Lamentations 2:2
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2 The Lord has destroyed without mercy
all the dwellings of Jacob;
in his wrath he has broken down
the strongholds of daughter Judah;
he has brought down to the ground in dishonor
the kingdom and its rulers.(A)
Lamentations 3:43
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43 You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us,
killing without pity;(A)
Lamentations 2:17
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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)
Psalm 89:39-40
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39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant;
you have defiled his crown in the dust.(A)
40 You have broken through all his walls;
you have laid his strongholds in ruins.(B)
Isaiah 43:28
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28 Therefore I profaned the princes of the sanctuary;
I delivered Jacob to utter destruction
and Israel to reviling.(A)
Isaiah 25:12
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12 The high fortifications of his walls will be brought down,
laid low, cast to the ground, even to the dust.
Psalm 21:9
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9 You will make them like a fiery furnace
when you appear.
The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath,
and fire will consume them.(A)
Ezekiel 9:10
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10 As for me, my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity, but I will bring down their deeds upon their heads.”(A)
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Lamentations 2:21
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21 The young and the old are lying
on the ground in the streets;
my young women and my young men
have fallen by the sword;
in the day of your anger you have killed them,
slaughtering without mercy.(A)
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