Chapter 1

¹ How does the city that was filled with people sit solitary!

Lam 1:1

² She weeps sore in the night,

Lam 1:2

³ Judea is gone into captivity by reason of her affliction,

Lam 1:3

⁴ The ways of Zion mourn,

Lam 1:4

⁵ Her oppressors are become the head,

Lam 1:5

⁶ And all her beauty has been taken away

Lam 1:6

⁷ Jerusalem remembered the days of her affliction,

Lam 1:7

⁸ Jerusalem has sinned a [great] sin;

Lam 1:8

⁹ Her uncleanness is before her feet;

Lam 1:9

¹⁰ The oppressor has stretched out his hand

Lam 1:10

¹¹ All her people groan,

Lam 1:11

¹² All ye that pass by the way,

Lam 1:12

¹³ He has sent fire from his lofty habitation,

Lam 1:13

¹⁴ He has watched over my sins,

Lam 1:14

¹⁵ The Lord has cut off

Lam 1:15

¹⁶ Mine eye has poured out water,

Lam 1:16

¹⁷ Zion has spread out her hand,

Lam 1:17

¹⁸ The Lord is righteous;

Lam 1:18

¹⁹ I called my lovers,

Lam 1:19

²⁰ Behold, O Lord; for I am afflicted:

Lam 1:20

²¹ Hear, I pray you, for I groan:

Lam 1:21

²² Let all their wickedness come before thy face;

Lam 1:22