(A)“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while (B)this house lies in ruins?

Read full chapter

“Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses,(A) while this house remains a ruin?(B)

Read full chapter

the king said to (A)Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell (B)in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells (C)in a tent.”

Read full chapter

he said to Nathan(A) the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house(B) of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”(C)

Read full chapter

“I will not enter my house
    or get into my bed,
I will not (A)give sleep to my eyes
    or slumber to my eyelids,
until I (B)find a place for the Lord,
    a dwelling place for (C)the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Read full chapter

“I will not enter my house(A)
    or go to my bed,
I will allow no sleep to my eyes
    or slumber to my eyelids,
till I find a place(B) for the Lord,
    a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Read full chapter

21 For they all (A)seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

Read full chapter

21 For everyone looks out for their own interests,(A) not those of Jesus Christ.

Read full chapter

33 But (A)seek first (B)the kingdom of God and his righteousness, (C)and all these things will be added to you.

Read full chapter

33 But seek first his kingdom(A) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(B)

Read full chapter

(A)You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, (B)I blew it away. Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house (C)that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house.

Read full chapter

“You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little.(A) What you brought home, I blew(B) away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin,(C) while each of you is busy with your own house.

Read full chapter

12 Therefore because of you
    (A)Zion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem (B)shall become a heap of ruins,
    and (C)the mountain of the house (D)a wooded height.

Read full chapter

12 Therefore because of you,
    Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,(A)
    the temple(B) hill a mound overgrown with thickets.(C)

Read full chapter

17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord,[a] (A)make your face to shine upon (B)your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 (C)O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see (D)our desolations, and (E)the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:17 Hebrew for the Lord's sake

17 “Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor(A) on your desolate sanctuary. 18 Give ear,(B) our God, and hear;(C) open your eyes and see(D) the desolation of the city that bears your Name.(E) We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.(F)

Read full chapter

13 And he burned the house of the Lord, and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.

Read full chapter

13 He set fire(A) to the temple(B) of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses(C) of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.

Read full chapter

The Holy Stones Lie Scattered

(A)How the gold has grown dim,
    how the pure gold is changed!
The holy stones lie scattered
    (B)at the head of every street.

Read full chapter

[a]How the gold has lost its luster,
    the fine gold become dull!
The sacred gems are scattered
    at every street corner.(A)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

(A)The Lord has scorned his altar,
    (B)disowned his sanctuary;
(C)he has delivered into the hand of the enemy
    the walls of her palaces;
(D)they raised a clamor in the house of the Lord
    as on the day of festival.

Read full chapter

The Lord has rejected his altar
    and abandoned his sanctuary.(A)
He has given the walls of her palaces(B)
    into the hands of the enemy;
they have raised a shout in the house of the Lord
    as on the day of an appointed festival.(C)

Read full chapter

12 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)In this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be (B)habitations of shepherds (C)resting their flocks.

Read full chapter

12 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In this place, desolate(A) and without people or animals(B)—in all its towns there will again be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.(C)

Read full chapter

10 “Thus says the Lord: In this place (A)of which you say, ‘It is a waste without man or beast,’ in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again

Read full chapter

10 “This is what the Lord says: ‘You say about this place, “It is a desolate waste, without people or animals.”(A) Yet in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted,(B) inhabited by neither people nor animals, there will be heard once more

Read full chapter