Lamentations 1:20
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20 “See, O Lord, that I am in distress;
My (A)soul[a] is troubled;
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very rebellious.
(B)Outside the sword bereaves,
At home it is like death.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:20 Lit. inward parts
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
Ezekiel 7:15
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15 (A)The sword is outside,
And the pestilence and famine within.
Whoever is in the field
Will die by the sword;
And whoever is in the city,
Famine and pestilence will devour him.
Isaiah 16:11
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Footnotes
- Isaiah 16:11 Lit. belly
- Isaiah 16:11 Kir Hareseth, v. 7
Deuteronomy 32:25
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25 The sword shall destroy outside;
There shall be terror within
For the young man and virgin,
The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
Jeremiah 4:19
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Sorrow for the Doomed Nation
19 O my (A)soul, my soul!
I am pained in my very heart!
My heart makes a noise in me;
I cannot hold my peace,
Because you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.
Job 30:27
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27 [a]My heart is in turmoil and cannot rest;
Days of affliction confront me.
Footnotes
- Job 30:27 I seethe inside
Luke 18:13-14
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13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; (A)for everyone who exalts himself will be [a]humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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- Luke 18:14 put down
Luke 15:18-19
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18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, (A)I have sinned against heaven and before you, 19 and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.” ’
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Habakkuk 3:16
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16 When I heard, (A)my body trembled;
My lips quivered at the voice;
Rottenness entered my bones;
And I trembled in myself,
That I might rest in the day of trouble.
When he comes up to the people,
He will invade them with his troops.
Hosea 11:8
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8 “How(A) can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I make you like (B)Admah?
How can I set you like Zeboiim?
My heart [a]churns within Me;
My sympathy is stirred.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:8 Lit. turns over
Lamentations 4:9-10
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9 Those slain by the sword are better off
Than those who die of hunger;
For these (A)pine away,
Stricken for lack of the fruits of the (B)field.
10 The hands of the (C)compassionate women
Have [a]cooked their (D)own children;
They became (E)food for them
In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 4:10 boiled
Lamentations 1:18
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18 “The Lord is (A)righteous,
For I (B)rebelled against His [a]commandment.
Hear now, all peoples,
And behold my sorrow;
My virgins and my young men
Have gone into captivity.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:18 Lit. mouth
Lamentations 1:11
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11 All her people sigh,
(A)They [a]seek bread;
They have given their [b]valuables for food to restore life.
“See, O Lord, and consider,
For I am scorned.”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:11 hunt food
- Lamentations 1:11 desirable things
Lamentations 1:9
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9 Her uncleanness is in her skirts;
She (A)did not consider her destiny;
Therefore her collapse was awesome;
She had no comforter.
“O Lord, behold my affliction,
For the enemy is exalted!”
Jeremiah 48:36
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36 Therefore (A)My heart shall wail like flutes for Moab,
And like flutes My heart shall wail
For the men of Kir Heres.
Therefore (B)the riches they have acquired have perished.
Jeremiah 31:20
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20 Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a pleasant child?
For though I spoke against him,
I earnestly remember him still;
(A)Therefore My [a]heart yearns for him;
(B)I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 31:20 Lit. inward parts
Jeremiah 14:18
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18 If I go out to (A)the field,
Then behold, those slain with the sword!
And if I enter the city,
Then behold, those sick from famine!
Yes, both prophet and (B)priest go about in a land they do not know.’ ”
Jeremiah 9:21-22
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21 For death has come through our windows,
Has entered our palaces,
To kill off (A)the children—[a]no longer to be outside!
And the young men—[b]no longer on the streets!
22 Speak, “Thus says the Lord:
‘Even the carcasses of men shall fall (B)as refuse on the open field,
Like cuttings after the harvester,
And no one shall gather them.’ ”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:21 Lit. from outside
- Jeremiah 9:21 Lit. from the square
Jeremiah 3:13
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13 (A)Only acknowledge your iniquity,
That you have transgressed against the Lord your God,
And have (B)scattered your [a]charms
To (C)alien deities (D)under every green tree,
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 3:13 Lit. ways
Jeremiah 2:35
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35 (A)Yet you say, ‘Because I am innocent,
Surely His anger shall turn from me.’
Behold, (B)I will plead My case against you,
(C)Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
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
Proverbs 28:13
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13 (A)He who covers his sins will not prosper,
But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
Psalm 51:3-4
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3 For I acknowledge my transgressions,
And my sin is always before me.
4 (A)Against You, You only, have I sinned,
And done this evil (B)in Your sight—
(C)That You may be found just [a]when You speak,
And blameless when You judge.
Footnotes
- Psalm 51:4 LXX, Tg., Vg. in Your words
Psalm 22:14
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14 I am poured out like water,
(A)And all My bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It has melted [a]within Me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 22:14 Lit. in the midst of My bowels
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