Lamentations 1:5
“The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.”
King James Version
Jerusalem confessing God's righteousness in the exile, a profound acknowledgment that the covenant curses were just.
Fulfillment References
Daniel 9:7-14 Nehemiah 9:33 Ezra 9:15
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