Lamentations 1:2
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2 (A)She weeps bitterly in the night,
with tears on her cheeks;
(B)among all her lovers
she has (C)none to comfort her;
(D)all her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
they have become her enemies.
Psalm 6:6
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6 I am (A)weary with my (B)moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
Micah 7:5
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5 (A)Put no trust in a neighbor;
have no confidence in a friend;
guard (B)the doors of your mouth
from her who lies in your arms;[a]
Footnotes
- Micah 7:5 Hebrew bosom
Ezekiel 23:22-25
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22 Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I will stir up against you your lovers (A)from whom you turned in disgust, (B)and I will bring them against you from every side: 23 the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, (C)Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, (D)desirable young men, (E)governors and commanders all of them, officers and men of renown, all of them riding on horses. 24 And they shall come against you from the north[a] with chariots and wagons and a host of peoples. (F)They shall set themselves against you on every side with buckler, shield, and helmet; and (G)I will commit the judgment to them, and (H)they shall judge you according to their judgments. 25 And I will direct my jealousy against you, (I)that they may deal with you in fury. They shall cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors shall fall by the sword. (J)They shall seize your sons and your daughters, and your survivors shall be devoured by fire.
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- Ezekiel 23:24 Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown
Lamentations 1:21
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21 “They heard[a] (A)my groaning,
yet (B)there is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble;
(C)they are glad that you have done it.
You have brought[b] the day you announced;
(D)now let them be as I am.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:21 Septuagint, Syriac Hear
- Lamentations 1:21 Syriac Bring
Lamentations 1:19
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19 “I called to (A)my lovers,
but they deceived me;
my priests and elders
perished in the city,
while (B)they sought food
to revive their strength.
Lamentations 1:16-17
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16 “For these things (A)I weep;
my eyes flow with tears;
for (B)a comforter is far from me,
one to (C)revive my spirit;
my children are desolate,
for the enemy has prevailed.”
17 (D)Zion stretches out her hands,
but (E)there is none to comfort her;
the Lord has commanded against Jacob
that his neighbors should be his foes;
Jerusalem has become
a filthy thing among them.
Lamentations 1:9
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9 Her uncleanness was (A)in her skirts;
(B)she took no thought of her future;[a]
therefore her fall is terrible;
(C)she has no comforter.
“O Lord, behold my affliction,
for the enemy has (D)triumphed!”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:9 Or end
Jeremiah 30:14
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14 (A)All your lovers have forgotten you;
they care nothing for you;
for I have dealt you the blow of (B)an enemy,
the punishment (C)of a merciless foe,
because your guilt is great,
(D)because your sins are flagrant.
Jeremiah 22:20-22
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20 “Go up to Lebanon, and cry out,
and lift up your voice in Bashan;
cry out from (A)Abarim,
for all (B)your lovers are destroyed.
21 I spoke to you in your prosperity,
but you said, ‘I will not listen.’
(C)This has been your way from (D)your youth,
that you have not obeyed my voice.
22 (E)The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds,
and (F)your lovers shall go into captivity;
(G)then you will be ashamed and confounded
because of all your evil.
Jeremiah 13:17
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17 But if you will not listen,
(A)my soul will weep in secret for your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears,
because the Lord's flock has been taken captive.
Jeremiah 9:1
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9 [a] (A)Oh that my head were waters,
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night
for the slain of (B)the daughter of my people!
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:1 Ch 8:23 in Hebrew
Jeremiah 4:30
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30 And you, O desolate one,
what do you mean that you dress in scarlet,
(A)that you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
(B)that you enlarge your eyes with paint?
In vain you beautify yourself.
(C)Your lovers despise you;
they seek your life.
Psalm 77:2-6
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2 (A)In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in (B)the night my (C)hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul (D)refuses to be comforted.
3 When I remember God, I (E)moan;
when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah
4 You hold my eyelids open;
I am so (F)troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I consider (G)the days of old,
the years long ago.
6 I said,[a] “Let me remember my (H)song in the night;
let me (I)meditate in my heart.”
Then my spirit made a diligent search:
Footnotes
- Psalm 77:6 Hebrew lacks I said
Psalm 31:11
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11 Because of all my adversaries I have become (A)a reproach,
especially to my (B)neighbors,
and an object of dread to my acquaintances;
those who see me in the street (C)flee from me.
Job 19:13-14
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13 “He has put my (A)brothers far from me,
and (B)those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.
14 My relatives (C)have failed me,
my close (D)friends have forgotten me.
Revelation 17:13
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13 These are of one mind, and they hand over their power and authority to the beast.
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Hosea 2:7
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7 She shall pursue her lovers
but not overtake them,
and she shall seek them
but shall not find them.
(A)Then she shall say,
‘I will go and return to (B)my first husband,
(C)for it was better for me then than now.’
Ezekiel 16:37
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Lamentations 2:18-19
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18 Their heart cried to the Lord.
O (A)wall of the daughter of Zion,
(B)let tears stream down like a torrent
(C)day and night!
(D)Give yourself no rest,
(E)your eyes no respite!
19 “Arise, (F)cry out in the night,
at the beginning of the night watches!
(G)Pour out your heart like water
before the presence of the Lord!
(H)Lift your hands to him
for the lives of your children,
(I)who faint for hunger
at the head of every street.”
Jeremiah 9:17-19
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17 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
(A)“Consider, and call for the mourning women to come;
send for the skillful women to come;
18 let them make haste (B)and raise a wailing over us,
(C)that our eyes may run down with tears
and our eyelids flow with water.
19 For a sound of wailing is heard from Zion:
(D)‘How we are ruined!
We are utterly shamed,
because we have left the land,
because they have cast down our dwellings.’”
Jeremiah 3:1
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3 (A)“If[a] a man divorces his wife
and she goes from him
and becomes another man's wife,
will he return to her?
(B)Would not that land be greatly polluted?
(C)You have played the whore with many lovers;
and would you return to me?
declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 3:1 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew Saying, “If
Isaiah 51:18-19
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18 (A)There is none to guide her
among all the sons she has borne;
there is none to take her by the hand
among all the sons she has brought up.
19 (B)These two things have happened to you—
who will console you?—
devastation and destruction, famine and sword;
who will comfort you?[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 51:19 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Masoretic Text how shall I comfort you
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