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Lamentations 1:17
Lexham English Bible

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”
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Lamentations 1:17
New Living Translation

17 Jerusalem reaches out for help,
    but no one comforts her.
Regarding his people Israel,[a]
    the Lord has said,
“Let their neighbors be their enemies!
    Let them be thrown away like a filthy rag!”

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  1. 1:17 Hebrew Jacob. The names “Jacob” and “Israel” are often interchanged throughout the Old Testament, referring sometimes to the individual patriarch and sometimes to the nation.
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