Lamentations 1:16 “For all this I weep, weep buckets of tears, and not a soul within miles around cares for my soul. My children are wasted, my enemy got his way.”

1:16 MSG

逐节对照

The Message - “For all this I weep, weep buckets of tears, and not a soul within miles around cares for my soul. My children are wasted, my enemy got his way.”
新标点和合本 - 我因这些事哭泣；我眼泪汪汪；因为那当安慰我、救我性命的，离我甚远。我的儿女孤苦，因为仇敌得了胜。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我因这些事哭泣，眼泪汪汪；因为那安慰我、使我重新得力的，离我甚远。我的儿女孤苦，因为仇敌得胜了。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我因这些事哭泣，眼泪汪汪；因为那安慰我、使我重新得力的，离我甚远。我的儿女孤苦，因为仇敌得胜了。
当代译本 - “我为此哭泣，泪流满面，却无人安慰、鼓励我。我的儿女凄凉孤苦，因为仇敌已经得胜。”
圣经新译本 - 为了这些事我不住哭泣，我的眼不住流下泪水；因为那安慰我、使我重新振作的，都远离了我。我的儿女孤单凄凉，因为仇敌得胜了。
中文标准译本 - “我因这些事哭泣，双眼流泪，因为那安慰我、使我恢复精神的远离我；我的儿女凄凉，因为仇敌得胜了。” פ Pe
现代标点和合本 - 我因这些事哭泣，我眼泪汪汪，因为那当安慰我、救我性命的，离我甚远。我的儿女孤苦，因为仇敌得了胜。”
和合本（拼音版） - 我因这些事哭泣，我眼泪汪汪，因为那当安慰我、救我性命的，离我甚远。我的儿女孤苦，因为仇敌得了胜。
New International Version - “This is why I weep and my eyes overflow with tears. No one is near to comfort me, no one to restore my spirit. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.”
New International Reader's Version - “That’s why I am weeping. Tears are flowing from my eyes. No one is near to comfort me. No one can heal my spirit. My children don’t have anything. My enemies are much too strong for me.”
English Standard Version - “For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears; for a comforter is far from me, one to revive my spirit; my children are desolate, for the enemy has prevailed.”
New Living Translation - “For all these things I weep; tears flow down my cheeks. No one is here to comfort me; any who might encourage me are far away. My children have no future, for the enemy has conquered us.”
Christian Standard Bible - I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to keep me alive. My children are desolate because the enemy has prevailed. פ Pe
New American Standard Bible - For these things I weep; My eyes run down with water; Because far from me is a comforter, One to restore my soul. My children are desolate Because the enemy has prevailed.”
New King James Version - “For these things I weep; My eye, my eye overflows with water; Because the comforter, who should restore my life, Is far from me. My children are desolate Because the enemy prevailed.”
Amplified Bible - I weep for these things; My eyes overflow with tears, Because a comforter, One who could restore my soul, is far away from me. My children are desolate and perishing, For the enemy has prevailed.”
American Standard Version - For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water; Because the comforter that should refresh my soul is far from me: My children are desolate, because the enemy hath prevailed.
King James Version - 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: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
New English Translation - I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one in sight who can comfort me or encourage me. My children are desolated because an enemy has prevailed. פ (Pe)
World English Bible - “For these things I weep. My eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me. My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.”
新標點和合本 - 我因這些事哭泣；我眼淚汪汪；因為那當安慰我、救我性命的，離我甚遠。我的兒女孤苦，因為仇敵得了勝。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我因這些事哭泣，眼淚汪汪；因為那安慰我、使我重新得力的，離我甚遠。我的兒女孤苦，因為仇敵得勝了。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我因這些事哭泣，眼淚汪汪；因為那安慰我、使我重新得力的，離我甚遠。我的兒女孤苦，因為仇敵得勝了。
當代譯本 - 「我為此哭泣，淚流滿面，卻無人安慰、鼓勵我。我的兒女淒涼孤苦，因為仇敵已經得勝。」
聖經新譯本 - 為了這些事我不住哭泣，我的眼不住流下淚水；因為那安慰我、使我重新振作的，都遠離了我。我的兒女孤單淒涼，因為仇敵得勝了。
呂振中譯本 - 『我為了這些事而哭泣；我眼我目直流淚水；因為那當安慰我、使我恢復精神的、離我很遠；我的兒女淒涼涼，因為仇敵得勝了。
中文標準譯本 - 「我因這些事哭泣，雙眼流淚，因為那安慰我、使我恢復精神的遠離我；我的兒女淒涼，因為仇敵得勝了。」 פ Pe
現代標點和合本 - 我因這些事哭泣，我眼淚汪汪，因為那當安慰我、救我性命的，離我甚遠。我的兒女孤苦，因為仇敵得了勝。」
文理和合譯本 - 我緣斯而哭泣、滿目流涕兮、慰我心蘇我靈者、遠乎我兮、我之子女伶仃、敵人獲勝兮、
文理委辦譯本 - 緣此我為哭泣、潸然出涕、蓋慰者遠去、不加拯救兮、敵人勝予、子民煢獨兮。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 緣此我哭泣不已、目中流淚如水、能慰藉我、蘇醒我心者、與我遠離、我子俱亡、因敵人得勝、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Todo esto me hace llorar; los ojos se me nublan de llanto. No tengo cerca a nadie que me consuele; no tengo a nadie que me reanime. Mis hijos quedaron abandonados porque el enemigo salió victorioso». Pe
현대인의 성경 - “그래서 내가 울지 않을 수 없으니 내 눈에서 눈물이 쏟아져 내리는구나. 나를 위로할 자가 내 곁에 없고 내 영혼을 소생시킬 자가 멀리 떠나고 말았네. 원수들이 나를 이겼으므로 내 자녀들이 처량하게 되었구나.
Новый Русский Перевод - Вот почему я плачу, и из глаз моих потоками льются слезы. Рядом нет никого, кто бы утешил меня, оживил бы душу мою. Дети мои разорены, потому что враг одолел их.
Восточный перевод - Вот почему я плачу и из глаз моих потоками льются слёзы. Рядом нет никого, кто бы утешил меня, оживил бы душу мою. Дети мои разорены, потому что враг одолел их.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Вот почему я плачу и из глаз моих потоками льются слёзы. Рядом нет никого, кто бы утешил меня, оживил бы душу мою. Дети мои разорены, потому что враг одолел их.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Вот почему я плачу и из глаз моих потоками льются слёзы. Рядом нет никого, кто бы утешил меня, оживил бы душу мою. Дети мои разорены, потому что враг одолел их.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Je pleure donc sur eux ; j’éclate en longs sanglots, car le consolateur ╵qui ranimerait mon courage est loin de moi. Mes fils sont tous plongés ╵dans la désolation, car l’ennemi ╵a été le plus fort.
リビングバイブル - このことで、私は泣いています。私を助けられるのは主だけだというのに、主は私を慰めもせず、遠く離れて立っています。子どもたちに未来はありません。私たちは征服された民です。
Nova Versão Internacional - “É por isso que eu choro; as lágrimas inundam os meus olhos. Ninguém está por perto para consolar-me, não há ninguém que restaure o meu espírito. Meus filhos estão desamparados porque o inimigo prevaleceu.”
Hoffnung für alle - Darüber muss ich bitterlich weinen, die Tränen verschleiern mir die Augen. Denn ich habe keinen bei mir, der mich tröstet, niemanden, der mir wieder Mut zuspricht. Meine Kinder sind ihrem Schicksal ausgeliefert, der Feind hat uns alle in seiner Gewalt.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vì tất cả điều này nên tôi khóc lóc; nước mắt đầm đìa trên má tôi. Không một ai ở đây an ủi tôi; người làm tươi tỉnh tâm linh tôi đã đi xa. Con cái tôi không có tương lai vì quân thù chiến thắng.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ด้วยเหตุนี้ ข้าพเจ้าจึงร่ำไห้ น้ำตาหลั่งริน ไม่มีใครอยู่ใกล้ๆ คอยปลอบโยน ไม่มีใครช่วยกู้ดวงวิญญาณของข้าพเจ้า ลูกๆ ของข้าพเจ้าสิ้นเนื้อประดาตัว เพราะศัตรูชนะเขา”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ข้าพเจ้าร้องร่ำไห้กับสิ่งเหล่านี้ จนน้ำตาไหลพราก ยากเหลือเกินที่จะหาใครปลอบประโลมข้าพเจ้าได้ และทำให้ข้าพเจ้ามีความกล้ากลับขึ้นมาอีก ลูกๆ ของข้าพเจ้าเป็นทุกข์เช่นนี้ ก็เพราะศัตรูชนะแล้ว

交叉引用

Romans 9:1 - At the same time, you need to know that I carry with me at all times a huge sorrow. It’s an enormous pain deep within me, and I’m never free of it. I’m not exaggerating—Christ and the Holy Spirit are my witnesses. It’s the Israelites . . . If there were any way I could be cursed by the Messiah so they could be blessed by him, I’d do it in a minute. They’re my family. I grew up with them. They had everything going for them—family, glory, covenants, revelation, worship, promises, to say nothing of being the race that produced the Messiah, the Christ, who is God over everything, always. Oh, yes!
Lamentations 2:20 - “Look at us, God. Think it over. Have you ever treated anyone like this? Should women eat their own babies, the very children they raised? Should priests and prophets be murdered in the Master’s own Sanctuary?
Lamentations 2:21 - “Boys and old men lie in the gutters of the streets, my young men and women killed in their prime. Angry, you killed them in cold blood, cut them down without mercy.
Lamentations 2:22 - “You invited, like friends to a party, men to swoop down in attack so that on the big day of God’s wrath no one would get away. The children I loved and reared—gone, gone, gone.”
Psalms 69:20 - I’m broken by their taunts, Flat on my face, reduced to a nothing. I looked in vain for one friendly face. Not one. I couldn’t find one shoulder to cry on.
Lamentations 1:9 - She played fast and loose with life, she never considered tomorrow, and now she’s crashed royally, with no one to hold her hand: “Look at my pain, O God! And how the enemy cruelly struts.”
Jeremiah 9:1 - I wish my head were a well of water and my eyes fountains of tears So I could weep day and night for casualties among my dear, dear people. At times I wish I had a wilderness hut, a backwoods cabin, Where I could get away from my people and never see them again. They’re a faithless, feckless bunch, a congregation of degenerates. * * *
Luke 19:41 - When the city came into view, he wept over it. “If you had only recognized this day, and everything that was good for you! But now it’s too late. In the days ahead your enemies are going to bring up their heavy artillery and surround you, pressing in from every side. They’ll smash you and your babies on the pavement. Not one stone will be left intact. All this because you didn’t recognize and welcome God’s personal visit.”
Lamentations 4:2 - And the people of Zion, once prized, far surpassing their weight in gold, Are now treated like cheap pottery, like everyday pots and bowls mass-produced by a potter.
Lamentations 4:3 - Even wild jackals nurture their babies, give them their breasts to suckle. But my people have turned cruel to their babies, like an ostrich in the wilderness.
Lamentations 4:4 - Babies have nothing to drink. Their tongues stick to the roofs of their mouths. Little children ask for bread but no one gives them so much as a crust.
Lamentations 4:5 - People used to the finest cuisine forage for food in the streets. People used to the latest in fashions pick through the trash for something to wear.
Lamentations 4:6 - The evil guilt of my dear people was worse than the sin of Sodom— The city was destroyed in a flash, and no one around to help.
Lamentations 4:7 - The splendid and sacred nobles once glowed with health. Their bodies were robust and ruddy, their beards like carved stone.
Lamentations 4:8 - But now they are smeared with soot, unrecognizable in the street, Their bones sticking out, their skin dried out like old leather.
Lamentations 4:9 - Better to have been killed in battle than killed by starvation. Better to have died of battle wounds than to slowly starve to death.
Lamentations 4:10 - Nice and kindly women boiled their own children for supper. This was the only food in town when my dear people were broken.
Jeremiah 9:10 - “I’m lamenting the loss of the mountain pastures. I’m chanting dirges for the old grazing grounds. They’ve become deserted wastelands too dangerous for travelers. No sounds of sheep bleating or cattle mooing. Birds and wild animals, all gone. Nothing stirring, no sounds of life. I’m going to make Jerusalem a pile of rubble, fit for nothing but stray cats and dogs. I’m going to reduce Judah’s towns to piles of ruins where no one lives!” * * *
Ecclesiastes 4:1 - Next I turned my attention to all the outrageous violence that takes place on this planet—the tears of the victims, no one to comfort them; the iron grip of oppressors, no one to rescue the victims from them. So I congratulated the dead who are already dead instead of the living who are still alive. But luckier than the dead or the living is the person who has never even been, who has never seen the bad business that takes place on this earth.
Lamentations 1:5 - Her enemies have become her masters. Her foes are living it up because God laid her low, punishing her repeated rebellions. Her children, prisoners of the enemy, trudge into exile.
Lamentations 1:6 - All beauty has drained from Daughter Zion’s face. Her princes are like deer famished for food, chased to exhaustion by hunters.
Lamentations 3:49 - “The tears stream from my eyes, an artesian well of tears, Until you, God, look down from on high, look and see my tears. When I see what’s happened to the young women in the city, the pain breaks my heart.
Jeremiah 14:17 - “And you, Jeremiah, will say this to them: “‘My eyes pour out tears. Day and night, the tears never quit. My dear, dear people are battered and bruised, hopelessly and cruelly wounded. I walk out into the fields, shocked by the killing fields strewn with corpses. I walk into the city, shocked by the sight of starving bodies. And I watch the preachers and priests going about their business as if nothing’s happened!’”
Lamentations 2:18 - Give out heart-cries to the Master, dear repentant Zion. Let the tears roll like a river, day and night, and keep at it—no time-outs. Keep those tears flowing!
Lamentations 2:11 - My eyes are blind with tears, my stomach in a knot. My insides have turned to jelly over my people’s fate. Babies and children are fainting all over the place,
Lamentations 1:2 - She cries herself to sleep each night, tears soaking her pillow. No one’s left among her lovers to sit and hold her hand. Her friends have all dumped her.

逐节对照

交叉引用

The Message - “For all this I weep, weep buckets of tears, and not a soul within miles around cares for my soul. My children are wasted, my enemy got his way.”
新标点和合本 - 我因这些事哭泣；我眼泪汪汪；因为那当安慰我、救我性命的，离我甚远。我的儿女孤苦，因为仇敌得了胜。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我因这些事哭泣，眼泪汪汪；因为那安慰我、使我重新得力的，离我甚远。我的儿女孤苦，因为仇敌得胜了。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我因这些事哭泣，眼泪汪汪；因为那安慰我、使我重新得力的，离我甚远。我的儿女孤苦，因为仇敌得胜了。
当代译本 - “我为此哭泣，泪流满面，却无人安慰、鼓励我。我的儿女凄凉孤苦，因为仇敌已经得胜。”
圣经新译本 - 为了这些事我不住哭泣，我的眼不住流下泪水；因为那安慰我、使我重新振作的，都远离了我。我的儿女孤单凄凉，因为仇敌得胜了。
中文标准译本 - “我因这些事哭泣，双眼流泪，因为那安慰我、使我恢复精神的远离我；我的儿女凄凉，因为仇敌得胜了。” פ Pe
现代标点和合本 - 我因这些事哭泣，我眼泪汪汪，因为那当安慰我、救我性命的，离我甚远。我的儿女孤苦，因为仇敌得了胜。”
和合本（拼音版） - 我因这些事哭泣，我眼泪汪汪，因为那当安慰我、救我性命的，离我甚远。我的儿女孤苦，因为仇敌得了胜。
New International Version - “This is why I weep and my eyes overflow with tears. No one is near to comfort me, no one to restore my spirit. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.”
New International Reader's Version - “That’s why I am weeping. Tears are flowing from my eyes. No one is near to comfort me. No one can heal my spirit. My children don’t have anything. My enemies are much too strong for me.”
English Standard Version - “For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears; for a comforter is far from me, one to revive my spirit; my children are desolate, for the enemy has prevailed.”
New Living Translation - “For all these things I weep; tears flow down my cheeks. No one is here to comfort me; any who might encourage me are far away. My children have no future, for the enemy has conquered us.”
Christian Standard Bible - I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to keep me alive. My children are desolate because the enemy has prevailed. פ Pe
New American Standard Bible - For these things I weep; My eyes run down with water; Because far from me is a comforter, One to restore my soul. My children are desolate Because the enemy has prevailed.”
New King James Version - “For these things I weep; My eye, my eye overflows with water; Because the comforter, who should restore my life, Is far from me. My children are desolate Because the enemy prevailed.”
Amplified Bible - I weep for these things; My eyes overflow with tears, Because a comforter, One who could restore my soul, is far away from me. My children are desolate and perishing, For the enemy has prevailed.”
American Standard Version - For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water; Because the comforter that should refresh my soul is far from me: My children are desolate, because the enemy hath prevailed.
King James Version - 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: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
New English Translation - I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one in sight who can comfort me or encourage me. My children are desolated because an enemy has prevailed. פ (Pe)
World English Bible - “For these things I weep. My eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me. My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.”
新標點和合本 - 我因這些事哭泣；我眼淚汪汪；因為那當安慰我、救我性命的，離我甚遠。我的兒女孤苦，因為仇敵得了勝。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我因這些事哭泣，眼淚汪汪；因為那安慰我、使我重新得力的，離我甚遠。我的兒女孤苦，因為仇敵得勝了。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我因這些事哭泣，眼淚汪汪；因為那安慰我、使我重新得力的，離我甚遠。我的兒女孤苦，因為仇敵得勝了。
當代譯本 - 「我為此哭泣，淚流滿面，卻無人安慰、鼓勵我。我的兒女淒涼孤苦，因為仇敵已經得勝。」
聖經新譯本 - 為了這些事我不住哭泣，我的眼不住流下淚水；因為那安慰我、使我重新振作的，都遠離了我。我的兒女孤單淒涼，因為仇敵得勝了。
呂振中譯本 - 『我為了這些事而哭泣；我眼我目直流淚水；因為那當安慰我、使我恢復精神的、離我很遠；我的兒女淒涼涼，因為仇敵得勝了。
中文標準譯本 - 「我因這些事哭泣，雙眼流淚，因為那安慰我、使我恢復精神的遠離我；我的兒女淒涼，因為仇敵得勝了。」 פ Pe
現代標點和合本 - 我因這些事哭泣，我眼淚汪汪，因為那當安慰我、救我性命的，離我甚遠。我的兒女孤苦，因為仇敵得了勝。」
文理和合譯本 - 我緣斯而哭泣、滿目流涕兮、慰我心蘇我靈者、遠乎我兮、我之子女伶仃、敵人獲勝兮、
文理委辦譯本 - 緣此我為哭泣、潸然出涕、蓋慰者遠去、不加拯救兮、敵人勝予、子民煢獨兮。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 緣此我哭泣不已、目中流淚如水、能慰藉我、蘇醒我心者、與我遠離、我子俱亡、因敵人得勝、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Todo esto me hace llorar; los ojos se me nublan de llanto. No tengo cerca a nadie que me consuele; no tengo a nadie que me reanime. Mis hijos quedaron abandonados porque el enemigo salió victorioso». Pe
현대인의 성경 - “그래서 내가 울지 않을 수 없으니 내 눈에서 눈물이 쏟아져 내리는구나. 나를 위로할 자가 내 곁에 없고 내 영혼을 소생시킬 자가 멀리 떠나고 말았네. 원수들이 나를 이겼으므로 내 자녀들이 처량하게 되었구나.
Новый Русский Перевод - Вот почему я плачу, и из глаз моих потоками льются слезы. Рядом нет никого, кто бы утешил меня, оживил бы душу мою. Дети мои разорены, потому что враг одолел их.
Восточный перевод - Вот почему я плачу и из глаз моих потоками льются слёзы. Рядом нет никого, кто бы утешил меня, оживил бы душу мою. Дети мои разорены, потому что враг одолел их.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Вот почему я плачу и из глаз моих потоками льются слёзы. Рядом нет никого, кто бы утешил меня, оживил бы душу мою. Дети мои разорены, потому что враг одолел их.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Вот почему я плачу и из глаз моих потоками льются слёзы. Рядом нет никого, кто бы утешил меня, оживил бы душу мою. Дети мои разорены, потому что враг одолел их.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Je pleure donc sur eux ; j’éclate en longs sanglots, car le consolateur ╵qui ranimerait mon courage est loin de moi. Mes fils sont tous plongés ╵dans la désolation, car l’ennemi ╵a été le plus fort.
リビングバイブル - このことで、私は泣いています。私を助けられるのは主だけだというのに、主は私を慰めもせず、遠く離れて立っています。子どもたちに未来はありません。私たちは征服された民です。
Nova Versão Internacional - “É por isso que eu choro; as lágrimas inundam os meus olhos. Ninguém está por perto para consolar-me, não há ninguém que restaure o meu espírito. Meus filhos estão desamparados porque o inimigo prevaleceu.”
Hoffnung für alle - Darüber muss ich bitterlich weinen, die Tränen verschleiern mir die Augen. Denn ich habe keinen bei mir, der mich tröstet, niemanden, der mir wieder Mut zuspricht. Meine Kinder sind ihrem Schicksal ausgeliefert, der Feind hat uns alle in seiner Gewalt.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vì tất cả điều này nên tôi khóc lóc; nước mắt đầm đìa trên má tôi. Không một ai ở đây an ủi tôi; người làm tươi tỉnh tâm linh tôi đã đi xa. Con cái tôi không có tương lai vì quân thù chiến thắng.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ด้วยเหตุนี้ ข้าพเจ้าจึงร่ำไห้ น้ำตาหลั่งริน ไม่มีใครอยู่ใกล้ๆ คอยปลอบโยน ไม่มีใครช่วยกู้ดวงวิญญาณของข้าพเจ้า ลูกๆ ของข้าพเจ้าสิ้นเนื้อประดาตัว เพราะศัตรูชนะเขา”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ข้าพเจ้าร้องร่ำไห้กับสิ่งเหล่านี้ จนน้ำตาไหลพราก ยากเหลือเกินที่จะหาใครปลอบประโลมข้าพเจ้าได้ และทำให้ข้าพเจ้ามีความกล้ากลับขึ้นมาอีก ลูกๆ ของข้าพเจ้าเป็นทุกข์เช่นนี้ ก็เพราะศัตรูชนะแล้ว

Romans 9:1 - At the same time, you need to know that I carry with me at all times a huge sorrow. It’s an enormous pain deep within me, and I’m never free of it. I’m not exaggerating—Christ and the Holy Spirit are my witnesses. It’s the Israelites . . . If there were any way I could be cursed by the Messiah so they could be blessed by him, I’d do it in a minute. They’re my family. I grew up with them. They had everything going for them—family, glory, covenants, revelation, worship, promises, to say nothing of being the race that produced the Messiah, the Christ, who is God over everything, always. Oh, yes!
Lamentations 2:20 - “Look at us, God. Think it over. Have you ever treated anyone like this? Should women eat their own babies, the very children they raised? Should priests and prophets be murdered in the Master’s own Sanctuary?
Lamentations 2:21 - “Boys and old men lie in the gutters of the streets, my young men and women killed in their prime. Angry, you killed them in cold blood, cut them down without mercy.
Lamentations 2:22 - “You invited, like friends to a party, men to swoop down in attack so that on the big day of God’s wrath no one would get away. The children I loved and reared—gone, gone, gone.”
Psalms 69:20 - I’m broken by their taunts, Flat on my face, reduced to a nothing. I looked in vain for one friendly face. Not one. I couldn’t find one shoulder to cry on.
Lamentations 1:9 - She played fast and loose with life, she never considered tomorrow, and now she’s crashed royally, with no one to hold her hand: “Look at my pain, O God! And how the enemy cruelly struts.”
Jeremiah 9:1 - I wish my head were a well of water and my eyes fountains of tears So I could weep day and night for casualties among my dear, dear people. At times I wish I had a wilderness hut, a backwoods cabin, Where I could get away from my people and never see them again. They’re a faithless, feckless bunch, a congregation of degenerates. * * *
Luke 19:41 - When the city came into view, he wept over it. “If you had only recognized this day, and everything that was good for you! But now it’s too late. In the days ahead your enemies are going to bring up their heavy artillery and surround you, pressing in from every side. They’ll smash you and your babies on the pavement. Not one stone will be left intact. All this because you didn’t recognize and welcome God’s personal visit.”
Lamentations 4:2 - And the people of Zion, once prized, far surpassing their weight in gold, Are now treated like cheap pottery, like everyday pots and bowls mass-produced by a potter.
Lamentations 4:3 - Even wild jackals nurture their babies, give them their breasts to suckle. But my people have turned cruel to their babies, like an ostrich in the wilderness.
Lamentations 4:4 - Babies have nothing to drink. Their tongues stick to the roofs of their mouths. Little children ask for bread but no one gives them so much as a crust.
Lamentations 4:5 - People used to the finest cuisine forage for food in the streets. People used to the latest in fashions pick through the trash for something to wear.
Lamentations 4:6 - The evil guilt of my dear people was worse than the sin of Sodom— The city was destroyed in a flash, and no one around to help.
Lamentations 4:7 - The splendid and sacred nobles once glowed with health. Their bodies were robust and ruddy, their beards like carved stone.
Lamentations 4:8 - But now they are smeared with soot, unrecognizable in the street, Their bones sticking out, their skin dried out like old leather.
Lamentations 4:9 - Better to have been killed in battle than killed by starvation. Better to have died of battle wounds than to slowly starve to death.
Lamentations 4:10 - Nice and kindly women boiled their own children for supper. This was the only food in town when my dear people were broken.
Jeremiah 9:10 - “I’m lamenting the loss of the mountain pastures. I’m chanting dirges for the old grazing grounds. They’ve become deserted wastelands too dangerous for travelers. No sounds of sheep bleating or cattle mooing. Birds and wild animals, all gone. Nothing stirring, no sounds of life. I’m going to make Jerusalem a pile of rubble, fit for nothing but stray cats and dogs. I’m going to reduce Judah’s towns to piles of ruins where no one lives!” * * *
Ecclesiastes 4:1 - Next I turned my attention to all the outrageous violence that takes place on this planet—the tears of the victims, no one to comfort them; the iron grip of oppressors, no one to rescue the victims from them. So I congratulated the dead who are already dead instead of the living who are still alive. But luckier than the dead or the living is the person who has never even been, who has never seen the bad business that takes place on this earth.
Lamentations 1:5 - Her enemies have become her masters. Her foes are living it up because God laid her low, punishing her repeated rebellions. Her children, prisoners of the enemy, trudge into exile.
Lamentations 1:6 - All beauty has drained from Daughter Zion’s face. Her princes are like deer famished for food, chased to exhaustion by hunters.
Lamentations 3:49 - “The tears stream from my eyes, an artesian well of tears, Until you, God, look down from on high, look and see my tears. When I see what’s happened to the young women in the city, the pain breaks my heart.
Jeremiah 14:17 - “And you, Jeremiah, will say this to them: “‘My eyes pour out tears. Day and night, the tears never quit. My dear, dear people are battered and bruised, hopelessly and cruelly wounded. I walk out into the fields, shocked by the killing fields strewn with corpses. I walk into the city, shocked by the sight of starving bodies. And I watch the preachers and priests going about their business as if nothing’s happened!’”
Lamentations 2:18 - Give out heart-cries to the Master, dear repentant Zion. Let the tears roll like a river, day and night, and keep at it—no time-outs. Keep those tears flowing!
Lamentations 2:11 - My eyes are blind with tears, my stomach in a knot. My insides have turned to jelly over my people’s fate. Babies and children are fainting all over the place,
Lamentations 1:2 - She cries herself to sleep each night, tears soaking her pillow. No one’s left among her lovers to sit and hold her hand. Her friends have all dumped her.