Lamentations 5:11

Lamentations 5:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
• New International Version (NIV)Women have been violated in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Women are raped in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah.

Context of Lamentations 5:11

9We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness. 10Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine. They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah. 12Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored. 13The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.

Lamentations 5:11 word by word

נָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיּ֣וֹן עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
• virginsבְּתוּלָהbethûlâh · virginH1330
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063

Cross-references for Lamentations 5:11

• Deuteronomy 28:30Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.
• Isaiah 13:16Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
• Zechariah 14:2For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

Commentaries on Lamentations 5:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah - The evil mentioned here was predicted by Moses, Deuteronomy 28:30, Deuteronomy 28:32, and by Jeremiah, Jeremiah 6:12.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11They ravished - They humbled.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22This chapter is a sincere prayer asking for restoration (compare Daniel 9:4–19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. So in just retribution Babylon itself should fare in the end. Jerusalem shall for the last time suffer these woes before her final restoration (Zec 14:2).Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 5:11

• Captive
• Patriotism
• Rape
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Judah
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Crown
• Persecution
• Acrostic
• Lamentations, Book of
• Maid; Maiden
• Poetry, Hebrew
• Zion

Commentaries on Lamentations 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings