Jeremiah 18:22
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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)
Jeremiah 6:26
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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)
Psalm 140:5
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5 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)
Footnotes
- 140.5 Or they have spread cords as a net
Zephaniah 1:10-11
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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.
Jeremiah 25:34-36
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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,
Footnotes
- 25.34 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Zephaniah 1:16
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16 a day of trumpet blast and battle cry
against the fortified cities
and against the lofty battlements.
Psalm 56:5-7
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5 All day long they seek to injure my cause;
all their thoughts are against me for evil.(A)
6 They stir up strife; they lurk;
they watch my steps,
as they hoped to take my life.(B)
7 Do not deliver them for any reason;[a]
in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!(C)
Footnotes
- 56.7 Gk Compare Syr Jerome: Heb deliver them because of their iniquity
Matthew 22:15
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The Question about Paying Taxes
15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said.
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Jeremiah 48:3-5
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3 Listen! A cry goes up from Horonaim:
“Desolation and great destruction!”(A)
4 “Moab is destroyed!”
her little ones cry out.
5 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)
Footnotes
- 48.5 Syr Tg: Heb he goes
Jeremiah 47:2-3
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2 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)
3 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)
Jeremiah 20:10
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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)
Jeremiah 18:20
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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)
Jeremiah 9:20-21
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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)
Jeremiah 4:31
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31 For I heard a cry as of a woman in labor,
anguish as of one bringing forth her first child,
the cry of daughter Zion gasping for breath,
stretching out her hands,
“Woe is me! I am fainting before killers!”(A)
Jeremiah 4:19-20
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Sorrow for a Doomed Nation
19 My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
Oh, the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
I cannot keep silent,
for I[a] hear the sound of the trumpet,
the alarm of war.(A)
20 Disaster overtakes disaster;
the whole land is laid waste.
Suddenly my tents are destroyed,
my curtains in a moment.(B)
Footnotes
- 4.19 Or for you, O my soul,
Isaiah 22:1-4
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A Warning of Destruction of Jerusalem
22 The oracle concerning the valley of vision.
What has happened that you have gone up,
all of you, to the housetops,(A)
2 city full of shouting,
tumultuous city, panic-stricken town?
Your slain are not slain by the sword,
nor are they dead in battle.(B)
3 Your rulers have all fled together;
they were captured without the use of a bow.[a]
All of your people who were found were captured,
though they had fled far away.[b](C)
4 Therefore I said:
“Look away from me;
let me weep bitter tears;
do not try to comfort me
for the destruction of my beloved people.”(D)
Isaiah 10:30
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30 Cry aloud, O daughter Gallim!
Listen, O Laishah!
Answer her, O Anathoth!(A)
Psalm 64:4-5
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4 shooting from ambush at the blameless;
they shoot suddenly and without fear.(A)
5 They hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, “Who can see us?[a](B)
Footnotes
- 64.5 Syr Jerome: Heb them
Psalm 38:12
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12 Those who seek my life lay their snares;
those who seek to hurt me speak of ruin
and meditate on treachery all day long.(A)
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