27 [a]My heart is in turmoil and cannot rest;
Days of affliction confront me.

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  1. Job 30:27 I seethe inside

11 (A)My eyes fail with tears,
My [a]heart is troubled;
(B)My [b]bile is poured on the ground
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
Because (C)the children and the infants
Faint in the streets of the city.

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  1. Lamentations 2:11 Lit. inward parts
  2. Lamentations 2:11 Lit. liver

20 “See, O Lord, that I am in distress;
My (A)soul[a] is troubled;
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very rebellious.
(B)Outside the sword bereaves,
At home it is like death.

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  1. Lamentations 1:20 Lit. inward parts

20 Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a pleasant child?
For though I spoke against him,
I earnestly remember him still;
(A)Therefore My [a]heart yearns for him;
(B)I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:20 Lit. inward parts

Sorrow for the Doomed Nation

19 O my (A)soul, my soul!
I am pained in my very heart!
My heart makes a noise in me;
I cannot hold my peace,
Because you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.

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Our fathers trusted in You;
They trusted, and You delivered them.

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