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Lamentations 1:19

NETBible	ק (Qof) I called for my lovers,¹ but they had deceived me. My priests and my elders perished in the city. Truly they had² searched for food to³ keep themselves⁴ alive.⁵
NIV © biblegateway Lam 1:19	"I called to my allies but they betrayed me. My priests and my elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.
NASB © biblegateway Lam 1:19	"I called to my lovers, but they deceived me; My priests and my elders perished in the city While they sought food to restore their strength themselves.
NLT © biblegateway Lam 1:19	"I begged my allies for help, but they betrayed me. My priests and leaders starved to death in the city, even as they searched for food to save their lives.
MSG © biblegateway Lam 1:19	"I called to my friends; they betrayed me. My priests and my leaders only looked after themselves, trying but failing to save their own skins.
BBE © SABDAweb Lam 1:19	I sent for my lovers, but they were false to me: my priests and my responsible men were breathing their last breath in the town, while they were looking for food to give them new life.
NRSV © bibleoremus Lam 1:19	I called to my lovers but they deceived me; my priests and elders perished in the city while seeking food to revive their strength.
NKJV © biblegateway Lam 1:19	"I called for my lovers, But they deceived me; My priests and my elders Breathed their last in the city, While they sought food To restore their life.
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KJV	I called <07121> (8804) for my lovers <0157> (8764)_, [but] they deceived <07411> (8765) me: my priests <03548> and mine elders <02205> gave up the ghost <01478> (8804) in the city <05892>_, while they sought <01245> (8765) their meat <0400> to relieve <07725> (8686) their souls <05315>_.
NASB © biblegateway Lam 1:19	"I called <07121> to my lovers <0157> , but they deceived <07411> me; My priests <03548> and my elders <02205> perished <01478> in the city <05892> While <03588> they sought <01245> food <0400> to restore <07725> their strength <05315> themselves.
LXXM	ekalesa <2564> V-AAI-1S touv <3588> T-APM erastav {N-APM} mou <1473> P-GS autoi <846> D-NPM de <1161> PRT parelogisanto <3884> V-AMI-3P me <1473> P-AS oi <3588> T-NPM iereiv <2409> N-NPM mou <1473> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ oi <3588> T-NPM presbuteroi <4245> A-NPMC mou <1473> P-GS en <1722> PREP th <3588> T-DSF polei <4172> N-DSF exelipon <1587> V-AAI-3P oti <3754> CONJ ezhthsan <2212> V-AAI-3P brwsin <1035> N-ASF autoiv <846> D-DPM ina <2443> CONJ epistreqwsin <1994> V-AAS-3P qucav <5590> N-APF autwn <846> D-GPM kai <2532> CONJ ouc <3364> ADV euron <2147> V-AAI-3P
NET [draft] ITL	ק(Qof) I called <07121> for my lovers <0157> , but they <01992> had deceived <07411> me. My priests <03548> and my elders <02205> perished <01478> in the city <05892> . Truly <03588> they had searched for <01245> food <0400> to keep <07725> themselves <05315> alive <07725> .
HEBREW	o Mspn <05315> ta <0853> wbysyw <07725> wml <0> lka <0400> wsqb <01245> yk <03588> wewg <01478> ryeb <05892> ynqzw <02205> ynhk <03548> ynwmr <07411> hmh <01992> ybhaml <0157> ytarq (1:19) <07121>

NETBible

ק (Qof) I called for my lovers,¹ but they had deceived me. My priests and my elders perished in the city. Truly they had² searched for food to³ keep themselves⁴ alive.⁵

NET Notes

¹sn The term “lovers” is a figurative expression (hypocatastasis), comparing Jerusalem’s false gods and political alliance with Assyria to a woman’s immoral lovers. The prophet Hosea uses similar imagery (Hos 2:5, 7, 10, 13).

²tn Here the conjunction כּי (ki) functions in (1) a temporal sense in reference to a past event, following a perfect: “when” (BDB 473 s.v. 2.a; cf. KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or (2) a concessive sense, following a perfect: “although” (Pss 21:12; 119:83; Mic 7:8; Nah 1:10; cf. BDB 473 s.v. 2.c.β) or (3) with an intensive force, introducing a statement with emphasis: “surely, certainly” (BDB 472 s.v. 1.e). The present translation follows the third option.

³tn The vav (ו) prefixed to וַיָשִׁיבוּ (vayashivu) introduces a purpose clause: “they sought food for themselves, in order to keep themselves alive.”

⁴tn The noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) functions as a metonymy (= soul) of association (= life) (e.g., Gen 44:30; Exod 21:23; 2 Sam 14:7; Jon 1:14). When used with נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh), the Hiphil הָשִׁיב (hashiv) of שׁוּב (shuv, “to turn, return”) may mean “to preserve a person’s life,” that is, to keep a person alive (Lam 1:14, 19).

⁵tc The LXX adds καὶ οὐχ εὗρον (kai ouc Jeuron, “but they did not find it”). This is probably an explanatory scribal gloss, indicated to explicate what appeared to be ambiguous. The LXX often adds explanatory glosses in many OT books.