I am the manwho has seenafflictionBecause of the rodof His wrath.
"Pityme, pityme, O you my friends,For the handof Godhas struckme.
My daysare like a lengthenedshadow,And I witheraway like grass.
You whohave shownme manytroublesand distressesWill reviveme again,And will bringme up againfrom the depthsof the earth.
Your wrathhas restedupon me, And You have afflictedme with allYour waves.Selah.
He was despisedand forsakenof men,A manof sorrowsand acquaintedwith grief;And like one from whom men hidetheir faceHe was despised,and we did not esteemHim.
Then they tookJeremiahand casthim into the cistern[of] Malchijahthe king'sson,whichwas in the courtof the guardhouse;and they letJeremiahdownwith ropes.Now in the cisterntherewas nowaterbut onlymud,and Jeremiahsankinto the mud.
the men,the women,the children,the king'sdaughtersand everypersonthat Nebuzaradanthe captainof the bodyguardhad leftwith Gedaliahthe sonof Ahikamand grandsonof Shaphan,together with Jeremiahthe prophetand Baruchthe sonof Neriah--
For the brokennessof the daughterof my peopleI am broken;I mourn,dismayhas takenholdof me.
