Lamentations 1 19
I called out for help to my lovers, but they betrayed me. My priests and elders starved to death in the city as they tried to find food to keep themselves alive.
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CSB Lamentations 1:19I called to my lovers, but they betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while searching for food to keep themselves alive.
AMP Lamentations 1:19I [Jerusalem] called to my lovers [allies], but they deceived me. My priests and my elders expired in the city while they sought food to save their lives.
KJV Lamentations 1:19I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.