In the days of her affliction and homelessness
(A)Jerusalem remembers all her treasures
That were hers since the days of old,
When her people fell into the hand of the adversary
And (B)no one helped her.
The adversaries saw her,
They (C)laughed at her [a]ruin.
Jerusalem sinned (D)greatly,
Therefore (E)she has become an [b]object of ridicule.
All who honored her despise her
Because they have seen her nakedness;
Even (F)she herself groans and turns away.
Her (G)uncleanness was in her garment’s seams;
She [c]did not think of her (H)future.
So she has [d](I)fallen in an astonishing way;
(J)She has no comforter.
(K)See, Lord, my affliction,
For the enemy has [e](L)honored himself!”

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:7 Lit cessation
  2. Lamentations 1:8 Or abomination
  3. Lamentations 1:9 Or remember her final end
  4. Lamentations 1:9 Lit gone down
  5. Lamentations 1:9 Or boasted

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