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(A)Judah has gone into exile because of affliction
    and hard servitude;
(B)she dwells now among the nations,
    (C)but finds no resting-place;
her pursuers have all overtaken her
    in the midst of her distress.[a]

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  1. Lamentations 1:3 Or in the narrow passes

After affliction and harsh labor,
    Judah has gone into exile.(A)
She dwells among the nations;
    she finds no resting place.(B)
All who pursue her have overtaken her(C)
    in the midst of her distress.

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(A)Our pursuers are at our necks;[a]
    we are weary; we are given no rest.

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  1. Lamentations 5:5 Symmachus With a yoke on our necks

Those who pursue us are at our heels;
    we are weary(A) and find no rest.(B)

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