Lamentations 1:20 meaning and explanation
See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.
Lamentations 1:20, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is Jerusalem personified, crying to God after the Babylonian destruction of the city and temple. She names her inner turmoil and then the two-sided ruin: outside, the sword kills; inside, famine and disease bring death.
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