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The Book of Lamentations, Chapter 4, Verse 21

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The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
King James Version
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
American Standard Version
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: The cup shall pass through unto thee also; thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
New English Translation
ש(Sin/Shin)The Prophet Speaks: Rejoice and be glad for now, O people of Edom, who reside in the land of Uz. But the cup of judgment will pass to you also; you will get drunk and take off your clothes.
World English Bible
Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwell in the land of Uz: The cup shall pass through to you also; you shall be drunken, and shall make yourself naked.
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The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
1
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
2
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
3
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.
4
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
5
Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.
6
We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
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Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.
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Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.
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We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.