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17 Zion stretches out her hands,
    with no one to comfort her;
The Lord has ordered against Jacob
    his foes all around;
Jerusalem has become in their midst
    a thing unclean.

18 “The Lord is in the right;
    I had defied his command.
Listen, all you peoples,
    and see my pain:
My young women and young men
    have gone into captivity.(A)

19 I cried out to my lovers,
    but they failed me.(B)
My priests and my elders
    perished in the city;
How desperately they searched for food,
    to save their lives!

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'耶 利 米 哀 歌 1:17-19' not found for the version: Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version.

17 Zion stretches out her hands,(A)
    but there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has decreed for Jacob
    that his neighbors become his foes;(B)
Jerusalem has become
    an unclean(C) thing(D) among them.

18 “The Lord is righteous,(E)
    yet I rebelled(F) against his command.
Listen, all you peoples;
    look on my suffering.(G)
My young men and young women
    have gone into exile.(H)

19 “I called to my allies(I)
    but they betrayed me.
My priests and my elders
    perished(J) in the city
while they searched for food
    to keep themselves alive.

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