Lamentations 4:20

The LORD's chosen king was caught in their pits.
He was the very breath of our life.
We had said about him,
"We will live under his shadow among the nations."

Lamentations 4:20, Readable English Bible (READ)

Note: Chosen king: Hebrew anointed.

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