Lamentations 3:52 Cross References - Rotherham

⁵² They, have laid snares, for me as a bird, who are mine enemies without cause:

¹⁰ Lo! this day, have thine own eyes seen, how Yahweh had delivered thee up, today, into my hand in the cave, and, when one bade me slay thee, I looked with compassion upon thee,––and I said––I will not thrust forth my hand against my lord, for, the Anointed of Yahweh, is he! ¹¹ But, my father, see, yea, see, the corner of thy robe in my hand,––for, in that I cut off the corner of thy robe, and yet did not slay thee, know thou, and see, that there is not in my hand either wrong or transgression, neither have I sinned against thee, yet art thou hunting my life, to take it. ¹² Let Yahweh do justice betwixt me and thee, and let Yahweh avenge me of thee,––but, mine own hand, shall not be upon thee. ¹³ As saith the proverb of the ancients, From the lawless, proceedeth lawlessness,––mine own hand, therefore shall not be upon thee. ¹⁴ After whom, hath the king of Israel come forth? After whom, art thou in pursuit? After a dead dog! after a single flea! ¹⁵ Therefore shall, Yahweh, become, judge, and do justice betwixt me and thee,––that he may see, and plead my cause, and justly deliver me out of thy hand.

²⁸ Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid,––for Yahweh, will certainly make, for my lord an assured house, for, the battles of Yahweh, is my lord fighting, and, wrong, shall not be found in thee, all thy days; ²⁹ yea, though there hath arisen a sun of earth to pursue thee, and to seek thy life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of the living, with Yahweh thy God, but, as for the life of thine enemies, he shall sling it out with the middle of the hollow of the sling.

¹⁸ And he said, Wherefore is it, that my lord is in pursuit of his servant? For what have I done? or what is in my hand that is wrong? ¹⁹ Now, therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant,––If, Yahweh, have goaded thee on against me, let him accept the sweet smell of a gift, but, if the sons of men, accursed, they are before Yahweh, for they have driven me out, today, from joining myself with the inheritance of Yahweh, saying––Go, serve other gods! ²⁰ Now, therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth, away from the presence of Yahweh,––for the king of Israel hath come out to hunt for a single flea, as when one pursueth a partridge among the mountains.

¹ [To the Chief Musician. David’s.]
In Yahweh, have I sought refuge. How can ye say to my soul, Flee to a mountain like a little bird;

⁷ For, without cause, have they hid for me, in a ditch, their net,––Without cause, have they digged [a pit] for my life.

¹⁹ Let not them who are falsely my foes rejoice over me, As for them who hate me without cause, let them not wink the eye!

⁴ More than the hairs of my head, Are they who hate me without cause,––Firmer than my bones, Are they who are my foes for false cause,––What I had not plundered, then, had I to restore.

³ And, with words of hatred, have they surrounded me, and have made war upon me without cause:

¹⁶¹ [SHIN.] Rulers, have persecuted me, without cause, But, of thy word, hath my heart stood in awe.

¹⁵ Then were the princes wroth, against Jeremiah, and smote him,––and put him in prison, in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for, that, had they made the prison. ¹⁶ When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon–house and into the cells, and Jeremiah, had remained there, many days,

¹⁸ And Jeremiah said, unto King Zedekiah,––What sin have I committed against thee, or, against thy servants, or, against this people, that ye have delivered me, up into prison?

⁴ Then said the princes unto the king,––Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death, for, in this way, is he, weakening the hands of the men of war who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking unto them, such words as these; for, this man, is not, seeking, prosperity, for this people, but, misfortune. ⁵ Then said King Zedekiah,––Lo! he, is in your hand; for, the king, is not, one who is able to do anything, against, you. ⁶ Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah son of the king, which was in the guard–court, and they let Jeremiah down with ropes,––now, in the dungeon, was no, water, only mire, so Jeremiah sank, in the mire.

²⁵ But. . . that the word which, in their law, is written, might be fulfilled––They hated me without cause.