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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Our enemies rape the women in Jerusalem and the young girls in all the towns of Judah.

Context of Lamentations 5:11

9We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness. 10Our skin is hot as an oven with the burning heat of famine. Women are raped in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah. 12Princes are hung up by their hands; no respect is shown to the elders. 13Young men are compelled to grind at the mill, and boys stagger under loads of wood.

Lamentations 5:11 word by word

נָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיּ֣וֹן עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They ravishedעָנָה‛ânâh · to afflictH6031
• the womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• in Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
• the maidsבְּתוּלָהbethûlâh · virginH1330
• in the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063

Cross-references for Lamentations 5:11

• Deuteronomy 28:30You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall ravish her. You shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it. You shall plant a vineyard, but you shall not enjoy its fruit.
• Isaiah 13:16Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.
• Zechariah 14:2For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest 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