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Berean Standard Bible

“How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.”

Lamentations 1:1

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Study note

Lamentations is a collection of five poems mourning the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon in 586 BC; tradition links the book to Jeremiah. The first four poems are acrostics, each stanza beginning with the next letter of the Hebrew alphabet, as if grieving from A to Z.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.

World English Bible (WEB)

How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave!

King James Version (KJV)

How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people how is she become as a widow she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary

American Standard Version (ASV)

How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! She is become as a widow, that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the provinces is become tributary!

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

See her seated by herself, the town which was full of people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow! She who was a princess among the countries has come under the yoke of forced work!

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

¡CÓMO está sentada sola la ciudad populosa! La grande entre las naciones se ha vuelto como viuda, la señora de provincias es hecha tributaria.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Las calles de Jerusalén donde antes siempre había un feliz alboroto están ahora en silencio. La que era gran señora ahora es como una viuda que se sienta a llorar su soledad. La que era reina de pueblos ahora es la criada.

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