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Lamentations 2:11-13
New American Standard Bible
Lamentations 2:11-13
New American Standard Bible
11 My (A)eyes fail because of tears,
My [a](B)spirit is greatly troubled;
My [b](C)heart is poured out on the earth
(D)Because of the [c]destruction of the daughter of my people,
When (E)little ones and infants languish
In the streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothers,
“(F)Where is grain and wine?”
As they faint like a wounded person
In the streets of the city,
As their (G)lives are poured out
[d]In their mothers’ arms.
13 How shall I admonish you?
What (H)shall I compare to you,
Daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I liken to you as I comfort you,
(I)Virgin daughter of Zion?
For your collapse is as vast as the sea;
Who can (J)heal you?
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:11 Lit inward parts are in ferment
- Lamentations 2:11 Lit liver
- Lamentations 2:11 Lit breaking
- Lamentations 2:12 Lit on...breast
Lamentations 2:11-13
New International Version
Lamentations 2:11-13
New International Version
11 My eyes fail from weeping,(A)
I am in torment within(B);
my heart(C) is poured out(D) on the ground
because my people are destroyed,(E)
because children and infants faint(F)
in the streets of the city.
Lamentations 2:11-13
King James Version
Lamentations 2:11-13
King James Version
11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.
13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
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Lamentations 2:11-13
New King James Version
Lamentations 2:11-13
New King James Version
11 (A)My eyes fail with tears,
My [a]heart is troubled;
(B)My [b]bile is poured on the ground
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
Because (C)the children and the infants
Faint in the streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothers,
“Where is grain and wine?”
As they swoon like the wounded
In the streets of the city,
As their life is poured out
In their mothers’ bosom.
13 How shall I (D)console[c] you?
To what shall I liken you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you,
O virgin daughter of Zion?
For your ruin is spread wide as the sea;
Who can heal you?
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:11 Lit. inward parts
- Lamentations 2:11 Lit. liver
- Lamentations 2:13 Or bear witness to
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