The Lamentations of Jeremiah - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 876
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LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH.
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STANZA 2.
The LORD came like a foeman ; He swallowed up Israel;
He swallowed her Mansions, destroyed all her Strongholds,
And loaded Bath—]udah with mourning on mourning!
Shakes His tent like a garden,-·—His chosen home ruins!
The LORD banished from Zion the Feast and the Sabbath,
And degraded in anger the King and the priest l
The LORD loathes His altar, retires from His temple,
And His Palace-walls gives to the power of her foes
Who roar in the House of the LORD like a feast day!
Srauza 3.
The LORD planned to destruction the walls of Bath—Zion,
Stretched the line, nor will turn back his hand from the wreck;
The rampart and wall weep together, and languish,
With smashed bars her ruined gates fall to the earth,
And her Princes and King are amongst lawless heathens,
And her preachers no more from the LORD find a vision.
And Bath-Zion’s rulers are on the earth speechless;
They throw dust on their heads, and their garments are sacks,
And ]erusa1em's maidens to earth bow their heads!
S·rANzA 4
Mine eyes fail with tears, and my feelings are troubled,
And my pride falls to earth, with the wound of my People,
While child and babe faint in streets of the City,
And entreat of their mothers for corn and for wine;
When they faint, like the slain, on the City’s wide streets,
Or their life is poured out on their sad mothers' lap!
SrANzA 5.
How portray, or depict you, ]erusalem’s daughter ?
How liken, to comfort you, maiden of Zion?
For deep as the sea is your wound;-—·Who can cure you?
Your Preachers present you with fable and falsehood,
And display not your vice, nor can keep you from chains,
But show to you visions of lying seductionsl
Sranza 6.
At you, they will clap hands, all who pass on the road;
Hiss, shaking their heads, at ]erusalem’s daughter;
‘ Was this she they called the perfection of beauty?
The delight for all earth
Against you all your enemies open their mouth,
We have swallowed her down
We have seen and have found the day that we had hoped !
STANZA 7.
The LORD has effected His purpose completely;
The intent that He threatened in days long ago;
Thrown down, and not pitied ; your foes gloat above you;
And your tyrants can lift up their horn over you!
LAM ENT 3.
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STANZA 1.
Walls of Zion! cry heartily to the ALMIGHTY,
Pour your tears like a river, by day and by night!
Give no rest to yourself and no sleep to your eyeballs I
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