Verse 19
Lamentations 1:19
Bible in Basic English
19
I sent for my lovers, but they were false to me: my priests and my responsible men were breathing their last breath in the town, while they were looking for food to give them new life.
Original Language Text
hebrew
קָרָ֤אתִי לַֽ/מְאַהֲבַ/י֙ הֵ֣מָּה רִמּ֔וּ/נִי כֹּהֲנַ֥/י וּ/זְקֵנַ֖/י בָּ/עִ֣יר גָּוָ֑עוּ כִּֽי בִקְשׁ֥וּ אֹ֨כֶל֙ לָ֔/מוֹ וְ/יָשִׁ֖יבוּ אֶת נַפְשָֽׁ/ם
English Translation
I called to my lovers; they deceived me, my priests and my elders in the city. They sought food for themselves and they restored their souls.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 1 Context
1
See her seated by herself, the town which was full of people! She who was great among the nations ha...
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2
She is sorrowing bitterly in the night, and her face is wet with weeping; among all her lovers she h...
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3
Judah has been taken away as a prisoner because of trouble and hard work; her living-place is among...
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4
The ways of Zion are sad, because no one comes to the holy meeting; all her doorways are made waste,...
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5
Those who are against her have become the head, everything goes well for her haters; for the Lord ha...
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6
And all her glory has gone from the daughter of Zion: her rulers have become like harts with no plac...
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7
Jerusalem keeps in mind, in the days of her sorrow and of her wanderings, all the desired things whi...
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8
Great is the sin of Jerusalem; for this cause she has become an unclean thing: all those who gave he...
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9
In her skirts were her unclean ways; she gave no thought to her end; and her fall has been a wonder;...
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10
The hand of her hater is stretched out over all her desired things; for she has seen that the nation...
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11
Breathing out grief all her people are looking for bread; they have given their desired things for f...
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12
Come to me, all you who go by! Keep your eyes on me, and see if there is any pain like the pain of m...
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13
From on high he has sent fire into my bones, and it has overcome them: his net is stretched out for...
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14
A watch is kept on my sins; they are joined together by his hand, they have come on to my neck; he h...
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15
The Lord has made sport of all my men of war in me, he has got men together against me to send destr...
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16
For these things I am weeping; my eye is streaming with water; because the comforter who might give...
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17
Zion's hands are outstretched; she has no comforter; the Lord has given orders to the attackers of J...
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18
The Lord is upright; for I have gone against his orders: give ear, now, all you peoples, and see my...
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19
I sent for my lovers, but they were false to me: my priests and my responsible men were breathing th...
20
See, O Lord, for I am in trouble; the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved; my heart is turned i...
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21
Give ear to the voice of my grief; I have no comforter; all my haters have news of my troubles, they...
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22
Let all their evil-doing come before you; do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for lou...
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