Lamentations 1:22

How Lonely Lies the City! · Lamentations 1:1–22
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Translations

Modern
Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.
Traditional
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.
Literal
Let all their evil come before Your eyes, and deal with them as You have dealt with me, because of all my transgressions; for many are my groans, and my heart is faint.
Latin
Ingrediatur omne malum eorum coram te: et vindemia eos, sicut vindemiasti me propter omnes iniquitates meas: multi enim gemitus mei, et cor meum mœrens.

Original

Hebrew
English
Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.

Notes

Chapter 1 mourns the destruction and desolation of Jerusalem, recognizing that this was God’s well-deserved judgment on Israel’s sins.

Theme notes and profiles

Prayers for Vengeance

Parallels

2 Kings 24:10–17

Glossary

Acrostic Lamentations, Book of Poetry, Biblical

Topics

Prayer: Imprecatory