Lamentations 1:15-17

International Children’s Bible

¹⁵“The Lord has rejected
    all my mighty men inside my walls.
He brought an army against me
    to destroy my young men.
As if in a winepress, the Lord has crushed
    the capital city of Judah.

¹⁶“I cry about these things.
    My eyes overflow with tears.
There is no one near to comfort me.
    There is no one who can give me strength again.
My children are left sad and lonely
    because the enemy has won.”

¹⁷Jerusalem reaches out her hands,
    but there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has commanded for the people of Jacob
    that their enemies surround them.
Jerusalem has become unclean
    like those around her.

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Lamentations 1:15-17

New International Version

¹⁵“The Lord has rejected
    all the warriors in my midst;^(A)
he has summoned an army^(B) against me
    to^[a] crush my young men.^(C)
In his winepress^(D) the Lord has trampled^(E)
    Virgin Daughter^(F) Judah.

¹⁶“This is why I weep
    and my eyes overflow with tears.^(G)
No one is near to comfort^(H) me,
    no one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute
    because the enemy has prevailed.”^(I)

¹⁷Zion stretches out her hands,^(J)
    but there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has decreed for Jacob
    that his neighbors become his foes;^(K)
Jerusalem has become
    an unclean^(L) thing^(M) among them.

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Footnotes

Lamentations 1:15 Or has set a time for me / when he will

Lamentations 1:15-17

King James Version

¹⁵The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.

¹⁶For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

¹⁷Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.

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