The Lord Has Destroyed Without Pity

How the Lord in his anger
    has set the daughter of Zion (A)under a cloud!
(B)He has cast down from heaven to earth
    the splendor of Israel;
he has not remembered (C)his footstool
    in the day of his anger.

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[a]How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion
    with the cloud of his anger[b]!(A)
He has hurled down the splendor of Israel
    from heaven to earth;
he has not remembered his footstool(B)
    in the day of his anger.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. Lamentations 2:1 Or How the Lord in his anger / has treated Daughter Zion with contempt

“Let us go to his dwelling place;
    let us (A)worship at his (B)footstool!”

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“Let us go to his dwelling place,(A)
    let us worship at his footstool,(B) saying,

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Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. (A)I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the (B)footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.

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King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my fellow Israelites, my people. I had it in my heart(A) to build a house as a place of rest(B) for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, for the footstool(C) of our God, and I made plans to build it.(D)

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23 And you, (A)Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to (B)Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

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23 And you, Capernaum,(A) will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.[a](B) For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 11:23 That is, the realm of the dead

(A)a day of darkness and gloom,
    (B)a day of clouds and thick darkness!
Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains
    (C)a great and powerful people;
(D)their like has never been before,
    nor will be again after them
    through the years of all generations.

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    a day of darkness(A) and gloom,(B)
    a day of clouds(C) and blackness.(D)
Like dawn spreading across the mountains
    a large and mighty army(E) comes,
such as never was in ancient times(F)
    nor ever will be in ages to come.

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18 At (A)Tehaphnehes (B)the day shall be dark,
    when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,
and (C)her proud might shall come to an end in her;
    she shall be covered by a cloud,
    and her daughters shall go into captivity.

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18 Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes(A)
    when I break the yoke of Egypt;(B)
    there her proud strength will come to an end.
She will be covered with clouds,
    and her villages will go into captivity.(C)

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14 You were an anointed (A)guardian cherub.
    I placed you;[a] you were on (B)the holy mountain of God;
    in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
15 You were blameless in your ways
    (C)from the day you were created,
    till unrighteousness was found in you.
16 In the abundance of (D)your trade
    you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from (E)the mountain of God,
    and I destroyed you,[b] (F)O guardian cherub,
    from the midst of the stones of fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 28:14 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain
  2. Ezekiel 28:16 Or banished you

14 You were anointed(A) as a guardian cherub,(B)
    for so I ordained you.
You were on the holy mount of God;
    you walked among the fiery stones.
15 You were blameless in your ways
    from the day you were created
    till wickedness was found in you.
16 Through your widespread trade
    you were filled with violence,(C)
    and you sinned.
So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God,
    and I expelled you, guardian cherub,(D)
    from among the fiery stones.

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43 “You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us,
    (A)killing without pity;
44 (B)you have wrapped yourself with a cloud
    so that no prayer can pass through.

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43 “You have covered yourself with anger and pursued(A) us;
    you have slain without pity.(B)
44 You have covered yourself with a cloud(C)
    so that no prayer(D) can get through.(E)

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12 “How (A)you are fallen from heaven,
    O Day Star, (B)son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
    you who laid the nations low!
13 You said in your heart,
    (C)‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
    (D)I will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
    in the far reaches of the north;[a]
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
    I will make myself like the Most High.’
15 (E)But you are brought down to Sheol,
    to the far reaches of the pit.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:13 Or in the remote parts of Zaphon

12 How you have fallen(A) from heaven,
    morning star,(B) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
    you who once laid low the nations!(C)
13 You said in your heart,
    “I will ascend(D) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne(E)
    above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,(F)
    on the utmost heights(G) of Mount Zaphon.[a]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;(H)
    I will make myself like the Most High.”(I)
15 But you are brought down(J) to the realm of the dead,(K)
    to the depths(L) of the pit.(M)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:13 Or of the north; Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.

Exalt(A) the Lord our God
    and worship at his footstool;
    he is holy.

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Satan Thrown Down to Earth

Now war arose in heaven, (A)Michael and (B)his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. And (C)the great dragon was thrown down, (D)that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, (E)the deceiver of the whole world—(F)he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

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Then war broke out in heaven. Michael(A) and his angels fought against the dragon,(B) and the dragon and his angels(C) fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent(D) called the devil,(E) or Satan,(F) who leads the whole world astray.(G) He was hurled to the earth,(H) and his angels with him.

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18 And he said to them, (A)“I saw Satan (B)fall like lightning from heaven.

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18 He replied, “I saw Satan(A) fall like lightning from heaven.(B)

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15 And you, Capernaum, (A)will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to (B)Hades.

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15 And you, Capernaum,(A) will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 10:15 That is, the realm of the dead