Lamentations 1:1-2
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Lament over Jerusalem
א Alef
1 How[a] she sits alone,(A)
the city(B) 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.
ב Bet
2 She weeps aloud during the night,(D)
with tears on her cheeks.
There is no one to offer her comfort,
not one from all her lovers.[b](E)
All her friends have betrayed her;
they have become her enemies.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:1 The stanzas in Lm 1–4 form an acrostic.
- Lamentations 1:2 = Jerusalem’s political allies
Lamentations 1:1-2
New International Version
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Amos 5:2
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 She has fallen;
Virgin Israel(A) will never rise again.(B)
She lies abandoned on her land,
with no one to raise her up.(C)
Amos 5:2
New International Version
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