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Plângerile 2
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Plângerile 2
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Jalea Ierusalimului
2 Vai, în ce întunecime a aruncat Domnul, în mânia Lui, pe fiica Sionului!
A(A) azvârlit din cer pe pământ podoaba(B) lui Israel
şi nu Şi-a mai adus aminte de scaunul(C) picioarelor Lui în ziua mâniei Lui!
2 Domnul a nimicit fără milă(D) toate locuinţele lui Iacov.
În urgia Lui, a dărâmat întăriturile fiicei lui Iuda
şi le-a prăvălit la pământ;
a făcut de ocară(E) împărăţia şi căpeteniile ei.
3 În mânia Lui aprinsă, a doborât toată puterea lui Israel;
Şi-a tras înapoi(F) de la el dreapta înaintea vrăjmaşului
şi a aprins(G) în Iacov o văpaie de foc care mistuie toate de jur împrejur.
4 Şi-a încordat(H) arcul ca un vrăjmaş, Şi-a ridicat dreapta ca un asupritor
şi a prăpădit tot(I) ce era plăcut privirilor;
Şi-a vărsat ca un foc urgia peste cortul fiicei Sionului.
5 Ca un vrăjmaş a ajuns(J) Domnul, a nimicit pe Israel,
i-a dărâmat(K) toate palatele, i-a prăbuşit întăriturile
şi a umplut pe fiica lui Iuda de jale şi suspin.
6 I-a pustiit(L) cortul sfânt ca(M) pe o grădină,
a nimicit locul adunării sale;
Domnul(N) a făcut să se uite în Sion sărbătorile şi Sabatul
şi, în mânia Lui năpraznică, a lepădat pe împărat şi pe preot.
7 Domnul Şi-a dispreţuit altarul, Şi-a lepădat Locaşul Său cel Sfânt.
A dat în mâinile vrăjmaşului zidurile palatelor Sionului;
au răsunat(O) strigătele în Casa Domnului ca într-o zi de sărbătoare.
8 Şi-a pus de gând Domnul să dărâme zidurile fiicei Sionului;
a întins(P) sfoara de măsurat şi nu Şi-a tras mâna până nu le-a nimicit.
A cufundat în jale întăritura şi zidurile, care nu mai sunt toate, decât nişte dărâmături triste.
9 Porţile îi sunt cufundate în pământ; i-a nimicit şi rupt(Q) zăvoarele.
Împăratul(R) şi căpeteniile sale sunt între neamuri. Lege(S) nu mai au
şi chiar prorocii(T) nu mai primesc nicio vedenie de la Domnul.
10 Bătrânii fiicei Sionului şed(U) pe pământ şi tac;
şi-au presărat(V) ţărână pe cap, s-au încins(W) cu saci;
fecioarele Ierusalimului îşi pleacă la pământ capul.
11 Mi s-au stors ochii(X) de lacrimi, îmi fierb măruntaiele(Y),
mi se varsă ficatul(Z) pe pământ, din pricina prăpădului fiicei poporului meu,
din pricina copiilor(AA) şi pruncilor de ţâţă leşinaţi pe uliţele cetăţii.
12 Ei ziceau către mamele lor: „Unde este pâine şi vin?”
Şi cădeau leşinaţi ca nişte răniţi pe uliţele cetăţii,
îşi dădeau sufletul la pieptul mamelor lor.
13 „Cu ce să te îmbărbătez şi cu ce să te asemăn, fiica Ierusalimului?
Cu cine(AB) să te pun alături şi cu ce să te mângâi, fecioară, fiica Sionului?
Căci rana ta este mare ca marea. Cine va putea să te vindece?
14 Prorocii tăi(AC) ţi-au prorocit vedenii deşarte şi amăgitoare,
nu ţi-au dat pe faţă(AD) nelegiuirea ca să abată astfel robia de la tine,
ci ţi-au făcut prorocii mincinoase şi înşelătoare.
15 Toţi trecătorii(AE) bat din palme(AF) asupra ta,
şuieră şi dau(AG) din cap împotriva fiicei Ierusalimului şi zic:
‘Aceasta este cetatea despre care se zicea că este cea mai frumoasă(AH) şi bucuria întregului pământ?’
16 Toţi vrăjmaşii tăi deschid(AI) gura împotriva ta,
fluieră, scrâşnesc din dinţi şi zic: ‘Am(AJ) înghiţit-o!’ ‘Da, aceasta este ziua pe care o aşteptam, am ajuns-o şi o vedem!’
17 Domnul a înfăptuit ce(AK) hotărâse,
a împlinit cuvântul pe care-l sorocise de multă vreme,
a nimicit(AL) fără milă;
a făcut din tine(AM) bucuria vrăjmaşului,
a înălţat tăria asupritorilor tăi!
18 Inima lor strigă către Domnul…
Zid(AN) al fiicei Sionului, varsă(AO) zi şi noapte şiroaie de lacrimi!
Nu-ţi da niciun răgaz şi ochiul tău să nu aibă odihnă!
19 Scoală-te şi(AP) gemi noaptea când încep străjile!
Varsă-ţi(AQ) inima ca nişte apă înaintea Domnului!
Ridică-ţi mâinile spre El pentru viaţa copiilor tăi,
care(AR) mor de foame la toate(AS) colţurile uliţelor!
20 Uită-Te, Doamne, şi priveşte! Cui i-ai făcut Tu aşa?
Să mănânce(AT) femeile rodul pântecelui lor, pruncii dezmierdaţi de mâinile lor?
Să fie măcelăriţi(AU) preoţii şi prorocii în Locaşul cel Sfânt al Domnului?
21 Copiii şi bătrânii(AV) stau culcaţi pe pământ în uliţe;
fecioarele şi tinerii mei au căzut ucişi de sabie;
i-ai(AW) ucis în ziua mâniei Tale şi i-ai înjunghiat fără milă.
22 Ai chemat groaza(AX) din toate părţile peste mine, ca la o zi de sărbătoare.
În ziua mâniei Domnului, n-a scăpat unul şi n-a rămas cu viaţă.
Pe(AY) cei îngrijiţi şi crescuţi de mine, mi i-a nimicit vrăjmaşul!”
Plângeri 2
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Plângeri 2
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Mânia Domnului revărsată asupra lui Iuda
2 Cum a acoperit-o Stăpânul, cu norul mâniei Lui,[a]
pe fiica Sionului!
A aruncat măreţia lui Israel
din cer pe pământ.
În ziua mâniei Lui nu Şi-a mai adus aminte
de aşternutul[b] picioarelor Sale.
2 Stăpânul a spulberat fără milă
toate locuinţele lui Iacov.
În furia Lui, a dărâmat
fortăreţele fiicei lui Iuda;
a aruncat la pământ, în ocară,
regatul şi pe conducătorii lui.
3 În mânia Lui aprigă, a retezat
întreaga putere[c] a lui Israel.
La apropierea duşmanului,
Şi-a retras dreapta de la el;
El a ars în Iacov, ca o văpaie
ce mistuie totul în jurul ei.
4 Asemenea unui vrăjmaş, Şi-a încordat arcul
şi Şi-a pregătit dreapta;
asemenea unui duşman, a distrus
tot ce era plăcut privirilor.
Şi-a revărsat mânia ca un foc
peste cortul[d] fiicei Sionului.
5 Stăpânul a ajuns asemenea unui vrăjmaş:
l-a spulberat pe Israel,
i-a spulberat toate palatele
şi i-a distrus fortăreţele.
S-au înmulţit bocetele şi vaietele
în mijlocul fiicei lui Iuda.
6 Şi-a devastat Locuinţa[e] ca pe o grădină,
şi-a distrus locul Lui de întâlnire.
Domnul a făcut să fie uitate în Sion
sărbătorile şi Sabatele.
În indignarea Lui aprigă, i-a îndepărtat
pe rege şi pe preot.
7 Stăpânul Şi-a respins altarul,
Şi-a abandonat Lăcaşul.
A dat în mâinile vrăjmaşului
zidurile palatelor lui.
Ei au strigat în Casa Domnului
ca într-o zi de sărbătoare.
8 Domnul a hotărât să distrugă
zidul fiicei Sionului.
El a întins o linie de măsurat
şi nu Şi-a retras mâna de la distrugere.
El a făcut întăritura şi zidul să plângă,
astfel că ele suferă împreună.
9 Porţile ei au fost îngropate în pământ,
iar zăvoarele i-au fost rupte şi distruse.
Regele şi conducătorii ei sunt exilaţi printre neamuri,
Legea nu mai este,
iar profeţii ei nu mai primesc
nici o vedenie de la Domnul.
10 Bătrânii fiicei Sionului
stau pe pământ tăcuţi;
şi-au presărat ţărână deasupra capului
şi s-au îmbrăcat cu saci.
Fecioarele Ierusalimului
îşi pleacă capul în pământ.
11 Ochii mei s-au sfârşit de atâta plâns,
iar măruntaiele-mi fierb;
ficatul mi se varsă pe pământ,
deoarece fiica poporului meu este zdrobită;
copiii şi cei alăptaţi
sunt leşinaţi pe străzile cetăţii.
12 Ei zic către mamele lor:
„Unde este pâinea şi vinul?“
şi cad leşinaţi, asemenea răniţilor,
pe drumurile cetăţii,
dându-şi ultima suflare
la pieptul mamelor lor.
13 „Cum să te încurajez? Cu ce să te asemăn,
fiică a Ierusalimului?
Cu ce să te compar şi cum să te alin,
fiică fecioară a Sionului?
Căci rana ta este mare, este asemenea mării!
Cine te va putea vindeca?
14 Profeţii tăi au avut pentru tine viziuni
false şi amăgitoare;
nu ţi-au scos la iveală păcatele,
ca să te scape astfel de captivitate.
Ei ţi-au spus oracole
false şi înşelătoare.
15 Toţi trecătorii
bat din palme înaintea ta.
Ei fluieră şi dau din cap
în faţa fiicei Ierusalimului, zicând:
„Aceasta este cetatea care era numită
întruchiparea perfectă a frumuseţii
şi bucuria întregului pământ?!“
16 Toţi vrăjmaşii tăi
îşi deschid larg gura împotriva ta.
Fluieră, scrâşnesc din dinţi
şi spun: „Am înghiţit-o!
Da, aceasta e ziua pe care am aşteptat-o!
Am ajuns s-o vedem!“
17 Domnul a înfăptuit ceea ce plănuise;
Şi-a împlinit cuvântul
pe care îl poruncise încă din zilele din vechime.
Te-a distrus fără milă,
a făcut din tine bucuria vrăjmaşilor tăi
şi a înălţat puterea[f] duşmanilor tăi.
18 Strigă către Stăpânul,
o, zid al fiicei Sionului!
Lasă[g] lacrimile să curgă ca un râu
ziua şi noaptea!
Nu-ţi oferi nici un răgaz!
Ochii tăi, fiică, să nu aibă odihnă!
19 Ridică-te! Plângi în noapte,
la începutul străjilor![h]
Varsă-ţi inima, asemenea apei,
înaintea Stăpânului!
Ridică-ţi mâinile spre El
pentru viaţa copiilor tăi,
care sunt leşinaţi de foame
la capătul fiecărei străzi.
20 Priveşte, Doamne, şi ia aminte!
Cui i-ai mai făcut Tu aşa ceva?
Să-şi mănânce femeile rodul pântecului lor,
copiii pe care i-au dezmierdat?!
Să fie ucişi preoţii şi profeţii
în Lăcaşul Stăpânului?!
21 Băieţii şi bătrânii
zac împreună, doborâţi la pământ, pe străzi;
fecioarele şi tinerii mei
au căzut răpuşi de sabie.
I-ai ucis în ziua mâniei Tale
şi i-ai înjunghiat fără milă.
22 Ai chemat teroarea peste mine,
din toate părţile, ca la o zi de sărbătoare!
În ziua mâniei Domnului, nimeni n-a scăpat,
nici n-a supravieţuit!
Pe cei îngrijiţi şi crescuţi de mine
i-a nimicit vrăjmaşul.
Footnotes
- Plângeri 2:1 Sensul în ebraică al versului este nesigur; sau: Cum a umilit-o Stăpânul, în mânia Sa
- Plângeri 2:1 Termenul ebraic se referă la scăunaşul pe care un rege îşi odihnea picioarele, atunci când şedea pe tron (vezi 2 Cron. 9:18; Ps. 110:1).
- Plângeri 2:3 Lit.: fiecare corn, cornul simbolizând puterea (vezi Ier. 48:25)
- Plângeri 2:4 Cu referire la oraşul Ierusalim
- Plângeri 2:6 Cu referire la Templu
- Plângeri 2:17 Lit.: cornul, cornul simbolizând puterea
- Plângeri 2:18 Sau: Inima poporului strigă către Stăpânul / O, zid al fiicei Sionului, / lasă
- Plângeri 2:19 În V.T., noaptea era împărţită în trei străji: (1) apus-22:00; (2) 22:00-2:00; (3) 2:00-răsărit (vezi şi Jud. 7:19; 1 Sam. 11:11; Ps. 63:6; Ps. 119:148).
Lamentations 2
New International Version
Lamentations 2
New International Version
2 [a]How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion
with the cloud of his anger[b]!(A)
He has hurled down the splendor of Israel
from heaven to earth;
he has not remembered his footstool(B)
in the day of his anger.(C)
2 Without pity(D) the Lord has swallowed(E) up
all the dwellings of Jacob;
in his wrath he has torn down
the strongholds(F) of Daughter Judah.
He has brought her kingdom and its princes
down to the ground(G) in dishonor.
3 In fierce anger he has cut off
every horn[c][d](H) of Israel.
He has withdrawn his right hand(I)
at the approach of the enemy.
He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire
that consumes everything around it.(J)
4 Like an enemy he has strung his bow;(K)
his right hand is ready.
Like a foe he has slain
all who were pleasing to the eye;(L)
he has poured out his wrath(M) like fire(N)
on the tent(O) of Daughter Zion.
5 The Lord is like an enemy;(P)
he has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all her palaces
and destroyed her strongholds.(Q)
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation(R)
for Daughter Judah.(S)
6 He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden;
he has destroyed(T) his place of meeting.(U)
The Lord has made Zion forget
her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths;(V)
in his fierce anger he has spurned
both king and priest.(W)
7 The Lord has rejected his altar
and abandoned his sanctuary.(X)
He has given the walls of her palaces(Y)
into the hands of the enemy;
they have raised a shout in the house of the Lord
as on the day of an appointed festival.(Z)
8 The Lord determined to tear down
the wall around Daughter Zion.(AA)
He stretched out a measuring line(AB)
and did not withhold his hand from destroying.
He made ramparts(AC) and walls lament;
together they wasted away.(AD)
9 Her gates(AE) have sunk into the ground;
their bars(AF) he has broken and destroyed.
Her king and her princes are exiled(AG) among the nations,
the law(AH) is no more,
and her prophets(AI) no longer find
visions(AJ) from the Lord.
10 The elders of Daughter Zion
sit on the ground in silence;(AK)
they have sprinkled dust(AL) on their heads(AM)
and put on sackcloth.(AN)
The young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.(AO)
11 My eyes fail from weeping,(AP)
I am in torment within(AQ);
my heart(AR) is poured out(AS) on the ground
because my people are destroyed,(AT)
because children and infants faint(AU)
in the streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothers,
“Where is bread and wine?”(AV)
as they faint like the wounded
in the streets of the city,
as their lives ebb away(AW)
in their mothers’ arms.(AX)
13 What can I say for you?(AY)
With what can I compare you,
Daughter(AZ) Jerusalem?
To what can I liken you,
that I may comfort you,
Virgin Daughter Zion?(BA)
Your wound is as deep as the sea.(BB)
Who can heal you?
14 The visions of your prophets
were false(BC) and worthless;
they did not expose your sin
to ward off your captivity.(BD)
The prophecies they gave you
were false and misleading.(BE)
15 All who pass your way
clap their hands at you;(BF)
they scoff(BG) and shake their heads(BH)
at Daughter Jerusalem:(BI)
“Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,(BJ)
the joy of the whole earth?”(BK)
16 All your enemies open their mouths
wide against you;(BL)
they scoff and gnash their teeth(BM)
and say, “We have swallowed her up.(BN)
This is the day we have waited for;
we have lived to see it.”(BO)
17 The Lord has done what he planned;
he has fulfilled(BP) his word,
which he decreed long ago.(BQ)
He has overthrown you without pity,(BR)
he has let the enemy gloat over you,(BS)
he has exalted the horn[e] of your foes.(BT)
18 The hearts of the people
cry out to the Lord.(BU)
You walls of Daughter Zion,(BV)
let your tears(BW) flow like a river
day and night;(BX)
give yourself no relief,
your eyes no rest.(BY)
19 Arise, cry out in the night,
as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart(BZ) like water
in the presence of the Lord.(CA)
Lift up your hands(CB) to him
for the lives of your children,
who faint(CC) from hunger
at every street corner.
20 “Look, Lord, and consider:
Whom have you ever treated like this?
Should women eat their offspring,(CD)
the children they have cared for?(CE)
Should priest and prophet be killed(CF)
in the sanctuary of the Lord?(CG)
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Lamentations 2:1 Or How the Lord in his anger / has treated Daughter Zion with contempt
- Lamentations 2:3 Or off / all the strength; or every king
- Lamentations 2:3 Horn here symbolizes strength.
- Lamentations 2:17 Horn here symbolizes strength.
Lamentations 2
New King James Version
Lamentations 2
New King James Version
God’s Anger with Jerusalem
2 How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion
With a (A)cloud in His anger!
(B)He cast down from heaven to the earth
(C)The beauty of Israel,
And did not remember (D)His footstool
In the day of His anger.
2 The Lord has swallowed up and has (E)not pitied
All the dwelling places of Jacob.
He has thrown down in His wrath
The strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
He has brought them down to the ground;
(F)He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
3 He has cut off in fierce anger
Every [a]horn of Israel;
(G)He has drawn back His right hand
From before the enemy.
(H)He has blazed against Jacob like a flaming fire
Devouring all around.
4 (I)Standing like an enemy, He has bent His bow;
With His right hand, like an adversary,
He has slain (J)all who were pleasing to His eye;
On the tent of the daughter of Zion,
He has poured out His fury like fire.
5 (K)The Lord was like an enemy.
He has swallowed up Israel,
He has swallowed up all her palaces;
(L)He has destroyed her strongholds,
And has increased mourning and lamentation
In the daughter of Judah.
6 He has done violence (M)to His [b]tabernacle,
(N)As if it were a garden;
He has destroyed His place of assembly;
The Lord has caused
The appointed feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion.
In His burning indignation He has (O)spurned the king and the priest.
7 The Lord has spurned His altar,
He has (P)abandoned His sanctuary;
He has [c]given up the walls of her palaces
Into the hand of the enemy.
(Q)They have made a noise in the house of the Lord
As on the day of a set feast.
8 The Lord has [d]purposed to destroy
The (R)wall of the daughter of Zion.
(S)He has stretched out a line;
He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying;
Therefore He has caused the rampart and wall to lament;
They languished together.
9 Her gates have sunk into the ground;
He has destroyed and (T)broken her bars.
(U)Her king and her princes are among the [e]nations;
(V)The Law is no more,
And her (W)prophets find no [f]vision from the Lord.
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion
(X)Sit on the ground and keep silence;
[g]They (Y)throw dust on their heads
And (Z)gird themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem
Bow their heads to the ground.
11 (AA)My eyes fail with tears,
My [h]heart is troubled;
(AB)My [i]bile is poured on the ground
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
Because (AC)the children and the infants
Faint in the streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothers,
“Where is grain and wine?”
As they swoon like the wounded
In the streets of the city,
As their life is poured out
In their mothers’ bosom.
13 How shall I (AD)console[j] you?
To what shall I liken you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you,
O virgin daughter of Zion?
For your ruin is spread wide as the sea;
Who can heal you?
14 Your (AE)prophets have seen for you
False and deceptive visions;
They have not (AF)uncovered your iniquity,
To bring back your captives,
But have envisioned for you false (AG)prophecies and delusions.
15 All who [k]pass by (AH)clap their hands at you;
They hiss (AI)and shake their heads
At the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that is called
(AJ)‘The perfection of beauty,
The joy of the whole earth’?”
16 (AK)All your enemies have opened their mouth against you;
They hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, (AL)“We have swallowed her up!
Surely this is the (AM)day we have waited for;
We have found it, (AN)we have seen it!”
17 The Lord has done what He (AO)purposed;
He has fulfilled His word
Which He commanded in days of old.
He has thrown down and has not pitied,
And He has caused an enemy to (AP)rejoice over you;
He has exalted the [l]horn of your adversaries.
18 Their heart cried out to the Lord,
“O wall of the daughter of Zion,
(AQ)Let tears run down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief;
Give [m]your eyes no rest.
19 “Arise, (AR)cry out in the night,
At the beginning of the watches;
(AS)Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord.
Lift your hands toward Him
For the life of your young children,
Who faint from hunger (AT)at the head of every street.”
20 “See, O Lord, and consider!
To whom have You done this?
(AU)Should the women eat their offspring,
The children [n]they have cuddled?
Should the priest and prophet be slain
In the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 “Young(AV) and old lie
On the ground in the streets;
My virgins and my young men
Have fallen by the (AW)sword;
You have slain them in the day of Your anger,
You have slaughtered and not pitied.
22 “You have invited as to a feast day
(AX)The terrors that surround me.
In the day of the Lord’s anger
There was no refugee or survivor.
(AY)Those whom I have borne and brought up
My enemies have (AZ)destroyed.”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:3 Strength
- Lamentations 2:6 Lit. booth
- Lamentations 2:7 delivered
- Lamentations 2:8 determined
- Lamentations 2:9 Gentiles
- Lamentations 2:9 Prophetic revelation
- Lamentations 2:10 A sign of mourning
- Lamentations 2:11 Lit. inward parts
- Lamentations 2:11 Lit. liver
- Lamentations 2:13 Or bear witness to
- Lamentations 2:15 Lit. pass by this way
- Lamentations 2:17 Strength
- Lamentations 2:18 Lit. the daughter of your eye
- Lamentations 2:20 Vg. a span long
Lamentations 2
King James Version
Lamentations 2
King James Version
2 How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
5 The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.
8 The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.
13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
17 The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
20 Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the Lord's anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014 (RMNN) 
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