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Lamentations 1:1
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Lamentations 1:1
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The Deserted City
1 How lonely sits the city
that once was full of people!
How like a widow she has become,
she that was great among the nations!
She that was a princess among the provinces
has become subject to forced labor.(A)
Lamentations 1:1
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Lamentations 1:1
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Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Isaiah 3:26
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Isaiah 3:26
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26 And her gates shall lament and mourn;
desolate, she shall sit upon the ground.(A)
Isaiah 3:26
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Isaiah 3:26
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Ezra 4:20
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Ezra 4:20
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20 Jerusalem has had mighty kings who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom tribute, custom, and toll were paid.(A)
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Ezra 4:20
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Ezra 4:20
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20 Jerusalem has had powerful kings ruling over the whole of Trans-Euphrates,(A) and taxes, tribute and duty were paid to them.
1 Kings 4:21
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1 Kings 4:21
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1 Kings 4:21
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1 Kings 4:21
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21 And Solomon ruled(A) over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River(B) to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.(C) These countries brought tribute(D) and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.
Revelation 18:16-17
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Revelation 18:16-17
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16 “Alas, alas, the great city,
clothed in fine linen,
in purple and scarlet,
adorned with gold,
with jewels, and with pearls!(A)
17 For in one hour all this wealth has been laid waste!”
And all shipmasters and seafarers, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off(B)
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Revelation 18:16-17
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Revelation 18:16-17
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16 and cry out:
“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,(A)
dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,
and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!(B)
17 In one hour(C) such great wealth has been brought to ruin!’(D)
“Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea,(E) will stand far off.(F)
Isaiah 54:4
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Isaiah 54:4
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4 Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed;
do not be discouraged, for you will not suffer disgrace,
for you will forget the shame of your youth,
and the disgrace of your widowhood you will remember no more.(A)
Zephaniah 2:15
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Zephaniah 2:15
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15 Is this the exultant city
that lived secure,
that said to itself,
“I am, and there is no one else”?
What a desolation it has become,
a lair for wild animals!
Everyone who passes by it
hisses and shakes the fist.(A)
Lamentations 5:16
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Lamentations 5:16
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16 The crown has fallen from our head;
woe to us, for we have sinned!
Lamentations 5:16
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Lamentations 5:16
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Isaiah 22:2
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Isaiah 22:2
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2 city full of shouting,
tumultuous city, panic-stricken town?
Your slain are not slain by the sword,
nor are they dead in battle.(A)
Isaiah 22:2
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Isaiah 22:2
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2 Kings 23:35
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2 Kings 23:35
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35 Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land in order to meet Pharaoh’s demand for money. He exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, from all according to their assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.(A)
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2 Kings 23:35
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2 Kings 23:35
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35 Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh Necho the silver and gold he demanded. In order to do so, he taxed the land and exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land according to their assessments.(A)
Revelation 18:7
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Revelation 18:7
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7 As she glorified herself and lived luxuriously,
so give her a like measure of torment and grief.
Since in her heart she says,
‘I rule as a queen;
I am no widow,
and I will never see grief,’(A)
Revelation 18:7
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Revelation 18:7
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Zechariah 8:4-5
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Zechariah 8:4-5
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4 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of their great age.(A) 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.(B)
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Zechariah 8:4-5
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Zechariah 8:4-5
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4 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem,(A) each of them with cane in hand because of their age. 5 The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there.(B)”
Ezekiel 26:16
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Ezekiel 26:16
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16 Then all the princes of the sea shall step down from their thrones; they shall remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They shall clothe themselves with trembling and shall sit on the ground; they shall tremble every moment and be appalled at you.(A)
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Ezekiel 26:16
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Ezekiel 26:16
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