10 (A)Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
    Zion has become a wilderness,
    Jerusalem a desolation.

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10 Your sacred cities(A) have become a wasteland;
    even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.(B)

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(A)Your country lies desolate;
    your cities are burned with fire;
in your very presence
    foreigners devour your land;
    it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.

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Your country is desolate,(A)
    your cities burned with fire;(B)
your fields are being stripped by foreigners(C)
    right before you,
    laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.(D)

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The Two Witnesses

11 Then I was given (A)a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure (B)the court outside the temple; leave that out, for (C)it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for (D)forty-two months.

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The Two Witnesses

11 I was given a reed like a measuring rod(A) and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. But exclude the outer court;(B) do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles.(C) They will trample on the holy city(D) for 42 months.(E)

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24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and (A)be led captive among all nations, and (B)Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, (C)until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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24 They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled(A) on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it,

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21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city.(A)

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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.

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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)

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And I heard (A)the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream; (B)he raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven and (C)swore by him who lives forever that it would be for a (D)time, times, and half a time, and that when the shattering of (E)the power of (F)the holy people comes to an end all these things would be finished.

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The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand(A) and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by him who lives forever,(B) saying, “It will be for a time, times and half a time.[a](C) When the power of the holy people(D) has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.(E)

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  1. Daniel 12:7 Or a year, two years and half a year

26 And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall (A)be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come (B)shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. (C)Its[a] end shall come with a flood, (D)and to the end there shall be war. (E)Desolations are decreed. 27 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week,[b] and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. (F)And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until (G)the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”

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  1. Daniel 9:26 Or His
  2. Daniel 9:27 Or seven; twice in this verse

26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death(A) and will have nothing.[a] The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood:(B) War will continue until the end, and desolations(C) have been decreed.(D) 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’[b] In the middle of the ‘seven’[c] he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple[d] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed(E) is poured out on him.[e][f]

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  1. Daniel 9:26 Or death and will have no one; or death, but not for himself
  2. Daniel 9:27 Or ‘week’
  3. Daniel 9:27 Or ‘week’
  4. Daniel 9:27 Septuagint and Theodotion; Hebrew wing
  5. Daniel 9:27 Or it
  6. Daniel 9:27 Or And one who causes desolation will come upon the wing of the abominable temple, until the end that is decreed is poured out on the desolated city

18 for Mount Zion which lies desolate;
    (A)jackals prowl over it.

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18 for Mount Zion,(A) which lies desolate,(B)
    with jackals prowling over it.

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(A)He has bent his bow like an enemy,
    with his right hand set (B)like a foe;
and he has killed all who were delightful in our eyes
    in the tent of the daughter of Zion;
he has poured out his fury like fire.

(C)The Lord has become like an enemy;
    (D)he has swallowed up Israel;
(E)he has swallowed up all its palaces;
    he has laid in ruins its strongholds,
and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah
    (F)mourning and lamentation.

He has laid waste his booth like a garden,
    laid in ruins (G)his meeting place;
(H)the Lord has made Zion forget
    festival and (I)Sabbath,
and in his fierce indignation has spurned king and priest.

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

(N)The Lord determined to lay in ruins
    (O)the wall of the daughter of Zion;
(P)he stretched out the measuring line;
    he did not restrain his hand from destroying;
(Q)he caused rampart and wall to lament;
    (R)they languished together.

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Like an enemy he has strung his bow;(A)
    his right hand is ready.
Like a foe he has slain
    all who were pleasing to the eye;(B)
he has poured out his wrath(C) like fire(D)
    on the tent(E) of Daughter Zion.

The Lord is like an enemy;(F)
    he has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all her palaces
    and destroyed her strongholds.(G)
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation(H)
    for Daughter Judah.(I)

He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden;
    he has destroyed(J) his place of meeting.(K)
The Lord has made Zion forget
    her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths;(L)
in his fierce anger he has spurned
    both king and priest.(M)

The Lord has rejected his altar
    and abandoned his sanctuary.(N)
He has given the walls of her palaces(O)
    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.(P)

The Lord determined to tear down
    the wall around Daughter Zion.(Q)
He stretched out a measuring line(R)
    and did not withhold his hand from destroying.
He made ramparts(S) and walls lament;
    together they wasted away.(T)

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How Lonely Sits the City

(A)How lonely sits the city
    that was full of people!
How like (B)a widow has she become,
    she who was great among the nations!
She who was (C)a princess among the provinces
    has become (D)a slave.

(E)She weeps bitterly in the night,
    with tears on her cheeks;
(F)among all her lovers
    she has (G)none to comfort her;
(H)all her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
    they have become her enemies.

(I)Judah has gone into exile because of affliction[a]
    and hard servitude;
(J)she dwells now among the nations,
    (K)but finds no resting place;
her pursuers have all overtaken her
    in the midst of her distress.[b]

The roads to Zion mourn,
    for none come to (L)the festival;
(M)all her gates are desolate;
    her priests (N)groan;
her virgins have been afflicted,[c]
    and she herself suffers bitterly.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:3 Or under affliction
  2. Lamentations 1:3 Or in the narrow passes
  3. Lamentations 1:4 Septuagint, Old Latin dragged away

[a]How deserted(A) lies the city,
    once so full of people!(B)
How like a widow(C) is she,
    who once was great(D) among the nations!
She who was queen among the provinces
    has now become a slave.(E)

Bitterly she weeps(F) at night,
    tears are on her cheeks.
Among all her lovers(G)
    there is no one to comfort her.
All her friends have betrayed(H) her;
    they have become her enemies.(I)

After affliction and harsh labor,
    Judah has gone into exile.(J)
She dwells among the nations;
    she finds no resting place.(K)
All who pursue her have overtaken her(L)
    in the midst of her distress.

The roads to Zion mourn,(M)
    for no one comes to her appointed festivals.
All her gateways are desolate,(N)
    her priests groan,
her young women grieve,
    and she is in bitter anguish.(O)

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Footnotes

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

How Long, O Lord?

A Psalm of (A)Asaph.

79 O God, (B)the nations have come into your (C)inheritance;
    they have defiled your (D)holy temple;
    they have (E)laid Jerusalem in ruins.
They have given (F)the bodies of your servants
    to the birds of the heavens for food,
    the flesh of your (G)faithful to (H)the beasts of the earth.
They have poured out their blood like water
    all around Jerusalem,
    and there was (I)no one to bury them.
We have become (J)a taunt to our neighbors,
    (K)mocked and derided by those around us.

(L)How long, O Lord? Will you be angry (M)forever?
    Will your (N)jealousy (O)burn like fire?
(P)Pour out your anger on the nations
    that (Q)do not know you,
and on the kingdoms
    that (R)do not call upon your name!
For they have devoured Jacob
    and laid waste his habitation.

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Psalm 79

A psalm of Asaph.

O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;(A)
    they have defiled(B) your holy temple,
    they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.(C)
They have left the dead bodies of your servants
    as food for the birds of the sky,(D)
    the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.(E)
They have poured out blood like water
    all around Jerusalem,
    and there is no one to bury(F) the dead.(G)
We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
    of scorn(H) and derision to those around us.(I)

How long,(J) Lord? Will you be angry(K) forever?
    How long will your jealousy burn like fire?(L)
Pour out your wrath(M) on the nations
    that do not acknowledge(N) you,
on the kingdoms
    that do not call on your name;(O)
for they have devoured(P) Jacob
    and devastated his homeland.

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19 (A)And they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem and burned all its palaces with fire and destroyed all its precious vessels. 20 He (B)took into exile in Babylon those who had escaped from the sword, (C)and they became servants to him and to his sons until the establishment of the kingdom of Persia, 21 to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had (D)enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate (E)it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.

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19 They set fire(A) to God’s temple(B) and broke down the wall(C) of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed(D) everything of value there.(E)

20 He carried into exile(F) to Babylon the remnant, who escaped from the sword, and they became servants(G) to him and his successors until the kingdom of Persia came to power. 21 The land enjoyed its sabbath rests;(H) all the time of its desolation it rested,(I) until the seventy years(J) were completed in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah.

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