25 (A)Your iniquities have turned these things away,
And your sins have withheld good from you.

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25 Your wrongdoings have kept these away;
    your sins have deprived you of good.(A)

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But your iniquities have separated you from your God;
And your sins have hidden His face from you,
So that He will (A)not hear.

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But your iniquities have separated(A)
    you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you,
    so that he will not hear.(B)

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34 A (A)fruitful land into [a]barrenness,
For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

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  1. Psalm 107:34 Lit. a salty waste

34 and fruitful land into a salt waste,(A)
    because of the wickedness of those who lived there.

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17 Fools, (A)because of their transgression,
And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.

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17 Some became fools(A) through their rebellious ways(B)
    and suffered affliction(C) because of their iniquities.

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39 (A)Why should a living man [a]complain,
(B)A man for the punishment of his sins?

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  1. Lamentations 3:39 Or murmur

39 Why should the living complain
    when punished for their sins?(A)

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Therefore the (A)showers have been withheld,
And there has been no latter rain.
You have had a (B)harlot’s forehead;
You refuse to be ashamed.

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Therefore the showers have been withheld,(A)
    and no spring rains(B) have fallen.
Yet you have the brazen(C) look of a prostitute;
    you refuse to blush with shame.(D)

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17 (A)Have you not brought this on yourself,
In that you have forsaken the Lord your God
When (B)He led you in the way?
18 And now why take (C)the road to Egypt,
To drink the waters of (D)Sihor?
Or why take the road to (E)Assyria,
To drink the waters of [a]the River?
19 Your own wickedness will (F)correct you,
And your backslidings will rebuke you.
Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing
That you have forsaken the Lord your God,
And the [b]fear of Me is not in you,”
Says the Lord God of hosts.

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  1. Jeremiah 2:18 The Euphrates
  2. Jeremiah 2:19 dread

17 Have you not brought this on yourselves(A)
    by forsaking(B) the Lord your God
    when he led you in the way?
18 Now why go to Egypt(C)
    to drink water from the Nile[a]?(D)
And why go to Assyria(E)
    to drink water from the Euphrates?(F)
19 Your wickedness will punish you;
    your backsliding(G) will rebuke(H) you.
Consider then and realize
    how evil and bitter(I) it is for you
when you forsake(J) the Lord your God
    and have no awe(K) of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

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  1. Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew Shihor; that is, a branch of the Nile

22 (A)The punishment of your iniquity [a]is accomplished,
O daughter of Zion;
He will no longer send you into captivity.
(B)He will punish your iniquity,
O daughter of Edom;
He will uncover your sins!

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  1. Lamentations 4:22 has been completed

22 Your punishment will end, Daughter Zion;(A)
    he will not prolong your exile.
But he will punish your sin, Daughter Edom,
    and expose your wickedness.(B)

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23 And (A)your heavens which are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you shall be iron. 24 The Lord will change the rain of your land to powder and dust; from the heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed.

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23 The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron.(A) 24 The Lord will turn the rain(B) of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.

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