,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger from etext #aeha prepared by ,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical ,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4 ,,the ,,holy ,,bible ,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate ,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 ,greek1 and ,other ,editions in ,divers ,languages ,,the ,,old ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,douay ,a4,d4 #afji #afaj and ,,the ,,new ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,rheims ,a4,d4 #aehb ,with ,annotations ,the ,whole ,revised and ,diligently ,compared with the ,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard ,challoner ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb ,,the ,,lamentations ,,of ,,jeremias ,in these ,,jeremias laments in a most pathetical manner the miseries of his people1 and the destruction of ,,jerusalem and the temple1 in ,hebrew verses1 beginning with different letters according to the order of the ,hebrew alphabet4 ,lamentations ,chapter #a ,,preface3 ,and it came to pass1 after ,israel was carried into captivity1 and ,jerusalem was desolate1 that ,jeremias the prophet sat weeping1 and mourned with this lamentation over ,jerusalem1 and with a sorrowful mind1 sighing and moaning1 he said3 ,and it came to pass1 etc444 ,this preface was not written by ,jeremias1 but was added by the seventy interpreters1 to give the reader to understand upon what occasion the ,lamentations were published4 #a3a4 ,aleph4 ,how doth the city sit solitary that was full of people6 how is the mistress of the ,gentiles become as a widow3 the princes of provinces made tributary6 #a3b4 ,beth4 ,weeping1 she hath wept in the night1 and her tears are on her cheeks3 there is none to comfort her among all them that were dear to her3 all her friends have despised her1 and are become her enemies4 #a3c4 ,ghimel4 ,juda hath removed her dwelling place1 because of her affliction1 and the greatness of her bondage2 she hath dwelt among the nations1 and she hath found no rest2 all her persecutors have taken her in the midst of straits4 #a3d4 ,daleth4 ,the ways of ,sion mourn1 because there are none that come to the solemn feast3 all her gates are broken down2 her priests sigh2 her virgins are in affliction2 and she is oppressed with bitterness4 #a3e4 ,he4 ,her adversaries are become her lords2 her enemies are enriched2 because the ,lord hath spoken against her for the multitude of her iniquities2 her children are led into captivity1 before the face of the oppressor4 #a3f4 ,vau4 ,and from the daughter of ,sion1 all her beauty is departed2 her princes are become like rams that find no pastures2 and they are gone away without strength before the face of the pursuer4 #a3g4 ,zain4 ,jerusalem hath remembered the days of her affliction1 and prevarication of all her desirable things which she had from the days of old1 when her people fell in the enemy's hand1 and there was no helper2 the enemies have seen her1 and have mocked at her sabbaths4 #a3h4 ,heth4 ,jerusalem hath grievously sinned1 therefore is she become unstable2 all that honoured her1 have despised her1 because they have seen her shame2 but she sighed1 and turned backward4 #a3i4 ,teth4 ,her filthiness is on her feet1 and she hath not remembered her end2 she is wonderfully cast down1 not having a comforter3 behold1 ,o ,lord1 my affliction1 because the enemy is lifted up4 #a3aj4 ,jod4 ,the enemy hath put out his hand to all her desirable things3 for she hath seen the ,gentiles enter into her sanctuary1 of whom thou gavest commandment that they should not enter into thy church4 #a3aa4 ,caph4 ,all her people sigh1 they seek bread3 they have given all their precious things for food to relieve the soul3 see1 #j ,lord1 and consider1 for ,i am become vile4 #a3ab4 ,lamed4 ,o all ye that pass by the way1 attend1 and see if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow3 for he hath made a vintage of me1 as the ,lord spoke in the day of his fierce anger4 #a3ac4 ,mem4 ,from above he hath sent fire into my bones1 and hath chastised me3 he hath spread a net for my feet1 he hath turned me back3 he hath made me desolate1 wasted with sorrow all the day long4 #a3ad4 ,nun4 ,the yoke of my iniquities hath watched3 they are folded together in his hand1 and put upon my neck3 my strength is weakened3 the ,lord hath delivered me into a hand1 out of which ,i am not able to rise4 #a3ae4 ,samech4 ,the ,lord hath taken away all my mighty men out of the midst of me3 he hath called against me the time1 to destroy my chosen men3 the ,lord hath trodden the winepress for the virgin daughter of ,juda4 #a3af4 ,ain4 ,therefore do ,i weep1 and my eyes run down with water3 because the comforter1 the relief of my soul1 is far from me3 my children are desolate because the enemy hath prevailed4 #a3ag4 ,phe4 ,sion hath spread forth her hands1 there is none to comfort her3 the ,lord hath commanded against ,jacob1 his enemies are round about him3 ,jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them4 #a3ah4 ,sade4 ,the ,lord is just1 for ,i have provoked his mouth to wrath3 hear1 ,i pray you1 all ye people1 and see my sorrow3 my virgins1 and my young men are gone into captivity4 #a3ai4 ,coph4 ,i called for my friends1 but they deceived me3 my priests and my ancients pined away in the city3 while they sought their food1 to relieve their souls4 #a3bj4 ,res4 ,behold1 #j ,lord1 for ,i am in distress1 my bowels are troubled3 my heart is turned within me1 for ,i am full of bitterness3 abroad the sword destroyeth and at home there is death alike4 #a3ba4 ,sin4 ,they have heard that ,i sigh1 and there is none to comfort me3 all my enemies have heard of my evil1 they have rejoiced that thou hast done it3 thou hast brought a day of consolation1 and they shall be like unto me4 #a3bb4 ,thau4 ,let all their evil be present before thee3 and make vintage of them1 as thou hast made vintage of me for all my iniquities3 for my sighs are many1 and my heart is sorrowful4 ,lamentations ,chapter #b #b3a4 ,aleph4 ,how hath the ,lord covered with obscurity the daughter of ,sion in his wrath6 how hath he cast down from heaven to the earth the glorious one of ,israel1 and hath not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger4 #b3b4 ,beth4 ,the ,lord hath cast down headlong1 and hath not spared1 all that was beautiful in ,jacob3 he hath destroyed in his wrath the strong holds of the virgin of ,juda1 and brought them down to the ground3 he hath made the kingdom unclean1 and the princes thereof4 #b3c4 ,ghimel4 ,he hath broken in his fierce anger all the horn of ,israel3 he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy3 and he hath kindled in ,jacob as it were a flaming fire devouring round about4 #b3d4 ,daleth4 ,he hath bent his bow as an enemy1 he hath fixed his right hand as an adversary3 and he hath killed all that was fair to behold in the tabernacle of the daughter of ,sion1 he hath poured out his indignation like fire4 #b3e4 ,he4 ,the ,lord is become as an enemy3 he hath cast down ,israel headlong1 he hath overthrown all the walls thereof3 he hath destroyed his strong holds1 and hath multiplied in the danghter of ,juda the afflicted1 both men and women4 #b3f4 ,vau4 ,and he hath destroyed his tent as a garden1 he hath thrown down his tabernacle3 the ,lord hath caused feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in ,sion3 and hath delivered up king and priest to reproach1 and to the indignation of his wrath4 #b3g4 ,zain4 ,the ,lord hath cast off his altar1 he hath cursed his sanctuary3 he hath delivered the walls of the towers thereof into the hand of the enemy3 they have made a noise in the house of the ,lord1 as in the day of a solemn feast4 ,he hath cursed his sanctuary444 ,that is1 he permitted his sanctuary to be destroyed1 as if it had not been consecrated1 but execrable4 #b3h4 ,heth4 ,the ,lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of ,sion3 he hath stretched out his line1 and hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying3 and the bulwark hath mourned1 and the wall hath been destroyed together4 #b3i4 ,teth4 ,her gates are sunk into the ground3 he hath destroyed1 and broken her bars3 her king and her princes are among the ,gentiles3 the law is no more1 and her prophets have found no vision from the ,lord4 #b3aj4 ,jod4 ,the ancients of the daughter of ,sion sit upon the ground1 they have held their peace3 they have sprinkled their heads with dust1 they are girdcd with haircloth1 the virgins of ,jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground4 #b3aa4 ,caph4 ,my eyes have failed with weeping1 my bowels are troubled3 my liver is poured out upon the earth1 for the destruction of the daughter of my people1 when the children1 and the sucklings1 fainted away in the streets of the city4 #b3ab4 ,lamed4 ,they said to their mothers3 ,where is corn and wine8 when they fainted away as the wounded in the streets of the city3 when they breathed out their souls in the bosoms of their mothers4 #b3ac4 ,mem4 ,to what shall ,i compare thee8 or to what shall ,i liken thee1 ,o daughter of ,jerusalem8 to what shall ,i equal thee1 that ,i may comfort thee1 ,o virgin daughter of ,sion8 for great as the sea is thy destruction3 who shall heal thee8 #b3ad4 ,nun4 ,thy prophets have seen false and foolish things for thee3 and they have not laid open thy iniquity1 to excite thee to penance3 but they have seen for thee false revelations and banishments4 #b3ae4 ,samech4 ,all they that passed by the way have clapped their hands at thee3 they have hissed1 and wagged their heads at the daughter of ,jerusalem1 saying3 ,is this the city of perfect beauty1 the joy of all the earth8 #b3af4 ,phe4 ,all thy enemies have opened their month against thee3 they have hissed1 and gnashed with the teeth1 and have said3 ,we will swallow her up3 lo1 this is the day which we looked for3 we have found it1 we have seen it4 #b3ag4 ,ain4 ,the ,lord hath done that which he purposed1 he hath fulfilled his word1 which he commanded in the days of old3 he hath destroyed1 and hath not spared1 and he hath caused the enemy to rejoice over thee1 and hath set up the horn of thy adversaries4 #b3ah4 ,sade4 ,their heart cried to the ,lord upon the walls of the daughter of ,sion3 ,let tears run down like a torrent day and night3 give thyself no rest1 and let not the apple of thy eye cease4 #b3ai4 ,coph4 ,arise1 give praise in the night1 in the beginning of the watches3 pour out thy heart like water1 before the face of the ,lord3 lift up thy hands to him for the life of thy little children1 that have fainted for hunger at the top of all the streets4 #b3bj4 ,res4 ,behold1 ,o ,lord1 and consider whom thou hast thus dealt with3 shall women then eat their own fruit1 their children of a span long8 shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the ,lord8 #b3ba4 ,sin4 ,the child and the old man lie without on the ground3 my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword3 thou hast slain them in the day of thy wrath3 thou hast killed1 and shewn them no pity4 #b3bb4 ,thau4 ,thou hast called as to a festival1 those that should terrify me round about1 and there was none in the day of the wrath of the ,lord that escaped and was left3 those that ,i brought up1 and nourished1 my enemy hath consumed them4 ,lamentations ,chapter #c #c3a4 ,aleph4 ,i am the man that see my poverty by the rod of his indignation4 #c3b4 ,aleph4 ,he hath led me1 and brought me into darkness1 and not into light4 #c3c4 ,aleph4 ,only against me he hath turned1 and turned again his hand all the day4 #c3d4 ,beth4 ,my skin and my flesh he hath made old1 he hath broken my bones4 #c3e4 ,beth4 ,he hath built round about me1 and he hath compassed me with gall1 and labour4 #c3f4 ,beth4 ,he hath set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever4 #c3g4 ,ghimel4 ,he hath built against me round about1 that ,i may not get out3 he hath made my fetters heavy4 #c3h4 ,ghimel4 ,yea1 and when ,i cry1 and entreat1 he hath shut out my prayer4 #c3i4 ,ghimel4 ,he hath shut up my ways with square stones1 he hath turned my paths upside down4 #c3aj4 ,daleth4 ,he is become to me as a bear lying in wait3 as a lion in secret places4 #c3aa4 ,daleth4 ,he hath turned aside my paths1 and hath broken me in pieces1 he hath made me desolate4 #c3ab4 ,daleth4 ,he hath bent his bow1 and set me as a mark for his arrows4 #c3ac4 ,he4 ,he hath shot into my reins the daughters of his quiver4 #c3ad4 ,he4 ,i am made a derision to all my people1 their song all the day long4 #c3ae4 ,he4 ,he hath filled me with bitterness1 he hath inebriated me with wormwood4 #c3af4 ,vau4 ,and he hath broken my teeth one by one1 he hath fed me with ashes4 #c3ag4 ,vau4 ,and my soul is removed far off from peace1 ,i have forgotten good things4 #c3ah4 ,vau4 ,and ,i said3 ,my end and my hope is perished from the ,lord4 #c3ai4 ,zain4 ,remember my poverty1 and transgression1 the wormwood and the gall4 #c3bj4 ,zain4 ,i will be mindful and remember1 and my soul shall languish within me4 #c3ba4 ,zain4 ,these things ,i shall think over in my heart1 therefore will ,i hope4 #c3bb4 ,heth4 ,the mercies of the ,lord that we are not consumed3 because his commiserations have not failed4 #c3bc4 ,heth4 ,they are new every morning1 great is thy faithfulness4 #c3bd4 ,heth4 ,the ,lord is my portion1 said my soul3 therefore will ,i wait for him4 #c3be4 ,teth4 ,the ,lord is good to them that hope in him1 to the soul that seeketh him4 #c3bf4 ,teth4 ,it is good to wait with silence for the salvation of ,god4 #c3bg4 ,teth4 ,it is good for a man1 when he hath borne the yoke from his youth4 #c3bh4 ,jod4 ,he shall sit solitary1 and hold his peace3 because he hath taken it up upon himself4 #c3bi4 ,jod4 ,he shall put his mouth in the dust1 if so be there may be hope4 #c3cj4 ,jod4 ,he shall give his cheek to him that striketh him1 he shall be filled with reproaches4 #c3ca4 ,caph4 ,for the ,lord will not cast off for ever4 #c3cb4 ,caph4 ,for if he hath cast off1 he will also have mercy1 according to the multitude of his mercies4 #c3cc4 ,caph4 ,for he hath not willingly afflicted1 nor cast off the children of men4 #c3cd4 ,lamed4 ,to crush under his feet all the prisoners of the land1 #c3ce4 ,lamed4 ,to turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the most ,high1 #c3cf4 ,lamed4 ,to destroy a man wrongfully in his judgment1 the ,lord hath not approved4 #c3cg4 ,mem4 ,who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done1 when the ,lord commandeth it not8 #c3ch4 ,mem4 ,shall not both evil and good proceed out of the mouth of the ,highest8 #c3ci4 ,mem4 ,why hath a living man murmured1 man suffering for his sins8 #c3dj4 ,nun4 ,let us search our ways1 and seek1 and return to the ,lord4 #c3da4 ,nun4 ,let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the ,lord in the heavens4 #c3db4 ,nun4 ,we have done wickedly1 and provoked thee to wrath3 therefore thou art inexorable4 #c3dc4 ,samech4 ,thou hast covered in thy wrath1 and hast struck us3 thou hast killed and hast not spared4 #c3dd4 ,samech4 ,thou hast set a cloud before thee1 that our prayer may not pass through4 #c3de4 ,samech4 ,thou hast made me as an outcast1 and refuse in the midst of the people4 #c3df4 ,phe4 ,all our enemies have opened their mouths against us4 #c3dg4 ,phe4 ,prophecy is become to us a fear1 and a snare1 and destruction4 #c3dh4 ,phe4 ,my eye hath run down with streams of water1 for the destruction of the daughter of my people4 #c3di4 ,ain4 ,my eye is afflicted1 and hath not been quiet1 because there was no rest3 #c3ej4 ,ain4 ,till the ,lord regarded and looked down from the heavens4 #c3ea4 ,ain4 ,my eye hath wasted my soul because of all the daughters of my city4 #c3eb4 ,sade4 ,my enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird1 without cause4 #c3ec4 ,sade4 ,my life is fallen into the pit1 and they have laid a stone over me4 #c3ed4 ,sade4 ,waters have flowed over my head3 ,i said3 ,i am cut off4 #c3ee4 ,coph4 ,i have called upon thy name1 ,o ,lord1 from the lowest pit4 #c3ef4 ,coph4 ,thou hast heard my voice3 turn not away thy ear from my sighs1 and cries4 #c3eg4 ,coph4 ,thou drewest near in the day1 when ,i called upon thee1 thou saidst3 ,fear not4 #c3eh4 ,res4 ,thou hast judged1 ,o ,lord1 the cause of my soul1 thou the ,redeemer of my life4 #c3ei4 ,res4 ,thou hast seen1 ,o ,lord1 their iniquity against me3 judge thou my judgment4 #c3fj4 ,res4 ,thou hast seen all their fury1 and all their thoughts against me4 #c3fa4 ,sin4 ,thou hast heard their reproach1 ,o ,lord1 all their imaginations against me4 #c3fb4 ,sin4 ,the lips of them that rise up against me3 and their devices against me all the day4 #c3fc4 ,sin4 ,behold their sitting down1 and their rising up1 ,i am their song4 #c3fd4 ,thau4 ,thou shalt render them a recompense1 ,o ,lord1 according to the works of their hands4 #c3fe4 ,thau4 ,thou shalt give them a buckler of heart1 thy labour4 #c3ff4 ,thau4 ,thou shalt persecute them in anger1 and shalt destroy them from under the heavens1 ,o ,lord4 ,lamentations ,chapter #d #d3a4 ,aleph4 ,how is the gold become dim1 the finest colour is changed1 the stones of the sanctuary are scattered in the top of every street8 #d3b4 ,beth4 ,the noble sons of ,sion1 and they that were clothed with the best gold3 how are they esteemed as earthen vessels1 the work of the potter's hands8 #d3c4 ,ghimel4 ,even the sea monsters have drawn out the breast1 they have given suck to their young3 the daughter of my people is cruel1 like the ostrich in the desert4 #d3d4 ,daleth4 ,the tongue of the sucking child hath stuck to the roof of his mouth for thirst3 the little ones have asked for bread1 and there was none to break it unto them4 #d3e4 ,he4 ,they that were fed delicately have died in the streets3 they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung4 #d3f4 ,vau4 ,and the iniquity of the daughter of my people is made greater than the sin of ,sodom1 which was overthrown in a moment1 and hands took nothing in her4 #d3g4 ,zain4 ,her ,nazarites were whiter than snow1 purer than milk1 more ruddy than the old ivory1 fairer than the sapphire4 #d3h4 ,heth4 ,their face is now made blacker than coals1 and they are not known in the streets3 their skin hath stuck to their bones1 it is withered1 and is become like wood4 #d3i4 ,teth4 ,it was better with them that were slain by the sword1 than with them that died with hunger3 for these pined away being consumed for want of the fruits of the earth4 #d3aj4 ,jod4 ,the hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children3 they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people4 #d3aa4 ,caph4 ,the ,lord hath accomplished his wrath1 he hath poured out his fierce anger3 and he hath kindled a fire in ,sion1 and it hath devoured the foundations thereof4 #d3ab4 ,lamed4 ,the kings of the earth1 and all the inhabitants of the world would not have believed1 that the adversary and the enemy should enter in by the gates of ,jerusalem4 #d3ac4 ,mem4 ,for the sins of her prophets1 and the iniquities of her priests1 that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her4 #d3ad4 ,nun4 ,they have wandered as blind men in the streets1 they were defiled with blood3 and when they could not help walking in it1 they held up their skirts4 #d3ae4 ,samech4 ,depart you that are defiled1 they cried out to them3 ,depart1 get ye hence1 touch not3 for they quarrelled1 and being removed1 they said among the ,gentiles3 ,he will no more dwell among them4 #d3af4 ,phe4 ,the face of the ,lord hath divided them1 he will no more regard them3 they respected not the persons of the priests1 neither had they pity on the ancient4 #d3ag4 ,ain4 ,while we were yet standing1 our eyes failed1 expecting help for us in vain1 when we looked attentively towards a nation that was not able to save4 #d3ah4 ,sade4 ,our steps have slipped in the way of our streets1 our end draweth near3 our days are fulfilled1 for our end is come4 #d3ai4 ,coph4 ,our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the air3 they pursued us upon the mountains1 they lay in wait for us in the wilderness4 #d3bj4 ,res4 ,the breath of our mouth1 ,christ the ,lord1 is taken in our sins3 to whom we said3 ,under thy shadow we shall live among the ,gentiles4 ,christ1 etc444 ,this1 according to the letter1 is spoken of their king1 who is called the ,christ1 that is1 the ,anointed of the ,lord4 ,but it also relates1 in the spiritual sense1 to ,christ our ,lord1 suffering for our sins4 #d3ba4 ,sin4 ,rejoice1 and be glad1 ,o daughter of ,edom1 that dwellest in the land of ,hus3 to thee also shall the cup come1 thou shalt be made drunk1 and naked4 #d3bb4 ,thau4 ,thy iniquity is accomplished1 ,o daughter of ,sion1 he will no more carry thee away into captivity3 he hath visited thy iniquity1 ,o daughter of ,edom1 he hath discovered thy sins4 ,,the ,,prayer ,,of ,,jeremias ,,the ,,prophet ,lamentations ,chapter #e #e3a4 ,remember1 ,o ,lord1 what is come upon us3 consider and behold our reproach4 #e3b4 ,our inheritance is turned to aliens3 our houses to strangers4 #e3c4 ,we are become orphans without a father3 our mothers are as widows4 #e3d4 ,we have drunk our water for money3 we have bought our wood4 #e3f4 ,we were dragged by the necks1 we were weary and no rest was given us4 #e3f4 ,we have given our hand to ,egypt1 and to the ,assyrians1 that we might be satisfied with bread4 #e3g4 ,our fathers have sinned1 and are not3 and we have borne their iniquities4 #e3h4 ,servants have ruled over us3 there was none to redeem us out of their hand4 #e3i4 ,we fetched our bread at the peril of our lives1 because of the sword in the desert4 #e3aj4 ,our skin was burnt as an oven1 by reason of the violence of the famine4 #e3aa4 ,they oppressed the women in ,sion1 and the virgins in the cities of ,juda4 #e3ab4 ,the princes were hanged up by their hand3 they did not respect the persons of the ancients4 #e3ac4 ,they abused the young men indecently3 and the children fell under the wood4 #e3ad4 ,the ancients have ceased from the gates3 the young men from the choir of the singers4 #e3ae4 ,the joy of our heart is ceased1 our dancing is turned into mourning4 #e3af4 ,the crown is fallen from our head3 woe to us1 because we have sinned4 #e3ag4 ,therefore is our heart sorrowful1 therefore are our eyes become dim4 #e3ah4 ,for mount ,sion1 because it is destroyed1 foxes have walked upon it4 #e3ai4 ,but thou1 ,o ,lord1 shalt remain for ever1 thy throne from generation to generation4 #e3bj4 ,why wilt thou forget us for ever8 why wilt thou forsake us for a long time8 #e3ba4 ,convert us1 ,o ,lord1 to thee1 and we shall be converted3 renew our days1 as from the beginning4 #e3bb4 ,but thou hast utterly rejected us1 thou art exceedingly angry with us4