\id LAM - Copyright World Bible Translation Center 1987, 1999, 2006, 2008 
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\h Lamentations 
\toc1 Lamentations 
\toc2 Lamentations 
\mt1 Lamentations 
\c 1  
\s1 Jerusalem Cries Over Her Destruction 
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\v 1 Jerusalem \w once|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w full|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, 
\q2 \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* empty. 
\q1 She\f + \fr 1:1  \fk She \ft Throughout this poem, Jerusalem is represented as a woman.\f* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* greatest \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* world, 
\q2 \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* she \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* poor \w widow|strong="H0490"\w*. 
\q1 She \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w once|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w princess|strong="H8282"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, 
\q2 \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* she \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* slave. 
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\v 2 She cries \w bitterly|strong="H1058"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. 
\q2 \w Her|strong="H3605"\w* \w tears|strong="H1832"\w* \w are|strong="H0369"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w cheeks|strong="H3895"\w*. 
\q2 She \w has|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*. 
\q1 Many nations \w were|strong="H1961"\w* friendly \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, 
\q2 \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w comforts|strong="H5162"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w*. 
\q1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w turned|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* backs \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* 
\q2 \w and|strong="H3915"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*. 
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\v 3 \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* suffered very \w much|strong="H7230"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w then|strong="H3605"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w taken|strong="H1540"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w captivity|strong="H1540"\w*. 
\q1 \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w lives|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H0996"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* 
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H3063"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w rest|strong="H4494"\w*. 
\q1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w caught|strong="H4672"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* 
\q2 \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w*.\f + \fr 1:3  \fk where … way out \ft Or “in the narrow valleys.”\f* 
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\v 4 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w roads|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* very sad, 
\q2 \w because|strong="H1097"\w* \w no|strong="H1097"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w festivals|strong="H4150"\w* anymore. 
\q1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w Zion’s|strong="H6726"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* destroyed; 
\q2 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w groan|strong="H0584"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* sorrow. 
\q1 \w Zion’s|strong="H6726"\w* young \w women|strong="H1330"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* taken \w away|strong="H3605"\w*,\f + \fr 1:4  \fk have been taken away \ft This is from the ancient Greek version. The standard Hebrew text has “are upset.”\f* 
\q2 \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w made|strong="H8074"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* sad. 
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\v 5 Jerusalem’s \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* won. 
\q2 \w Her|strong="H5921"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* successful. 
\q1 \w This|strong="H3588"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* punished \w her|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* punished Jerusalem \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* sins. 
\q1 \w Her|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* \w away|strong="H1980"\w*. 
\q2 \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* captured \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w away|strong="H1980"\w*. 
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* beauty \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* Zion\f + \fr 1:6  \fk Daughter Zion \ft Another name for Jerusalem. Also in 2:1, 8, 13, 18.\f* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w*. 
\q2 \w Her|strong="H3605"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w deer|strong="H0354"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* meadow \w to|strong="H1961"\w* feed \w in|strong="H4672"\w*. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* walk \w away|strong="H4480"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* thinks back. 
\q1 \w She|strong="H0834"\w* \w remembers|strong="H2142"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* hurt 
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w lost|strong="H5307"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* home. 
\q1 \w She|strong="H0834"\w* \w remembers|strong="H2142"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* nice \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* past. 
\q2 \w She|strong="H0834"\w* \w remembers|strong="H2142"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* nice \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* old \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\q1 \w She|strong="H0834"\w* \w remembers|strong="H2142"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* captured \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* enemy. 
\q2 \w She|strong="H0834"\w* \w remembers|strong="H2142"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*. 
\q1 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3389"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w laughed|strong="H7832"\w*, 
\q2 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H0369"\w*. 
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\v 8 \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* badly. 
\q2 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, 
\q2 \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* ruined \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* shake \w their|strong="H3605"\w* heads \w about|strong="H1961"\w*. 
\q1 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* past \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w respected|strong="H3513"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*. 
\q2 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* hate \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, 
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* abused \w her|strong="H3605"\w*. 
\q1 \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w groaned|strong="H0584"\w* 
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w*. 
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\v 9 Jerusalem’s \w skirts|strong="H7757"\w* \w were|strong="H0369"\w* dirty. 
\q2 \w She|strong="H3588"\w* gave \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w thought|strong="H2142"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1431"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w*. 
\q1 \w Her|strong="H7200"\w* \w fall|strong="H3381"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w amazing|strong="H6382"\w*. 
\q2 \w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w*. 
\q1 \w She|strong="H3588"\w* says, “\w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* hurt! 
\q2 \w See|strong="H7200"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* thinks \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w great|strong="H1431"\w*!” 
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* enemy \w stretched|strong="H6566"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* nice \w things|strong="H3605"\w*. 
\q1 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* fact, \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* foreign \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w inside|strong="H3027"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w Temple|strong="H4720"\w*. 
\q2 \w And|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* said \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* join \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w*! 
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\v 11 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Jerusalem \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w groaning|strong="H0584"\w*. 
\q2 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w looking|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* nice \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* stay \w alive|strong="H5315"\w*. 
\q1 Jerusalem says, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*! 
\q2 \w See|strong="H7200"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* hate \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. 
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\v 12 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*, \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* seem \w to|strong="H0413"\w* care. 
\q2 \w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*. 
\q1 \w Is|strong="H0834"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w pain|strong="H4341"\w* \w like|strong="H0834"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w pain|strong="H4341"\w*? 
\q2 \w Is|strong="H0834"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w pain|strong="H4341"\w* \w like|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pain|strong="H4341"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* come \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*? 
\q1 \w Is|strong="H0834"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w pain|strong="H4341"\w* \w like|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pain|strong="H4341"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* punished \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w*? 
\q2 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* punished \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* great \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*. 
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\v 13 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Lord \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w above|strong="H4791"\w* 
\q2 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w down|strong="H7971"\w* \w into|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w stretched|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w net|strong="H7568"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H7725"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* wasteland. 
\q2 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* am sick \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. 
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\v 14 “\w My|strong="H5414"\w* sins \w were|strong="H3027"\w* tied \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*. 
\q2 \w My|strong="H5414"\w* sins \w were|strong="H3027"\w* tied \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Lord’s \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*. 
\q1 \w His|strong="H5414"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H0136"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w weak|strong="H3808"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H0136"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* 
\q2 \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w*. 
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\v 15 “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* rejected \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* powerful \w men|strong="H0970"\w* 
\q2 \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w inside|strong="H7130"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city. 
\q1 \w Then|strong="H7121"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* brought \w a|strong="H7121"\w* group \w of|strong="H1323"\w* people \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* brought \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* kill \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H0970"\w* soldiers. 
\q1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w has|strong="H0136"\w* \w trampled|strong="H1869"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* dearest city\f + \fr 1:15  \fk dearest city \ft Literally, “virgin daughter Judah,” a name for the city of Jerusalem.\f* 
\q2 \w like|strong="H1323"\w* grapes \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H7121"\w* winepress. 
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\v 16 “\w I|strong="H0589"\w* cry \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H4480"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w things|strong="H0428"\w*. 
\q2 Tears \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w flowing|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* cheeks. 
\q1 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*. 
\q2 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w can|strong="H5869"\w* \w make|strong="H8074"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w feel|strong="H5869"\w* \w better|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\q1 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* wasteland, 
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* won.” 
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\v 17 \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w out|strong="H6566"\w* \w her|strong="H0996"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*. 
\q2 \w There|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w her|strong="H0996"\w*. 
\q1 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H6680"\w* \w orders|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jacob’s|strong="H3290"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w ordered|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w surround|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* city. 
\q1 \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* dirty rag 
\q2 \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H0996"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3389"\w* threw \w away|strong="H0369"\w*. 
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\q1
\v 18 \w Now|strong="H4994"\w* Jerusalem \w says|strong="H6310"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w refused|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, 
\q2 \w so|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H6662"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* doing \w these|strong="H1931"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*. 
\q1 \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*! 
\q2 \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w pain|strong="H4341"\w*! 
\q1 \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H0970"\w* \w women|strong="H1330"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w men|strong="H0970"\w* 
\q2 \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*. 
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\v 19 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* \w lovers|strong="H0157"\w*, 
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* tricked \w me|strong="H5315"\w*. 
\q1 \w My|strong="H1245"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* 
\q2 \w have|strong="H0157"\w* \w died|strong="H1478"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. 
\q1 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w looking|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w food|strong="H0400"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w*. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w wanted|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* keep \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w* \w alive|strong="H5315"\w*. 
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\q1
\v 20 “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w distress|strong="H6862"\w*! 
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w upset|strong="H6862"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* upside \w down|strong="H3588"\w* \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*. 
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w feel|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* way \w because|strong="H3588"\w* 
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H4194"\w* \w so|strong="H3588"\w* stubborn. 
\q1 \w Out|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*, 
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* lost \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H7921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*. 
\q1 \w Inside|strong="H1004"\w*, \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*. 
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\q1
\v 21 “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w me|strong="H0935"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w groaning|strong="H0584"\w*. 
\q2 \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w me|strong="H0935"\w*. 
\q1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* happy \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w me|strong="H0935"\w*. 
\q1 \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* punishment. 
\q2 \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* punish \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*. 
\q1 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*. 
\q2 \w Let|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w*. 
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\q1
\v 22 “Look \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* enemies \w are|strong="H0834"\w*! 
\q2 \w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w* treat \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* same \w way|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* treated \w me|strong="H6440"\w* 
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* sins. 
\q1 \w Do|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* am \w groaning|strong="H0585"\w* \w again|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w again|strong="H6440"\w*. 
\q2 \w Do|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* sick.” 
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\c  2  
\s1 The Lord Destroyed Jerusalem 
\q1
\v 1 Look \w how|strong="H0349"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w covered|strong="H1323"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*\f + \fr 2:1  \fk daughter Zion \ft The city of Jerusalem pictured as a young woman. Similar language is used in verses 8, 13, 15, and 18. See “Zion” in the Word List.\f* 
\q2 \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w cloud|strong="H5743"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w his|strong="H2142"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* \w her|strong="H3117"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w glory|strong="H8597"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, 
\q2 \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\q1 \w In|strong="H0776"\w* \w his|strong="H2142"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* showed \w no|strong="H3808"\w* care \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Temple 
\q2 \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* rests \w his|strong="H2142"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.\f + \fr 2:1  \fk Temple … feet \ft Literally, “the footstool of his feet,” meaning the place God lived among his people.\f* 
\q1
\v 2 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2040"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* houses \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2040"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2550"\w*. 
\q1 \w In|strong="H0776"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w anger|strong="H5678"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2040"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fortresses|strong="H4013"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w threw|strong="H5060"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* \w to|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w ruined|strong="H2040"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. 
\q1
\v 3 \w He|strong="H7725"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w angry|strong="H0639"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H7725"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H0398"\w* 
\q2 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w strength|strong="H7161"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H7725"\w* \w took|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H7725"\w* did \w this|strong="H0398"\w* \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* \w came|strong="H7725"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H7725"\w* \w burned|strong="H1197"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3290"\w* \w flaming|strong="H3852"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H7725"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3290"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w burns|strong="H1197"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w*. 
\q1
\v 4 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w bent|strong="H1869"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w like|strong="H1323"\w* an \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* held \w his|strong="H3605"\w* sword \w in|strong="H0784"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* good-looking \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* Judah. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w them|strong="H2026"\w* \w as|strong="H0168"\w* if \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w poured|strong="H8210"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w anger|strong="H2534"\w* 
\q2 \w like|strong="H1323"\w* \w a|strong="H2026"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tents|strong="H0168"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*. 
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\q1
\v 5 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w swallowed|strong="H1104"\w* \w up|strong="H1104"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w swallowed|strong="H1104"\w* \w up|strong="H1104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w* 
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w fortresses|strong="H0759"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* sadness \w and|strong="H3063"\w* crying 
\q2 \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* dead \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. 
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\q1
\v 6 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* pulled \w up|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* own tent\f + \fr 2:6  \fk his own tent \ft This is a reference to the Temple in Jerusalem.\f* 
\q2 \w as|strong="H3068"\w* if \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruined|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H4150"\w* where \w the|strong="H3068"\w* people 
\q2 came together \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w him|strong="H1588"\w*. 
\q1 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* made people \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* 
\q2 \w the|strong="H3068"\w* special \w assemblies|strong="H4150"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* special days \w of|strong="H4428"\w* rest\f + \fr 2:6  \fk special days of rest \ft Or “Sabbaths.” This might mean Saturday (see “Sabbath” in the Word List) or all the special days when the people were not supposed to work.\f* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejected|strong="H7911"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H0639"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejected|strong="H7911"\w* \w them|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\q1
\v 7 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w rejected|strong="H2186"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w left|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w holy|strong="H4720"\w* \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* worship. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* pull \w down|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* 
\q2 \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Jerusalem. 
\q1 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* \w shouted|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* joy \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Temple|strong="H1004"\w*. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* though \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w festival|strong="H4150"\w*. 
\q1
\v 8 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w planned|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* 
\q2 \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* marked \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H5186"\w* measuring line. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w himself|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w destroying|strong="H7843"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3162"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* cry \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* sadness. 
\q2 \w Together|strong="H3162"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w wasted|strong="H7843"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w*. 
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\q1
\v 9 Jerusalem’s \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* \w sunk|strong="H2883"\w* \w into|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\q2 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w her|strong="H1571"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w are|strong="H5030"\w* completely \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w*. 
\q1 \w Her|strong="H1571"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w taken|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H0369"\w* \w other|strong="H0369"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*. 
\q2 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w teaching|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* stopped. 
\q1 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H1571"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* receive 
\q2 \w visions|strong="H2377"\w* \w from|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
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\q1
\v 10 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w are|strong="H0776"\w* quiet. 
\q1 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* pour \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H2296"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*. 
\q1 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* young \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* 
\q2 bow \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w sorrow|strong="H5921"\w*. 
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\q1
\v 11 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* worn \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w tears|strong="H1832"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* insides \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w upset|strong="H5869"\w*. 
\q1 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w heart|strong="H4578"\w* feels \w like|strong="H0776"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w has|strong="H0776"\w* \w been|strong="H3615"\w* \w poured|strong="H8210"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*; 
\q2 \w I|strong="H0776"\w* \w feel|strong="H5869"\w* this \w way|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. 
\q1 \w Children|strong="H5768"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* babies \w are|strong="H5869"\w* fainting 
\q2 \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* public \w squares|strong="H7339"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w*. 
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\v 12 \w They|strong="H0559"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w* \w their|strong="H0413"\w* \w mothers|strong="H0517"\w*, 
\q2 “\w Where|strong="H0346"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* bread \w and|strong="H3196"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*?” 
\q2 \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w they|strong="H0559"\w* \w pour|strong="H8210"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w their|strong="H0413"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H0413"\w* \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* laps. 
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\v 13 \w My|strong="H3588"\w* dear \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* say about \w you|strong="H3588"\w*? 
\q2 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w compare|strong="H1819"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w*? 
\q1 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* say \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w like|strong="H1819"\w*? 
\q2 \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, city \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*? 
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1323"\w* been hurt \w much|strong="H4100"\w* too badly 
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w*. 
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\q1
\v 14 \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w saw|strong="H2372"\w* \w visions|strong="H7723"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, 
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w visions|strong="H7723"\w* \w were|strong="H5030"\w* only \w worthless|strong="H7723"\w* \w lies|strong="H7723"\w*. 
\q1 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* speak \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w*. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* try \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w make|strong="H7725"\w* \w things|strong="H1540"\w* \w better|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\q1 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* spoke \w messages|strong="H2372"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, 
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H5030"\w* \w false|strong="H7723"\w* \w messages|strong="H2372"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* fooled \w you|strong="H5921"\w*. 
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\q1
\v 15 \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* 
\q2 \w clap|strong="H5606"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* laugh \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. 
\q1 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* make fun \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, 
\q2 shaking \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sight \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*. 
\q1 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H0776"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0776"\w* \w called|strong="H0559"\w* 
\q2 ‘\w The|strong="H3605"\w* Most \w Beautiful|strong="H3308"\w* City’ 
\q2 \w and|strong="H0776"\w* ‘\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Joy|strong="H4885"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Earth’?” 
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\v 16 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* laugh \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w whistle|strong="H8319"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* grind \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. 
\q1 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w swallowed|strong="H1104"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H7200"\w*! 
\q2 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* hoping \w for|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\q2 \w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* finally \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w happen|strong="H4672"\w*!” 
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\q1
\v 17 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w planned|strong="H2161"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* said \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w ago|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2040"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w pity|strong="H2550"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* happened \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w strong|strong="H7161"\w*. 
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\v 18 \w Cry|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H0413"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* all \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*\f + \fr 2:18  \fk Cry out … heart \ft Or “Their hearts cried out.”\f* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*! 
\q2 Jerusalem, \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w tears|strong="H1832"\w* roll \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w*. 
\q2 \w Let|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w tears|strong="H1832"\w* \w flow|strong="H3381"\w* \w like|strong="H3381"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w stream|strong="H5158"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. 
\q1 \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w stop|strong="H0408"\w* \w crying|strong="H6817"\w* 
\q2 \w or|strong="H0408"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* dry. 
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\q1
\v 19 \w Get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w cry|strong="H7442"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w help|strong="H6965"\w*. 
\q2 \w Let|strong="H5315"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w sorrow|strong="H5921"\w* \w pour|strong="H8210"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w like|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. 
\q1 \w Lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* prayer \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\q2 Ask \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w let|strong="H5315"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H5768"\w* live. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* starving \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w death|strong="H5315"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w street|strong="H2351"\w* \w corner|strong="H7218"\w*. 
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\v 20 \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*! 
\q2 \w Have|strong="H5030"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w ever|strong="H4310"\w* treated \w anyone|strong="H7200"\w* else \w so|strong="H3541"\w* badly? 
\q1 \w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w* right \w for|strong="H0518"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* own \w babies|strong="H0802"\w*, 
\q2 \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w they|strong="H0518"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* cared \w for|strong="H0518"\w*? 
\q1 \w Should|strong="H0518"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* 
\q2 \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w Temple|strong="H4720"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*? 
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\v 21 \w Young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* 
\q2 \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* city. 
\q1 \w My|strong="H3808"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w women|strong="H1330"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* 
\q2 \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. 
\q1 \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w them|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*. 
\q2 \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w them|strong="H5307"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2550"\w*! 
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\v 22 \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w invited|strong="H7121"\w* \w terror|strong="H4032"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H5439"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w*. 
\q2 \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w invited|strong="H7121"\w* \w terror|strong="H4032"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* though \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* inviting \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w festival|strong="H4150"\w*. 
\q1 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* escaped \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*. 
\q2 \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* killed \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* raised \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H1961"\w*. 
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\c  3  
\s1 The Meaning of Suffering 
\q1
\v 1 \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w who|strong="H1397"\w* has \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* much trouble. 
\q2 God beat \w us|strong="H7200"\w* \w with|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* stick, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* happen. 
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\v 2 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w led|strong="H5090"\w* \w and|strong="H0853"\w* \w brought|strong="H5090"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w* 
\q2 into \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w*. 
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\v 3 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w against|strong="H3027"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H3117"\w* \w this|strong="H3117"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. 
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\v 4 He wore \w out|strong="H1086"\w* \w my|strong="H7665"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w and|strong="H7665"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w*. 
\q2 He \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w my|strong="H7665"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*. 
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\v 5 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w bitterness|strong="H7219"\w* \w and|strong="H1129"\w* trouble \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* surrounded \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w bitterness|strong="H7219"\w* \w and|strong="H1129"\w* trouble. 
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\v 6 He \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w dark|strong="H4285"\w*, 
\q2 \w like|strong="H3427"\w* \w someone|strong="H4191"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w long|strong="H5769"\w* \w ago|strong="H5769"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* shut \w me|strong="H1157"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w put|strong="H3318"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w* \w chains|strong="H5178"\w* \w on|strong="H1157"\w* \w me|strong="H1157"\w*. 
\q1
\v 8 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w and|strong="H1571"\w* ask \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w help|strong="H7768"\w*, 
\q2 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="H2199"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w*. 
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\v 9 He has \w blocked|strong="H1443"\w* up \w my|strong="H1443"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* \w with|strong="H1870"\w* \w stones|strong="H1496"\w*. 
\q2 He has made \w my|strong="H1443"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* crooked. 
\q1
\v 10 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w like|strong="H0738"\w* \w a|strong="H1931"\w* \w bear|strong="H1677"\w* about \w to|strong="H0693"\w* attack me, 
\q2 \w like|strong="H0738"\w* \w a|strong="H1931"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H0693"\w* \w a|strong="H1931"\w* \w hiding|strong="H4565"\w* \w place|strong="H4565"\w*. 
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\v 11 \w He|strong="H7760"\w* led \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w off|strong="H5493"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H7760"\w* tore \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w pieces|strong="H6582"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* ruined \w me|strong="H7760"\w*. 
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\v 12 He made \w his|strong="H1869"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* ready. 
\q2 He made \w me|strong="H5324"\w* \w the|strong="H1869"\w* \w target|strong="H4307"\w* for \w his|strong="H1869"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*. 
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\v 13 \w He|strong="H0935"\w* shot \w me|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* stomach 
\q2 \w with|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H0935"\w* \w arrows|strong="H1121"\w*. 
\q1
\v 14 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w joke|strong="H7814"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. 
\q2 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* sing \w songs|strong="H5058"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* make fun \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*. 
\q1
\v 15 He gave \w me|strong="H7301"\w* this poison \w to|strong="H7646"\w* \w drink|strong="H7301"\w*. 
\q2 He \w filled|strong="H7646"\w* \w me|strong="H7301"\w* \w with|strong="H7646"\w* this \w bitter|strong="H4844"\w* \w drink|strong="H7301"\w*. 
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\v 16 He pushed \w my|strong="H1638"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* into rocky ground. 
\q2 He pushed me into the dirt. 
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\v 17 \w I|strong="H5315"\w* thought \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w would|strong="H5315"\w* never \w have|strong="H7965"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* again. 
\q2 \w I|strong="H5315"\w* forgot about \w good|strong="H2896"\w* things. 
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\v 18 \w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* myself, “\w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w no|strong="H0006"\w* longer \w have|strong="H3068"\w* any \w hope|strong="H8431"\w* 
\q2 \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* help me.” 
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\v 19 \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w*, \w I|strong="H2142"\w* am very sad, 
\q2 \w and|strong="H2142"\w* \w I|strong="H2142"\w* have no home. 
\q2 \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* bitter \w poison|strong="H7219"\w* \w that|strong="H2142"\w* \w you|strong="H2142"\w* gave \w me|strong="H2142"\w*. 
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\v 20 \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w well|strong="H2142"\w* all \w my|strong="H5921"\w* troubles, 
\q2 \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* am very sad. 
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\v 21 \w But|strong="H3651"\w* \w then|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H3176"\w* \w hope|strong="H3176"\w*: 
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\v 22 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* still alive \w because|strong="H3588"\w* 
\q2 \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w faithful|strong="H2617"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* ends. 
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\v 23 \w Every|strong="H1242"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w he|strong="H1242"\w* shows \w it|strong="H1242"\w* \w in|strong="H0530"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* ways! 
\q2 \w You|strong="H1242"\w* are so \w very|strong="H7227"\w* true \w and|strong="H1242"\w* loyal! 
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\v 24 \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w myself|strong="H5315"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* trust \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.”\f + \fr 3:24  \fk The LORD … him \ft Or “The LORD is my portion and I trust him.”\f* 
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\v 25 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w wait|strong="H6960"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H2896"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w look|strong="H6960"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H2896"\w*. 
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\v 26 \w It|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* wait quietly 
\q2 \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* save \w them|strong="H3068"\w*. 
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\v 27 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w to|strong="H3588"\w* wear \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* 
\q2 \w from|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* time \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* young. 
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\v 28 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w alone|strong="H0910"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* quiet 
\q2 \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Lord puts \w his|strong="H5921"\w* yoke \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. 
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\v 29 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w should|strong="H0194"\w* bow \w down|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Lord. 
\q2 \w Maybe|strong="H0194"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* still \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*. 
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\v 30 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* should \w turn|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w cheek|strong="H3895"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* one \w who|strong="H5221"\w* hits \w him|strong="H5414"\w* 
\q2 \w and|strong="H5221"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* people \w insult|strong="H2781"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. 
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\v 31 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* remember \w that|strong="H3588"\w* 
\q2 \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w reject|strong="H2186"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*. 
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\v 32 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* punishes, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H7230"\w* \w his|strong="H0518"\w* \w great|strong="H7230"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* and \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w*. 
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\v 33 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* enjoy causing \w people|strong="H0376"\w* pain. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0376"\w* \w make|strong="H3588"\w* \w anyone|strong="H0376"\w* unhappy. 
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\v 34 \w He|strong="H7272"\w* does \w not|strong="H0776"\w* \w like|strong="H0776"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w prisoner|strong="H0615"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* 
\q2 \w to|strong="H0776"\w* \w be|strong="H0776"\w* trampled down. 
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\v 35 \w He|strong="H5186"\w* \w does|strong="H6440"\w* not \w like|strong="H6440"\w* anyone \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w be|strong="H1397"\w* unfair \w to|strong="H6440"\w* another person. 
\q2 Some \w people|strong="H1397"\w* \w will|strong="H4941"\w* do such things \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* God Most \w High|strong="H5186"\w*. 
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\v 36 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w anyone|strong="H0120"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w cheat|strong="H5791"\w* \w another|strong="H0120"\w* \w person|strong="H0120"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H0120"\w* \w of|strong="H0136"\w* these \w things|strong="H3808"\w*. 
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\v 37 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* something \w and|strong="H2088"\w* make \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*, 
\q2 \w unless|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w orders|strong="H6680"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w*. 
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\v 38 \w God|strong="H3808"\w* Most High commands 
\q2 both \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* happen. 
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\v 39 No \w one|strong="H0120"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w complain|strong="H0596"\w* 
\q2 \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* punishes \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w sins|strong="H2399"\w*. 
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\v 40 Let \w us|strong="H7725"\w* check \w and|strong="H3068"\w* see \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w we|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* done. 
\q2 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* let \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
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\v 41 Let \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w our|strong="H0413"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w our|strong="H0413"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* 
\q2 \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w of|strong="H3709"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*. 
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\v 42 \w Let|strong="H3808"\w* us say \w to|strong="H3808"\w* him, “\w We|strong="H5168"\w* \w have|strong="H0859"\w* sinned \w and|strong="H6586"\w* \w have|strong="H0859"\w* \w been|strong="H6586"\w* stubborn. 
\q2 Because \w of|strong="H3808"\w* this, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0859"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w forgiven|strong="H5545"\w* us. 
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\v 43 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* wrapped yourself \w with|strong="H0639"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*. 
\q2 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* us. 
\q2 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* us \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2550"\w*! 
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\v 44 You wrapped yourself in a \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w* 
\q2 \w so|strong="H5674"\w* \w that|strong="H5674"\w* no \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* could get \w through|strong="H5674"\w*. 
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\v 45 \w You|strong="H7760"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w us|strong="H7760"\w* \w like|strong="H7760"\w* garbage \w and|strong="H7130"\w* dirt 
\q2 \w to|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* other \w nations|strong="H5971"\w*. 
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\v 46 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* 
\q2 \w speak|strong="H6310"\w* angrily \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*. 
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\v 47 We \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* frightened. 
\q2 We \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w fallen|strong="H1961"\w* \w into|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w pit|strong="H6354"\w*. 
\q1 We \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* badly hurt. 
\q2 We \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w broken|strong="H7667"\w*.” 
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\v 48 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w flow|strong="H3381"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w streams|strong="H6388"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w tears|strong="H6388"\w*. 
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* cry \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. 
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\v 49 \w My|strong="H3808"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w flow|strong="H5064"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w stopping|strong="H2014"\w*. 
\q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* keep \w on|strong="H5869"\w* crying. 
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\v 50 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5704"\w* cry 
\q2 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w down|strong="H8259"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*! 
\q1 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5704"\w* cry 
\q2 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*. 
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\v 51 \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* make \w me|strong="H5315"\w* sad, when \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w see|strong="H5869"\w* 
\q2 what happened \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* young \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. 
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\v 52 \w For|strong="H6679"\w* no reason, 
\q2 my \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w hunted|strong="H6679"\w* \w me|strong="H2600"\w* like \w a|strong="H2600"\w* \w bird|strong="H6833"\w*. 
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\v 53 They threw \w me|strong="H6789"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \w into|strong="H0068"\w* \w a|strong="H3034"\w* \w pit|strong="H0953"\w* 
\q2 \w and|strong="H0068"\w* then threw \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w at|strong="H3034"\w* \w me|strong="H6789"\w*. 
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\v 54 \w Water|strong="H4325"\w* \w came|strong="H0559"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*. 
\q2 \w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* myself, “\w I|strong="H0559"\w* am finished.” 
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\v 55 \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* 
\q2 \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* bottom \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w pit|strong="H0953"\w*. 
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\v 56 \w You|strong="H6963"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*. 
\q2 \w You|strong="H6963"\w* didn’t \w close|strong="H5956"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*. 
\q2 \w You|strong="H6963"\w* didn’t refuse \w to|strong="H8085"\w* rescue \w me|strong="H6963"\w*. 
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\v 57 \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w came|strong="H7126"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* out \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\q2 \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*.” 
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\v 58 \w You|strong="H5315"\w* defended \w me|strong="H5315"\w* 
\q2 \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w bought|strong="H1350"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w back|strong="H1350"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*. 
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\v 59 \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* trouble. 
\q2 Now \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w case|strong="H4941"\w* \w for|strong="H4941"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*. 
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\v 60 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* how \w my|strong="H3605"\w* enemies \w have|strong="H7200"\w* hurt \w me|strong="H7200"\w*. 
\q2 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* evil \w plans|strong="H4284"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w against|strong="H3605"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*. 
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\v 61 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w insult|strong="H2781"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\q2 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* evil \w plans|strong="H4284"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w made|strong="H8085"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. 
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\v 62 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H8193"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* thoughts \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6965"\w* 
\q2 \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*— 
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\v 63 \w when|strong="H3427"\w* they \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w when|strong="H3427"\w* they \w stand|strong="H3427"\w* \w up|strong="H3427"\w*. 
\q2 \w Look|strong="H5027"\w* how they make fun \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w me|strong="H0589"\w*! 
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\v 64 \w Give|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w what|strong="H4639"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* deserve, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\q2 \w Pay|strong="H1576"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w what|strong="H4639"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H4639"\w*. 
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\v 65 \w Make|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* stubborn 
\q2 \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w then|strong="H5414"\w* \w curse|strong="H8381"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. 
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\v 66 \w Chase|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H7291"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w them|strong="H7291"\w*. 
\q2 \w Wipe|strong="H8045"\w* \w them|strong="H7291"\w* off \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w face|strong="H0639"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*! 
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\c  4  
\s1 The Horrors of the Attack on Jerusalem 
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\v 1 See \w how|strong="H0349"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* grown \w dark|strong="H6004"\w*, 
\q2 \w how|strong="H0349"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pure|strong="H2896"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w changed|strong="H8132"\w*. 
\q1 \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H0068"\w* \w jewels|strong="H6944"\w*\f + \fr 4:1  \fk jewels \ft The meaning of the Hebrew word here is uncertain.\f* scattered \w all|strong="H3605"\w* around 
\q2 \w at|strong="H7218"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w street|strong="H2351"\w* \w corner|strong="H7218"\w*. 
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\v 2 \w The|strong="H3027"\w* \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* 
\q2 \w were|strong="H1121"\w* once worth more than \w gold|strong="H6337"\w*. 
\q1 \w But|strong="H0349"\w* \w now|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* treated \w like|strong="H1121"\w* something worthless, 
\q2 \w like|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* cheap \w clay|strong="H2789"\w* jars \w a|strong="H2803"\w* \w potter|strong="H3335"\w* makes. 
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\v 3 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* wild dog feeds \w her|strong="H1571"\w* babies. 
\q2 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* jackal lets \w her|strong="H1571"\w* pups \w suck|strong="H3243"\w* \w at|strong="H1571"\w* \w her|strong="H1571"\w* \w breast|strong="H7699"\w*. 
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*\f + \fr 4:3  \fk daughter of my people \ft Another name for Jerusalem. Also in verse 6.\f* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w cruel|strong="H0393"\w*. 
\q2 \w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w like|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ostrich \w in|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* forgets \w its|strong="H3588"\w* eggs \w in|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* sand. 
\q1
\v 4 Babies \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w so|strong="H0369"\w* \w thirsty|strong="H6772"\w* 
\q2 \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w tongues|strong="H3956"\w* \w stick|strong="H1692"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w roof|strong="H2441"\w* \w of|strong="H3899"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* mouths. 
\q1 Young \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, 
\q2 \w but|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* gives \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w any|strong="H0369"\w*. 
\q1
\v 5 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* who \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* rich \w food|strong="H0398"\w* 
\q2 \w are|strong="H8074"\w* now dying \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*. 
\q1 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* who grew \w up|strong="H5921"\w* wearing nice red clothes 
\q2 now pick \w through|strong="H5921"\w* garbage piles. 
\q1
\v 6 \w The|strong="H3027"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H3027"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* very \w great|strong="H1431"\w*. 
\q2 \w Their|strong="H3808"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w greater|strong="H1431"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* Gomorrah. 
\q1 \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* Gomorrah \w were|strong="H1323"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2015"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H7281"\w*. 
\q2 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w human|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* caused \w their|strong="H3808"\w* destruction.\f + \fr 4:6  \fk No human hand … destruction \ft The Hebrew text here is hard to understand.\f* 
\q1
\v 7 Some \w of|strong="H6106"\w* the men \w of|strong="H6106"\w* Judah \w were|strong="H5139"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H5139"\w* \w to|strong="H5139"\w* God \w in|strong="H7950"\w* a special way. 
\q2 They \w were|strong="H5139"\w* \w very|strong="H6106"\w* \w pure|strong="H2141"\w*. 
\q1 They \w were|strong="H5139"\w* \w whiter|strong="H6705"\w* than \w snow|strong="H7950"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="H2461"\w* \w whiter|strong="H6705"\w* than \w milk|strong="H2461"\w*. 
\q1 Their bodies \w were|strong="H5139"\w* \w red|strong="H0119"\w* \w like|strong="H7950"\w* coral 
\q2 \w and|strong="H2461"\w* their beards \w like|strong="H7950"\w* \w sapphire|strong="H5601"\w* stones. 
\q1
\v 8 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* faces \w are|strong="H6106"\w* \w blacker|strong="H2821"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w soot|strong="H7815"\w*. 
\q2 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* recognizes \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*. 
\q1 \w Their|strong="H5921"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* wrinkled \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*. 
\q2 \w Their|strong="H5921"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*. 
\q1
\v 9 \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H1961"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* who \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H2491"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* 
\q2 \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H1961"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* who died \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w*. 
\q1 \w Those|strong="H1992"\w* starving people \w were|strong="H1961"\w* sad \w and|strong="H2719"\w* hurt. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* died because \w they|strong="H1992"\w* got no food \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*. 
\q1
\v 10 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* even nice \w women|strong="H0802"\w* 
\q2 cooked \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w*. 
\q1 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w food|strong="H1262"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* mothers. 
\q2 This \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* destroyed. 
\q1
\v 11 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w used|strong="H3615"\w* \w all|strong="H0398"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w poured|strong="H8210"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w all|strong="H0398"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* made \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* 
\q2 \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H3341"\w* \w it|strong="H0398"\w* \w down|strong="H3341"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w foundations|strong="H3247"\w*. 
\q1
\v 12 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w believe|strong="H0539"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w happened|strong="H0935"\w*. 
\q2 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w world|strong="H8398"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w believe|strong="H0539"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w happened|strong="H0935"\w*. 
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w believe|strong="H0539"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* 
\q2 \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w through|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\q1
\v 13 This happened \w because|strong="H5771"\w* \w the|strong="H7130"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* 
\q2 \w of|strong="H1818"\w* Jerusalem \w sinned|strong="H2403"\w*. 
\q1 This happened \w because|strong="H5771"\w* \w the|strong="H7130"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* 
\q2 \w of|strong="H1818"\w* Jerusalem did \w evil|strong="H5771"\w* things. 
\q1 \w They|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H5030"\w* \w shedding|strong="H8210"\w* \w the|strong="H7130"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1818"\w* good \w people|strong="H1818"\w* 
\q2 \w in|strong="H7130"\w* \w the|strong="H7130"\w* city \w of|strong="H1818"\w* Jerusalem. 
\q1
\v 14 \w The|strong="H5060"\w* prophets \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w priests|strong="H3808"\w* walked \w around|strong="H5128"\w* 
\q2 \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* \w men|strong="H5787"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*. 
\q1 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H3808"\w* become dirty \w with|strong="H1351"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*. 
\q2 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* \w their|strong="H5060"\w* \w clothes|strong="H3830"\w* because \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H3201"\w* dirty. 
\q1
\v 15 \w People|strong="H1471"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w*! 
\q2 \w Go|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w*! \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*.” 
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w wandered|strong="H5128"\w* \w around|strong="H5128"\w* \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* home. 
\q2 \w People|strong="H1471"\w* \w in|strong="H5493"\w* other \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, 
\q2 “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* want \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w live|strong="H1481"\w* \w with|strong="H1571"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*.” 
\q1
\v 16 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w himself|strong="H6440"\w* destroyed \w them|strong="H6440"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w look|strong="H5027"\w* after \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w anymore|strong="H3254"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w respect|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* friendly \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Judah. 
\q1
\v 17 We \w have|strong="H5869"\w* worn \w out|strong="H0413"\w* \w our|strong="H0413"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* looking \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w help|strong="H5833"\w*, 
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w help|strong="H5833"\w* comes. 
\q1 We kept \w on|strong="H0413"\w* looking \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H3808"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\q2 We kept \w watch|strong="H6822"\w* \w from|strong="H0413"\w* \w our|strong="H0413"\w* watchtower, 
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w came|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\q1
\v 18 \w Our|strong="H3588"\w* enemies \w hunted|strong="H6679"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\q2 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* could \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w out|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w streets|strong="H7339"\w*. 
\q1 \w Our|strong="H3588"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w*. \w Our|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w up|strong="H0935"\w*. 
\q2 \w Our|strong="H3588"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*! 
\q1
\v 19 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* men who \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* 
\q2 \w were|strong="H1961"\w* faster \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w eagles|strong="H5404"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*. 
\q1 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* hid \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* catch \w us|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\q1
\v 20 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* king \w was|strong="H0834"\w* very important \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w us|strong="H0559"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w like|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* breathe, 
\q2 \w but|strong="H0559"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* trapped \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H0559"\w*. 
\q1 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* himself chose \w the|strong="H0559"\w* king, 
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* about \w the|strong="H0559"\w* king, 
\q1 “\w We|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* protects \w us|strong="H0559"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.” 
\b
\q1
\v 21 \w Be|strong="H1571"\w* \w happy|strong="H8056"\w*, \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*. 
\q2 \w Be|strong="H1571"\w* \w happy|strong="H8056"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Uz|strong="H5780"\w*. 
\q1 \w But|strong="H1571"\w* remember, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Lord’s anger \w will|strong="H0776"\w* come \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w too|strong="H1571"\w*. 
\q2 \w When|strong="H5674"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* drink \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H0776"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w*, 
\q2 \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* get \w drunk|strong="H7937"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* strip \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H1571"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* clothes. 
\q1
\v 22 \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w punishment|strong="H5771"\w* \w is|strong="H5771"\w* \w complete|strong="H8552"\w*, \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*. 
\q2 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H1540"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w captivity|strong="H1540"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w*. 
\q1 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Lord \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*, \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w uncover|strong="H1540"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*. 
\b
\c  5  
\s1 A Prayer to the Lord 
\q1
\v 1 \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w*. 
\q2 \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w shame|strong="H2781"\w*. 
\q1
\v 2 Our \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w has|strong="H5159"\w* been \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w over|strong="H2015"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w*. 
\q2 Our \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w have|strong="H1004"\w* been given \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H2114"\w*. 
\q1
\v 3 We \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w*. 
\q2 We \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*. 
\q2 \w Our|strong="H1961"\w* \w mothers|strong="H0517"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w widows|strong="H0490"\w*. 
\q1
\v 4 We \w have|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* buy \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* we \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*. 
\q2 We \w have|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w pay|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* we use. 
\q1
\v 5 We \w are|strong="H3808"\w* forced \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w wear|strong="H3021"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* yoke \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w necks|strong="H6677"\w*. 
\q2 We \w get|strong="H3021"\w* \w tired|strong="H3021"\w*, \w and|strong="H6677"\w* we \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*. 
\q1
\v 6 We \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* agreement \w with|strong="H7646"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4713"\w*. 
\q2 We also \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* agreement \w with|strong="H7646"\w* \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w get|strong="H7646"\w* \w enough|strong="H7646"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*. 
\q1
\v 7 \w Our|strong="H0001"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w you|strong="H0001"\w*, \w and|strong="H0001"\w* \w now|strong="H0369"\w* \w they|strong="H0369"\w* \w are|strong="H0369"\w* dead. 
\q2 \w And|strong="H0001"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H0369"\w* suffering \w because|strong="H2398"\w* \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w their|strong="H0369"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w*. 
\q1
\v 8 \w Slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* become \w our|strong="H5650"\w* \w rulers|strong="H4910"\w*. 
\q2 \w No|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* \w can|strong="H0369"\w* save \w us|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*. 
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\v 9 \w We|strong="H5315"\w* risk \w our|strong="H0935"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w get|strong="H0935"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*. 
\q2 There \w are|strong="H5315"\w* men \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w with|strong="H0935"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*. 
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\v 10 \w Our|strong="H6440"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w hot|strong="H3648"\w* \w like|strong="H6440"\w* \w an|strong="H6440"\w* \w oven|strong="H8574"\w*. 
\q2 We have \w a|strong="H6440"\w* high fever \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w our|strong="H6440"\w* \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w*. 
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\v 11 \w The|strong="H5892"\w* enemy raped \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w of|strong="H0802"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*. 
\q2 They raped \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w in|strong="H0802"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H0802"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. 
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\v 12 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* enemy \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w* \w our|strong="H8518"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w honor|strong="H1921"\w* \w our|strong="H8518"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*. 
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\v 13 \w The|strong="H5375"\w* enemy \w made|strong="H6086"\w* our \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* grind grain \w at|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* mill. 
\q2 Our \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w stumbled|strong="H3782"\w* \w under|strong="H3782"\w* loads \w of|strong="H6086"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*. 
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H8179"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* no longer sit \w at|strong="H8179"\w* \w the|strong="H8179"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w the|strong="H8179"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w*. 
\q2 \w The|strong="H8179"\w* \w young|strong="H0970"\w* \w men|strong="H0970"\w* no longer make \w music|strong="H5058"\w*. 
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\v 15 We have no more \w joy|strong="H4885"\w* \w in|strong="H4885"\w* our \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w*. 
\q2 Our \w dancing|strong="H4234"\w* \w has|strong="H3820"\w* \w changed|strong="H2015"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* crying \w for|strong="H0060"\w* \w the|strong="H2015"\w* dead. 
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w from|strong="H5307"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*. 
\q2 \w Things|strong="H7218"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w gone|strong="H5307"\w* bad \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*. 
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\v 17 \w For|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w reason|strong="H5921"\w*, \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* sick, 
\q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* cannot \w see|strong="H5869"\w* clearly. 
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\v 18 \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w is|strong="H6726"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* wasteland. 
\q2 \w Foxes|strong="H7776"\w* \w run|strong="H1980"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*. 
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\v 19 \w But|strong="H0859"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w rule|strong="H3427"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\q2 \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* kingly \w chair|strong="H3678"\w* lasts \w forever|strong="H5769"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*. 
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\v 20 \w You|strong="H3117"\w* seem \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w* \w forever|strong="H5331"\w*. 
\q2 \w You|strong="H3117"\w* seem \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w* alone \w for|strong="H3117"\w* such \w a|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H0753"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*. 
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\v 21 \w Bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\q2 \w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* gladly \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\q2 \w Make|strong="H7725"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* lives \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H0413"\w*. 
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\v 22 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H5921"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\q2 \w Have|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w completely|strong="H3966"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*? 