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Lamentations 5:3

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.

Lamentations 5:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Lamentations 5:3

Theological / Devotional

Widows. See on Lam. 1:1. Both figurative and literal widowhood are to be understood here, as many men died in the fighting, while doubtless numbers of others were taken into captivity, but their wives and children were left behind.

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