Jeremiah 8:18
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The Prophet Mourns for the People
18 My joy is gone; grief is upon me;
my heart is sick.
Lamentations 5:17
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17 Because of this our hearts are sick;
because of these things our eyes have grown dim:(A)
Lamentations 1:16-17
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16 For these things I weep;
my eyes[a] flow with tears;
for a comforter is far from me,
one to revive my courage;
my children are desolate,
for the enemy has prevailed.(A)
17 Zion stretches out her hands,
but there is no one to comfort her;
the Lord has commanded against Jacob
that his neighbors should become his foes;
Jerusalem has become
a filthy thing among them.(B)
Notas al pie
- 1.16 Heb my eye, my eye
Jeremiah 6:24
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24 “We have heard news of them;
our hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
pain as of a woman in labor.(A)
Isaiah 22:4
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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.”(A)
Habakkuk 3:16
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16 I hear, and I tremble within;
my lips quiver at the sound.
Rottenness enters into my bones,
and my steps tremble[a] beneath me.
I wait quietly for the day of calamity
to come upon the people who attack us.(A)
Notas al pie
- 3.16 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Daniel 10:16-17
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16 Then one in human form touched my lips, and I opened my mouth to speak and said to the one who stood before me, “My lord, because of the vision such pains have come upon me that I retain no strength.(A) 17 How can my lord’s servant talk with my lord? For I am exhausted;[a] no strength remains in me, and no breath is left in me.”
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- 10.17 Gk: Heb from now
Jeremiah 10:19-22
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19 Woe is me because of my hurt!
My wound is severe.
But I said, “Truly this is my punishment,
and I must bear it.”(A)
20 My tent is destroyed,
and all my cords are broken;
my children have gone from me,
and they are no more;
there is no one to spread my tent again
and to set up my curtains.(B)
21 For the shepherds are stupid
and do not inquire of the Lord;
therefore they have not prospered,
and all their flock is scattered.(C)
22 Hear, a noise! Listen, it is coming—
a great commotion from the land of the north
to make the cities of Judah a desolation,
a lair of jackals.(D)
Job 7:13-14
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13 When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
my couch will ease my complaint,’
14 then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,(A)
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