Lamentations 5:11 meaning and explanation

Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.

Lamentations 5:11, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is Jerusalem's devastated community, praying after Babylon destroyed the city in 586 BC. In this verse they name one atrocity among many: women and young women were violated in Zion and throughout Judah.

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