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Lamentations 2:12-14
American Standard Version
Lamentations 2:12-14
American Standard Version
12 They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine?
When they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city,
When their soul is poured out into their mothers’ bosom.
13 What shall I [a]testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion?
For thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
14 Thy prophets have seen for thee false and foolish visions;
And they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity,
But have seen for thee false [b]oracles and [c]causes of banishment.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:13 Or, take to witness for thee
- Lamentations 2:14 Hebrew burdens.
- Lamentations 2:14 Or, things to draw thee aside
Lamentations 2:12-14
New International Version
Lamentations 2:12-14
New International Version
12 They say to their mothers,
“Where is bread and wine?”(A)
as they faint like the wounded
in the streets of the city,
as their lives ebb away(B)
in their mothers’ arms.(C)
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