Lamentations 5:18
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New International Version (©2011)
for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.

New Living Translation (©2007)
For Jerusalem is empty and desolate, a place haunted by jackals.

English Standard Version (©2001)
for Mount Zion which lies desolate; jackals prowl over it.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate and has jackals prowling in it.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Because Mount Zion is desolate; foxes roam around it.

NET Bible (©2006)
For wild animals are prowling over Mount Zion, which lies desolate.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Foxes roam around on Mount Zion, which lies in ruins.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

American King James Version
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk on it.

American Standard Version
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For mount Sion, because it is destroyed, foxes have walked upon it.

Darby Bible Translation
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: foxes walk over it.

English Revised Version
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate; the foxes walk upon it.

Webster's Bible Translation
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

World English Bible
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk on it.

Young's Literal Translation
For the mount of Zion -- that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate,.... Meaning either the city of Jerusalem in general, or the temple in particular, which both lay in ruins: but the latter gave the truly godly the greatest concern; that the seat of divine Majesty should be in such a condition; that the public exercises of religion should cease, and there be no more opportunities of waiting upon God, and worshipping him as heretofore; their civil interest, and the loss of that did not so much affect them as the interest of religion, and what that suffered:

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The foxes - Or, jackals. As these animals live among ruins, and shun the presence of man, it shows that Zion is laid waste and deserted.

Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

The foxes walk upon it - Foxes are very numerous in Palestine, see on Judges 15:4 (note). It was usual among the Hebrews to consider all desolated land to be the resort of wild beasts; which is, in fact, the case every where when the inhabitants are removed from a country.

Geneva Study Bible

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

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

18. foxes-They frequent desolate places where they can freely and fearlessly roam.

Lamentations 5:18 Parallel Commentaries
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A Prayer for Mercy and Restoration
…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 on it. 19You, O LORD, remain for ever; your throne from generation to generation. …

Nehemiah 4:3 Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said, "What they are building--even a fox climbing up on it would break down their wall of stones!"
Psalm 63:10 They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals.
Daniel 9:17 "Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary.
Micah 3:12 Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.