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10 The hands of compassionate women,
    have cooked their children;
they became as something to eat
    in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 Yahweh has completed his anger,
    he has poured out his fierce anger;[a]
he has kindled a fire in Zion,
    it consumed her[b] foundations.
12 The kings of the earth did not believe,
    and all the inhabitants of the world,
that a foe and an enemy could enter
    into the gates of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:11 Literally “the fierce anger of his nose”
  2. Lamentations 4:11 Or “its”

10 With their own hands compassionate women
    have cooked their own children,(A)
who became their food
    when my people were destroyed.

11 The Lord has given full vent to his wrath;(B)
    he has poured out(C) his fierce anger.(D)
He kindled a fire(E) in Zion
    that consumed her foundations.(F)

12 The kings of the earth did not believe,
    nor did any of the peoples of the world,
that enemies and foes could enter
    the gates of Jerusalem.(G)

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