Lamentations 5:17
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17 Because of this our heart is faint;
(A)Because of these things our eyes grow dim;
Isaiah 1:5
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5 (A)Why should you be stricken again?
You will revolt more and more.
The whole head is sick,
And the whole heart faints.
Lamentations 2:11
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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.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:11 Lit. inward parts
- Lamentations 2:11 Lit. liver
Psalm 6:7
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7 (A)My eye wastes away because of grief;
It grows old because of all my enemies.
Job 17:7
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7 (A)My eye has also grown dim because of sorrow,
And all my members are like shadows.
Micah 6:13
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13 “Therefore I will also (A)make you sick by striking you,
By making you desolate because of your sins.
Ezekiel 21:15
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15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates,
That the heart may melt and many may stumble.
Ah! (A)It is made bright;
It is grasped for slaughter:
Ezekiel 21:7
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7 And it shall be when they say to you, ‘Why are you sighing?’ that you shall answer, ‘Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, (A)all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,’ says the Lord God.”
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Lamentations 1:22
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22 “Let(A) all their wickedness come before You,
And do to them as You have done to me
For all my transgressions;
For my sighs are many,
And my heart is faint.”
Lamentations 1:13
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13 “From above He has sent fire into my bones,
And it overpowered them;
He has (A)spread a net for my feet
And turned me back;
He has made me desolate
And faint all the day.
Jeremiah 46:5
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5 Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back?
Their mighty ones are beaten down;
They have speedily fled,
And did not look back,
For (A)fear was all around,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 8:18
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The Prophet Mourns for the People
18 I would comfort myself in sorrow;
My heart is faint in me.
Isaiah 38:14
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14 Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered;
(A)I mourned like a dove;
My eyes fail from looking upward.
O [a]Lord, I am oppressed;
[b]Undertake for me!
Footnotes
- Isaiah 38:14 So with Bg.; MT, DSS Lord
- Isaiah 38:14 Be my surety
Psalm 69:3
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Psalm 31:9
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9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;
(A)My eye wastes away with grief,
Yes, my soul and my [a]body!
Footnotes
- Psalm 31:9 Lit. belly
Deuteronomy 28:65
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65 And (A)among those nations you shall find no rest, nor shall the sole of your foot have a resting place; (B)but there the Lord will give you a [a]trembling heart, failing eyes, and (C)anguish of soul.
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- Deuteronomy 28:65 anxious
Leviticus 26:36
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36 ‘And as for those of you who are left, I will send (A)faintness[a] into their hearts in the lands of their enemies;
the sound of a shaken leaf shall cause them to flee;
they shall flee as though fleeing from a sword, and they shall fall when no one pursues.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 26:36 fear
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