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Lamentations 5:11

Lamentations chapter 5 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.

Context

v.10Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.

v.11This passage

v.12Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Zechariah 14:2

    For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

  • Deuteronomy 28:30

    Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.

  • Isaiah 13:16

    Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.