Her adversaries have become [a]her masters,
Her enemies [b]prosper;
For the Lord has (A)caused her grief
Because of the multitude of her transgressions;
Her little ones have gone away
As captives before the adversary.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:5 Lit head
  2. Lamentations 1:5 Or are at ease

The Lord has (A)swallowed up; He has not spared
All the habitations of Jacob.
In His wrath He has (B)thrown down
The strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
He has (C)brought them down to the ground;
He has (D)profaned the kingdom and its princes.

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