,this e,book was produced by ,david     
,widger  with the help of ,derek        
,andrew's text from ,january #aiib  and 
the work of ,bryan ,taylor in ,november 
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,lamentations    #be3jja3jja ,how doth  
the city sit solitary1 that was full of 
people6 how             is she become as
 a widow6 she that was great among the  
nations1 and princess among the         
provinces1 how is she become            
tributary6    #be3jja3jjb ,she weepeth  
sore in the night1 and her tears are on 
her             cheeks3 among all her   
lovers she hath none to comfort her3 all
             her friends have dealt     
treacherously with her1 they are become 
her enemies4    #be3jja3jjc ,judah is   
gone into captivity because of          
affliction1 and             because of  
great servitude3 she dwelleth among the 
heathen1             she findeth no     
rest3 all her persecutors overtook her  
between             the straits4        
#be3jja3jjd ,the ways of ,zion do mourn1

 because none come to the solemn        
feasts3 all her gates are desolate3 her 
priests sigh1 her             virgins   
are afflicted1 and she is in bitterness4
    #be3jja3jje ,her adversaries are the
 chief1 her enemies prosper2 for the    
,,lord hath afflicted her for the       
multitude of her                        
transgressions3 her children are gone   
into captivity before             the   
enemy4    #be3jja3jjf ,and from the     
daughter of ,zion all her beauty is     
departed3 her             princes are   
become like harts that find no pasture1 
and they             are gone without   
strength before the pursuer4            
#be3jja3jjg ,jerusalem remembered in the
 days of her affliction and of her      
miseries all her pleasant things that   
she had in the days of             old1 
when her people fell into the hand of   
the enemy1 and none             did help
 her3 the adversaries saw her1 and did  
mock at her             sabbaths4       
#be3jja3jjh ,jerusalem hath grievously  

sinned2 therefore she is removed3       
all that honoured her despise her1      
because they have seen her              
nakedness3 yea1 she sigheth1 and turneth
 backward4    #be3jja3jji ,her          
filthiness is in her skirts2 she        
remembereth not her last                
end2 therefore she came down            
wonderfully3 she had no                 
comforter4 ,o ,,lord1 behold my         
affliction3 for the enemy hath          
magnified himself4    #be3jja3jaj ,the  
adversary hath spread out his hand upon 
all her pleasant             things3 for
 she hath seen that the heathen entered 
into her             sanctuary1 whom    
thou didst command that they should not 
enter             into thy congregation4
    #be3jja3jaa ,all her people sigh1   
they seek bread2 they have given their  
pleasant things for meat to relieve the 
soul3 see1 ,o ,,lord1 and               
consider2 for ,i am become vile4        
#be3jja3jab ,is it nothing to you1 all  
ye that pass by8 behold1 and see if     

there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow1
 which is done unto             me1     
wherewith the ,,lord hath afflicted me  
in the day of his             fierce    
anger4    #be3jja3jac ,from above hath  
he sent fire into my bones1 and it      
prevaileth             against them3 he 
hath spread a net for my feet1 he hath  
turned             me back3 he hath made
 me desolate and faint all the day4     
#be3jja3jad ,the yoke of my             
transgressions is bound by his hand3    
they are             wreathed1 and come 
up upon my neck3 he hath made my        
strength             to fall1 the ,,lord
 hath delivered me into their hands1    
from             whom ,i am not able to 
rise up4    #be3jja3jae ,the ,,lord hath
 trodden under foot all my mighty men in
 the             midst of me3 he hath   
called an assembly against me to crush  
my             young men3 the ,,lord    
hath trodden the virgin1 the daughter of
             ,judah1 as in a winepress4 
#be3jja3jaf ,for these things ,i weep2  

mine eye1 mine eye runneth down with    
water1 because the comforter that should
 relieve my soul is             far from
 me3 my children are desolate1 because  
the enemy             prevailed4        
#be3jja3jag ,zion spreadeth forth her   
hands1 and there is none to comfort     
her3 the ,,lord hath commanded          
concerning ,jacob1 that his             
adversaries should be round about him3  
,jerusalem is as a                      
menstruous woman among them4            
#be3jja3jah ,the ,,lord is righteous2   
for ,i have rebelled against his        
commandment3 hear1 ,i pray you1 all     
people1 and behold my                   
sorrow3 my virgins and my young men are 
gone into captivity4    #be3jja3jai ,i  
called for my lovers1 but they deceived 
me3 my priests and             mine     
elders gave up the ghost in the city1   
while they sought             their meat
 to relieve their souls4    #be3jja3jbj 
,behold1 ,o ,,lord2 for ,i am in        
distress3 my bowels are troubled2       

mine heart is turned within me2 for ,i  
have grievously             rebelled3   
abroad the sword bereaveth1 at home     
there is as             death4          
#be3jja3jba ,they have heard that ,i    
sigh3 there is none to comfort me3 all  
mine enemies have heard of my trouble2  
they are glad that thou             hast
 done it3 thou wilt bring the day that  
thou hast called1             and they  
shall be like unto me4    #be3jja3jbb   
,let all their wickedness come before   
thee2 and do unto them1             as  
thou hast done unto me for all my       
transgressions3 for my             sighs
 are many1 and my heart is faint4       
#be3jjb3jja ,how hath the ,,lord covered
 the daughter of ,zion with a cloud in  
his anger1 and cast down from heaven    
unto the earth the beauty             of
 ,israel1 and remembered not his        
footstool in the day of his             
anger6    #be3jjb3jjb ,the ,,lord hath  
swallowed up all the habitations of     
,jacob1 and             hath not pitied3

 he hath thrown down in his wrath the   
strong             holds of the daughter
 of ,judah2 he hath brought them down to
             the ground3 he hath        
polluted the kingdom and the princes    
thereof4    #be3jjb3jjc ,he hath cut off
 in his fierce anger all the horn of    
,israel3 he             hath drawn back 
his right hand from before the enemy1   
and he             burned against ,jacob
 like a flaming fire1 which devoureth   
round about4    #be3jjb3jjd ,he hath    
bent his bow like an enemy3 he stood    
with his right             hand as an   
adversary1 and slew all that were       
pleasant to the             eye in the  
tabernacle of the daughter of ,zion3 he 
poured out             his fury like    
fire4    #be3jjb3jje ,the ,,lord was as 
an enemy3 he hath swallowed up ,israel1 
he hath             swallowed up all her
 palaces3 he hath destroyed his strong  
holds1 and hath increased in the        
daughter of ,judah mourning             
and lamentation4    #be3jjb3jjf ,and he 

hath violently taken away his           
tabernacle1 as if it were             of
 a garden3 he hath destroyed his places 
of the assembly3 the             ,,lord 
hath caused the solemn feasts and       
sabbaths to be             forgotten in 
,zion1 and hath despised in the         
indignation of his             anger the
 king and the priest4    #be3jjb3jjg    
,the ,,lord hath cast off his altar1 he 
hath abhorred his             sanctuary1
 he hath given up into the hand of the  
enemy the             walls of her      
palaces2 they have made a noise in the  
house of             the ,,lord1 as in  
the day of a solemn feast4              
#be3jjb3jjh ,the ,,lord hath purposed to
 destroy the wall of the daughter of    
,zion3 he hath stretched out a line1 he 
hath not withdrawn his             hand 
from destroying3 therefore he made the  
rampart and the             wall to     
lament2 they languished together4       
#be3jjb3jji ,her gates are sunk into the
 ground2 he hath destroyed and          

broken her bars3 her king and her       
princes are among the                   
,gentiles3 the law is no more2 her      
prophets also find no vision            
from the ,,lord4    #be3jjb3jaj ,the    
elders of the daughter of ,zion sit upon
 the ground1 and             keep       
silence3 they have cast up dust upon    
their heads2 they             have      
girded themselves with sackcloth3 the   
virgins of             ,jerusalem hang  
down their heads to the ground4         
#be3jjb3jaa ,mine eyes do fail with     
tears1 my bowels are troubled1 my liver 
is poured upon the earth1 for the       
destruction of the daughter             
of my people2 because the children and  
the sucklings swoon in             the  
streets of the city4    #be3jjb3jab     
,they say to their mothers1 ,where is   
corn and wine8 when they                
swooned as the wounded in the streets of
 the city1 when their             soul  
was poured out into their mothers'      
bosom4    #be3jjb3jac ,what thing shall 

,i take to witness for thee8 what thing 
shall             ,i liken to thee1 ,o  
daughter of ,jerusalem8 what shall ,i   
equal             to thee1 that ,i may  
comfort thee1 ,o virgin daughter of     
,zion8             for thy breach is    
great like the sea3 who can heal thee8  
#be3jjb3jad ,thy prophets have seen vain
 and foolish things for thee3 and       
they have not discovered thine iniquity1
 to turn away thy             captivity2
 but have seen for thee false burdens   
and causes of             banishment4   
#be3jjb3jae ,all that pass by clap their
 hands at thee2 they hiss and wag       
their head at the daughter of           
,jerusalem1 saying1 ,is this the        
city that men call ,the perfection of   
beauty1 ,the joy of the                 
whole earth8    #be3jjb3jaf ,all thine  
enemies have opened their mouth against 
thee3 they             hiss and gnash   
the teeth3 they say1 ,we have swallowed 
her up3             certainly this is   
the day that we looked for2 we have     

found1             we have seen it4     
#be3jjb3jag ,the ,,lord hath done that  
which he had devised2 he hath           
fulfilled his word that he had commanded
 in the days of old3             he hath
 thrown down1 and hath not pitied3 and  
he hath caused             thine enemy  
to rejoice over thee1 he hath set up the
 horn of             thine adversaries4 
#be3jjb3jah ,their heart cried unto the 
,,lord1 ,o wall of the daughter of      
,zion1 let tears run down like a river  
day and night3 give             thyself 
no rest2 let not the apple of thine eye 
cease4    #be3jjb3jai ,arise1 cry out in
 the night3 in the beginning of the     
watches             pour out thine heart
 like water before the face of the      
,,lord3             lift up thy hands   
toward him for the life of thy young    
children1 that faint for hunger in the  
top of every street4    #be3jjb3jbj     
,behold1 ,o ,,lord1 and consider to whom
 thou hast done this4             ,shall
 the women eat their fruit1 and children

 of a span long8             shall the  
priest and the prophet be slain in the  
sanctuary of             the ,lord8     
#be3jjb3jba ,the young and the old lie  
on the ground in the streets3 my        
virgins and my young men are fallen by  
the sword2 thou hast             slain  
them in the day of thine anger2 thou    
hast killed1 and             not pitied4
    #be3jjb3jbb ,thou hast called as in 
a solemn day my terrors round about1 so 
that in the day of the ,,lord's anger   
none escaped nor remained3              
those that ,i have swaddled and brought 
up hath mine enemy             consumed4
    #be3jjc3jja ,i ,,am the man that    
hath seen affliction by the rod of his  
wrath4    #be3jjc3jjb ,he hath led me1  
and brought me into darkness1 but not   
into             light4    #be3jjc3jjc  
,surely against me is he turned2 he     
turneth his hand against me             
all the day4    #be3jjc3jjd ,my flesh   
and my skin hath he made old2 he hath   
broken my             bones4            

#be3jjc3jje ,he hath builded against me1
 and compassed me with gall and         
travail4    #be3jjc3jjf ,he hath set me 
in dark places1 as they that be dead of 
old4    #be3jjc3jjg ,he hath hedged me  
about1 that ,i cannot get out3 he hath  
made             my chain heavy4        
#be3jjc3jjh ,also when ,i cry and shout1
 he shutteth out my prayer4             
#be3jjc3jji ,he hath inclosed my ways   
with hewn stone1 he hath made my        
paths crooked4    #be3jjc3jaj ,he was   
unto me as a bear lying in wait1 and as 
a lion in             secret places4    
#be3jjc3jaa ,he hath turned aside my    
ways1 and pulled me in pieces3 he hath  
made me desolate4    #be3jjc3jab ,he    
hath bent his bow1 and set me as a mark 
for the arrow4    #be3jjc3jac ,he hath  
caused the arrows of his quiver to enter
 into my             reins4             
#be3jjc3jad ,i was a derision to all my 
people2 and their song all the day4     
#be3jjc3jae ,he hath filled me with     
bitterness1 he hath made me drunken     

with wormwood4    #be3jjc3jaf ,he hath  
also broken my teeth with gravel stones1
 he hath             covered me with    
ashes4    #be3jjc3jag ,and thou hast    
removed my soul far off from peace3 ,i  
forgat             prosperity4          
#be3jjc3jah ,and ,i said1 ,my strength  
and my hope is perished from the ,,lord3
    #be3jjc3jai ,remembering mine       
affliction and my misery1 the wormwood  
and             the gall4    #be3jjc3jbj
 ,my soul hath them still in            
remembrance1 and is humbled in me4      
#be3jjc3jba ,this ,i recall to my mind1 
therefore have ,i hope4    #be3jjc3jbb  
,it is of the ,,lord's mercies that we  
are not consumed1 because               
his compassions fail not4    #be3jjc3jbc
 ,they are new every morning3 great is  
thy faithfulness4    #be3jjc3jbd ,the   
,,lord is my portion1 saith my soul2    
therefore will ,i hope             in   
him4    #be3jjc3jbe ,the ,,lord is good 
unto them that wait for him1 to the soul
 that             seeketh him4          

#be3jjc3jbf ,it is good that a man      
should both hope and quietly wait for   
the salvation of the ,,lord4            
#be3jjc3jbg ,it is good for a man that  
he bear the yoke of his youth4          
#be3jjc3jbh ,he sitteth alone and       
keepeth silence1 because he hath borne  
it             upon him4    #be3jjc3jbi 
,he putteth his mouth in the dust2 if so
 be there may be hope4    #be3jjc3jcj   
,he giveth his cheek to him that smiteth
 him3 he is filled full             with
 reproach4    #be3jjc3jca ,for the      
,,lord will not cast off for ever3      
#be3jjc3jcb ,but though he cause grief1 
yet will he have compassion             
according to the multitude of his       
mercies4    #be3jjc3jcc ,for he doth not
 afflict willingly nor grieve the       
children of             men4            
#be3jjc3jcd ,to crush under his feet all
 the prisoners of the earth4            
#be3jjc3jce ,to turn aside the right of 
a man before the face of the most       
,high1    #be3jjc3jcf ,to subvert a man 

in his cause1 the ,,lord approveth not4 
#be3jjc3jcg ,who is he that saith1 and  
it cometh to pass1 when the ,lord       
commandeth it not8    #be3jjc3jch ,out  
of the mouth of the most ,high          
proceedeth not evil and                 
good8    #be3jjc3jci ,wherefore doth a  
living man complain1 a man for the      
punishment             of his sins8     
#be3jjc3jdj ,let us search and try our  
ways1 and turn again to the ,,lord4     
#be3jjc3jda ,let us lift up our heart   
with our hands unto ,god in the         
heavens4    #be3jjc3jdb ,we have        
transgressed and have rebelled3 thou    
hast not             pardoned4          
#be3jjc3jdc ,thou hast covered with     
anger1 and persecuted us3 thou hast     
slain1 thou hast not pitied4            
#be3jjc3jdd ,thou hast covered thyself  
with a cloud1 that our prayer should    
not pass through4    #be3jjc3jde ,thou  
hast made us as the offscouring and     
refuse in the midst             of the  
people4    #be3jjc3jdf ,all our enemies 

have opened their mouths against us4    
#be3jjc3jdg ,fear and a snare is come   
upon us1 desolation and destruction4    
#be3jjc3jdh ,mine eye runneth down with 
rivers of water for the destruction     
of the daughter of my people4           
#be3jjc3jdi ,mine eye trickleth down1   
and ceaseth not1 without any            
intermission4    #be3jjc3jej ,till the  
,,lord look down1 and behold from       
heaven4    #be3jjc3jea ,mine eye        
affecteth mine heart because of all the 
daughters of             my city4       
#be3jjc3jeb ,mine enemies chased me     
sore1 like a bird1 without cause4       
#be3jjc3jec ,they have cut off my life  
in the dungeon1 and cast a stone        
upon me4    #be3jjc3jed ,waters flowed  
over mine head2 then ,i said1 ,i am cut 
off4    #be3jjc3jee ,i called upon thy  
name1 ,o ,,lord1 out of the low dungeon4
    #be3jjc3jef ,thou hast heard my     
voice3 hide not thine ear at my         
breathing1             at my cry4       
#be3jjc3jeg ,thou drewest near in the   

day that ,i called upon thee3 thou      
saidst1 ,fear not4    #be3jjc3jeh ,o    
,,lord1 thou hast pleaded the causes of 
my soul2 thou hast             redeemed 
my life4    #be3jjc3jei ,o ,,lord1 thou 
hast seen my wrong3 judge thou my cause4
    #be3jjc3jfj ,thou hast seen all     
their vengeance and all their           
imaginations             against me4    
#be3jjc3jfa ,thou hast heard their      
reproach1 ,o ,,lord1 and all their      
imaginations against me2    #be3jjc3jfb 
,the lips of those that rose up against 
me1 and their device             against
 me all the day4    #be3jjc3jfc ,behold 
their sitting down1 and their rising up2
 ,i am their             musick4        
#be3jjc3jfd ,render unto them a         
recompence1 ,o ,,lord1 according to the 
work             of their hands4        
#be3jjc3jfe ,give them sorrow of heart1 
thy curse unto them4    #be3jjc3jff     
,persecute and destroy them in anger    
from under the heavens of               
the ,,lord4    #be3jjd3jja ,how is the  

gold become dim6 how is the most fine   
gold changed6             the stones of 
the sanctuary are poured out in the top 
of every             street4            
#be3jjd3jjb ,the precious sons of ,zion1
 comparable to fine gold1 how are       
they esteemed as earthen pitchers1 the  
work of the hands of             the    
potter6    #be3jjd3jjc ,even the sea    
monsters draw out the breast1 they give 
suck to             their young ones3   
the daughter of my people is become     
cruel1             like the ostriches in
 the wilderness4    #be3jjd3jjd ,the    
tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to 
the roof of his             mouth for   
thirst3 the young children ask bread1   
and no man             breaketh it unto 
them4    #be3jjd3jje ,they that did feed
 delicately are desolate in the streets3
             they that were brought up  
in scarlet embrace dunghills4           
#be3jjd3jjf ,for the punishment of the  
iniquity of the daughter of my          
people is greater than the punishment of

 the sin of ,sodom1             that was
 overthrown as in a moment1 and no hands
 stayed on             her4             
#be3jjd3jjg ,her ,nazarites were purer  
than snow1 they were whiter than        
milk1 they were more ruddy in body than 
rubies1 their             polishing was 
of sapphire3    #be3jjd3jjh ,their      
visage is blacker than a coal2 they are 
not known in the             streets3   
their skin cleaveth to their bones2 it  
is withered1             it is become   
like a stick4    #be3jjd3jji ,they that 
be slain with the sword are better than 
they that be             slain with     
hunger3 for these pine away1 stricken   
through for             want of the     
fruits of the field4    #be3jjd3jaj ,the
 hands of the pitiful women have sodden 
their own children3             they    
were their meat in the destruction of   
the daughter of my             people4  
#be3jjd3jaa ,the ,,lord hath            
accomplished his fury2 he hath poured   
out his             fierce anger1 and   

hath kindled a fire in ,zion1 and it    
hath             devoured the           
foundations thereof4    #be3jjd3jab ,the
 kings of the earth1 and all the        
inhabitants of the world1               
would not have believed that the        
adversary and the enemy                 
should have entered into the gates of   
,jerusalem4    #be3jjd3jac ,for the sins
 of her prophets1 and the iniquities of 
her             priests1 that have shed 
the blood of the just in the midst of   
her1    #be3jjd3jad ,they have wandered 
as blind men in the streets1 they have  
polluted themselves with blood1 so that 
men could not touch             their   
garments4    #be3jjd3jae ,they cried    
unto them1 ,depart ye2 it is unclean2   
depart1             depart1 touch not3  
when they fled away and wandered1 they  
said             among the heathen1     
,they shall no more sojourn there4      
#be3jjd3jaf ,the anger of the ,,lord    
hath divided them2 he will no more      
regard them3 they respected not the     

persons of the priests1             they
 favoured not the elders4    #be3jjd3jag
 ,as for us1 our eyes as yet failed for 
our vain help3 in our                   
watching we have watched for a nation   
that could not save us4    #be3jjd3jah  
,they hunt our steps1 that we cannot go 
in our streets3 our end             is  
near1 our days are fulfilled2 for our   
end is come4    #be3jjd3jai ,our        
persecutors are swifter than the eagles 
of the heaven3             they pursued 
us upon the mountains1 they laid wait   
for us in             the wilderness4   
#be3jjd3jbj ,the breath of our nostrils1
 the anointed of the ,,lord1 was        
taken in their pits1 of whom we said1   
,under his shadow we             shall  
live among the heathen4    #be3jjd3jba  
,rejoice and be glad1 ,o daughter of    
,edom1 that dwellest in the             
land of ,uz2 the cup also shall pass    
through unto thee3 thou                 
shalt be drunken1 and shalt make thyself
 naked4    #be3jjd3jbb ,the punishment  

of thine iniquity is accomplished1 ,o   
daughter             of ,zion2 he will  
no more carry thee away into captivity3 
he             will visit thine         
iniquity1 ,o daughter of ,edom2 he will 
discover thy sins4    #be3jje3jja       
,remember1 ,o ,,lord1 what is come upon 
us3 consider1 and behold             our
 reproach4    #be3jje3jjb ,our          
inheritance is turned to strangers1 our 
houses to aliens4    #be3jje3jjc ,we are
 orphans and fatherless1 our mothers are
 as widows4    #be3jje3jjd ,we have     
drunken our water for money2 our wood is
 sold unto us4    #be3jje3jje ,our necks
 are under persecution3 we labour1 and  
have no rest4    #be3jje3jjf ,we have   
given the hand to the ,egyptians1 and to
 the ,assyrians1             to be      
satisfied with bread4    #be3jje3jjg    
,our fathers have sinned1 and are not2  
and we have borne their                 
iniquities4    #be3jje3jjh ,servants    
have ruled over us3 there is none that  
doth deliver             us out of their

 hand4    #be3jje3jji ,we gat our bread 
with the peril of our lives because of  
the             sword of the wilderness4
    #be3jje3jaj ,our skin was black like
 an oven because of the terrible        
famine4    #be3jje3jaa ,they ravished   
the women in ,zion1 and the maids in the
 cities             of ,judah4          
#be3jje3jab ,princes are hanged up by   
their hand3 the faces of elders were    
not honoured4    #be3jje3jac ,they took 
the young men to grind1 and the children
 fell under             the wood4       
#be3jje3jad ,the elders have ceased from
 the gate1 the young men from their     
musick4    #be3jje3jae ,the joy of our  
heart is ceased2 our dance is turned    
into             mourning4              
#be3jje3jaf ,the crown is fallen from   
our head3 woe unto us1 that we have     
sinned6    #be3jje3jag ,for this our    
heart is faint2 for these things our    
eyes are             dim4    #be3jje3jah
 ,because of the mountain of ,zion1     
which is desolate1 the foxes            

walk upon it4    #be3jje3jai ,thou1 ,o  
,,lord1 remainest for ever2 thy throne  
from generation             to          
generation4    #be3jje3jbj ,wherefore   
dost thou forget us for ever1 and       
forsake us so long             time8    
#be3jje3jba ,turn thou us unto thee1 ,o 
,,lord1 and we shall be turned2 renew   
our days as of old4    #be3jje3jbb ,but 
thou hast utterly rejected us2 thou art 
very wroth against             us4