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Lamentations 4:10-12
New International Version
Lamentations 4:10-12
New International Version
10 With their own hands compassionate women
have cooked their own children,(A)
who became their food
when my people were destroyed.
11 The Lord has given full vent to his wrath;(B)
he has poured out(C) his fierce anger.(D)
He kindled a fire(E) in Zion
that consumed her foundations.(F)
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.(G)
Lamentations 4:10-12
English Standard Version
Lamentations 4:10-12
English Standard Version
10 (A)The hands of (B)compassionate women
(C)have boiled their own children;
(D)they became their food
during the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 (E)The Lord gave full vent to his wrath;
he poured out his hot anger,
and (F)he kindled a fire in Zion
that consumed its foundations.
12 (G)The kings of the earth did not believe,
nor any of the inhabitants of the world,
that foe or enemy could enter
the gates of Jerusalem.
Lamentations 4:10-12
King James Version
Lamentations 4:10-12
King James Version
10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 The Lord hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
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