Dual Panel1How<351> the Lord<136> has covered<5743> the daughter<1323> of Zion<6726> With a cloud<5743> in His anger<639>! He has cast<7993> from heaven<8064> to earth<776> The glory<8597> of Israel<3478>, And has not remembered<2142> His footstool<1916><7272> In the day<3117> of His anger<639>.
2The Lord<136> has swallowed<1104> up; He has not spared<2550> All<3605> the habitations<4999> of Jacob<3290>. In His wrath<5678> He has thrown<2040> down<2040> The strongholds<4013> of the daughter<1323> of Judah<3063>; He has brought<5060> them down<5060> to the ground<776>; He has profaned<2490> the kingdom<4467> and its princes<8269>.
3In fierce<2750> anger<639> He has cut<1438> off<1438> All<3605> the strength<7161> of Israel<3478>; He has drawn<7725> back<268> His right<3225> hand<3225> From before<6440> the enemy<340>. And He has burned<1197> in Jacob<3290> like a flaming<3852> fire<784> Consuming<398> round<5439> about<5439>.
4He has bent<1869> His bow<7198> like an enemy<340>; He has set<5324> His right<3225> hand<3225> like an adversary<6862> And slain<2026> all<3605> that were pleasant<4261> to the eye<5869>; In the tent<168> of the daughter<1323> of Zion<6726> He has poured<8210> out His wrath<2534> like fire<784>.
5The Lord<136> has become<1961> like an enemy<340>. He has swallowed<1104> up Israel<3478>; He has swallowed<1104> up all<3605> its palaces<759>, He has destroyed<7843> its strongholds<4013> And multiplied<7235> in the daughter<1323> of Judah<3063> Mourning<592> and moaning<592>.
6And He has violently<2554> treated<2554> His tabernacle<7900> like a garden<1588> booth; He has destroyed<7843> His appointed<4150> meeting<4150> place<4150>. The LORD<3068> has caused to be forgotten<7911> The appointed<4150> feast<4150> and sabbath<7676> in Zion<6726>, And He has despised<5006> king<4428> and priest<3548> In the indignation<2195> of His anger<639>.
7The Lord<136> has rejected<2186> His altar<4196>, He has abandoned<5010> His sanctuary<4720>; He has delivered<5462> into the hand<3027> of the enemy<340> The walls<2346> of her palaces<759>. They have made<5414> a noise<6963> in the house<1004> of the LORD<3068> As in the day<3117> of an appointed<4150> feast<4150>.
8The LORD<3068> determined<2803> to destroy<7843> The wall<2346> of the daughter<1323> of Zion<6726>. He has stretched<5186> out a line<6957>, He has not restrained<7725> His hand<3027> from destroying<1104>, And He has caused rampart<2426> and wall<2346> to lament<56>; They have languished<535> together<3164>.
9Her gates<8179> have sunk<2883> into the ground<776>, He has destroyed<6> and broken<7665> her bars<1280>. Her king<4428> and her princes<8269> are among the nations<1471>; The law<8451> is no<369> more<369>. Also<1571>, her prophets<5030> find<4672> No<3808> vision<2377> from the LORD<3068>.
10The elders<2205> of the daughter<1323> of Zion<6726> Sit<3427> on the ground<776>, they are silent<1826>. They have thrown<5927> dust<6083> on their heads<7218>; They have girded<2296> themselves with sackcloth<8242>. The virgins<1330> of Jerusalem<3389> Have bowed<3381> their heads<7218> to the ground<776>.
11My eyes<5869> fail<3615> because of tears<1832>, My spirit<4578> is greatly<2560> troubled<2560>; My heart<3516> is poured<8210> out on the earth<776> Because<5921> of the destruction<7667> of the daughter<1323> of my people<5971>, When little<5768> ones<5768> and infants<3243> faint<5848> In the streets<7339> of the city<7151>.
12They say<559> to their mothers<517>, "Where<346> is grain<1715> and wine<3196>?" As they faint<5848> like a wounded<2491> man<2491> In the streets<7339> of the city<5892>, As their life<5315> is poured<8210> out On their mothers'<517> bosom<2436>.
13How<4100> shall I admonish<5749> you? To what<4100> shall I compare<1819> you, O daughter<1323> of Jerusalem<3389>? To what<4100> shall I liken<7737> you as I comfort<5162> you, O virgin<1330> daughter<1323> of Zion<6726>? For your ruin<7667> is as vast<1419> as the sea<3220>; Who<4310> can heal<7495> you?
14Your prophets<5030> have seen<2372> for you False<7723> and foolish<8602> visions; And they have not exposed<1540> your iniquity<5771> So as to restore<7725> you from captivity<7622>, But they have seen<2372> for you false<7723> and misleading<4065> oracles<4065>.
15All<3605> who pass<5674> along<5674> the way<1870> Clap<5606> their hands<3709> in derision at you; They hiss<8319> and shake<5128> their heads<7218> At the daughter<1323> of Jerusalem<3389>, "Is this<384> the city<5892> of which<7945> they said<559>, 'The perfection<3632> of beauty<3308>, A joy<4885> to all<3605> the earth<776>'?"
16All<3605> your enemies<340> Have opened<6475> their mouths<6310> wide against<5921> you; They hiss<8319> and gnash<2786> their teeth<8127>. They say<559>, "We have swallowed<1104> her up! Surely<389> this<2088> is the day<3117> for which<7945> we waited<6960>; We have reached<4672> it, we have seen<7200> it."
17The LORD<3068> has done<6213> what<834> He purposed<2161>; He has accomplished<1214> His word<565> Which<834> He commanded<6680> from days<3117> of old<6924>. He has thrown<2040> down<2040> without<3808> sparing<2550>, And He has caused the enemy<340> to rejoice<8055> over<5921> you; He has exalted<7311> the might<7161> of your adversaries<6862>.
18Their heart<3820> cried<6817> out to the Lord<136>, "O wall<2346> of the daughter<1323> of Zion<6726>, Let your tears<1832> run<3381> down<3381> like a river<5158> day<3119> and night<3915>; Give<5414> yourself no<408> relief<6314>, Let your eyes<5869> have<1826> no<408> rest<1826>.
19"Arise<6965>, cry<7442> aloud<7442> in the night<3915> At the beginning<7218> of the night watches<821>; Pour<8210> out your heart<3820> like water<4325> Before<5227> the presence<6440> of the Lord<136>; Lift<5375> up your hands<3709> to Him For the life<5315> of your little<5768> ones<5768> Who are faint<5848> because of hunger<7458> At the head<7218> of every<3605> street<2351>."
20See<7200>, O LORD<3068>, and look<5027>! With whom<4310> have You dealt<5953> thus<3541>? Should women<802> eat<398> their offspring<6529>, The little<5768> ones<5768> who<2949> were born<2949> healthy<2949>? Should priest<3548> and prophet<5030> be slain<2026> In the sanctuary<4720> of the Lord<136>?
21On the ground<776> in the streets<2351> Lie<7901> young<5288> and old<2205>; My virgins<1330> and my young<970> men<970> Have fallen<5307> by the sword<2719>. You have slain<2026> them in the day<3117> of Your anger<639>, You have slaughtered<2873>, not sparing<2550>.
22You called<7121> as in the day<3117> of an appointed<4150> feast<4150> My terrors<4032> on every<5439> side<5439>; And there was no<3808> one who<6412> escaped<6412> or survived<8300> In the day<3117> of the LORD'S<3068> anger<639>. Those whom<834> I bore<2946> and reared<7235>, My enemy<340> annihilated<3615> them.