Lamentations 3:17-26

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¹⁷my soul is bereft of peace;
I have forgotten what happiness^[a] is;
¹⁸^(A)so I say, “My endurance has perished;
so has my hope from the Lord.”

¹⁹^(B)Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
    ^(C)the wormwood and ^(D)the gall!
²⁰My soul continually remembers it
    ^(E)and is bowed down within me.
²¹But this I call to mind,
    and ^(F)therefore I have hope:

²²^(G)The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;^[b]
    ^(H)his mercies never come to an end;
²³they are new ^(I)every morning;
    ^(J)great is your faithfulness.
²⁴^(K)“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
    ^(L)“therefore I will hope in him.”

²⁵The Lord is good to those who ^(M)wait for him,
to the soul who seeks him.
²⁶^(N)It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.

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Footnotes

Lamentations 3:17 Hebrew good
Lamentations 3:22 Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Because of the steadfast love of the Lord, we are not cut off

Matthew 24:1-8

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Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple

24 ^(A)Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. ²But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, ^(B)there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”

Signs of the End of the Age

³As he sat on ^(C)the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him ^(D)privately, saying, “Tell us, ^(E)when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your ^(F)coming and of ^(G)the end of the age?” ⁴And Jesus answered them, ^(H)“See that no one leads you astray. ⁵For ^(I)many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am ^(J)the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. ⁶And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you ^(K)are not alarmed, for this ^(L)must take place, but the end is not yet. ⁷For ^(M)nation will rise against nation, and ^(N)kingdom against kingdom, and there will be ^(O)famines and earthquakes in various places. ⁸All these are but the beginning of ^(P)the birth pains.

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Matthew 24:14

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¹⁴And this gospel of the kingdom ^(A)will be proclaimed throughout the whole world ^(B)as a testimony ^(C)to all nations, and ^(D)then the end will come.

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