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Adonai resolved to destroy the wall of the daughter of Tziyon. He measured it with his line and did not stay his hand until it was all in ruins. He brought grief to rampart and wall; together they lie dejected.

Adonai has done what he planned, he has fulfilled his promise, which he decreed in ancient times. He has destroyed without pity, he has let the enemy gloat over you and filled your foes with pride.

I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his fury,

Against me alone he turns his hand again and again, all day.

He has bent his bow and used me as a target for his arrows.

He has pierced my vital organs with shafts from his quiver.

that the grace of Adonai is not exhausted, that his compassion has not ended.

It is good for a man to bear the yoke from his youth.

Let him offer his cheek to the one who strikes it, and receive his fill of insults.

He may cause grief, but he will take pity, in keeping with the greatness of his grace.

Why should anyone alive complain, even a strong man, about the punishment for his sins?

Adonai has finished with his fury, he has poured out his blazing wrath; he kindled a fire in Tziyon that consumed its very foundations.

Adonai 's anointed, our life-breath, was caught in their pits; though of him we had said, "Under his protection, we can live among the nations."

Under the dome each had a pair of wings spread out straight toward those of others, and each had a pair which covered his body.

I saw what looked like gleaming, amber-colored fire radiating from what appeared to be his waist upward. Downward from what appeared to be his waist, I saw what looked like fire, giving a brilliant light all around him.

A spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a very loud sound — blessed be the glory of Adonai from his place!

If I say to a wicked person, ‘You will certainly die'; and you fail to warn him, to speak and warn the wicked person to leave his wicked way and save his life; then that wicked person will die guilty; and I will hold you responsible for his death.

On the other hand, if you warn the wicked person, and he doesn't turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, then he will still die guilty; but you will have saved your own life.

Similarly, when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and commits wickedness, I will place a stumblingblock before him — he will die; because you failed to warn him, he will die in his sin; his righteous acts which he did will not be remembered; and I will hold you responsible for his death.

For the seller will not return to what he sold, even if he is still alive; for though the vision was brought to all her many people, nobody repented. Each kept living his own wicked life; they weren't strong enough [to repent].