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22 May a cry be heard from their houses
    when you bring the marauder suddenly upon them!
For they have dug a pit to catch me
    and laid snares for my feet.(A)

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22 Let a cry(A) be heard from their houses
    when you suddenly bring invaders against them,
for they have dug a pit(B) to capture me
    and have hidden snares(C) for my feet.

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26 O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth
    and roll in ashes;
make mourning as for an only child,
    most bitter lamentation,
for suddenly the destroyer
    will come upon us.(A)

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26 Put on sackcloth,(A) my people,
    and roll in ashes;(B)
mourn with bitter wailing(C)
    as for an only son,(D)
for suddenly the destroyer(E)
    will come upon us.

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The arrogant have hidden a trap for me,
    and with cords they have spread a net,[a]
    along the road they have set snares for me. Selah(A)

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  1. 140.5 Or they have spread cords as a net

The arrogant have hidden a snare(A) for me;
    they have spread out the cords of their net(B)
    and have set traps(C) for me along my path.

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10 On that day, says the Lord,
    a cry will be heard from the Fish Gate,
a wail from the Second Quarter,
    a loud crash from the hills.(A)
11 The inhabitants of the Mortar wail,
    for all the traders have perished;
    all who weigh out silver are cut off.

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10 “On that day,(A)
    declares the Lord,
“a cry will go up from the Fish Gate,(B)
    wailing(C) from the New Quarter,
    and a loud crash from the hills.
11 Wail,(D) you who live in the market district[a];
    all your merchants will be wiped out,
    all who trade with[b] silver will be destroyed.(E)

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  1. Zephaniah 1:11 Or the Mortar
  2. Zephaniah 1:11 Or in

34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry out;
    roll in ashes, you lords of the flock,
for the days of your slaughter have come—and your dispersions,[a]
    and you shall fall like a choice vessel.(A)
35 Flight shall fail the shepherds,
    and there shall be no escape for the lords of the flock.
36 Listen! The cry of the shepherds
    and the wail of the lords of the flock!
For the Lord is despoiling their pasture,

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  1. 25.34 Meaning of Heb uncertain

34 Weep and wail, you shepherds;(A)
    roll(B) in the dust, you leaders of the flock.
For your time to be slaughtered(C) has come;
    you will fall like the best of the rams.[a](D)
35 The shepherds will have nowhere to flee,
    the leaders of the flock no place to escape.(E)
36 Hear the cry(F) of the shepherds,(G)
    the wailing of the leaders of the flock,
    for the Lord is destroying their pasture.

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  1. Jeremiah 25:34 Septuagint; Hebrew fall and be shattered like fine pottery

16     a day of trumpet blast and battle cry
against the fortified cities
    and against the lofty battlements.

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16     a day of trumpet and battle cry(A)
against the fortified cities
    and against the corner towers.(B)

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All day long they seek to injure my cause;
    all their thoughts are against me for evil.(A)
They stir up strife; they lurk;
    they watch my steps,
as they hoped to take my life.(B)
    Do not deliver them for any reason;[a]
    in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!(C)

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  1. 56.7 Gk Compare Syr Jerome: Heb deliver them because of their iniquity

All day long they twist my words;(A)
    all their schemes are for my ruin.
They conspire,(B) they lurk,
    they watch my steps,(C)
    hoping to take my life.(D)
Because of their wickedness do not[a] let them escape;(E)
    in your anger, God, bring the nations down.(F)

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  1. Psalm 56:7 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have do not.

The Question about Paying Taxes

15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said.

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Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar(A)

15 Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.

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Listen! A cry goes up from Horonaim:
    “Desolation and great destruction!”(A)
“Moab is destroyed!”
    her little ones cry out.
For at the ascent of Luhith
    they go[a] up weeping bitterly;
for at the descent of Horonaim
    they have heard the distressing cry of anguish.(B)

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  1. 48.5 Syr Tg: Heb he goes

Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim,(A)
    cries of great havoc and destruction.
Moab will be broken;
    her little ones will cry out.[a]
They go up the hill to Luhith,(B)
    weeping bitterly as they go;
on the road down to Horonaim(C)
    anguished cries over the destruction are heard.

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  1. Jeremiah 48:4 Hebrew; Septuagint / proclaim it to Zoar

Thus says the Lord:
See, waters are rising out of the north
    and shall become an overflowing torrent;
they shall overflow the land and all that fills it,
    the city and those who live in it.
People shall cry out,
    and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.(A)
At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,
    at the clatter of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels,
parents do not turn back for children,
    so feeble are their hands,(B)

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This is what the Lord says:

“See how the waters are rising in the north;(A)
    they will become an overflowing torrent.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
    the towns and those who live in them.
The people will cry out;
    all who dwell in the land will wail(B)
at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
    at the noise of enemy chariots(C)
    and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
    their hands will hang limp.(D)

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10 For I hear many whispering:
    “Terror is all around!
Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
    All my close friends
    are watching for me to stumble.
“Perhaps he can be enticed,
    and we can prevail against him
    and take our revenge on him.”(A)

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10 I hear many whispering,
    “Terror(A) on every side!
    Denounce(B) him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends(C)
    are waiting for me to slip,(D) saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then we will prevail(E) over him
    and take our revenge(F) on him.”

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20 Is evil a recompense for good?
    Yet they have dug a pit for my life.
Remember how I stood before you
    to speak good for them,
    to turn away your wrath from them.(A)

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20 Should good be repaid with evil?(A)
    Yet they have dug a pit(B) for me.
Remember that I stood(C) before you
    and spoke in their behalf(D)
    to turn your wrath away from them.

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20 Hear, O women, the word of the Lord,
    and let your ears receive the word of his mouth;
teach to your daughters a dirge
    and each to her neighbor a lament.(A)
21 “Death has come up into our windows;
    it has entered our palaces
to cut off the children from the streets
    and the young men from the squares.”(B)

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20 Now, you women, hear the word of the Lord;
    open your ears to the words of his mouth.(A)
Teach your daughters how to wail;
    teach one another a lament.(B)
21 Death has climbed in through our windows(C)
    and has entered our fortresses;
it has removed the children from the streets
    and the young men(D) from the public squares.

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