Her adversaries have become [a]her masters,
Her enemies are [b]secure;
For the Lord has [c](A)caused her grief
Because of the multitude of her wrongdoings;
Her little ones have gone away
As captives [d]led by the enemy.

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  1. Lamentations 1:5 Lit head
  2. Lamentations 1:5 Or at ease
  3. Lamentations 1:5 Or tormented her
  4. Lamentations 1:5 Lit before

Her foes have become her masters;
    her enemies are at ease.
The Lord has brought her grief(A)
    because of her many sins.(B)
Her children have gone into exile,(C)
    captive before the foe.(D)

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The Lord has [a](A)destroyed; He has not spared
All the settlements of Jacob.
In His wrath He has (B)overthrown
The strongholds of the daughter of Judah,
He has (C)hurled them down to the ground;
He has (D)profaned the kingdom and its leaders.

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  1. Lamentations 2:2 Lit engulfed

Without pity(A) the Lord has swallowed(B) up
    all the dwellings of Jacob;
in his wrath he has torn down
    the strongholds(C) of Daughter Judah.
He has brought her kingdom and its princes
    down to the ground(D) in dishonor.

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