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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How deserted lies the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.1.1"><span class="content">once so full of people!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.1.1"><span class="content">How like a widow is she,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.1.1"><span class="content">who once was great among the nations!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.1.1"><span class="content">She who was queen among the provinces</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.1.1"><span class="content">has now become a slave.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Bitterly she weeps at night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.1.2"><span class="content">tears are on her cheeks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.1.2"><span class="content">Among all her lovers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.1.2"><span class="content">there is no one to comfort her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.1.2"><span class="content">All her friends have betrayed her;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.1.2"><span class="content">they have become her enemies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">After affliction and harsh labor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.1.3"><span class="content">Judah has gone into exile.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.1.3"><span class="content">She dwells among the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.1.3"><span class="content">she finds no resting place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.1.3"><span class="content">All who pursue her have overtaken her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.1.3"><span class="content">in the midst of her distress.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The roads to Zion mourn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.1.4"><span class="content">for no one comes to her appointed festivals.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.1.4"><span class="content">All her gateways are desolate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.1.4"><span class="content">her priests groan,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.1.4"><span class="content">her young women grieve,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.1.4"><span class="content">and she is in bitter anguish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Her foes have become her masters;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.1.5"><span class="content">her enemies are at ease.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.1.5"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has brought her grief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.1.5"><span class="content">because of her many sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.1.5"><span class="content">Her children have gone into exile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.1.5"><span class="content">captive before the foe.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">All the splendor has departed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.1.6"><span class="content">from Daughter Zion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.1.6"><span class="content">Her princes are like deer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.1.6"><span class="content">that find no pasture;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.1.6"><span class="content">in weakness they have fled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.1.6"><span class="content">before the pursuer.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">In the days of her affliction and wandering</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.1.7"><span class="content">Jerusalem remembers all the treasures</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.1.7"><span class="content">that were hers in days of old.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.1.7"><span class="content">When her people fell into enemy hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.1.7"><span class="content">there was no one to help her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.1.7"><span class="content">Her enemies looked at her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.1.7"><span class="content">and laughed at her destruction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Jerusalem has sinned greatly</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.1.8"><span class="content">and so has become unclean.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.1.8"><span class="content">All who honored her despise her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.1.8"><span class="content">for they have all seen her naked;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.1.8"><span class="content">she herself groans</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.1.8"><span class="content">and turns away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Her filthiness clung to her skirts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.1.9"><span class="content">she did not consider her future.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.1.9"><span class="content">Her fall was astounding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.1.9"><span class="content">there was none to comfort her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.1.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Look, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, on my affliction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.1.9"><span class="content">for the enemy has triumphed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The enemy laid hands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.1.10"><span class="content">on all her treasures;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.1.10"><span class="content">she saw pagan nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.1.10"><span class="content">enter her sanctuary&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.1.10"><span class="content">those you had forbidden</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.1.10"><span class="content">to enter your assembly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">All her people groan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.1.11"><span class="content">as they search for bread;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.1.11"><span class="content">they barter their treasures for food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.1.11"><span class="content">to keep themselves alive.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.1.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Look, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and consider,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.1.11"><span class="content">for I am despised.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.1.12"><span class="content">Look around and see.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.1.12"><span class="content">Is any suffering like my suffering</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.1.12"><span class="content">that was inflicted on me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.1.12"><span class="content">that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought on me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.1.12"><span class="content">in the day of his fierce anger?</span></span></div>
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