1 Samuel 2:5

New International Version

⁵Those who were full hire themselves out for food,
but those who were hungry^(A) are hungry no more.
She who was barren^(B) has borne seven children,
but she who has had many sons pines away.

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1 Samuel 2:5 in all English translations

Lamentations 1:1

New International Version

1 ^[a]How deserted^(A) lies the city,
    once so full of people!^(B)
How like a widow^(C) is she,
    who once was great^(D) among the nations!
She who was queen among the provinces
    has now become a slave.^(E)

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Footnotes

Lamentations 1:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

Lamentations 1:1 in all English translations

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