Lamentations 2 (kjv)

How hath the Lord^H136 covered^H5743 the daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726 with a cloud^H5743 in his anger^H639, and cast down^H7993 from heaven^H8064 unto the earth^H776 the beauty^H8597 of Israel^H3478, and remembered^H2142 not his footstool^{H1916 H7272} in the day^H3117 of his anger^H639!²The Lord^H136 hath swallowed up^H1104 all the habitations^H4999 of Jacob^H3290, and hath not pitied^H2550: he hath thrown down^H2040 in his wrath^H5678 the strong holds^H4013 of the daughter^H1323 of Judah^H3063; he hath brought them down^H5060 to the ground^H776: he hath polluted^H2490 the kingdom^H4467 and the princes^H8269 thereof.³He hath cut off^H1438 in his fierce^H2750 anger^H639 all the horn^H7161 of Israel^H3478: he hath drawn^H7725 back^H268 his right hand^H3225 from before^H6440 the enemy^H341, and he burned^H1197 against Jacob^H3290 like a flaming^H3852 fire^H784, which devoureth^H398 round about^H5439.⁴He hath bent^H1869 his bow^H7198 like an enemy^H341: he stood^H5324 with his right hand^H3225 as an adversary^H6862, and slew^H2026 all that were pleasant^H4261 to the eye^H5869 in the tabernacle^H168 of the daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726: he poured out^H8210 his fury^H2534 like fire^H784.⁵The Lord^H136 was as an enemy^H341: he hath swallowed up^H1104 Israel^H3478, he hath swallowed up^H1104 all her palaces^H759: he hath destroyed^H7843 his strong holds^H4013, and hath increased^H7235 in the daughter^H1323 of Judah^H3063 mourning^H8386 and lamentation^H592.⁶And he hath violently taken away^H2554 his tabernacle^H7900, as if it were of a garden^H1588: he hath destroyed^H7843 his places of the assembly^H4150: the LORD^H3068 hath caused the solemn feasts^H4150 and sabbaths^H7676 to be forgotten^H7911 in Zion^H6726, and hath despised^H5006 in the indignation^H2195 of his anger^H639 the king^H4428 and the priest^H3548.⁷The Lord^H136 hath cast off^H2186 his altar^H4196, he hath abhorred^H5010 his sanctuary^H4720, he hath given up^H5462 into the hand^H3027 of the enemy^H341 the walls^H2346 of her palaces^H759; they have made^H5414 a noise^H6963 in the house^H1004 of the LORD^H3068, as in the day^H3117 of a solemn feast^H4150.⁸The LORD^H3068 hath purposed^H2803 to destroy^H7843 the wall^H2346 of the daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726: he hath stretched out^H5186 a line^H6957, he hath not withdrawn^H7725 his hand^H3027 from destroying^H1104: therefore he made the rampart^H2426 and the wall^H2346 to lament^H56; they languished^H535 together^H3162.⁹Her gates^H8179 are sunk^H2883 into the ground^H776; he hath destroyed^H6 and broken^H7665 her bars^H1280: her king^H4428 and her princes^H8269 are among the Gentiles^H1471: the law^H8451 is no more; her prophets^H5030 also find^H4672 no vision^H2377 from the LORD^H3068.¹⁰The elders^H2205 of the daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726 sit^H3427 upon the ground^H776, and keep silence^H1826: they have cast up^H5927 dust^H6083 upon their heads^H7218; they have girded^H2296 themselves with sackcloth^H8242: the virgins^H1330 of Jerusalem^H3389 hang down^H3381 their heads^H7218 to the ground^H776.¹¹Mine eyes^H5869 do fail^H3615 with tears^H1832, my bowels^H4578 are troubled^H2560, my liver^H3516 is poured^H8210 upon the earth^H776, for the destruction^H7667 of the daughter^H1323 of my people^H5971; because the children^H5768 and the sucklings^H3243 swoon^H5848 in the streets^H7339 of the city^H7151.¹²They say^H559 to their mothers^H517, Where is corn^H1715 and wine^H3196? when they swooned^H5848 as the wounded^H2491 in the streets^H7339 of the city^H5892, when their soul^H5315 was poured out^H8210 into their mothers^H517' bosom^H2436.¹³What thing shall I take to witness^{H5749 H5749} for thee? what thing^H4100 shall I liken^H1819 to thee, O daughter^H1323 of Jerusalem^H3389? what shall I equal^H7737 to thee, that I may comfort^H5162 thee, O virgin^H1330 daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726? for thy breach^H7667 is great^H1419 like the sea^H3220: who can heal^H7495 thee?¹⁴Thy prophets^H5030 have seen^H2372 vain^H7723 and foolish things^H8602 for thee: and they have not discovered^H1540 thine iniquity^H5771, to turn away^H7725 thy captivity^{H7622 H7622}; but have seen^H2372 for thee false^H7723 burdens^H4864 and causes of banishment^H4065.¹⁵All that pass^H5674 by clap^H5606 their hands^H3709 at thee^H1870; they hiss^H8319 and wag^H5128 their head^H7218 at the daughter^H1323 of Jerusalem^H3389, saying, Is this the city^H5892 that men call^H559 The perfection^H3632 of beauty^H3308, The joy^H4885 of the whole earth^H776?¹⁶All thine enemies^H341 have opened^H6475 their mouth^H6310 against thee: they hiss^H8319 and gnash^H2786 the teeth^H8127: they say^H559, We have swallowed her up^H1104: certainly^H389 this is the day^H3117 that we looked for^H6960; we have found^H4672, we have seen^H7200 it.¹⁷The LORD^H3068 hath done^H6213 that which he had devised^H2161; he hath fulfilled^H1214 his word^H565 that he had commanded^H6680 in the days^H3117 of old^H6924: he hath thrown down^H2040, and hath not pitied^H2550: and he hath caused thine enemy^H341 to rejoice^H8055 over thee, he hath set up^H7311 the horn^H7161 of thine adversaries^H6862.¹⁸Their heart^H3820 cried^H6817 unto the Lord^H136, O wall^H2346 of the daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726, let tears^H1832 run down^H3381 like a river^H5158 day^H3119 and night^H3915: give^H5414 thyself no rest^H6314; let not the apple^H1323 of thine eye^H5869 cease^H1826.¹⁹Arise^H6965, cry out^H7442 in the night^H3915: in the beginning^H7218 of the watches^H821 pour out^H8210 thine heart^H3820 like water^H4325 before^H5227 the face^H6440 of the Lord^H136: lift up^H5375 thy hands^H3709 toward him for the life^H5315 of thy young children^H5768, that faint^H5848 for hunger^H7458 in the top^H7218 of every street^H2351.

²⁰Behold^H7200, O LORD^H3068, and consider^H5027 to whom thou hast done^H5953 this^H3541. Shall the women^H802 eat^H398 their fruit^H6529, and children^H5768 of a span long^H2949? shall the priest^H3548 and the prophet^H5030 be slain^H2026 in the sanctuary^H4720 of the Lord^H136?²¹The young^H5288 and the old^H2205 lie^H7901 on the ground^H776 in the streets^H2351: my virgins^H1330 and my young men^H970 are fallen^H5307 by the sword^H2719; thou hast slain^H2026 them in the day^H3117 of thine anger^H639; thou hast killed^H2873, and not pitied^H2550.²²Thou hast called^H7121 as in a solemn^H4150 day^H3117 my terrors^H4032 round about^H5439, so that in the day^H3117 of the LORD'S^H3068 anger^H639 none escaped^H6412 nor remained^H8300: those that I have swaddled^H2946 and brought up^H7235 hath mine enemy^H341 consumed^H3615.