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Psalm 137

Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem

By the rivers of Babylon—
    there we sat down, and there we wept
    when we remembered Zion.(A)

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Psalm 137

By the rivers of Babylon(A) we sat and wept(B)
    when we remembered Zion.(C)

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The Vision of the Chariot

In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the River Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.(A)

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Ezekiel’s Inaugural Vision

In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles(A) by the Kebar River,(B) the heavens were opened(C) and I saw visions(D) of God.

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15 I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who lived by the River Chebar.[a] And I sat there among them, stunned, for seven days.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.15 Heb mss Syr: MT Chebar, and to where they lived

15 I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Aviv near the Kebar River.(A) And there, where they were living, I sat among them for seven days(B)—deeply distressed.

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Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

41 As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it,(A)

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41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it(A)

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the word of the Lord came to the priest Ezekiel son of Buzi in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Chebar, and the hand of the Lord was on him there.

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the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel(A) the priest, the son of Buzi, by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians.[a] There the hand of the Lord was on him.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 1:3 Or Chaldeans

48 My eyes flow with rivers of tears
    because of the destruction of my people.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 3.48 Heb the daughter of my people

48 Streams of tears(A) flow from my eyes(B)
    because my people are destroyed.(C)

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18 Cry aloud[a] to the Lord!
    O wall of daughter Zion!
Let tears stream down like a torrent
    day and night!
Give yourself no rest,
    your eyes no respite!(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.18 Cn: Heb Their heart cried

18 The hearts of the people
    cry out to the Lord.(A)
You walls of Daughter Zion,(B)
    let your tears(C) flow like a river
    day and night;(D)
give yourself no relief,
    your eyes no rest.(E)

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10 The elders of daughter Zion
    sit on the ground in silence;
they have thrown dust on their heads;
    they put on sackcloth;
the young women of Jerusalem
    have bowed their heads to the ground.(A)

11 My eyes are spent with weeping;
    my stomach churns;
my bile is poured out on the ground
    because of the destruction of my people,[a]
because infants and babes faint
    in the streets of the city.(B)

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  1. 2.11 Heb the daughter of my people

10 The elders of Daughter Zion
    sit on the ground in silence;(A)
they have sprinkled dust(B) on their heads(C)
    and put on sackcloth.(D)
The young women of Jerusalem
    have bowed their heads to the ground.(E)

11 My eyes fail from weeping,(F)
    I am in torment within(G);
my heart(H) is poured out(I) on the ground
    because my people are destroyed,(J)
because children and infants faint(K)
    in the streets of the city.

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16 For these things I weep;
    my eyes[a] flow with tears;
for a comforter is far from me,
    one to revive my courage;
my children are desolate,
    for the enemy has prevailed.(A)

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  1. 1.16 Heb my eye, my eye

16 “This is why I weep
    and my eyes overflow with tears.(A)
No one is near to comfort(B) me,
    no one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute
    because the enemy has prevailed.”(C)

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50 You survivors of the sword,
    go; do not linger!
Remember the Lord in a distant land,
    and let Jerusalem come into your mind:(A)
51 We are put to shame, for we have heard insults;
    dishonor has covered our faces,
for aliens have come
    into the holy places of the Lord’s house.(B)

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50 You who have escaped the sword,
    leave(A) and do not linger!
Remember(B) the Lord in a distant land,(C)
    and call to mind Jerusalem.”

51 “We are disgraced,(D)
    for we have been insulted
    and shame covers our faces,
because foreigners have entered
    the holy places of the Lord’s house.”(E)

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17 I did not sit in the company of merrymakers,
    nor did I rejoice;
under the weight of your hand I sat alone,
    for you had filled me with indignation.(A)

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17 I never sat(A) in the company of revelers,
    never made merry with them;
I sat alone because your hand(B) was on me
    and you had filled me with indignation.

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17 But if you will not listen,
    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.(A)

18 Say to the king and the queen mother:
    “Take a lowly seat,
for your beautiful crown
    has come down from your head.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 13.18 Gk Syr Vg: Meaning of Heb uncertain

17 If you do not listen,(A)
    I will weep in secret
    because of your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly,
    overflowing with tears,(B)
    because the Lord’s flock(C) will be taken captive.(D)

18 Say to the king(E) and to the queen mother,(F)
    “Come down from your thrones,
for your glorious crowns(G)
    will fall from your heads.”

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Indeed, I eat ashes like bread
    and mingle tears with my drink,(A)
10 because of your indignation and anger,
    for you have lifted me up and thrown me aside.
11 My days are like a lengthening shadow;
    I wither away like grass.(B)

12 But you, O Lord, are enthroned forever;
    your name endures to all generations.(C)
13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,
    for it is time to favor it;
    the appointed time has come.(D)
14 For your servants hold its stones dear
    and have pity on its dust.

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For I eat ashes(A) as my food
    and mingle my drink with tears(B)
10 because of your great wrath,(C)
    for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
11 My days are like the evening shadow;(D)
    I wither(E) away like grass.

12 But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;(F)
    your renown endures(G) through all generations.(H)
13 You will arise(I) and have compassion(J) on Zion,
    for it is time(K) to show favor(L) to her;
    the appointed time(M) has come.
14 For her stones are dear to your servants;
    her very dust moves them to pity.

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