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Lamentations 2:13

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The Prophet Speaks Out: the Lord Destroyed You

13“What example can I give you? 

What parallel can I show you, people of Jerusalem? 

What comparison can I make that will comfort you, beloved people of Zion? 

Your wounds are as deep as the sea. 

Who can heal you? 

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

What can I say for you, to what compare you,

O daughter of Jerusalem?

What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you,

O virgin daughter of Zion?

For your ruin is vast as the sea;

who can heal you?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

What can I say for you?

With what can I compare you,

Daughter Jerusalem?

To what can I liken you,

that I may comfort you,

Virgin Daughter Zion?

Your wound is as deep as the sea.

Who can heal you?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

What can I say on your behalf?

What can I compare you to, Daughter Jerusalem?

What can I liken you to,

so that I may console you, Virgin Daughter Zion?

For your ruin is as vast as the sea.

Who can heal you?

NLTNew Living Translation

What can I say about you?

Who has ever seen such sorrow?

O daughter of Jerusalem,

to what can I compare your anguish?

O virgin daughter of Zion,

how can I comfort you?

For your wound is as deep as the sea.

Who can heal you?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

What can I say for you? What can I compare to you,

O daughter of Jerusalem?

To what can I liken you so that I can comfort you,

O virgin daughter of Zion?

For your destruction is as vast as the sea;

who can heal you?

KJV 1900King James Version

What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem?

What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion?

For thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?