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22 “Look at all their evil deeds, Lord.
    Punish them,
as you have punished me
    for all my sins.
My groans are many,
    and I am sick at heart.”

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22 “Let all their wickedness come before you;
    deal with them
as you have dealt with me
    because of all my sins.(A)
My groans(B) are many
    and my heart is faint.”

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Jeremiah Weeps for Sinful Judah

18 My grief is beyond healing;
    my heart is broken.

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18 You who are my Comforter[a] in sorrow,
    my heart is faint(A) within me.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

14 May the Lord never forget the sins of his fathers;
    may his mother’s sins never be erased from the record.
15 May the Lord always remember these sins,
    and may his name disappear from human memory.

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14 May the iniquity of his fathers(A) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 May their sins always remain before(B) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name(C) from the earth.

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Then I prayed, “Hear us, our God, for we are being mocked. May their scoffing fall back on their own heads, and may they themselves become captives in a foreign land! Do not ignore their guilt. Do not blot out their sins, for they have provoked you to anger here in front of[a] the builders.”

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  1. 4:5 Or for they have thrown insults in the face of.

Hear us, our God, for we are despised.(A) Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. Do not cover up their guilt(B) or blot out their sins from your sight,(C) for they have thrown insults in the face of[a] the builders.

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  1. Nehemiah 4:5 Or have aroused your anger before

10 They shouted to the Lord and said, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us?”

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10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long,(A) Sovereign Lord,(B) holy and true,(C) until you judge the inhabitants of the earth(D) and avenge our blood?”(E)

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13 So please don’t lose heart because of my trials here. I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored.

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13 I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.

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31 For if these things are done when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?[a]

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  1. 23:31 Or If these things are done to me, the living tree, what will happen to you, the dry tree?

31 For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”(A)

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17 Our hearts are sick and weary,
    and our eyes grow dim with tears.

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17 Because of this our hearts(A) are faint,(B)
    because of these things our eyes(C) grow dim(D)

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13 “He has sent fire from heaven that burns in my bones.
    He has placed a trap in my path and turned me back.
He has left me devastated,
    racked with sickness all day long.

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13 “From on high he sent fire,
    sent it down into my bones.(A)
He spread a net(B) for my feet
    and turned me back.
He made me desolate,(C)
    faint(D) all the day long.

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35 Make Babylon suffer as she made us suffer,”
    say the people of Zion.
“Make the people of Babylonia pay for spilling our blood,”
    says Jerusalem.

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35 May the violence(A) done to our flesh[a] be on Babylon,”
    say the inhabitants of Zion.
“May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,”
    says Jerusalem.(B)

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  1. Jeremiah 51:35 Or done to us and to our children

23 Lord, you know all about their murderous plots against me.
    Don’t forgive their crimes and blot out their sins.
Let them die before you.
    Deal with them in your anger.

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23 But you, Lord, know
    all their plots to kill(A) me.
Do not forgive(B) their crimes
    or blot out their sins from your sight.
Let them be overthrown before you;
    deal with them in the time of your anger.(C)

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25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you—
    on the peoples that do not call upon your name.
For they have devoured your people Israel[a];
    they have devoured and consumed them,
    making the land a desolate wilderness.

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  1. 10:25 Hebrew devoured Jacob. See note on 5:20.

25 Pour out your wrath on the nations(A)
    that do not acknowledge you,
    on the peoples who do not call on your name.(B)
For they have devoured(C) Jacob;
    they have devoured him completely
    and destroyed his homeland.(D)

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Every arm is paralyzed with fear.
    Every heart melts,

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Because of this, all hands will go limp,(A)
    every heart will melt with fear.(B)

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