You said, (A)‘Woe is me! For the Lord has added sorrow to my pain. (B)I am weary with my groaning, (C)and I find no rest.’

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You said, ‘Woe(A) to me! The Lord has added sorrow(B) to my pain;(C) I am worn out with groaning(D) and find no rest.’(E)

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And (A)let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, (B)if we do not give up.

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Let us not become weary in doing good,(A) for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.(B)

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16 So we do not lose heart. (A)Though our outer self[a] is wasting away, (B)our inner self (C)is being renewed day by day.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 4:16 Greek man

16 Therefore we do not lose heart.(A) Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly(B) we are being renewed(C) day by day.

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The Light of the Gospel

Therefore, having (A)this ministry (B)by the mercy of God,[a] we do not lose heart.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 4:1 Greek having this ministry as we have received mercy

Present Weakness and Resurrection Life

Therefore, since through God’s mercy(A) we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.(B)

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Do Not Grow Weary

(A)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or (B)fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

(C)“My son, (D)do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
    nor be weary when reproved by him.

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Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary(A) and lose heart.

God Disciplines His Children

In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.(B) And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
    and do not lose heart(C) when he rebukes you,

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13 As for you, brothers, (A)do not grow weary in doing good.

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13 And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.(A)

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32 but, though he (A)cause grief, (B)he will have compassion
    (C)according to the abundance of his steadfast love;

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32 Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
    so great is his unfailing love.(A)

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Great Is Your Faithfulness

(A)I am the man who has seen affliction
    under the (B)rod of his wrath;
he has driven and brought me
    (C)into darkness without any light;
surely against me he turns his hand
    again and again the whole day long.

He has made my flesh and my skin waste away;
    (D)he has broken my bones;
(E)he has besieged and enveloped me
    with (F)bitterness and tribulation;
(G)he has made me dwell in darkness
    like the dead of long ago.

(H)He has walled me about so that (I)I cannot escape;
    he has made my chains heavy;
though (J)I call and cry for help,
    he shuts out my prayer;
(K)he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones;
    he has made my paths crooked.

10 (L)He is a bear lying in wait for me,
    a lion in hiding;
11 (M)he turned aside my steps and (N)tore me to pieces;
    (O)he has made me desolate;
12 (P)he bent his bow (Q)and set me
    as a target for his arrow.

13 He drove into my kidneys
    (R)the arrows of his quiver;
14 (S)I have become the laughingstock of all peoples,
    (T)the object of their taunts all day long.
15 (U)He has filled me with bitterness;
    he has sated me with (V)wormwood.

16 (W)He has made my teeth grind on gravel,
    and (X)made me cower in ashes;
17 my soul is bereft of peace;
    I have forgotten what happiness[a] is;
18 (Y)so I say, “My endurance has perished;
    so has my hope from the Lord.”

19 (Z)Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
    (AA)the wormwood and (AB)the gall!

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  1. Lamentations 3:17 Hebrew good

[a]I am the man who has seen affliction(A)
    by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.(B)
He has driven me away and made me walk
    in darkness(C) rather than light;
indeed, he has turned his hand against me(D)
    again and again, all day long.

He has made my skin and my flesh grow old(E)
    and has broken my bones.(F)
He has besieged me and surrounded me
    with bitterness(G) and hardship.(H)
He has made me dwell in darkness
    like those long dead.(I)

He has walled me in so I cannot escape;(J)
    he has weighed me down with chains.(K)
Even when I call out or cry for help,(L)
    he shuts out my prayer.(M)
He has barred(N) my way with blocks of stone;
    he has made my paths crooked.(O)

10 Like a bear lying in wait,
    like a lion(P) in hiding,(Q)
11 he dragged me from the path and mangled(R) me
    and left me without help.
12 He drew his bow(S)
    and made me the target(T) for his arrows.(U)

13 He pierced(V) my heart
    with arrows from his quiver.(W)
14 I became the laughingstock(X) of all my people;(Y)
    they mock me in song(Z) all day long.
15 He has filled me with bitter herbs
    and given me gall to drink.(AA)

16 He has broken my teeth with gravel;(AB)
    he has trampled me in the dust.(AC)
17 I have been deprived of peace;
    I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18 So I say, “My splendor is gone
    and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”(AD)

19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,
    the bitterness(AE) and the gall.(AF)

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  1. Lamentations 3:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem; the verses of each stanza begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and the verses within each stanza begin with the same letter.

22 (A)“Let all their evildoing come before you,
    and deal with them
as (B)you have dealt with me
    because of all my transgressions;
for (C)my groans are many,
    and (D)my heart is faint.”

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22 “Let all their wickedness come before you;
    deal with them
as you have dealt with me
    because of all my sins.(A)
My groans(B) are many
    and my heart is faint.”

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13 “From on high he (A)sent fire;
    into my bones[a] he made it descend;
(B)he spread a net for my feet;
    he turned me back;
(C)he has left me stunned,
    faint all the day long.

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  1. Lamentations 1:13 Septuagint; Hebrew bones and

13 “From on high he sent fire,
    sent it down into my bones.(A)
He spread a net(B) for my feet
    and turned me back.
He made me desolate,(C)
    faint(D) all the day long.

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O Lord, (A)you have deceived me,
    and I was deceived;
(B)you are stronger than I,
    and you have prevailed.
(C)I have become a laughingstock all the day;
    everyone mocks me.
For whenever I speak, I cry out,
    I shout, (D)“Violence and destruction!”
For (E)the word of the Lord has become for me
    (F)a reproach and (G)derision all day long.
If I say, “I will not mention him,
    or speak any more in his name,”
(H)there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
    shut up in my bones,
and (I)I am weary with holding it in,
    and I cannot.
10 (J)For I hear many whispering.
    (K)Terror is on every side!
“Denounce him! (L)Let us denounce him!”
    say all my (M)close friends,
    (N)watching for (O)my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then (P)we can overcome him
    and take our revenge on him.”
11 But (Q)the Lord is with me as a dread warrior;
    therefore my persecutors will stumble;
    (R)they will not overcome me.
(S)They will be greatly shamed,
    for they will not succeed.
Their (T)eternal dishonor
    will never be forgotten.
12 O Lord of hosts, who tests the righteous,
    (U)who sees the heart and the mind,[a]
let me see your vengeance upon them,
    for to you have I committed my cause.

13 (V)Sing to the Lord;
    praise the Lord!
For he has delivered the life of the needy
    from the hand of evildoers.

14 (W)Cursed be the day
    on which I was born!
The day when my mother bore me,
    let it not be blessed!
15 Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father,
“A son is born to you,”
    (X)making him very glad.
16 Let that man be like (Y)the cities
    that the Lord overthrew without pity;
(Z)let him hear a cry in the morning
    and an alarm at noon,
17 (AA)because he did not kill me in the womb;
    so my mother would have been my grave,
    and her womb forever great.
18 (AB)Why did I come out from the womb
    (AC)to see toil and sorrow,
    and spend my days in shame?

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  1. Jeremiah 20:12 Hebrew kidneys

Jeremiah’s Complaint

You deceived[a](A) me, Lord, and I was deceived[b];
    you overpowered(B) me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed(C) all day long;
    everyone mocks(D) me.
Whenever I speak, I cry out
    proclaiming violence and destruction.(E)
So the word of the Lord has brought me
    insult and reproach(F) all day long.
But if I say, “I will not mention his word
    or speak anymore in his name,”(G)
his word is in my heart like a fire,(H)
    a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;(I)
    indeed, I cannot.
10 I hear many whispering,
    “Terror(J) on every side!
    Denounce(K) him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends(L)
    are waiting for me to slip,(M) saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then we will prevail(N) over him
    and take our revenge(O) on him.”

11 But the Lord(P) is with me like a mighty warrior;
    so my persecutors(Q) will stumble and not prevail.(R)
They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced;(S)
    their dishonor will never be forgotten.
12 Lord Almighty, you who examine the righteous
    and probe the heart and mind,(T)
let me see your vengeance(U) on them,
    for to you I have committed(V) my cause.

13 Sing(W) to the Lord!
    Give praise to the Lord!
He rescues(X) the life of the needy
    from the hands of the wicked.(Y)

14 Cursed be the day I was born!(Z)
    May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!
15 Cursed be the man who brought my father the news,
    who made him very glad, saying,
    “A child is born to you—a son!”
16 May that man be like the towns(AA)
    the Lord overthrew without pity.
May he hear wailing(AB) in the morning,
    a battle cry at noon.
17 For he did not kill me in the womb,(AC)
    with my mother as my grave,
    her womb enlarged forever.
18 Why did I ever come out of the womb(AD)
    to see trouble(AE) and sorrow
    and to end my days in shame?(AF)

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  1. Jeremiah 20:7 Or persuaded
  2. Jeremiah 20:7 Or persuaded

Jeremiah's Complaint

10 (A)Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! (B)I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me. 11 The Lord said, “Have I not[a] set you free for their good? Have I not pleaded for you before the enemy in the time of trouble and in the time of distress? 12 Can one break iron, iron (C)from the north, and bronze?

13 (D)“Your wealth and your treasures I will give as (E)spoil, without price, for all your sins, throughout all your territory. 14 I will make you serve your enemies (F)in a land that you do not know, (G)for in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn forever.”

15 (H)O Lord, you know;
    (I)remember me and visit me,
    (J)(K)and take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
In your forbearance take me not away;
    (L)know that (M)for your sake I bear reproach.
16 Your words were found, (N)and I ate them,
    and (O)your words became to me a joy
    and the delight of my heart,
(P)for I am called by your name,
    O Lord, God of hosts.
17 (Q)I did not sit in the company of revelers,
    nor did I rejoice;
(R)I sat alone, because your hand was upon me,
    for you had filled me with indignation.
18 Why is my pain unceasing,
    (S)my wound incurable,
    refusing to be healed?
Will you be to me (T)like a deceitful brook,
    like waters that fail?

19 Therefore thus says the Lord:
(U)“If you return, I will restore you,
    and you shall (V)stand before me.
If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless,
    you shall be as my mouth.
They shall turn to you,
    but you shall not turn to them.
20 (W)And I will make you to this people
    a fortified wall of bronze;
they will fight against you,
    (X)but they shall not prevail over you,
(Y)for I am with you
    to save you and deliver you,
declares the Lord.
21 (Z)I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked,
    and redeem you from the grasp of (AA)the ruthless.”

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  1. Jeremiah 15:11 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

10 Alas, my mother, that you gave me birth,(A)
    a man with whom the whole land strives and contends!(B)
I have neither lent(C) nor borrowed,
    yet everyone curses(D) me.

11 The Lord said,

“Surely I will deliver you(E) for a good purpose;
    surely I will make your enemies plead(F) with you
    in times of disaster and times of distress.

12 “Can a man break iron—
    iron from the north(G)—or bronze?

13 “Your wealth(H) and your treasures
    I will give as plunder,(I) without charge,(J)
because of all your sins
    throughout your country.(K)
14 I will enslave you to your enemies
    in[a] a land you do not know,(L)
for my anger will kindle a fire(M)
    that will burn against you.”

15 Lord, you understand;
    remember me and care for me.
    Avenge me on my persecutors.(N)
You are long-suffering(O)—do not take me away;
    think of how I suffer reproach for your sake.(P)
16 When your words came, I ate(Q) them;
    they were my joy and my heart’s delight,(R)
for I bear your name,(S)
    Lord God Almighty.
17 I never sat(T) in the company of revelers,
    never made merry with them;
I sat alone because your hand(U) was on me
    and you had filled me with indignation.
18 Why is my pain unending
    and my wound grievous and incurable?(V)
You are to me like a deceptive brook,
    like a spring that fails.(W)

19 Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“If you repent, I will restore you
    that you may serve(X) me;
if you utter worthy, not worthless, words,
    you will be my spokesman.(Y)
Let this people turn to you,
    but you must not turn to them.
20 I will make you a wall(Z) to this people,
    a fortified wall of bronze;
they will fight against you
    but will not overcome(AA) you,
for I am with you
    to rescue and save you,”(AB)
declares the Lord.
21 “I will save(AC) you from the hands of the wicked(AD)
    and deliver(AE) you from the grasp of the cruel.”(AF)

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  1. Jeremiah 15:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac (see also 17:4); most Hebrew manuscripts I will cause your enemies to bring you / into

[a] (A)Oh that my head were waters,
    and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night
    for the slain of (B)the daughter of my people!

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  1. Jeremiah 9:1 Ch 8:23 in Hebrew

[a]Oh, that my head were a spring of water
    and my eyes a fountain of tears!(A)
I would weep(B) day and night
    for the slain of my people.(C)

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  1. Jeremiah 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-26 is numbered 9:1-25.