18 “The Lord is (A)righteous;
For I have (B)rebelled against His [a]command;
Hear now, all peoples,
And (C)behold my [b]pain;
(D)My virgins and my young men
Have gone into captivity.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:18 Lit mouth
  2. Lamentations 1:18 Or sorrow

20 “See, O Lord, for I am in distress;
My [a](A)spirit is greatly troubled;
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very (B)rebellious.
In the street the sword [b]slays;
In the house it is like death.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:20 Lit inward parts are in ferment
  2. Lamentations 1:20 Lit bereaves