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17 Zion stretches out her hands;
    there is no one to comfort her.
Yahweh has commanded against Jacob,
    that those surrounding him[a] should be his enemies;
Jerusalem has become
    a defilement among them.

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  1. Lamentations 1:17 NRSV translates “his neighbors”

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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