10 (A)Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him,
But weep deeply for the one who goes away;
For (B)he will never return
Or see his native land.

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10 Do not weep for the dead(A) king or mourn(B) his loss;
    rather, weep bitterly for him who is exiled,
because he will never return(C)
    nor see his native land again.

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20 The (A)breath of our nostrils, the (B)Lords anointed,
Was (C)captured in their pits,
Of whom we had said, “[a]In his (D)shadow
We shall live among the nations.”

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:20 I.e., under his protection

20 The Lord’s anointed,(A) our very life breath,
    was caught in their traps.(B)
We thought that under his shadow(C)
    we would live among the nations.

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