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Lamentations 1:7-9
International Standard Version
Lamentations 1:7-9
International Standard Version
7 Jerusalem remembers[a]
her time of affliction and misery;
all her valued belongings[b]
of days gone by,
when her people fell into enemy hands,
with no one to help her,
and her enemies stared at her,
mocking her downfall.
8 Jerusalem sinned greatly,
and she became unclean.[c]
All who honored her now despise her,
because they saw her naked.
She herself groans
and turns her face away.
9 Uncleanness has soiled her skirts,
and she gave no thought to what would follow.
She fell in such a startling way,
with no one to comfort her.
Look, Lord, upon my affliction,
because my enemy is boasting.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:7 Or Remember, Lord, Jerusalem,
- Lamentations 1:7 Or Perished are all her valued belongings
- Lamentations 1:8 Lit. has been removed; i.e. due to ritual uncleanness
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