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Major Prophets · book 25 of 66Lamentations
Five poems mourning the destruction of Jerusalem.
How Lamentations begins
The first verses of Lamentations 1 in the King James Version.
- Lam 1:1
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
- Lam 1:2
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.
- Lam 1:3
Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
- Lam 1:4
The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
- Lam 1:5
Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
The 5 chapters of Lamentations
Each chapter has its own page with the complete text.
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Lamentations is book 25 of the 66 in the King James Bible, with 5 chapters and 154 verses in the public-domain text.