Lamentations 1:5 meaning and explanation
Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.
Lamentations 1:5, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the poet watching Jerusalem after Babylon destroyed it in 586 BC. The city that was once a princess now has enemies as her masters, and her children have been marched away as captives.
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