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Lamentations 5:3-5
Contemporary English Version
Lamentations 5:3-5
Contemporary English Version
3 We are like children
whose mothers are widows.
4 The water we drink
and the wood we burn
cost far too much.
5 We are terribly mistreated;[a]
we are worn out
and can find no rest.
Footnotes
- 5.5 We … mistreated: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Contemporary English Version (CEV)
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