Lamentations 5:11-12 - Compare All Versions

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Women have been violated in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah. Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.

Women are raped in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah. Princes are hung up by their hands; no respect is shown to the elders.

Our enemies rape the women in Jerusalem and the young girls in all the towns of Judah. Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs, and our elders are treated with contempt.

Women have been raped in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah. Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.

They ravished the women in Zion, And the maids in the cities of Judah. Princes are hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honoured.

They ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah. Princes were hung up by their hands, And elders were not respected.

“Remember, GOD, all we’ve been through. Study our plight, the black mark we’ve made in history. Our precious land has been given to outsiders, our homes to strangers. Orphans we are, not a father in sight, and our mothers no better than widows. We have to pay to drink our own water. Even our firewood comes at a price. We’re nothing but slaves, bullied and bowed, worn out and without any rest. We sold ourselves to Assyria and Egypt just to get something to eat. Our parents sinned and are no more, and now we’re paying for the wrongs they did. Slaves rule over us; there’s no escape from their grip. We risk our lives to gather food in the bandit-infested desert. Our skin has turned black as an oven, dried out like old leather from the famine. Our wives were raped in the streets in Zion, and our virgins in the cities of Judah. They hanged our princes by their hands, dishonored our elders. Strapping young men were put to women’s work, mere boys forced to do men’s work. The city gate is empty of wise elders. Music from the young is heard no more. All the joy is gone from our hearts. Our dances have turned into dirges. The crown of glory has toppled from our head. Woe! Woe! Would that we’d never sinned! Because of all this we’re heartsick; we can’t see through the tears. On Mount Zion, wrecked and ruined, jackals pace and prowl. And yet, GOD, you’re sovereign still, your throne intact and eternal. So why do you keep forgetting us? Why dump us and leave us like this? Bring us back to you, GOD—we’re ready to come back. Give us a fresh start. As it is, you’ve cruelly disowned us. You’ve been so very angry with us.”

They violated the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah. Leaders were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.

They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah. Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected.

They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah. Princes were hung by their hands; elders were mistreated.