American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. How hath the Lord[H136] covered[H5743] the daughter[H1323] of Zion[H6726] with a cloud[H5743] in his anger[H639]! He hath cast down[H7993] from heaven[H8064] unto the earth[H776] the beauty[H8597] of Israel[H3478], And hath not remembered[H2142] his footstool[H1916] in the day[H3117] of his anger[H639].

2. The 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 strongholds[H4013] of the daughter[H1323] of Judah[H3063]; He hath brought them down[H5060] to the ground[H776]; he hath profaned[H2490] the kingdom[H4467] and the princes thereof[H8269].

3. He hath cut off[H1438] in 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 hath burned[H1197] up Jacob[H3290] like a flaming[H3852] fire[H784], which devoureth[H398] round about[H5439].

4. He hath bent[H1869] his bow[H7198] like an enemy[H341], he hath stood[H5324] with his right hand[H3225] as an adversary[H6862], And hath slain[H2026] all that were pleasant[H4261] to the eye[H5869]: In the tent[H168] of the daughter[H1323] of Zion[H6726] he hath poured out[H8210] his wrath[H2534] like fire[H784].

5. The Lord[H136] is become 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 strongholds[H4013]; And he hath multiplied[H7235] in the daughter[H1323] of Judah[H3063] mourning[H8386] and lamentation[H592].

6. And he hath violently taken away[H2554] his tabernacle[H7900], as if it were of a garden[H1588]; he hath destroyed[H7843] his place of assembly[H4150]: Jehovah[H3068] hath caused solemn assembly[H4150] and sabbath[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].

7. The 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 Jehovah[H3068], as in the day[H3117] of a solemn assembly[H4150].

8. Jehovah[H3068] hath purposed[H2803] to destroy[H7843] the wall[H2346] of the daughter[H1323] of Zion[H6726]; He hath stretched out[H5186] the line[H6957], he hath not withdrawn[H7725] his hand[H3027] from destroying[H1104]; And he hath made the rampart[H2426] and wall[H2346] to lament[H56]; they languish[H535] together[H3162].

9. Her 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 nations[H1471] where the law[H8451] is not[H5030]; Yea, her prophets find[H4672] no vision[H2377] from Jehovah[H3068].

10. The elders[H2205] of the daughter[H1323] of Zion[H6726] sit[H3427] upon the ground[H776], they 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].

11. Mine eyes[H5869] do fail[H3615] with tears[H1832], my heart[H4578] is troubled[H2560]; My liver[H3516] is poured[H8210] upon the earth[H776], because of the destruction[H7667] of the daughter[H1323] of my people[H5971], Because the young children[H5768] and the sucklings[H3243] swoon[H5848] in the streets[H7339] of the city[H7151].

12. They say[H559] to their mothers[H517], Where is grain[H1715] and wine[H3196]? When they swoon[H5848] as the wounded[H2491] in the streets[H7339] of the city[H5892], When their soul[H5315] is poured out[H8210] into their mothers[H517]' bosom[H2436].

13. What shall I testify[H5749] unto thee[H4100]? what shall I liken[H1819] to thee[H1323], O daughter of Jerusalem[H3389]? What shall I compare[H7737] to thee[H5162], that I may comfort thee[H1330], O virgin daughter[H1323] of Zion[H6726]? For thy breach[H7667] is great[H1419] like the sea[H3220]: who can heal thee[H7495]?

14. Thy prophets[H5030] have seen[H2372] for thee false[H7723] and foolish visions[H8602]; And they have not uncovered[H1540] thine iniquity[H5771], to bring back[H7725] thy captivity[H7622], But have seen[H2372] for thee false[H7723] oracles[H4864] and causes of banishment[H4065].

15. All 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[H5892], Is this the city that men called[H559] The perfection[H3632] of beauty[H3308], The joy[H4885] of the whole earth[H776]?

16. All thine enemies[H341] have opened[H6475] their mouth[H6310] wide against thee[H8319]; They hiss 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 it[H7200].

17. Jehovah[H3068] hath done[H6213] that which he purposed[H2161]; He hath fulfilled[H1214] his word[H565] that he commanded[H6680] in the days[H3117] of old[H6924]; He hath thrown down[H2040], and hath not pitied[H2550]: And he hath caused the enemy[H341] to rejoice[H8055] over thee[H7311]; He hath exalted the horn[H7161] of thine adversaries[H6862].

18. Their 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 respite[H6314]; let not the apple[H1323] of thine eye[H5869] cease[H1826].

19. Arise[H6965], cry out[H7442] in the night[H3915], at the beginning[H7218] of the watches[H821]; Pour out[H8210] thy 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] at the head[H7218] of every street[H2351].

20. See[H7200], O Jehovah[H3068], and behold[H7200] to whom thou hast done[H5953] thus[H3541]! Shall the women[H802] eat[H398] their fruit[H6529], the children[H5768] that are dandled[H2949] in the hands[H3548]? Shall the priest and the prophet[H5030] be slain[H2026] in the sanctuary[H4720] of the Lord[H136]?

21. The youth[H5288] and the old[H2205] man 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 slaughtered[H2873], and not pitied[H2550].

22. Thou hast called[H7121], as in the day[H3117] of a solemn[H4150] assembly[H4032], my terrors on every side[H5439]; And there was none that escaped[H6412] or remained[H8300] in the day[H3117] of Jehovah[H3068]'s anger[H639]: Those that I have dandled[H2946] and brought up[H7235] hath mine enemy[H341] consumed[H3615].