Psalm 137:1
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How Shall We Sing the Lord's Song?
137 By the waters of Babylon,
there we sat down and wept,
when we remembered Zion.
Ezekiel 1:1
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Ezekiel in Babylon
1 (A)In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by (B)the Chebar canal, (C)the heavens were opened, and I saw (D)visions of God.[a]
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- Ezekiel 1:1 Or from God
Ezekiel 3:15
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15 (A)And I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were dwelling (B)by the Chebar canal, and I sat where they were dwelling.[a] And (C)I sat there (D)overwhelmed among them (E)seven days.
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- Ezekiel 3:15 Or Chebar, and to where they dwelt
Luke 19:41
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Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem
41 (A)And when he drew near and saw the city, (B)he wept over it,
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Ezekiel 1:3
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3 the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel (A)the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by (B)the Chebar canal, and (C)the hand of the Lord was upon him there.
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Lamentations 3:48
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48 (A)my eyes flow with rivers of tears
because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Lamentations 2:10-11
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10 The elders of the daughter of Zion
(A)sit on the ground (B)in silence;
(C)they have thrown dust on their heads
and (D)put on sackcloth;
the young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.
11 (E)My eyes are spent with weeping;
(F)my stomach churns;
(G)my bile is poured out to the ground
(H)because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
(I)because infants and babies (J)faint
in the streets of the city.
Lamentations 1:16
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16 “For these things (A)I weep;
my eyes flow with tears;
for (B)a comforter is far from me,
one to (C)revive my spirit;
my children are desolate,
for the enemy has prevailed.”
Jeremiah 51:50-51
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50 (A)“You who have escaped from the sword,
go, do not stand still!
Remember the Lord from far away,
and let Jerusalem come into your mind:
51 (B)‘We are put to shame, for we have heard reproach;
(C)dishonor has covered our face,
(D)for foreigners have come
into the holy places of the Lord's house.’
Jeremiah 15:17
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17 (A)I did not sit in the company of revelers,
nor did I rejoice;
(B)I sat alone, because your hand was upon me,
for you had filled me with indignation.
Jeremiah 13:17-18
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17 But if you will not listen,
(A)my soul will weep in secret for your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears,
because the Lord's flock has been taken captive.
18 Say to (B)the king and (C)the queen mother:
“Take a lowly seat,
for (D)your beautiful crown
has come down from your head.”
Psalm 102:9-14
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9 For I eat ashes like bread
and (A)mingle tears with my drink,
10 because of your indignation and anger;
for you have (B)taken me up and (C)thrown me down.
11 My days are like (D)an evening shadow;
I (E)wither away like grass.
12 But you, O Lord, are (F)enthroned forever;
you (G)are remembered throughout all generations.
13 You will (H)arise and have (I)pity on Zion;
it is the time to favor her;
(J)the appointed time has come.
14 For your servants hold her (K)stones dear
and have pity on her dust.
Psalm 42:4
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4 These things I remember,
as I (A)pour out my soul:
(B)how I would go (C)with the throng
and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
(D)a multitude keeping festival.
Job 2:12-13
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12 And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they (A)tore their robes and sprinkled (B)dust on their heads toward heaven. 13 And they sat with him on the ground (C)seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.
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Nehemiah 2:3
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3 I said to the king, (A)“Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, (B)when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
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Nehemiah 1:3-4
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3 And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and (A)shame. (B)The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, (C)and its gates are destroyed by fire.”
Nehemiah's Prayer
4 As soon as I heard these words I (D)sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the (E)God of heaven.
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Ezra 8:31
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31 Then we departed from the river Ahava (A)on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. (B)The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes by the way.
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Ezra 8:21
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Fasting and Prayer for Protection
21 (A)Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river (B)Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, (C)to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.
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Revelation 11:3
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3 And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for (A)1,260 days, (B)clothed in sackcloth.”
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Daniel 10:2-3
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2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for (A)three weeks. 3 I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I (B)anoint myself at all, for (C)the full three weeks.
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Daniel 9:3
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3 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by (A)prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
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Lamentations 3:51
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51 my eyes cause me grief
at the fate of all the daughters of my city.
Isaiah 66:10
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10 (A)“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,
all you who love her;
rejoice with her in joy,
all you who mourn over her;
Genesis 2:10-14
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10 A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of (A)Havilah, where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. 14 And the name of the third river is the (B)Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
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