34AND ALLOWANCE HIS AN ALLOWANCE OF CONTINUITY IT WAS GIVEN TO <THE> HIM FROM WITH [THE] KING OF BABYLON A MATTER OF A DAY IN DAY ITS UNTIL [THE] DAY OF DEATH HIS ALL [THE] DAYS OF LIFE HIS 34And the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.
1HOW! SHE SITS ALONE THE CITY GREAT OF PEOPLE SHE HAS BECOME LIKE A WIDOW [ONE] GREAT AMONG THE NATIONS A PRINCESS AMONG THE PROVINCES SHE HAS BECOME <INTO> FORCED LABOR How Lonely Lies the City! (2 Kings 24:10–17) 1How*NoteCloseThis chapter is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.
2BITTERLY <WEEP> SHE WEEPS IN THE NIGHT AND TEAR[S] HER [ARE] ON CHEEK HER NOT [BELONGS] TO HER A COMFORTER FROM ALL LOVERS HER ALL FRIENDS HER THEY HAVE DEALT TREACHEROUSLY WITH HER THEY HAVE BECOME OF HER <INTO> ENEMIES 2She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
3SHE HAS GONE INTO EXILE JUDAH FROM AFFLICTION AND FROM AN ABUNDANCE OF SERVITUDE HER SHE DWELLS AMONG THE NATIONS NOT SHE HAS FOUND A RESTING PLACE ALL PURSUERS HER THEY HAVE OVERTAKEN HER BETWEEN THE NARROW PLACES 3Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.
4[THE] ROADS OF ZION [ARE] MOURNING BECAUSE NOT [THOSE WHO] COME <OF> AN APPOINTED FEAST ALL GATES HER [ARE] DESOLATE PRIESTS HER [ARE] GROANING VIRGINS HER [ARE] GRIEVING AND SHE IT IS BITTER TO HER 4The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish
5THEY HAVE BECOME OPPONENTS HER <INTO> A HEAD ENEMIES HER THEY ARE AT EASE FOR YAHWEH HE HAS CAUSED GRIEF TO HER ON [THE] MULTITUDE OF TRANSGRESSIONS HER CHILDREN HER THEY HAVE GONE CAPTIVITY <TO> BEFORE AN OPPONENT 5Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.
6AND IT HAS GONE OUT FROM [THE] DAUGHTER OF ZION ALL SPLENDOR HER THEY HAVE BECOME PRINCES HER LIKE DEER [WHICH] NOT THEY HAVE FOUND PASTURE AND THEY HAVE GONE WITH NOT STRENGTH <TO> BEFORE A PURSUER 6All the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; they lack the strength to flee in the face of the hunter.
7SHE HAS REMEMBERED JERUSALEM [THE] DAYS OF AFFLICTION HER AND HOMELESSNESS<ES> HER ALL PRECIOUS THINGS HER WHICH THEY WERE FROM DAYS OF ANTIQUITY WHEN FELL PEOPLE HER IN [THE] HAND OF AN OPPONENT AND NOT A HELPER [BELONGED] TO HER THEY SAW HER OPPONENTS THEY LAUGHED AT ANNIHILATION<S> HER 7In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.
8SIN SHE HAS SINNED JERUSALEM THERE- -FORE <INTO> IMPURITY SHE HAS BECOME ALL [THOSE WHO] HONORED HER THEY DESPISE HER FOR THEY HAVE SEEN NAKEDNESS HER ALSO SHE <SHE> HAS GROANED AND SHE HAS TURNED AWAY BACKWARD 8Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness;*NoteCloseOr her shame she herself groans and turns away.
9UNCLEANNESS HER [WAS] ON SKIRTS HER NOT SHE REMEMBERED OUTCOME HER AND SHE HAS COME DOWN WONDERS NOT A COMFORTER [BELONGED] TO HER SEE O YAHWEH <OBJ.> AFFLICTION MY FOR IT HAS MAGNIFIED ITSELF [THE] ENEMY 9Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!
10HAND HIS HE HAS SPREAD OUT [THE] OPPONENT OVER ALL PRECIOUS THINGS HER FOR IT SAW NATIONS [WHICH] THEY WENT SANCTUARY ITS WHICH YOU HAD COMMANDED NOT THEY WILL COME IN THE ASSEMBLY OF YOU 10The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary— those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly
11ALL PEOPLE ITS [ARE] GROANING [ARE] SEEKING BREAD THEY HAVE GIVEN PRECIOUS THINGS THEIR FOR FOOD TO RESTORE LIFE SEE O YAHWEH AND LOOK! FOR I AM DESPISED 11All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.
12NOT TO YOU O ALL [THOSE WHO] PASS BY OF [THE] ROAD LOOK AND SEE IF THERE [IS] PAIN LIKE PAIN MY WHICH IT HAS BEEN DONE TO ME WHICH HE HAS CAUSED GRIEF YAHWEH ON [THE] DAY OF [THE] BURNING OF ANGER HIS 12Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
13FROM A HIGH PLACE HE SENT FIRE IN BONES MY AND HE MASTERED IT HE SPREAD OUT A NET FOR FEET MY HE MADE TURN BACK ME BACKWARD HE MADE ME DESOLATE ALL THE DAY FAINT 13He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
14IT HAS BEEN BOUND ON [THE] YOKE OF TRANSGRESSIONS MY BY HAND HIS THEY ARE WOVEN TOGETHER THEY HAVE COME UP ON NECK MY HE HAS MADE FEEBLE STRENGTH MY HE HAS GIVEN ME [THE] LORD IN [THE] HANDS OF [THOSE WHOM] NOT I AM ABLE TO STAND 14My transgressions are bound into a yoke,*NoteCloseMost Hebrew manuscripts; other Hebrew manuscripts and LXX He kept watch over my sins knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
15HE HAS THROWN AWAY ALL MIGHTY [ONES] MY [THE] LORD IN MIDST MY HE HAS PROCLAIMED ON ME AN APPOINTED MEETING TO BREAK YOUNG MEN MY A WINEPRESS HE HAS TRODDEN [THE] LORD FOR [THE] VIRGIN OF [THE] DAUGHTER OF JUDAH 15The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me*NoteCloseOr has set a time for me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.
16ON THESE [THINGS] I [AM] WEEPING EYE MY EYE MY [IS] GOING DOWN WATER FOR HE IS FAR FROM ME A COMFORTER [ONE WHO] RESTORES LIFE MY THEY ARE CHILDREN MY DESOLATE FOR HE HAS PREVAILED [THE] ENEMY 16For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
17IT HAS SPREAD OUT ZION <IN> HANDS ITS NOT A COMFORTER [BELONGS] TO IT HE HAS COMMANDED YAHWEH OF JACOB [THOSE] AROUND HIM [WILL BE] OPPONENTS HIS IT HAS BECOME JERUSALEM <INTO> AN IMPURE THING BETWEEN THEM 17Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
18[IS] RIGHTEOUS HE YAHWEH FOR MOUTH HIS I HAVE BEEN REBELLIOUS LISTEN PLEASE O ALL THE PEOPLES AND SEE PAIN MY YOUNG WOMEN MY AND YOUNG MEN MY THEY HAVE GONE IN <THE> CAPTIVITY 18The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
19I CALLED TO <THE> LOVERS MY THEY THEY DECEIVED ME PRIESTS MY AND ELDERS MY IN THE CITY THEY PERISHED FOR THEY SOUGHT FOOD FOR THEMSELVES SO THEY MAY BE RESTORED <OBJ.> LIFE THEIR 19I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.
20SEE O YAHWEH FOR DISTRESS [BELONGS] TO ME INWARD PARTS MY THEY ARE IN TURMOIL IT HAS BEEN OVERTURNED HEART MY IN INNER BEING MY FOR EXTREMELY <BE REBELLIOUS> I HAVE BEEN REBELLIOUS FROM OUTSIDE IT HAS BEREAVED A SWORD [IS] IN THE HOUSE LIKE <THE> DEATH 20See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.
21THEY HEARD THAT [WAS] GROANING I NOT A COMFORTER [BELONGED] TO ME ALL ENEMIES MY THEY HEARD DISTRESS MY THEY REJOICED FOR YOU YOU HAVE ACTED YOU HAVE BROUGHT [THE] DAY [WHICH] YOU PROCLAIMED AND THEY MAY BE LIKE ME 21People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.
22MAY IT COME ALL WICKEDNESS THEIR <TO> BEFORE YOU AND DEAL SEVERELY TO THEM JUST AS YOU HAVE DEALT SEVERELY TO ME ON ALL TRANSGRESSIONS MY FOR [ARE] MANY GROANING<S> MY AND HEART MY [IS] FAINT 22Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.