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Lamentations 1 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:1 - How doth the city H5892 sit H3427 solitary, H910 that was full H7227 of people! H5971 how is she become as a widow! H490 she that was great H7227 among the nations, H1471 and princess H8282 among the provinces, H4082 how is she become tributary! H4522

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:2 - She weepeth H1058 sore H1058 in the night, H3915 and her tears H1832 are on her cheeks: H3895 among all her lovers H157 she hath none to comfort H5162 her: all her friends H7453 have dealt treacherously H898 with her, they are become her enemies. H341

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:3 - Judah H3063 is gone into captivity H1540 because of affliction, H6040 and because of great H7230 servitude: H5656 she dwelleth H3427 among the heathen, H1471 she findeth H4672 no rest: H4494 all her persecutors H7291 overtook H5381 her between the straits. H4712

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:4 - The ways H1870 of Zion H6726 do mourn, H57 because none come H935 to the solemn feasts: H4150 all her gates H8179 are desolate: H8074 her priests H3548 sigh, H584 her virgins H1330 are afflicted, H3013 and she is in bitterness. H4843

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:5 - Her adversaries H6862 are the chief, H7218 her enemies H341 prosper; H7951 for the LORD H3068 hath afflicted H3013 her for the multitude H7230 of her transgressions: H6588 her children H5768 are gone H1980 into captivity H7628 before H6440 the enemy. H6862

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:6 - And from the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 all her beauty H1926 is departed: H3318 her princes H8269 are become like harts H354 that find H4672 no pasture, H4829 and they are gone H3212 without strength H3581 before H6440 the pursuer. H7291

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:7 - Jerusalem H3389 remembered H2142 in the days H3117 of her affliction H6040 and of her miseries H4788 all her pleasant things H4262 that she had in the days H3117 of old, H6924 when her people H5971 fell H5307 into the hand H3027 of the enemy, H6862 and none did help H5826 her: the adversaries H6862 saw H7200 her, and did mock H7832 at her sabbaths. H4868

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:8 - Jerusalem H3389 hath grievously H2399 sinned; H2398 therefore she is removed: H5206 all that honoured H3513 her despise H2107 her, because they have seen H7200 her nakedness: H6172 yea, she sigheth, H584 and turneth H7725 backward. H268

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:9 - Her filthiness H2932 is in her skirts; H7757 she remembereth H2142 not her last end; H319 therefore she came down H3381 wonderfully: H6382 she had no comforter. H5162 O LORD, H3068 behold H7200 my affliction: H6040 for the enemy H341 hath magnified H1431 himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:10 - The adversary H6862 hath spread out H6566 his hand H3027 upon all her pleasant things: H4261 for she hath seen H7200 that the heathen H1471 entered H935 into her sanctuary, H4720 whom thou didst command H6680 that they should not enter H935 into thy congregation. H6951

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:11 - All her people H5971 sigh, H584 they seek H1245 bread; H3899 they have given H5414 their pleasant things H4261 H4262 for meat H400 to relieve H7725 the soul: H5315 see, H7200 O LORD, H3068 and consider; H5027 for I am become vile. H2151

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:12 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass H5674 by? H1870 behold, H5027 and see H7200 if there be H3426 any sorrow H4341 like unto my sorrow, H4341 which is done H5953 unto me, wherewith the LORD H3068 hath afflicted H3013 me in the day H3117 of his fierce H2740 anger. H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:13 - From above H4791 hath he sent H7971 fire H784 into my bones, H6106 and it prevaileth H7287 against them: he hath spread H6566 a net H7568 for my feet, H7272 he hath turned H7725 me back: H268 he hath made H5414 me desolate H8074 and faint H1739 all the day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:14 - The yoke H5923 of my transgressions H6588 is bound H8244 by his hand: H3027 they are wreathed, H8276 and come up H5927 upon my neck: H6677 he hath made my strength H3581 to fall, H3782 the Lord H136 hath delivered H5414 me into their hands, H3027 from whom I am not able H3201 to rise up. H6965

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:15 - The Lord H136 hath trodden under foot H5541 all my mighty H47 men in the midst H7130 of me: he hath called H7121 an assembly H4150 against me to crush H7665 my young men: H970 the Lord H136 hath trodden H1869 the virgin, H1330 the daughter H1323 of Judah, H3063 as in a winepress. H1660

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:16 - For these things I weep; H1058 mine eye, H5869 mine eye H5869 runneth down H3381 with water, H4325 because the comforter H5162 that should relieve H7725 my soul H5315 is far H7368 from me: my children H1121 are desolate, H8074 because the enemy H341 prevailed. H1396

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:17 - Zion H6726 spreadeth forth H6566 her hands, H3027 and there is none to comfort H5162 her: the LORD H3068 hath commanded H6680 concerning Jacob, H3290 that his adversaries H6862 should be round about H5439 him: Jerusalem H3389 is as a menstruous woman H5079 among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:18 - The LORD H3068 is righteous; H6662 for I have rebelled H4784 against his commandment: H6310 hear, H8085 I pray you, all people, H5971 and behold H7200 my sorrow: H4341 my virgins H1330 and my young men H970 are gone H1980 into captivity. H7628

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:19 - I called H7121 for my lovers, H157 but they deceived H7411 me: my priests H3548 and mine elders H2205 gave up the ghost H1478 in the city, H5892 while they sought H1245 their meat H400 to relieve H7725 their souls. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - Behold, H7200 O LORD; H3068 for I am in distress: H6887 my bowels H4578 are troubled; H2560 mine heart H3820 is turned H2015 within H7130 me; for I have grievously H4784 rebelled: H4784 abroad H2351 the sword H2719 bereaveth, H7921 at home H1004 there is as death. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:21 - They have heard H8085 that I sigh: H584 there is none to comfort H5162 me: all mine enemies H341 have heard H8085 of my trouble; H7451 they are glad H7797 that thou hast done H6213 it: thou wilt bring H935 the day H3117 that thou hast called, H7121 and they shall be like H3644 unto me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:22 - Let all their wickedness H7451 come H935 before H6440 thee; and do H5953 unto them, as thou hast done H5953 unto me for all my transgressions: H6588 for my sighs H585 are many, H7227 and my heart H3820 is faint. H1742
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