10 Our skin is hot as an oven,
Because of the fever of famine.
11 They (A)ravished the women in Zion,
The maidens in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes were hung up by their hands,
And elders were not respected.

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10 (A)Our skin is hot as an oven
    with (B)the burning heat of famine.
11 Women are raped in Zion,
    young women in the towns of Judah.
12 (C)Princes are hung up by their hands;
    (D)no respect is shown to the elders.

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10 Our skin has become as (A)hot as an oven,
Because of the ravages of hunger.
11 They violated the (B)women in Zion,
The virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 Leaders were hung by their hands;
[a](C)Elders were not respected.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 5:12 Lit The faces of elders

10 Our skin is hot as an oven,
    feverish from hunger.(A)
11 Women have been violated(B) in Zion,
    and virgins in the towns of Judah.
12 Princes have been hung up by their hands;
    elders(C) are shown no respect.(D)

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