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Lamentations 5:11

Zion

9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.

10 Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.

Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.

12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.

13 Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
KJV
They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
WEB
They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.
ASV
They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
DARBY
They have ravished the women in Zion, the maids in the cities of Judah.
BLB
The women in Zion they have pressed down, [and] the maidens in the cities of Judah.
ÅB
Kvinner har de krenket i Sion, jomfruer i Judas byer.
OTB
Kvinner har blitt krenket i Sion, og jomfruer i Judas byer.
B1930
Kvinner har de krenket i Sion, jomfruer i Judas byer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 13:16

    Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.

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  • Zechariah 14:2

    For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:30

    You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.

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