“Thus says the Lord:
We have heard a cry of panic,
    of terror, and no peace.

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“This is what the Lord says:

“‘Cries of fear(A) are heard—
    terror, not peace.

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Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

41 (A)And when he drew near and saw the city, (B)he wept over it, 42 saying, (C)“Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now (D)they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For (E)the days will come upon you, when your enemies (F)will set up a barricade around you and (G)surround you and hem you in on every side 44 (H)and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And (I)they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know (J)the time of your (K)visitation.”

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41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it(A) 42 and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.(B) 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls.(C) They will not leave one stone on another,(D) because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming(E) to you.”

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10 “On that day,” declares the Lord,
    “a cry will be heard from (A)the Fish Gate,
(B)a wail from (C)the Second Quarter,
    a loud crash from the hills.
11 (D)Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar!
    For all the traders[a] are no more;
    all who weigh out silver are cut off.

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  1. Zephaniah 1:11 Or all the people of Canaan

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

10 (A)I will turn your feasts into mourning
    and all your songs into lamentation;
(B)I will bring sackcloth on every waist
    (C)and baldness on every head;
(D)I will make it like the mourning for an only son
    and the end of it like a bitter day.

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10 I will turn your religious festivals(A) into mourning
    and all your singing into weeping.(B)
I will make all of you wear sackcloth(C)
    and shave(D) your heads.
I will make that time like mourning for an only son(E)
    and the end of it like a bitter day.(F)

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30 They will growl over it on that day,
    like the growling of the sea.
And if one looks to the land,
    behold, (A)darkness and distress;
and the light is darkened by its clouds.

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30 In that day(A) they will roar over it
    like the roaring of the sea.(B)
And if one looks at the land,
    there is only darkness(C) and distress;(D)
    even the sun will be darkened(E) by clouds.

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29 For behold, (A)the days are coming when they will say, (B)‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ 30 (C)Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’

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29 For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’(A) 30 Then

“‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!”
    and to the hills, “Cover us!”’[a](B)

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  1. Luke 23:30 Hosea 10:8

The Coming of the Son of Man

25 “And (A)there will be signs in sun and moon (B)and stars, and on the earth (C)distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, 26 people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For (D)the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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25 “There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.(A) 26 People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.(B)

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16 Therefore thus says the Lord, (A)the God of hosts, the Lord:

“In all the squares (B)there shall be wailing,
    and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmers to mourning
    and (C)to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,
17 and in all vineyards there shall be wailing,
    for (D)I will pass through your midst,”
says the Lord.

Let Justice Roll Down

18 Woe to you who desire (E)the day of the Lord!
    Why would you have the day of the Lord?
(F)It is darkness, and not light,

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16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:

“There will be wailing(A) in all the streets(B)
    and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers(C) will be summoned to weep
    and the mourners to wail.
17 There will be wailing(D) in all the vineyards,
    for I will pass through(E) your midst,”
says the Lord.(F)

The Day of the Lord

18 Woe to you who long
    for the day of the Lord!(G)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(H)
    That day will be darkness,(I) not light.(J)

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Why have I seen it?
They are dismayed
    and have turned backward.
Their (A)warriors are beaten down
    and have fled in haste;
(B)they look not back—
    (C)terror on every side!
declares the Lord.

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What do I see?
    They are terrified,
they are retreating,
    their warriors are defeated.
They flee(A) in haste
    without looking back,
    and there is terror(B) on every side,”
declares the Lord.

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15 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“A voice is heard in (B)Ramah,
    lamentation and bitter weeping.
(C)Rachel is weeping for her children;
    she refuses to be comforted for her children,
    (D)because they are no more.”

16 Thus says the Lord:
“Keep your voice from weeping,
    and your eyes from tears,
for there is a reward for your work,
declares the Lord,
    and (E)they shall come back from the land of the enemy.

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15 This is what the Lord says:

“A voice is heard in Ramah,(A)
    mourning and great weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children
    and refusing to be comforted,(B)
    because they are no more.”(C)

16 This is what the Lord says:

“Restrain your voice from weeping
    and your eyes from tears,(D)
for your work will be rewarded,(E)
declares the Lord.
    “They will return(F) from the land of the enemy.

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36 A voice—the cry (A)of the shepherds,
    (B)and the wail of the lords of the flock!
For the Lord is laying waste their pasture,

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36 Hear the cry(A) of the shepherds,(B)
    the wailing of the leaders of the flock,
    for the Lord is destroying their pasture.

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19 For a sound of wailing is heard from Zion:
    (A)‘How we are ruined!
    We are utterly shamed,
because we have left the land,
    because they have cast down our dwellings.’”

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19 The sound of wailing is heard from Zion:
    ‘How ruined(A) we are!
    How great is our shame!
We must leave our land
    because our houses are in ruins.’”

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19 Behold, the cry of the daughter of my people
    from (A)the length and breadth of the land:
“Is the Lord not in Zion?
    (B)Is her King not in her?”
(C)“Why have they provoked me to anger with their carved images
    and with their foreign idols?”

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19 Listen to the cry of my people
    from a land far away:(A)
“Is the Lord not in Zion?
    Is her King(B) no longer there?”

“Why have they aroused(C) my anger with their images,
    with their worthless(D) foreign idols?”(E)

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