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Lamentations 1:1

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LAMENT OVER JERUSALEM

א Aleph

1How she sits alone,a

the cityb once crowded with people!

She who was great among the nations

has become like a widow.c

The princess among the provinces

has been put to forced labor.

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Cross references

  1. aLm 3:28
  2. bLm 1:17
  3. cEx 22:22; Dt 10:18; 24:19–21; Is 1:17; 47:8–9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

How lonely sits the city

that was full of people!

How like a widow has she become,

she who was great among the nations!

She who was a princess among the provinces

has become a slave.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

How deserted lies the city,

once so full of people!

How like a widow is she,

who once was great among the nations!

She who was queen among the provinces

has now become a slave.

NLTNew Living Translation

Jerusalem, once so full of people,

is now deserted.

She who was once great among the nations

now sits alone like a widow.

Once the queen of all the earth,

she is now a slave.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

How desolate the city sits

that was full of people!

She has become like a widow,

once great among the nations!

Like a woman of nobility in the provinces,

she has become a forced laborer.

KJV 1900King James Version

How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people!

How is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations,

And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!