Lamentations 5
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Lamentations 5:6-12

6We have givenH5414 the handH3027 to the EgyptiansH4714, and to the AssyriansH804, to be satisfiedH7646 with breadH3899.

7Our fathersH1 have sinnedH2398, and are notH369; and we have borneH5445 their iniquitiesH5771.

8ServantsH5650 have ruledH4910 over us: there is none that doth deliverH6561 us out of their handH3027.

9We gatH935 our breadH3899 with the peril of our livesH5315 becauseH6440 of the swordH2719 of the wildernessH4057.

10Our skinH5785 was blackH3648 like an ovenH8574 becauseH6440 of the terribleH2152 famineH7458.1

11They ravishedH6031 the womenH802 in ZionH6726, and the maidsH1330 in the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063.

12PrincesH8269 are hanged upH8518 by their handH3027: the facesH6440 of eldersH2205 were not honouredH1921.

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Notes

  1. 1. Lamentations 5:10 terrible: or, terrors, or, storms. ↩

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