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 risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness. 10Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger. Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah. 12Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect. 13Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.

Lamentations 5:11 word by word

נָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיּ֣וֹן עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• have been ravishedעָנָה‛ânâh · to afflictH6031
• in Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
• virginsבְּתוּלָהbethûlâh · virginH1330
• in the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063

Cross-references for Lamentations 5:11

• Deuteronomy 28:30You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
• Isaiah 13:16Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
• Zechariah 14:2For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed 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