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Lamentations 1:3-5
International Standard Version
Lamentations 1:3-5
International Standard Version
3 Judah has gone into exile
to escape affliction and servitude.
She that sat among the nations,
has found no rest.
All her pursuers overtook her
amid narrow passes.
4 The roads that lead to Zion are in mourning,
because no one travels to the festivals.
All her gates are desolate;
her priests are moaning.
Her young women[a] are grieving,[b]
and she is bitter.
5 Her adversaries dominate her,
her enemies prosper.
For the Lord has made her suffer
because of her many transgressions.
Her children have gone away,
taken into captivity in the presence of the enemy.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:4 Lit. virgins
- Lamentations 1:4 Or are led away.
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