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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.
13 Because of the sins of her prophets,
    the guilt of her priests,
who shed blood in her midst,
    of righteous people.

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Footnotes

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

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

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.(F)

13 But it happened because of the sins of her prophets
    and the iniquities of her priests,(G)
who shed within her
    the blood(H) of the righteous.

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