מ Mem

13 He sent fire from on high(A) into my bones;
he made it descend.[a](B)
He spread a net for my feet(C)
and turned me back.
He made me desolate,
sick all day long.

נ Nun

14 My transgressions have been formed into a yoke,[b][c](D)
fastened together by his hand;
they have been placed on my neck,
and the Lord has broken my strength.
He has handed me over
to those I cannot withstand.

ס Samek

15 The Lord has rejected(E)
all the mighty men within me.
He has summoned an army[d] against me
to crush my young warriors.
The Lord has trampled Virgin Daughter Judah(F)
like grapes in a winepress.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:13 DSS, LXX; MT reads bones, and it prevailed against them
  2. 1:14 Some Hb mss, LXX read He kept watch over my transgressions
  3. 1:14 Or The yoke of my transgressions is bound; Hb obscure
  4. 1:15 Or has announced an appointed time

13 “From on high he sent fire,
    sent it down into my bones.(A)
He spread a net(B) for my feet
    and turned me back.
He made me desolate,(C)
    faint(D) all the day long.

14 “My sins have been bound into a yoke[a];(E)
    by his hands they were woven together.
They have been hung on my neck,
    and the Lord has sapped my strength.
He has given me into the hands(F)
    of those I cannot withstand.

15 “The Lord has rejected
    all the warriors in my midst;(G)
he has summoned an army(H) against me
    to[b] crush my young men.(I)
In his winepress(J) the Lord has trampled(K)
    Virgin Daughter(L) Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:14 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint He kept watch over my sins
  2. Lamentations 1:15 Or has set a time for me / when he will

13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

15 The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.

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