19 “I called for my lovers,
But they deceived me;
My priests and my elders
Breathed their last in the city,
While they sought food
To restore their life.

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19 I 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.

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19 “I called to my allies(A)
    but they betrayed me.
My priests and my elders
    perished(B) in the city
while they searched for food
    to keep themselves alive.

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19 “I called to (A)my lovers,
    but they deceived me;
my priests and elders
    perished in the city,
while (B)they sought food
    to revive their strength.

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19 I (A)called to my lovers, but they deserted me;
My (B)priests and my elders perished in the city
While they sought food to (C)restore their [a]strength themselves.

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  1. Lamentations 1:19 Lit soul

19 Your own wickedness will (A)correct you,
And your backslidings will rebuke you.
Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing
That you have forsaken the Lord your God,
And the [a]fear of Me is not in you,”
Says the Lord God of hosts.

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  1. Jeremiah 2:19 dread

19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.

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19 Your wickedness will punish you;
    your backsliding(A) will rebuke(B) you.
Consider then and realize
    how evil and bitter(C) it is for you
when you forsake(D) the Lord your God
    and have no awe(E) of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

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19 (A)Your evil will chastise you,
    and (B)your apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and (C)bitter
    for (D)you to forsake the Lord your God;
    the fear of me is not in you,
declares the Lord God of hosts.

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19 (A)Your own wickedness will correct you,
And your (B)apostasies will punish you;
Know therefore and see that it is evil and (C)bitter
For you to abandon the Lord your God,
And (D)the fear of Me is not in you,” declares the Lord [a]God of armies.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:19 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord