The Sorrows of Zion
How alonely sits the cityThat was bfull of people!She has become like a cwidowWho was once dgreat among the nations!She who was a princess among the 1provincesHas become a eforced laborer!Or districtsIs 3:26Is 22:2Is 54:41 Kin 4:21; Ezra 4:20; Jer 31:72 Kin 23:35; Jer 40:92 She aweeps bitterly in the nightAnd her tears are on her cheeks;She has none to comfort herAmong all her blovers.All her friends have cdealt treacherously with her;They have become her enemies.Ps 6:6; 77:2-6; Lam 1:16Jer 2:25; 3:1; 22:20-22Job 19:13, 14; Ps 31:11; Mic 7:53 aJudah has gone into exile 1under afflictionAnd 2under 3harsh servitude;She dwells bamong the nations,But she has found no rest;All cher pursuers have overtaken herIn the midst of 4distress.Or by reason ofLit greatOr narrow placesJer 13:19Lev 26:39; Deut 28:64-672 Kin 25:4, 54 The roads 1of Zion are in mourningBecause ano one comes to the appointed feasts.All her gates are bdesolate;Her priests are groaning,Her cvirgins are afflicted,And she herself 2is dbitter.Or toOr suffers bitterlyIs 24:4-6; Lam 2:6, 7Jer 9:11; 10:22Lam 2:10, 21Joel 1:8-135 Her adversaries have become 1her masters,Her enemies 2prosper;For the LORD has acaused her griefBecause of the multitude of her transgressions;Her little ones have gone awayAs captives before the adversary.Lit headOr are at easePs 90:7, 8; Ezek 8:17, 18; 9:9, 106 All her amajestyHas departed from the daughter of Zion;Her princes have become like deerThat have found no pasture;And they have 1bfled without strengthBefore the pursuer.Lit goneJer 13:182 Kin 25:4, 57 In the days of her affliction and homelessnessaJerusalem remembers all her precious thingsThat were from the days of old,When her people fell into the hand of the adversaryAnd bno one helped her.The adversaries saw her,They cmocked at her 1ruin.Lit cessationPs 42:4; 77:5-9Jer 37:7; Lam 4:17Ps 79:4; Jer 48:278 Jerusalem sinned agreatly,Therefore bshe has become an unclean thing.All who honored her despise herBecause they have seen her nakedness;Even cshe herself groans and turns away.Is 59:2-13; Lam 1:5, 20Lam 1:17Lam 1:11, 21, 229 Her auncleanness was in her skirts;She 1did not consider her bfuture.Therefore she has 2cfallen astonishingly;dShe has no comforter.“eSee, O LORD, my affliction,For the enemy has fmagnified himself!”Lit did not remember her latter endLit come downJer 2:34; Ezek 24:13Deut 32:29; Is 47:7Is 3:8; Jer 13:17, 18Eccl 4:1; Jer 16:7Ps 25:18; 119:153Ps 74:23; Zeph 2:1010 The adversary has stretched out his handOver all her precious things,For she has seen the anations enter her sanctuary,The ones whom You commandedThat they should bnot enter into Your congregation.Ps 74:4-8; Is 64:10, 11; Jer 51:51Deut 23:311 All her people groan aseeking bread;They have given their precious things for foodTo brestore their 1lives themselves.“See, O LORD, and look,For I am cdespised.”Lit soulJer 38:9; 52:61 Sam 30:12Jer 15:1912 “Is ait nothing to all you who pass this way?Look and see if there is any 1pain like my 2painWhich was severely dealt out to me,Which the bLORD inflicted on the day of His cfierce anger.Or sorrowJer 18:16; 48:27Jer 30:23, 24Is 13:13; Jer 4:813 “From on high He sent fire into my abones,And it 1prevailed over them.He has spread a bnet for my feet;He has turned me back;He has made me cdesolate,2Faint all day long.Or descended, overthrewOr SickJob 30:30; Ps 22:14; Hab 3:16Job 19:6; Ps 66:11Jer 44:614 “The ayoke of my transgressions is bound;By His hand they are knit together.They have bcome upon my neck;He has made my strength 1fail.The Lord chas given me into the handsOf those against whom I am not able to stand.Lit stumbleProv 5:22; Is 47:6Jer 28:13, 14Jer 32:3, 5; Ezek 25:4, 715 “The aLord has rejected all my strong menIn my midst;He has called an appointed 1time against meTo crush my byoung men;The Lord has ctrodden as in a wine pressThe virgin daughter of Judah.Or feastIs 41:2; Jer 13:24; 37:10Jer 6:11; 18:21Mal 4:316 “For these things I aweep;1My eyes run down with water;Because far from me is a bcomforter,One who restores my soul.My children are desolateBecause the enemy has prevailed.”Lit My eye, my eyeJer 14:17; Lam 2:11, 18; 3:48, 49Ps 69:20; Eccl 4:1; Lam 1:217 Zion astretches out her hands;There is no one to comfort her;The LORD has bcommanded concerning JacobThat the ones round about him should be his adversaries;cJerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.Is 1:15; Jer 4:312 Kin 24:2-4; Jer 12:9Lam 1:818 “The LORD is arighteous;For I have brebelled against His 1command;Hear now, all peoples,And cbehold my 2pain;dMy virgins and my young menHave gone into captivity.Lit mouthOr sorrowPs 119:75; Jer 12:11 Sam 12:14, 15; Jer 4:17Lam 1:12Deut 28:32, 4119 “I acalled to my lovers, but they deceived me;My bpriests and my elders perished in the cityWhile they sought food to crestore 1their strength themselves.Lit their soulJob 19:13-19; Lam 1:2Jer 14:15; Lam 2:20Lam 1:1120 “See, O LORD, for I am in distress;My 1aspirit is greatly troubled;My heart is overturned within me,For I have been very brebellious.In the street the sword 2slays;In the house it is like death.Lit inward parts are in fermentLit bereavesIs 16:11; Lam 2:11Jer 14:2021 “They have heard that I agroan;There is no one to comfort me;All my enemies have heard of my 1calamity;They are bglad that You have done it.Oh, that You would bring the day which You have proclaimed,That they may become clike me.Lit evilLam 1:4, 8, 22Ps 35:15; Jer 50:11; Lam 2:15Is 14:5, 6; 47:6, 11; Jer 30:1622 “Let all their wickedness come before You;And adeal with them as You have dealt with meFor all my transgressions;For my groans are many and my heart is faint.”Neh 4:4, 5; Ps 137:7, 8