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Lamentations · read by John Murray
18 verses, in order. Only the verses John read aloud are shown.
Lamentations 1
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How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.Read from KJV · Afflictions of God's People
2
She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.Read from KJV · Afflictions of God's People
3
Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.Read from KJV · Afflictions of God's People
Lamentations 2
1
How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.Read from KJV · Afflictions of God's People
2
Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.Read from KJV · Afflictions of God's People
Lamentations 3
2
He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.Read from KJV · Afflictions of God's People
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He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.Read from KJV · Afflictions of God's People
7
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.Read from KJV · Afflictions of God's People
22
Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.Read from KJV · Afflictions of God's People
28
Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him.Read from KJV · Afflictions of God's People
29
Let him bury his face in the dust— perhaps there is still hope.Read from KJV · Afflictions of God's People
30
Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.Read from KJV · Afflictions of God's People
33
For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.Read from NKJV · Afflictions of God's People
39
Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?Read from NKJV · Afflictions of God's People
44
You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.Read from KJV · Afflictions of God's People
Lamentations 4
1
How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.Read from KJV · Afflictions of God's People
2
How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter's hands!Read from KJV · Afflictions of God's People