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Lamentations 1:17
New Living Translation
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!”
Footnotes
- 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.
Lamentations 1:17
International Standard Version
Lamentations 1:17
International Standard Version
17 Zion spreads out her hands;[a]
no one is there to comfort her.
The Lord has issued an order against[b] Jacob,
that all who are around him are to be his enemies;
Jerusalem has become
unclean among them.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:17 Or Zion rent her linen garments
- Lamentations 1:17 Or Lord kept watch over
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