21 “They heard[a] (A)my groaning,
    yet (B)there is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble;
    (C)they are glad that you have done it.
You have brought[b] the day you announced;
    (D)now let them be as I am.

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  1. Lamentations 1:21 Septuagint, Syriac Hear
  2. Lamentations 1:21 Syriac Bring

21 “People have heard my groaning,(A)
    but there is no one to comfort me.(B)
All my enemies have heard of my distress;
    they rejoice(C) at what you have done.
May you bring the day(D) you have announced
    so they may become like me.

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The roads to Zion mourn,
    for none come to (A)the festival;
(B)all her gates are desolate;
    her priests (C)groan;
her virgins have been afflicted,[a]
    and she herself suffers bitterly.

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  1. Lamentations 1:4 Septuagint, Old Latin dragged away

The roads to Zion mourn,(A)
    for no one comes to her appointed festivals.
All her gateways are desolate,(B)
    her priests groan,
her young women grieve,
    and she is in bitter anguish.(C)

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(A)Jerusalem sinned grievously;
    therefore she became filthy;
all who honored her despise her,
    (B)for they have seen her nakedness;
she herself (C)groans
    and turns her face away.

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Jerusalem has sinned(A) greatly
    and so has become unclean.(B)
All who honored her despise her,
    for they have all seen her naked;(C)
she herself groans(D)
    and turns away.

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11 All her people (A)groan
    as (B)they search for bread;
they trade their (C)treasures for (D)food
    to revive their strength.
“Look, O Lord, and see,
    for I am despised.”

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11 All her people groan(A)
    as they search for bread;(B)
they barter their treasures for food
    to keep themselves alive.
“Look, Lord, and consider,
    for I am despised.”

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