17 The Lord has done what he planned;
    he has fulfilled(A) his word,
    which he decreed long ago.(B)
He has overthrown you without pity,(C)
    he has let the enemy gloat over you,(D)
    he has exalted the horn[a] of your foes.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:17 Horn here symbolizes strength.

26 I will give them into the hands(A) of those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar king(B) of Babylon and his officers. Later, however, Egypt will be inhabited(C) as in times past,” declares the Lord.

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