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46 They have opened their mouths against us,
    all our enemies;
47 Panic and the pit have been our lot,
    desolation and destruction;(A)
48 [a]My eyes stream with tears over the destruction
    of the daughter of my people.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:48–51 These verses are more appropriate on the lips of the poet, who speaks of “my city” (v. 51). Daughters of my city: here as elsewhere “daughter” may refer to villages dependent on a larger city.

46 “All our enemies have opened their mouths
    wide(A) against us.(B)
47 We have suffered terror and pitfalls,(C)
    ruin and destruction.(D)
48 Streams of tears(E) flow from my eyes(F)
    because my people are destroyed.(G)

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