Lamentations 1:5
King James Version (KJV)
Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; For Jehovah hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: Her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.
World English Bible (WEB)
Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; for Yahweh has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.
Lamentations 1:5 Cross References
And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
