Lamentations 1:14
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The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
In other translations
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
Hebrew words
נִשְׂקַדniskadit has been bound onH8244עֹל'ol[the] yoke ofH5923פְּשָׁעַיpesha'aitransgressions myH6588בְּיָדוֹbeyadoby hand hisH3027יִשְׂתָּרְגוּyistareguthey are woven togetherH8276עָלוּ'aluthey have come upH5927עַל־'al-onH5921צַוָּארִיtzavarineck myH6677הִכְשִׁילhikhshilhe has made feebleH3782כֹּחִיkochistrength myH3581נְתָנַנִיnetananihe has given meH5414אֲדֹנָי'adonai[the] LordH136בִּידֵיbideiin [the] hands ofH3027לֹא־lo'-[those whom] notH3808אוּכַל'ukhalI am ableH3201קוּם׃ סkumto standH6965
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