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Lamentations 3:52-54
English Standard Version
Lamentations 3:52-54
English Standard Version
52 (A)“I have been hunted (B)like a bird
by those who were my enemies (C)without cause;
53 (D)they flung me alive into the pit[a]
(E)and cast stones on me;
54 (F)water closed over my head;
I said, (G)‘I am lost.’
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:53 Or they end my life in the pit
Lamentations 3:52-54
New International Version
Lamentations 3:52-54
New International Version
Lamentations 3:52-54
New American Standard Bible
Lamentations 3:52-54
New American Standard Bible
52 My enemies (A)without reason
Hunted me down (B)like a bird;
53 They have silenced [a]me (C)in the pit
And have [b](D)thrown stones on me.
54 Waters flowed (E)over my head;
I said, “I am [c]cut off!”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:53 Lit my life
- Lamentations 3:53 Or thrown a stone
- Lamentations 3:54 Or destroyed
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