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Lamentations 1:16-18
International Standard Version
Lamentations 1:16-18
International Standard Version
16 Because of all this, I weep;
my eyes[a] stream with tears
because far from me
is the comforter of my soul.
My children are sorrowful,
because the enemy has won.
17 Zion spreads out her hands;[b]
no one is there to comfort her.
The Lord has issued an order against[c] Jacob,
that all who are around him are to be his enemies;
Jerusalem has become
unclean among them.
18 The Lord is in the right,
but I rebelled against his commands.
Listen, please, all you people,
and look at my pain—
my young men and women[d]
have gone into captivity.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:16 Lit. my eyes my eyes
- Lamentations 1:17 Or Zion rent her linen garments
- Lamentations 1:17 Or Lord kept watch over
- Lamentations 1:18 Lit. virgins
International Standard Version (ISV)
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