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Lamentations 5:11
Lamentations 5:11 is verse 11 of Lamentations chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
King James Version
They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
World English Bible
They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.
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Lamentations 5:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
11 Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
13 Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.
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 removed from the city.