Add parallel Print Page Options

17 The Lord has done what he purposed;
    he has carried out his threat;
as he ordained long ago,
    he has demolished without pity;
he has made the enemy rejoice over you
    and exalted the might of your foes.(A)

Read full chapter

28 to sit alone in silence
    when the Lord[a] has imposed it,(A)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 3.28 Heb he

29 to put one’s mouth to the dust
    (there may yet be hope),

Read full chapter

Open shame, O Lord, falls on us, our kings, our princes, and our ancestors because we have sinned against you.

Read full chapter

17 Between the vestibule and the altar,
    let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep.
Let them say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
    and do not make your heritage a mockery,
    a byword among the nations.
Why should it be said among the peoples,
    ‘Where is their God?’ ”(A)

Read full chapter

11 Even against the prince of the host it acted arrogantly; it took the regular burnt offering away from him and overthrew the place of his sanctuary.(A)

Read full chapter

43 Indeed, the days will come upon you when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you and hem you in on every side.(A)

Read full chapter

44 They will crush you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave within you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”[a](A)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 19.44 Gk lacks from God

23 You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of humans.(A)

Read full chapter

10 Am I now seeking human approval or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.(A)

Read full chapter