Lamentations 1:3

New International Version

³After affliction and harsh labor,
    Judah has gone into exile.^(A)
She dwells among the nations;
    she finds no resting place.^(B)
All who pursue her have overtaken her^(C)
    in the midst of her distress.

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Lamentations 1:3

King James Version

³Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.

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Lamentations 1:3

New King James Version

³^(A)Judah has gone into captivity,
Under affliction and hard servitude;
^(B)She dwells among the ^[a]nations,
She finds no ^(C)rest;
All her persecutors overtake her in dire straits.

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Footnotes

Lamentations 1:3 Gentiles

Lamentations 5:5

New International Version

⁵Those who pursue us are at our heels;
we are weary^(A) and find no rest.^(B)

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Lamentations 5:5

King James Version

⁵Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

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Lamentations 5:5

New King James Version

⁵^(A)They pursue at our ^[a]heels;
We labor and have no rest.

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Lamentations 5:5 Lit. necks

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