Deuteronomy 32:25
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25 In the street the sword shall bereave,
and in the chambers terror
for young man and woman alike,
nursing child and old gray head.(A)
Isaiah 16:11
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11 Therefore my heart moans like a harp for Moab
and my very soul for Kir-heres.(A)
Jeremiah 4:19
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Sorrow for a Doomed Nation
19 My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
Oh, the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
I cannot keep silent,
for I[a] hear the sound of the trumpet,
the alarm of war.(A)
Footnotes
- 4.19 Or for you, O my soul,
Lamentations 2:11
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11 My eyes are spent with weeping;
my stomach churns;
my bile is poured out on the ground
because of the destruction of my people,[a]
because infants and babes faint
in the streets of the city.(A)
Footnotes
- 2.11 Heb the daughter of my people
Ezekiel 7:15
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15 The sword is outside; pestilence and famine are inside;
those in the field die by the sword;
those in the city—famine and pestilence devour them.(A)
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