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Lamentations 1:3

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3After years of pain and hard labor, Judah has gone into exile.

She camps out among the nations, never feels at home.

Hunted by all, she’s stuck between a rock and a hard place.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Judah has gone into exile because of affliction

and hard servitude;

she dwells now among the nations,

but finds no resting place;

her pursuers have all overtaken her

in the midst of her distress.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

After affliction and harsh labor,

Judah has gone into exile.

She dwells among the nations;

she finds no resting place.

All who pursue her have overtaken her

in the midst of her distress.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Judah has gone into exile

following affliction and harsh slavery;

she lives among the nations

but finds no place to rest.

All her pursuers have overtaken her

in narrow places.

NLTNew Living Translation

Judah has been led away into captivity,

oppressed with cruel slavery.

She lives among foreign nations

and has no place of rest.

Her enemies have chased her down,

and she has nowhere to turn.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Judah has gone into exile with misery

and under hard servitude;

she lives among the nations,

she has not found a resting place;

all her pursuers have overtaken her

amidst her distress.

KJV 1900King James Version

Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude:

She dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest:

All her persecutors overtook her between the straits.