Lamentations — The Brenton Septuagint
“ Chapter 1 1And it came to pass, after Israel was taken captive, and Jerusalem made desolate, that Jeremias sat weeping, and lamented with this lamentation over Jerusalem, and said, ALEPH. How does the city that was filled with people sit solitary! ”
Lamentations — The Brenton Septuagint
“ Chapter 2 1ALEPH. How has the Lord darkened in his wrath the daughter of Sion! he has cast down the glory of Israel from heaven to earth, and has not remembered his footstool.πως εγνόφωσεν οργή αυτού κύριος την θυγατέρα Σιών κατέρριψεν εξ ουρανού εις γην δόξασμα Ισραήλ και ουκ εμνήσθη υποποδίου ποδών αυτού εν ημέρα οργής θυμού αυτού 2BETH. In the day of his wrath the Lord has overwhelmed her as in the sea, and not spared: he has brought down in his fury all the beautiful things of Jacob; he has brought down to the ground the strong-holds of the daughter of Juda ”
Lamentations — The Brenton Septuagint
“ Shall the women eat the fruit of their womb? the cook has made a gathering: shall the infants sucking at the breasts be slain? wilt thou slay the priest and prophet in the sanctuary of the Lord?ίδε κύριε και επίβλεψον τίνι επεφύλλισας ούτως ει φάγονται γυναίκες καρπόν κοιλίας αυτών φονευθήσονται νήπια θηλάζοντα μαστούς ει αποκτενείς εν αγιάσματι κυρίου ιερέα και προφήτην 21CHSEN. The child and old man have lain down in the street: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity: thou hast slain them with the sword and with famine ”
