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A Prayer for Restoration

Lamentations 5:11

In 11 translations

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.
LSV
Wives in Zion they have humbled, || Virgins—in cities of Judah.
YLT
Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins — in cities of Judah.
DBY
They have ravished the women in Zion, the maids in the cities of Judah.
DRC
They oppressed the women in Sion, and the virgins in the cities of Juda.
GNV
They defiled the women in Zion, and the maydes in the cities of Iudah.
JPS
They have ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah.
LXXE
They humbled the women in Sion, the virgins in the cities of Juda.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
נָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיּ֣וֹן עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Γυναῖκας ἐν Σιὼν ἐταπείνωσαν, παρθένους ἐν πόλεσιν Ἰούδα.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 13:16Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
  • Zechariah 14:2For 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…
  • Deuteronomy 28:30You 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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