Lamentations 1:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
3 Judah is carried away captive, because [a]of affliction, and because of great servitude, she dwelleth among the heathen, and findeth no rest: all her persecutors took her in the straits.
4 The ways of Zion lament, because no man cometh[b]to the solemn feasts, all her gates are desolate: her Priests sigh: her virgins are discomfited, and she is in [c]heaviness.
5 Her adversaries [d]are the chief, and her enemies prosper: for the Lord hath afflicted her, for the multitude of her transgressions, and her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
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- Lamentations 1:3 For her cruelty toward the poor and oppression of servants, Jer. 34:11.
- Lamentations 1:4 As they used to come up with mirth and joy, Ps. 42:4.
- Lamentations 1:4 Hebrew, bitterness.
- Lamentations 1:5 That is, have rule over her, Deut. 28:41.
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