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11 All her people groaned
    as they searched for food.
They traded their valuables in order to eat,
    to keep themselves alive.[a]
Look, Lord, and see
    how I have become dishonored.

12 May it not befall you,[b]
    all who pass along the road!
Look and see:
    Is there any grief
like my grief
    dealt out to me,
by which the Lord afflicted me
    in the time of his fierce wrath?

13 He sent fire from on high,[c]
    making it penetrate my bones.[d]
He stretched out a net at my feet,
    forcing me to turn back.
He made me desolate;
    I’m fainting all day long.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:11 Lit. to eat to refresh the soul
  2. Lamentations 1:12 Lit. It is not for you
  3. Lamentations 1:13 Lit. high into my bones
  4. Lamentations 1:13 Lit. overcoming her