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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.
Lamentations 1:19 — KJV
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Lamentations 1:19
King James Version (KJV)
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Lamentations 1:19
Verse 19 of 22
Commentary
Commentary on Lamentations 1:19
Theological / DevotionalLovers. See on vs. 2, 17.
In the city. The priests and elders did not die in defense of the Temple or in the execution of their offices, but while they were going about the most elemental act of seeking food to preserve their lives (see on v. 15).
Meat. Heb. ’okel, “food” (see on v. 11).
Relieve their souls. See on v. 11.
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