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

9At the risk of our lives we get our food because robbers lurk in the countryside. 10Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger. They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah. 12Princes were hung by their hands; elders were mistreated. 13The young men perform menial labor; boys stagger from their labor.

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 will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.
• Isaiah 13:16Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped.
• Zechariah 14:2For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to wage war; the city will be taken, its houses plundered, and the women raped. Then half of the city will go into exile, but the remainder of the people will not be taken away.

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