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Lamentations 1:19

I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.

KJV

Vocavi amicos meos, et ipsi deceperunt me ; sacerdotes mei et senes mei in urbe consumpti sunt, quia quæsierunt cibum sibi ut refocillarent animam suam.

Vulgate

Κώφ. Ἐκάλεσα τοὺς ἐραστάς μου, αὐτοὶ δὲ παρελογίσαντό με· οἱ ἱερεῖς μου καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροί μου ἐν τῇ πόλει ἐξέλειπον, ὅτι ἐζήτησαν βρῶσιν αὐτοῖς ἵνα ἐπιστρέψωσιν ψυχὰς αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐχ εὗρον.

LXX

I called for my lovers, butthey deceived me: My priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, While they sought them food to refresh their souls.

ASV

קָרָ֤אתִי לַֽ/מְאַהֲבַ/י֙ הֵ֣מָּה רִמּ֔וּ/נִי כֹּהֲנַ֥/י וּ/זְקֵנַ֖/י בָּ/עִ֣יר גָּוָ֑עוּ כִּֽי בִקְשׁ֥וּ אֹ֨כֶל֙ לָ֔/מוֹ וְ/יָשִׁ֖יבוּ אֶת נַפְשָֽׁ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֹֽכֶל
'kl
noun · 44×
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
זִקְנֵ֣י
zqny
adjective · 179×
י
y
noun · 752×
יִּגְוַ֨ע
ygv'
verb · 22×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
נִי
ny
verb · 13×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 51:20 — Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
  • Jer 4:30 — And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou
  • Job 19:13 — He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
  • Lam 1:2 — She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
  • Lam 1:2 — She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
  • Lam 1:11 — All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.
  • Lam 1:17 — 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 the
  • Lam 2:20 — Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
  • Matt 26:31 — Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.