1Aleph. How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people! how is the mistress of the Gentiles become as a widow: the princes of provinces made tributary!

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Ezra 4:20, 1 Kings 4:21, Isaiah 3:26, Ezra 4:20, 1 Kings 4:21

2Beth. Weeping, she hath wept in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: there is none to comfort her among all them that were dear to her: all her friends have despised her, and are become her enemies.

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Psalms 6:6, Psalms 6:6, Micah 7:5, Micah 7:5, Lamentations 1:16

3Ghimel. Juda hath removed her dwelling place, because of her affliction, and the greatness of her bondage; she hath dwelt among the nations, and she hath found no rest; all her persecutors have taken her in the midst of straits.

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Deuteronomy 28:64, Deuteronomy 28:67, Lamentations 2:9, Deuteronomy 28:64, Deuteronomy 28:67

4Daleth. The ways of Sion mourn, because there are none that come to the solemn feast: all her gates are broken down; her priests sigh; her virgins are in affliction; and she is oppressed with bitterness.

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Joel 1:8, Joel 1:13, Jeremiah 9:11, Joel 1:8, Joel 1:13

5He. Her adversaries are become her lords; her enemies are enriched; because the Lord hath spoken against her for the multitude of her iniquities; her children are led into captivity, before the face of the oppressor.

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Ezekiel 8:17, Ezekiel 8:18, Deuteronomy 32:15, Deuteronomy 32:27, Ezekiel 9:9

6Vau. And from the daughter of Sion, all her beauty is departed; her princes are become like rams that find no pastures; and they are gone away without strength before the face of the pursuer.

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Ezekiel 24:25, Ezekiel 24:25, Jeremiah 14:5, Jeremiah 14:6, Jeremiah 52:7

7Zain. Jerusalem hath remembered the days of her affliction, and prevarication of all her desirable things which she had from the days of old, when her people fell in the enemy's hand, and there was no helper; the enemies have seen her, and have mocked at her sabbaths.

stylus

Psalms 79:4, Psalms 79:4, Deuteronomy 4:34, Deuteronomy 4:37, Psalms 77:5

8Heth. Jerusalem hath grievously sinned, therefore is she become unstable; all that honoured her, have despised her, because they have seen her shame; but she sighed, and turned backward.

stylus

Lamentations 1:20, Lamentations 1:22, Isaiah 59:2, Isaiah 59:13, Lamentations 1:20

9Teth. Her filthiness is on her feet, and she hath not remembered her end; she is wonderfully cast down, not having a comforter: behold, O Lord, my affliction, because the enemy is lifted up.

stylus

Deuteronomy 32:29, Deuteronomy 32:29, Isaiah 47:7, Isaiah 47:7, Psalms 25:18

10Jod. The enemy hath put out his hand to all her desirable things: for she hath seen the Gentiles enter into her sanctuary, of whom thou gavest commandment that they should not enter into thy church.

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Deuteronomy 23:3, Deuteronomy 23:3, Jeremiah 51:51, Jeremiah 51:51, Psalms 74:4

11Caph. All her people sigh, they seek bread: they have given all their precious things for food to relieve the soul: see, O Lord, and consider, for I am become vile.

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Jeremiah 52:6, Jeremiah 52:6, Jeremiah 38:9, Jeremiah 38:9, Lamentations 2:12

12Lamed. O all ye that pass by the way, attend, and see if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow: for he hath made a vintage of me, as the Lord spoke in the day of his fierce anger.

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Luke 23:28, Luke 23:31, Daniel 9:12, Luke 23:28, Luke 23:31

13Mem. From above he hath sent fire into my bones, and hath chastised me: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate, wasted with sorrow all the day long.

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Job 30:30, Habakkuk 3:16, Job 30:30, Habakkuk 3:16, Job 19:6

14Nun. The yoke of my iniquities hath watched: they are folded together in his hand, and put upon my neck: my strength is weakened: the Lord hath delivered me into a hand, out of which I am not able to rise.

stylus

Isaiah 47:6, Deuteronomy 28:48, Isaiah 47:6, Deuteronomy 28:48, Jeremiah 28:14

15Samech. The Lord hath taken away all my mighty men out of the midst of me: he hath called against me the time, to destroy my chosen men: the Lord hath trodden the winepress for the virgin daughter of Juda.

stylus

Isaiah 63:3, Isaiah 28:18, Malachi 4:3, Isaiah 63:3, Isaiah 28:18

16Ain. Therefore do I weep, and my eyes run down with water: because the comforter, the relief of my soul, is far from me: my children are desolate because the enemy hath prevailed.

stylus

Lamentations 1:2, Lamentations 1:2, Lamentations 2:18, Lamentations 3:48, Lamentations 3:49

17Phe. Sion hath spread forth her hands, there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded against Jacob, his enemies are round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.

stylus

Isaiah 1:15, Jeremiah 4:31, Isaiah 1:15, Jeremiah 4:31, Lamentations 1:9

18Sade. The Lord is just, for I have provoked his mouth to wrath: hear, I pray you, all ye people, and see my sorrow: my virgins, and my young men are gone into captivity.

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Psalms 119:75, 1 Samuel 12:14, 1 Samuel 12:15, Zephaniah 3:5, Psalms 119:75

19Coph. I called for my friends, but they deceived me: my priests and my ancients pined away in the city: while they sought their food, to relieve their souls.

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Lamentations 2:20, Lamentations 1:2, Lamentations 1:11, Lamentations 2:20, Lamentations 1:2

20Res. Behold, O Lord, for I am in distress, my bowels are troubled: my heart is turned within me, for I am full of bitterness: abroad the sword destroyeth and at home there is death alike.

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Lamentations 2:11, Lamentations 2:11, Deuteronomy 32:25, Isaiah 16:11, Ezekiel 7:15

21Sin. They have heard that I sigh, and there is none to comfort me: all my enemies have heard of my evil, they have rejoiced that thou hast done it: thou hast brought a day of consolation, and they shall be like unto me.

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Lamentations 1:8, Lamentations 1:8, Psalms 35:15, Lamentations 2:15, Lamentations 1:16

22Thau. Let all their evil be present before thee: and make vintage of them, as thou hast made vintage of me for all my iniquities: for my sighs are many, and my heart is sorrowful.

stylus

Jeremiah 8:18, Jeremiah 8:18, Nehemiah 4:4, Nehemiah 4:5, Psalms 109:14