17 They surround(A) her like men guarding a field,
    because she has rebelled(B) against me,’”
declares the Lord.

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17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord.

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17 (A)Like keepers of a field they are against her all around,
Because she has been rebellious against Me,” says the Lord.

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18 “The Lord is righteous,(A)
    yet I rebelled(B) against his command.
Listen, all you peoples;
    look on my suffering.(C)
My young men and young women
    have gone into exile.(D)

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18 The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

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18 “The Lord is (A)righteous,
For I (B)rebelled against His [a]commandment.
Hear now, all peoples,
And behold my sorrow;
My virgins and my young men
Have gone into captivity.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:18 Lit. mouth