31 “For I have heard a voice as of a woman in [a]labor,
The anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
The voice of the daughter of Zion bewailing herself;
She (A)spreads her hands, saying,
‘Woe is me now, for my soul is [b]weary
Because of murderers!’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:31 childbirth
  2. Jeremiah 4:31 faint

31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.

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(A)Jerusalem has sinned gravely,
Therefore she has become [a]vile.
All who honored her despise her
Because (B)they have seen her nakedness;
Yes, she sighs and turns away.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:8 LXX, Vg. moved or removed

Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.

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