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The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: You have killed them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered, [and] not pitied.
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The Scope of the Tragedy
Commentators note that the verse paints a picture of total and indiscriminate devastation. The slaughter affected everyone—the young and the old, virgins and young men—with bodies lying openly in the streets. This emphasizes that no part of the city and no demographic was spared from the horrific judgment.
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Omit “them” and “and,” which weaken the intensity of the passage.
19th Century
Anglican
The young and the old ... —The thoughts of the mourner turn from the massacre in the sanctuary to the slaughter which did its drea…
16th Century
Protestant
Here he relates, speaking as the Church, another calamity: that the young and the aged were lying prostrate in the streets. He includes children wi…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets Young men and old men, virgins and aged women; these promiscuously…
Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by famine. Even little children were slain by their mother's hands and eaten, according t…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the author presents the universal nature of the punishment, and he does so in three parts.
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