1:5a Her foes have become her masters;

Jerusalem’s enemies have won. (English Easy-to-Read Version)
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Our enemies have conquered the city.

1:5b her enemies are at ease.

They have an easy life. (New International Reader’s Version)
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It is easy for Jerusalem’s enemies to win their battles. (UBSH)

1:5c For the LORD has brought her grief

⌊But really it was⌋ Yahweh who made her suffer
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Yahweh has punished the people of Jerusalem (Translation for Translators)

1:5d because of her many transgressions.

for the many sins she committed.
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because they broke the sacred agreement with him.

1:5c-d__ (combined)

She sinned many times. Therefore Yahweh punished her.

1:5e Her children have gone away as captives

The children of Jerusalem have been captured (Translation for Translators)
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The citizens of Jerusalem were forced to go to foreign countries.

1:5f before the enemy.

Jerusalem’s enemies drove them.
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and taken to other countries. (Translation for Translators)

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