10 For the fortified city is (A)isolated,
A [a]homestead deserted and abandoned like the desert;
(B)There the calf will graze,
And there it will lie down and [b]feed on its branches.

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  1. Isaiah 27:10 Lit pasture
  2. Isaiah 27:10 Lit consume

10 The fortified city stands desolate,(A)
    an abandoned settlement, forsaken(B) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,(C)
    there they lie down;(D)
    they strip its branches bare.

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The Sorrows of Zion

How (A)lonely sits the city
That once had (B)many people!
She has become like a (C)widow
Who was once (D)great among the nations!
She who was a princess among the [a]provinces
Has become a (E)forced laborer!

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  1. Lamentations 1:1 Or districts

[a]How deserted(A) lies the city,
    once so full of people!(B)
How like a widow(C) is she,
    who once was great(D) among the nations!
She who was queen among the provinces
    has now become a slave.(E)

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  1. Lamentations 1:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.