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Book of Lamentations, Chapter 1

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Chapter 1 of Lamentations—American Standard Version (ASV)

  1. ¶ How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people!
    ¶ She is become as a widow, that was great among the nations!
    ¶ She that was a princess among the provinces is become tributary!
  2. ¶ She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks;
    ¶ Among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her:
    ¶ All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they are become her enemies.
  3. ¶ Judah is gone into [a]captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude;
    ¶ She dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest:
    ¶ All her persecutors overtook her within the straits.
  4. ¶ The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the [b]solemn assembly;
    ¶ All her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh:
    ¶ Her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.
  5. ¶ Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper;
    ¶ For Jehovah hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions:
    ¶ Her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.
  6. ¶ And from the daughter of Zion all her [c]majesty is departed:
    ¶ Her princes are become like harts that find no pasture,
    ¶ And they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
  7. ¶ Jerusalem remembereth in the days of her affliction and of her [d]miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old:
    ¶ When her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and none did help her,
    ¶ The adversaries saw her, they did mock at her [e]desolations.
  8. ¶ Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she [f]is become as an unclean thing;
    ¶ All that honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness:
    ¶ Yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
  9. ¶ Her filthiness was in her skirts; she remembered not her latter end;
    ¶ Therefore is she come down wonderfully; she hath no comforter:
    ¶ Behold, O Jehovah, my affliction; for the enemy hath magnified himself.
  10. ¶ The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things:
    ¶ For she hath seen that the nations are entered into her sanctuary,
    ¶ Concerning whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thine assembly.
  11. ¶ All her people sigh, they seek bread;
    ¶ They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the soul:
    ¶ See, O Jehovah, and behold; for I am become abject.
  12. ¶ Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?
    ¶ Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is brought upon me,
    [g]Wherewith Jehovah hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
  13. ¶ From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them;
    ¶ He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back:
    ¶ He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
  14. ¶ The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand;
    ¶ They are knit together, they are come up upon my neck; he hath made my strength to [h]fail:
    ¶ The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, [i]against whom I am not able to stand.
  15. ¶ The Lord hath set at nought all my mighty men in the midst of me;
    ¶ He hath called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men:
    ¶ The Lord hath trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.
  16. ¶ 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.
  17. ¶ Zion spreadeth forth her hands; there is none to comfort her;
    ¶ Jehovah hath commanded concerning Jacob, that they that are round about him should be his adversaries:
    ¶ Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.
  18. ¶ Jehovah is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment:
    ¶ Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and behold my sorrow:
    ¶ My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
  19. ¶ I called for my lovers, but they deceived me:
    ¶ My priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city,
    ¶ While they sought them food to refresh their souls.
  20. ¶ Behold, O Jehovah; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled;
    ¶ My heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled:
    ¶ Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
  21. ¶ They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me;
    ¶ All mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it:
    ¶ Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.
  22. ¶ Let all their wickedness come before thee;
    ¶ And do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions:
    ¶ For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, exile
  2. ^ Or, appointed feast
  3. ^ Or, beauty
  4. ^ Or, wanderings
  5. ^ Hebrew ceasings.
  6. ^ Or, is removed
  7. ^ Or, Whom Jehovah hath afflicted
  8. ^ Hebrew stumble.
  9. ^ Or, from whom I am not able to rise up

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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