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Lamentations 2:16-18
New International Version - UK
Lamentations 2:16-18
New International Version - UK
16 All your enemies open their mouths
wide against you;
they scoff and gnash their teeth
and say, ‘We have swallowed her up.
This is the day we have waited for;
we have lived to see it.’
17 The Lord has done what he planned;
he has fulfilled his word,
which he decreed long ago.
He has overthrown you without pity,
he has let the enemy gloat over you,
he has exalted the horn[a] of your foes.
18 The hearts of the people
cry out to the Lord.
You walls of Daughter Zion,
let your tears flow like a river
day and night;
give yourself no relief,
your eyes no rest.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:17 Horn here symbolises strength.
New International Version - UK (NIVUK)
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