17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.

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17 Zion stretches out her hands,(A)
    but there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has decreed for Jacob
    that his neighbors become his foes;(B)
Jerusalem has become
    an unclean(C) thing(D) among them.

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17 (A)Zion [a]spreads out her hands,
But no one comforts her;
The Lord has commanded concerning Jacob
That those (B)around him become his adversaries;
Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:17 Prays