Lamentations 2:5

English Standard Version

⁵^(A)The Lord has become like an enemy;
    ^(B)he has swallowed up Israel;
^(C)he has swallowed up all its palaces;
    he has laid in ruins its strongholds,
and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah
    ^(D)mourning and lamentation.

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Lamentations 2:5

New International Version

⁵The Lord is like an enemy;^(A)
    he has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all her palaces
    and destroyed her strongholds.^(B)
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation^(C)
    for Daughter Judah.^(D)

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Lamentations 2:5

King James Version

⁵The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

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