Lamentations 5:11 · KJV
“They ravished the women in Zion, {and} the maids in the cities of Judah.”
— Lamentations 5:11
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. {terrible: or, terrors, or, storms}
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
Lamentations 5 — Context
We gat our bread with {the peril of} our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. {terrible: or, terrors, or, storms}
11They ravished the women in Zion, {and} the maids in the cities of Judah.
12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:16
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Zechariah 14:2
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Deuteronomy 28:30
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. {gather...: Heb. profane, or, use it as common meat}