17 (A)Zion stretches out her hands,
    but (B)there is none to comfort her;
the Lord has commanded against Jacob
    that his neighbors should be his foes;
Jerusalem has become
    a filthy thing among them.

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17 Zion spreads out her hands;[a]
    no one is there to comfort her.
The Lord has issued an order against[b] Jacob,
    that all who are around him are to be his enemies;
Jerusalem has become
    unclean among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:17 Or Zion rent her linen garments
  2. Lamentations 1:17 Or Lord kept watch over