Lamentations 5:18

Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

Lamentations 5:18 · King James Version

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In other versions

For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.
ASV
Because of the mountain of Zion which is a waste; jackals go over it.
BBE
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: foxes walk over it.
DBY
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk on it.
WEB
For the mount of Zion -- that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.
YLT
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
ENG
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
WBT
because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
BSB

In context

¹⁶The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

¹⁷For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

¹⁸Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

¹⁹Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

²⁰Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

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