it happened because of the sins of her prophets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.4.13"><span class="content">and the iniquities of her priests,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.4.13"><span class="content">who shed within her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.4.13"><span class="content">the blood of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Now they grope through the streets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.4.14"><span class="content">as if they were blind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.4.14"><span class="content">They are so defiled with blood</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.4.14"><span class="content">that no one dares to touch their garments.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go away! You are unclean!&#8221; people cry to them.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.4.15"><span class="content">&#8220;Away! Away! Don&#8217;t touch us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.4.15"><span class="content">When they flee and wander about,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.4.15"><span class="content">people among the nations say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.4.15"><span class="content">&#8220;They can stay here no longer.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> himself has scattered them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.4.16"><span class="content">he no longer watches over them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.4.16"><span class="content">The priests are shown no honor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.4.16"><span class="content">the elders no favor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Moreover, our eyes failed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.4.17"><span class="content">looking in vain for help;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.4.17"><span class="content">from our towers we watched</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.4.17"><span class="content">for a nation that could not save us.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">People stalked us at every step,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.4.18"><span class="content">so we could not walk in our streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.4.18"><span class="content">Our end was near, our days were numbered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.4.18"><span class="content">for our end had come.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Our pursuers were swifter</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.4.19"><span class="content">than eagles in the sky;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.4.19"><span class="content">they chased us over the mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.4.19"><span class="content">and lay in wait for us in the desert.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.4.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anointed, our very life breath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.4.20"><span class="content">was caught in their traps.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.4.20"><span class="content">We thought that under his shadow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.4.20"><span class="content">we would live among the nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.4.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.4.21"><span class="content">you who live in the land of Uz.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.4.21"><span class="content">But to you also the cup will be passed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.4.21"><span class="content">you will be drunk and stripped naked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.4.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Your punishment will end, Daughter Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.4.22"><span class="content">he will not prolong your exile.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.4.22"><span class="content">But he will punish your sin, Daughter Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.4.22"><span class="content">and expose your wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div>
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            <div class="label">5</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Remember, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, what has happened to us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.5.1"><span class="content">look, and see our disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.5.2"><span class="content">our homes to foreigners.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">We have become fatherless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.5.3"><span class="content">our mothers are widows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">We must buy the water we drink;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.5.4"><span class="content">our wood can be had only at a price.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who pursue us are at our heels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.5.5"><span class="content">we are weary and find no rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">We submitted to Egypt and Assyria</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.5.6"><span class="content">to get enough bread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Our ancestors sinned and are no more,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.5.7"><span class="content">and we bear their punishment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Slaves rule over us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.5.8"><span class="content">and there is no one to free us from their hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">We get our bread at the risk of our lives</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.5.9"><span class="content">because of the sword in the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Our skin is hot as an oven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.5.10"><span class="content">feverish from hunger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Women have been violated in Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.5.11"><span class="content">and virgins in the towns of Judah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Princes have been hung up by their hands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.5.12"><span class="content">elders are shown no respect.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Young men toil at the millstones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.5.13"><span class="content">boys stagger under loads of wood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The elders are gone from the city gate;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.5.14"><span class="content">the young men have stopped their music.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Joy is gone from our hearts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.5.15"><span class="content">our dancing has turned to mourning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The crown has fallen from our head.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.5.16"><span class="content">Woe to us, for we have sinned!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Because of this our hearts are faint,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.5.17"><span class="content">because of these things our eyes grow dim</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">for Mount Zion, which lies desolate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.5.18"><span class="content">with jackals prowling over it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.5.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, reign forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.5.19"><span class="content">your throne endures from generation to generation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Why do you always forget us?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.5.20"><span class="content">Why do you forsake us so long?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Restore us to yourself, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, that we may return;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.5.21"><span class="content">renew our days as of old</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">unless you have utterly rejected us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.5.22"><span class="content">and are angry with us beyond measure.</span></span></div>
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