garden he hath destroyed his places of the assembly 5 He violently remov'd his tent as 't of a garden were He of th' assembly hath destroyd the places that are there The Lord hath caused the solemne feasts and â—abbaths to be forgotten in Zion and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest God causd in Zion solâ—mn feasts and sabbaths be forgot In his wraths indignation he King Priest regarded not 7 The Lord hath cast off his alter he hath abhorred his sanctuarie he hath given up into the hand of the enemie the walls of her palaces 7 The Lord his altar hath cast off and loth'd his Sanctuary Her palace wals he in the hand gave of the enemy They have made a noise in the house of the Lord as in the day of a solemn feast Within the house that is the Lords a noise als made have they As if it for a solemn feast had been a joyfull day 8 The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion he hath stretched out a line he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying 8 The Lord hath purpos'd to destroy his Zions daughters wall He stretch'd a line he not withdrew his hand from wasting all Therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament they languished together 9 Her gâ—â—es are sunk into the ground Therefore he made the rampart so and wall for to lament They languished together then 9 Her gates to ground they went He hath destroyed and broken her bars her king and her princes are among the Gentiles the law is no more He hath destroyd and broke her bars her King and Princes thus Among the Gentiles scattered are the law no more 's for us Her prophets also finde no vision from the LORD 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground and keep silence Her Prophets also from the Lord at all no vision found 10 Of Zions daughter th' elders als sit silent on the ground They have cast up dust upon their heads they have girded themselves with sackcloth In this their grief they have cast up the dust their heads upon And they themselves have also girt with sackcloth evry one The virgins of Ierusalem hang down their heads to the ground 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears my bowels are troubled And Salems virgins hang their heads down to the ground right farre â—1 Mine eyes they now do fail with tears my bowels troubled are My liver is poured upon the earth for the deâ—â—ruction of the daughter of my people because â—e children and the sucklings swoon in the â—eâ—ts of the city â—y liver is powr'd on the earth for the destruction â—f people mine because in streets young children sucklings swoon 12 They say to their mothers Where is corn â—d wine when they swooned as the wounded in â—e streets of the city â—2 They to their mothers said Where is corn wine for to be found â—hen as within the cities streets as wounded men they swoon'd When their soul was poured out into their â—thers bosome â—'n at the same time when their soul the city all throughout to their mothers bosome was with sorrow powred out 13 What thing shall I take to witnesse for â—e what thing shall I liken to thee O â—â—ghter of Ierusalem 13 What thing for thee to witnesse now shall taken be by me O Salems daughter what shall I now liken unto thee What shall I equall to thee that I may for t theâ— O virgin daughter of Zion foâ— breach is great like the sea O Virgin Zions daughter dear that I may comfort thee What shall I equall thee unto thy breach great 's like the sea Who can heal thee 14 Thy prophets have seen vain and fâ—â—hings for thee Who is he that well can thee heal 14 Thy prophets they have seen Such things for thee as meerly vain and foolish als have been And they have not discovered thine iniqâ—â—urn away thy captivity but have seen foâ— false burdens and causes of banishment Thy sin they not discovered thy thrall to turn away But burdens false of banishment the causes seen have they 15 All that passe by clap their haâ— thee they hisse and wag their head at the dâ—â—er of Ierusalem saying Is this the city 15 All that passe by clap hands at thee they hisse and wag their head At Salems daughter saying thus is this the town indeed That men call the perfection of beautie the â—oy of the whole earth 16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee they hisse and gnash the teeth That men beauties perfection call of the whole earth the joy 16 'Gainst thee thy foes their mouth make wide hisse gnash their teeth do they They say We have swallowed her up certainly this is the day that we looked for we have found we have seen it They say we have her swallow'd up this surely is the day We looked for we have it found we have it seen alway 17 The Lord hath done that which he had devised he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the dayes of old 17 The Lord hath done what he devisd fulfill'd he hath by sword That in the dayes that were of old he did command by word He hath thrown down and hath not pitied and he hath caused thine enemies to rejoice oâ— thee he hath set up the horn of thine adversariâ— He down did throw and piti'd not he causd thine enemies To joy ov'r thee the horn he raisd of thine adversaries 18 Their heart cried unto the Lord O wâ— of the daughter of Zion let tears run down liâ— a river day and night 18 Their heart did cry unto the Lord O Zions daughters wall Let tears down still both day and night ev'n like a river fall Give thy self no rest let not the appl◠〈◊〉 thine eyes cease 19 Arise cry out in the night Give to thy self no rest let not cease th' apple of thine eye 19 Do thou arise and in the night cease thou not out to cry In the beginning of the watches powre 〈◊〉 thine heart like water before the face of the Lorâ— See that in the beginning of the watches thou powre out Thine heart before the face of God like water round about Lift up thy hands towards him for the life of â—y young children that faint for hunger in the â—p of every street â—hy hand to him lift for the life of thy young children all â—hat in the top of every street for hunger fainting fall 20 Behold O Lord and consider to whom â—ou hast done this shall the women eat their â—uit and children of a span long â—0 Lo. Lord consider to whom thou hast done this us among â— shall the women eat their fruit and babes of a span long Shall the Priest and the Prophet be slain in 〈◊〉 sanctuary of the Lord 21 The young and the old lie on the ground 〈◊〉 the streets â—hall Priest and Prophet thus be slain
behold and see See Lord consider for I 'm vile 12 Is it nothing to you All passers by See and also this well consider now If there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow which is done unto me wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger If any sorrow be like mine done to me ev'ry way Wherewith the Lord afflicted me in his fierce angers day 13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones and it prevaileth against them 13 He from above into my bones sent fire me to assail And it in a most fearfull way against them doth prevail He hath spread a net for my feet he hath â—urned me back he hath made me desolate and faint all the day He turnd me back and for my feet a net spread in the way He hath als made me desolate and faint ev'n all the day 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand they are wreathed and come up upon my nâ—câ— 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand alone They wreathed are and also they come up my neck upon He hath made my strength to fall the Lord hath delivered me into their hands from whom I am not able to rise up He hath my strength made for to fall the Lord hath me likewise Delivered into their hands from whom I cannot rise 15 The Lord hath troden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me he hath called an assembly against me 15 God under foot in midst of me hath trod my mighties all In midst of me he against me did an assemblie call To crush my young men the Lord hath troden the virgin the daughter of Iudah as in â— wine-presse So for to crush my young men all the Lord hath with distresse The virgin Judahs daughter trode ev'n as in a wine-presse 16 For these things I weep mine eye mine eye runneth down with water because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me 16 For this I weep with water down mine eye doth run mine eye For the comforter that my soul should save is farre from me My children are desolate because the enemy prevailed 17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands and there is none to comfort her Because the enemy prevail'd my sonnes are spoil'd eachone 17 Zion she spreadeth forth her hands to comfort her there 's none The Lord hath commanded concerning Iacob that his adversaries should be round about him Ierusalem is as a menstruous woman among them Concerning Jacob God ordaind his foes about him round Among them is Jerus'lem as a menstruous woman found 18 The Lord is righteous for I have rebelâ—ed against his commandment hear I pray you â—ll people and behold my sorrow 18 The Lord is righteous for I have rebell'd against his will I pray you people all to hear and see my sorrow still My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity 19 I called for my lovers but they deceived me My Virgins and my young Men are gone in captivitie 19 I for my lovers then did call but they deceived me My priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city while they sought their meat to relieve their souls My Priests yea and mine Elders als then up the ghost did give While meat they in the city sought their souls for to relieve 20 Behold O Lord for I am in distresse my bowels are troubled mine heart is turned within me for I have grievously rebelled 20 See Lord my bowels troubled are for in distresse am I Mine heart 's turn'd in me for I have rebelled grievously Abroad the sword bereaveth at home there is as death 21 They have heard that I sigh there is none to comfort me Abroad the sword bereaves at home there is as death we see 21 They have all heard that I do sigh there 's none to comfort me All mine enemies have heard of my trouble they are glad that thou hast done it thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called Mine en'mies all my trouble heard that thou the same hast done They are right glade thou'lt bring they day that thou hast cald anone And they shall be like unto me 22 Let all their wickednesse come before thee and do unto them And they shall be like unto me 22 Do thou now let therefore Ev'n all their grievous wickednes come clearly thee before And do thou unto them as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions for my sighâ— are many and my heart is faint As thou to me for all my faults hast done do them unto For now my sighs they many are my heart is faint also CHAPTER II. HOw hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beautie of Israel HOw Zions daughter hath the Lord cov'rd with a cloud in wrath And unto earth from heav'n cast down Israels beauty hath And remembred not his footstool in the day of his anger 2 The Lord swallowed up the habitations of Iacob And in the day of 's wrath did not to minde his footstool call 2 The Lord the habitations hath of Jacob swallow'd all And hath not pitied he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Iudah And he them hath not pitied he in his wrath so sad Thrown down by force hath the strong holds that Judahs daughter had He hath brought them down to the ground he hath polluted the kingdome and the princes thereof He by his might unto the ground hath made them all to fall The kingdom he polluted hath and Princes there of all 3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemie 3 Of Isra'l all the horn cut off in his fierce wrath hath he He hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemie And â—e burned against Iacob like a flaming fire which devoureth round about 4 He hath bent his bow like an enemie 'Gainst Jacob he like flaming fire did burn which wasts about 4 He hath his bow bent like unto an enemy most stouâ— He stood with his right hand as an adversary â—nd slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the â—bernacle of the daughter of Zion â—s an adversarie he stood what pleasant was to th' eye â—ith his right hand within the tent of Zion all slew he He poured out his furie like fire 5 The Lord was as an enemie he hath swallowed up Israel he hath swallowed up all her palaces His fury he powr'd out like fire 5 God was as enemy He swallow'd Isra'l he devour'd he palaces so hy He hath destroyed his strong holds and hath increased in the daughter of Iudah mourning and lamentation His strong holds he destroyed hath and hath increasde anone In Judahs daughter mourning great and lamentation 6 And he hath violently taken awayâ—his tabernacle as if it were of a
punishment of his sins 40 Let us search and try our wayes and turn again to the Lord A man for his sins punishment 40 Let us to search attain And try our wayes and to the Lord let us now turn again 41 Let us lift our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled thou hast not pardoned 41 Let us lift up our heart and hands to God in heav'n at last 42 We have transgressed and rebel'd and thou not pardon'd hast 43 Thou hast covered with anger and persecuted us thou hast stain thou hast not pitied 43 Thou persecuted hast and us with anger cov'rd at last Thou hast us by our enemies slain and thou not pitied hast 44 Thou hast covered thy self with a cloud that our prayer should not passe through 45 Thou hast made us as the off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the people 44 Thou with a cloud thee cov'rd that through our suit passe should not thus 45 Th' off-scouring and refuse thou madst in midst of people us 46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us 47 Fear and a snare is come upon us desolation and destruction 46 Against us opned have their mouths our enemies eachone 47 Destruction desolation fear and snares come us upon 48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people 48 With rivers ev'n of water great still runneth down mine eye Ev'n for destruction that doth on my peoples daughter ly 49 Mine eye trickleth down and ceaseth not without any intermission 50 â—ill the Lord look down and behold from heaven 49 Mine eye down trickleth without cease or intermission 50 Till that the Lord from Heav'n behold and us look down upon 51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my citie 52 Mine enemies chased me sore like a bird without cause 51 Mine eye affects my heart ev'n for my cities daughters all 52 Me without cause sore chas'd my foes like to a bird that 's small 53 They have cut of my life in the dungeon and cast a stone upon me 54 Waters flowed over mine head then I said I am cut off 53 In dungeon they cut off my life and cast on me a stone 54 The waters ov'r my head did flow I said cut off I 'm gone 55 I called upon thy name O Lord out of the low dungeon 56 Thou hast heard my voice hide not thine ear at my breathing at my cry 55 Out of the dungeon low O Lord on thy Name called I 56 Thou heardst my voice hide not thine ear while I do breath and cry 57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee thou saidst Fear not 58 O Lord thou hast pleadâ—d the causes of my soul thou hast redeemed my life 57 Thou near drewst when I call'd on thee thou saidst Let fear be past 58 Thou pleadst the causes of my soul my life redeem'd thou hast 59 O Lord thou hast seen my wrong judge thou my cause 60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me 59 O Lord do thou now judge my cause my wrong all seene thou hast 60 Thou their imaginations sawst and vengeance 'gainst me hast 61 Thou hast heard their reproach O Lord and all their imaginations against me 61 Thou hast most clearly heard O Lord how their reproach did fall And their imaginations that were against me all 62 The lips of those that rose up against me and their device against me all the day 62 The lips of those that up did rise against me evry way And their device mischievous all against me all the day 63 Behold their sitting down and their rising up I am their musick 63 Behold their sitting down and al 's their rising up for ill I in this case most surely am become their musick still 64 Render unto them a recompense O Lord according to the work of their hands 64 Unto them in thy fury great O thou the mighty Lord According to their handy work a recompence afford 65 Give them sorrow of heart thy curse unto them 66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord 65 Unto them sorrow give of heart thy curse unto them render 66 From under the Lords heav'ns destroy them persecute in anger CHAPTER IV. HOw is the gold become dim how is the most fine gold changed the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street HOw is the gold thus dim become how 's fine gold changed fâ—rre The temples stones out in the top of each street powred are 2 The precious sons of Zion compareable to fine gold how are they esteemed to earthen piâ—ohers the work of the hands of the potter 2 The precious sons of Sion like to fine gold in the lands How are they as earths pitchers thought the work of potters hands 3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast â—hey give suck to their young ones the daughter â—f my people is become cruell like the ostriches â—n the wildernesse â— â— Sea monsters ev'n draw out the breasts their young ones suck to give My people's fierce like ostritches in wildernesse that live 4 The tongue of the sucking childe cleaveth â—o the roof of his mouth for thirst the young children ask bread and no man breaketh it unto them 4 The sucking childe his tongue for thirst to his mouths roof cleaves so The children young ask bread and none it breaketh them unto 5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghils 5 They that did delicatly feed in streets are desolate They that in scarlet were brought up dunghills embrace for that 6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater then the punishment of the sin of Sodom 6 Of sins my peoples daughter did the punishment is more Then of the sin of Sodome was the punishment before That was overthrown as in a moment and no hands stayed on her 7 Her Nazarites were purer then snow they were whiter then milk That in a moment was ov'rthrown no hands did stay on her 7 Her Nazarites more pure then snow then milk they whiter were They were more rudy in body then rubies their â—olishing was of saphire 8 Their visage is blacker then a coal they are not known in the streets Then rubies they more rudy were as polish'd saphire drawn 8 Their visage blacker 's then a coal in streets they are not known Their skin cleaveth to their bones it is withered it is become like a stick 9 They that be slain with the sword are better then they that be slain with hunger Their skin it cleaveth to their bones it like a stick doth wither 9 The slain with sword are better then they that be slain with hunger For these pine away stricken through for want of the fruits of the field For piece
and piece those pine away before to death they yeeld They stricken through are for the want of fruits that fill the field 10 The hands of the pitifull women have sodden their own children they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people 10 The hands of women pitifull their children sodden have My folk in their destruction for meat them did receive 11 The Lord hath accomplished his fury he hath poured out his fierce anger and hath kindled a fire in Zion and it hath devoured the foundations thereof 11 His fury God accomplish'd hath his wrath he out did powre In Zion he put fire which there its ground-works did devoure 12 The kings of the earth and all the inhabitants of the world would not have beleeved that the adversary and the enemie should have entred into the gates of Ierusalem 12 Kings of the earth and dwellers in the world would not believe That th' en'mie into Salems gates to enter should get leave 13 For the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests that have shed the bloud of the just in the midst of her 13 For sins of all her prophets vile and priests iniquities That of the just have shed the blood in midst of her that lyes 14 They have wandred as blinde men in the streets they have polluted thâ—mselves with bloud so that men could not touch their garments 14 As blind they wandred in the streets themselves polluted much They have with blood ev'n so that men could not their garments touch 15 They cryed unto them Depart ye it is unclean depart depart touch not when they fled away and wandred 15 They cried unto them Depart unclean it is we say Depart depart touch not when thus they wandring fled away They said among the heathen they shall no more sojourn there 16 The anger of the Lord hath divided them They said among the heathen there no more sojourn they shall 16 The anger of the mighty Lord divided hath them all He will no more regard them they respected not the persons of the priests they favoured not the elders Hee 'l have no more regard to them of priests the persons they Respected not they favoured not the elders any way 17 As for us our eyes as yet failed for our vain help in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us 17 For us our eyes for our vain help as yet thâ—y fâ—iled have We in our watching watched for a Nation could not save 18 They hunt our steps that we cannot go iâ— our streets our end is near our dayes are fulfilled for our end is come 18 They hunt our steps that we can not go in our streets ov'rcome Our end is near our dayes fulfill'd are for our end is come 19 Our persecutors are swifter then the eagles of the heaven they pursued us upon the mountains they laid wait for us in the wildernes 19 Our persecutors swifter are then heavens Eagles thus On hils they us pursu'd and wait in desert laid for us 20 The breath of our nostrils the anointeâ— of the Lord was taken in their pits of whom we said 20 Likewise of our nostrils the breath th' Anointed of the Lord Was apprehended in their pits of whom we said this word Vnder his shadow we shall live among the heathen 21 Rejoice and be glad O daughter of Edom that dwellest in the land of Vz. Under his â—â—addow we shall live among the heathen thus 21 Rejoice O Eâ—oms daughter that dwell'st in the land of Uz. The cup also shall passe through unto thee thou shalt be drunken and shalt make thy self naked The cup also shall passe ev'n through till it come unto thee Thou shalt thy self all naked make and thou shalt drunken be 22 The punishment of thine iniquitie is accomplished O daughter of Zion he will no more cary thee away into captivity 22 The punishment accomplish'd is of thine iniquitie O Zions daughter he 'le no more as captive cary thee He will visit thine iniquitie O daughter of Edom he will discover thy sins O thou that Edoms daughter art he surely visit still Wilt thine iniquity and he thy sins discover will CHAPTER V. REmember O Lord what is come upon us consider and behold our reproch REmember now O Lord our God what is come us upon Consider also our reproch and it behold anone 2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers our houses to alients 3 We are Orphans and fatherlesse our mothers are as widows 2 To strangers turnd 's our heritage our house to aliants far 3 We Orphans are and Fatherlesse our mothers widows are 4 We have drunken our water for money our wood is sold unto us 5 Our necks are under persecution we labour and have no rest 4 For money we our water drink our wood is sold to us 5 Our necks under affliction are we restlesse labour thus 6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians to be satisfied with bread 6 We unto the Egyptians have giv'n the hand in need And to th' Assyrians for to be but satisfi'd with bread 7 Our fathers have sinned and are not and â—e have born their iniquities 8 Servants have ruled over us there isâ—ne that doth deliver us out of their hand Sinn'd have our fathers and are not and born their sins we have Ov'r us rul'd servants and none doth out of their hand us save 9 We gat our bread with the perill of our 〈◊〉 because of the sword of the wildernesse With perill of our lives we gat our bread in great distresse â—ecause of the most bloody sword that was in wildernesse 10 Our skin was black like an oven because the terrible famine 11 They ravished the women in Zion andâ—â—maids in the cities of Iudah â—â— Our skin for famine terrible like as â—ne ov'n was black They Zions women Judahs maids by ravishing did take 12 Princes are hanged up by their hand the â—es of elders were not honoured 12 Up by their hand most cruelly the Princes hang'd are there The faces of the Elders als by no man honourd were 13 They took the young men to grinde anâ— the children fell under the wood 14 The elders have ceased from the gate the young men from their musick 13 They took the young men for to grind boyes under wood did fall 14 The Elders ceased from the gate from musick young men all 15 The joy of our heart is ceased our daâ—â— is turned into mourning 16 The crown is fallen from our head 〈◊〉 unto us that we have sinned 15 Joy of our heart it ceased is our dance to mourning 's tâ—rned 16 The crown is fallen from our head woe's us that we have sinned 17 For this our heart is faint for these thiâ— our eyes are dim 18 Because of the mountain of Zion which desolaâ—e the foxes walk upon it 17 For this our heart is faint our eyes are dim for things so done 18 For Zions