20 “See, Lord, how distressed(A) I am!
    I am in torment(B) within,
and in my heart I am disturbed,(C)
    for I have been most rebellious.(D)
Outside, the sword bereaves;
    inside, there is only death.(E)

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20 “See, O Lord, that I am in distress;
My (A)soul[a] is troubled;
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very rebellious.
(B)Outside the sword bereaves,
At home it is like death.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:20 Lit. inward parts

20 Behold, O Lord; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

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20 See, Lord, for I am in distress;
My [a](A)spirit is greatly troubled;
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very (B)rebellious.
In the street the sword has made women childless;
In the house it is like death.

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  1. Lamentations 1:20 Lit inward parts are in ferment

12 A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds(A) and pursue with drawn sword.(B)

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12 (A)One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine in your midst; and one-third shall fall by the sword all around you; and (B)I will scatter another third to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after (C)them.

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12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

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12 A third of you will die by (A)plague or perish by famine among you, a third will fall by the sword around you, and a third I will (B)scatter to every wind, and I will (C)unsheathe a sword behind them.

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