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the Week of Proper 5 / Ordinary 10
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Passage Lookup: Lamentations 1:1-3:36

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Lamentations 1:1
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How (a)lonely sits the city That was (b)full of people! She has become like a (c)widow Who was once (d)great among the nations! She who was a princess among the [a]provinces Has become a (e)forced laborer!
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Lamentations 1:2
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She (f)weeps bitterly in the night And her tears are on her cheeks; She has none to comfort her Among all her (g)lovers. All her friends have (h)dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies.
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Lamentations 1:3
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(i)Judah has gone into exile [b]under affliction And [c]under [d]harsh servitude; She dwells (j)among the nations, But she has found no rest; All (k)her pursuers have overtaken her In the midst of [e]distress.
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Lamentations 1:4
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The roads [f]of Zion are in mourning Because (l)no one comes to the appointed feasts. All her gates are (m)desolate; Her priests are groaning, Her (n)virgins are afflicted, And she herself [g]is (o)bitter.
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Lamentations 1:5
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Her adversaries have become [h]her masters, Her enemies [i]prosper; For the Lord has (p)caused her grief Because of the multitude of her transgressions; Her little ones have gone away As captives before the adversary.
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Lamentations 1:6
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All her (q)majesty Has departed from the daughter of Zion; Her princes have become like deer That have found no pasture; And they have [j](r)fled without strength Before the pursuer.
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Lamentations 1:7
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In the days of her affliction and homelessness (s)Jerusalem remembers all her precious things That were from the days of old, When her people fell into the hand of the adversary And (t)no one helped her. The adversaries saw her, They (u)mocked at her [k]ruin.
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Lamentations 1:8
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Jerusalem sinned (v)greatly, Therefore (w)she has become an unclean thing. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Even (x)she herself groans and turns away.
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Lamentations 1:9
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Her (y)uncleanness was in her skirts; She [l]did not consider her (z)future. Therefore she has [m](aa)fallen astonishingly; (ab)She has no comforter. "(ac)See, O Lord , my affliction, For the enemy has (ad)magnified himself!"
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Lamentations 1:10
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The adversary has stretched out his hand Over all her precious things, For she has seen the (ae)nations enter her sanctuary, The ones whom You commanded That they should (af)not enter into Your congregation.
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Lamentations 1:11
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All her people groan (ag)seeking bread; They have given their precious things for food To (ah)restore their [n]lives themselves. "See, O Lord , and look, For I am (ai)despised."
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Lamentations 1:12
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"Is (aj)it nothing to all you who pass this way? Look and see if there is any [o]pain like my [p]pain Which was severely dealt out to me, Which the (ak) Lord inflicted on the day of His (al)fierce anger.
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Lamentations 1:13
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"From on high He sent fire into my (am)bones, And it [q]prevailed over them. He has spread a (an)net for my feet; He has turned me back; He has made me (ao)desolate, [r]Faint all day long.
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Lamentations 1:14
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"The (ap)yoke of my transgressions is bound; By His hand they are knit together. They have (aq)come upon my neck; He has made my strength [s]fail. The Lord (ar)has given me into the hands Of those against whom I am not able to stand.
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Lamentations 1:15
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"The (as)Lord has rejected all my strong men In my midst; He has called an appointed [t]time against me To crush my (at)young men; The Lord has (au)trodden as in a wine press The virgin daughter of Judah.
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Lamentations 1:16
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"For these things I (av)weep; [u]My eyes run down with water; Because far from me is a (aw)comforter, One who restores my soul. My children are desolate Because the enemy has prevailed."
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Lamentations 1:17
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Zion (ax)stretches out her hands; There is no one to comfort her; The Lord has (ay)commanded concerning Jacob That the ones round about him should be his adversaries; (az)Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
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Lamentations 1:18
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"The Lord is (ba)righteous; For I have (bb)rebelled against His [v]command; Hear now, all peoples, And (bc)behold my [w]pain; (bd)My virgins and my young men Have gone into captivity.
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Lamentations 1:19
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"I (be)called to my lovers, but they deceived me; My (bf)priests and my elders perished in the city While they sought food to (bg)restore [x]their strength themselves.
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Lamentations 1:20
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"See, O Lord , for I am in distress; My [y](bh)spirit is greatly troubled; My heart is overturned within me, For I have been very (bi)rebellious. In the street the sword [z]slays; In the house it is like death.
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Lamentations 1:21
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"They have heard that I (bj)groan; There is no one to comfort me; All my enemies have heard of my [aa]calamity; They are (bk)glad that You have done it. Oh, that You would bring the day which You have proclaimed, That they may become (bl)like me.
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Lamentations 1:22
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"Let all their wickedness come before You; And (bm)deal with them as You have dealt with me For all my transgressions; For my groans are many and my heart is faint."
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Lamentations 2:1
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How the Lord has (a)covered the daughter of Zion With a cloud in His anger! He has (b)cast from heaven to earth The (c)glory of Israel, And has not remembered His (d)footstool In the day of His anger.
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Lamentations 2:2
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The Lord has (e)swallowed up; He has not spared All the habitations of Jacob. In His wrath He has (f)thrown down The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has (g)brought them down to the ground; He has (h)profaned the kingdom and its princes.
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Lamentations 2:3
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In fierce anger He has cut off [a]All the (i)strength of Israel; He has (j)drawn back His right hand From before the enemy. And He has (k)burned in Jacob like a flaming fire Consuming round about.
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Lamentations 2:4
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He has bent His (l)bow like an enemy; He has set His right hand like an adversary And slain all that were (m)pleasant to the eye; In the tent of the daughter of Zion He has (n)poured out His wrath like fire.
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Lamentations 2:5
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The Lord has become like an (o)enemy. He has (p)swallowed up Israel; He has swallowed up all its (q)palaces, He has destroyed its strongholds And (r)multiplied in the daughter of Judah Mourning and moaning.
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Lamentations 2:6
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And He has violently treated His [b]tabernacle like a garden booth; He has (s)destroyed His appointed [c]meeting place. The Lord has (t)caused to be forgotten The appointed feast and sabbath in Zion, And He has (u)despised king and priest In the indignation of His anger.
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Lamentations 2:7
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The Lord has (v)rejected His altar, He has abandoned His sanctuary; He (w)has delivered into the hand of the enemy The walls of her palaces. They have made a (x)noise in the house of the Lord As in the day of an appointed feast.
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Lamentations 2:8
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The Lord [d]determined to destroy The wall of the daughter of Zion. He has (y)stretched out a line, He has not restrained His hand from [e]destroying, And He has (z)caused rampart and wall to lament; They have languished together.
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Lamentations 2:9
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Her (aa)gates have sunk into the ground, He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations; The (ab)law is no more. Also, her prophets find (ac)No vision from the Lord .
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Lamentations 2:10
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The elders of the daughter of Zion (ad)Sit on the ground, they (ae)are silent. They have thrown (af)dust on their heads; They have girded themselves with (ag)sackcloth. The (ah)virgins of Jerusalem Have bowed their heads to the ground.
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Lamentations 2:11
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My (ai)eyes fail because of tears, My [f](aj)spirit is greatly troubled; My [g](ak)heart is poured out on the earth (al)Because of the [h]destruction of the daughter of my people, When (am)little ones and infants faint In the streets of the city.
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Lamentations 2:12
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They say to their mothers, "(an)Where is grain and wine?" As they faint like a wounded man In the streets of the city, As their (ao)life is poured out On their mothers' bosom.
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Lamentations 2:13
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How shall I admonish you? To what (ap)shall I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what shall I liken you as I comfort you, O (aq)virgin daughter of Zion? For your [i]ruin is as vast as the sea; Who can (ar)heal you?
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Lamentations 2:14
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Your (as)prophets have seen for you False and foolish visions; And they have not (at)exposed your iniquity So as to restore you from captivity, But they have (au)seen for you false and misleading [j]oracles.
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Lamentations 2:15
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All who pass along the way (av)Clap their hands in derision at you; They (aw)hiss and shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem, "Is this the city of which they said, ‘(ax)The perfection of beauty, (ay)A joy to all the earth'?"
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Lamentations 2:16
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All (az)your enemies Have opened their mouths wide against you; They hiss and (ba)gnash their teeth. They say, "We have (bb)swallowed her up! Surely this is the (bc)day for which we waited; We have reached it, we have seen it."
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Lamentations 2:17
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The Lord has (bd)done what He purposed; He has accomplished His word Which He commanded from days of old. He has thrown down (be)without sparing, And He has caused the enemy to (bf)rejoice over you; He has (bg)exalted the [k]might of your adversaries.
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Lamentations 2:18
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Their (bh)heart cried out to the Lord, "O (bi)wall of the daughter of Zion, Let your (bj)tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no relief, Let [l]your eyes have no rest.
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Lamentations 2:19
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"Arise, cry aloud in the (bk)night At the beginning of the night watches; (bl)Pour out your heart like water Before the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to Him For the (bm)life of your little ones Who are (bn)faint because of hunger At the head of every street."
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Lamentations 2:20
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See, O Lord , and look! With (bo)whom have You dealt thus? Should women (bp)eat their [m]offspring, The little ones who were [n]born healthy? Should (bq)priest and prophet be slain In the sanctuary of the Lord?
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Lamentations 2:21
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On the ground in the streets Lie (br)young and old; My (bs)virgins and my young men Have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger, You have slaughtered, (bt)not sparing.
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Lamentations 2:22
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You called as in the day of an appointed feast My (bu)terrors on every side; And there was (bv)no one who escaped or survived In the day of the Lord's anger. Those (bw)whom I [o]bore and reared, My enemy annihilated them.
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Lamentations 3:1
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I am the man who has (a)seen affliction Because of the rod of His wrath.
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Lamentations 3:2
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He has driven me and made me walk In (b)darkness and not in light.
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Lamentations 3:3
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Surely against me He has (c)turned His hand Repeatedly all the day.
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Lamentations 3:4
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He has caused my (d)flesh and my skin to waste away, He has (e)broken my bones.
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Lamentations 3:5
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He has (f)besieged and encompassed me with (g)bitterness and hardship.
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Lamentations 3:6
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In (h)dark places He has made me dwell, Like those who have long been dead.
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Lamentations 3:7
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He has (i)walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my [a](j)chain heavy.
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Lamentations 3:8
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Even when I cry out and call for help, He (k)shuts out my prayer.
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Lamentations 3:9
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He has (l)blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.
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Lamentations 3:10
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He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places.
Lamentations 3:11
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He has turned aside my ways and (m)torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.
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Lamentations 3:12
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He (n)bent His bow And (o)set me as a target for the arrow.
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Lamentations 3:13
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He made the [b]arrows of His (p)quiver To enter into my [c]inward parts.
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Lamentations 3:14
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I have become a (q)laughingstock to all my people, Their mocking (r)song all the day.
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Lamentations 3:15
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He has (s)filled me with bitterness, He has made me drunk with wormwood.
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Lamentations 3:16
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He has (t)broken my teeth with (u)gravel; He has made me cower in the (v)dust.
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Lamentations 3:17
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My soul has been rejected (w)from peace; I have forgotten [d]happiness.
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Lamentations 3:18
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So I say, "My strength has perished, And so has my (x)hope from the Lord ."
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Lamentations 3:19
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Remember my affliction and my [e]wandering, the (y)wormwood and bitterness.
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Lamentations 3:20
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Surely (z)my soul remembers And is (aa)bowed down within me.
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Lamentations 3:21
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This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have (ab)hope.
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Lamentations 3:22
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The Lord's (ac)lovingkindnesses [f]indeed never cease, (ad)For His compassions never fail.
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Lamentations 3:23
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They are new (ae)every morning; Great is (af)Your faithfulness.
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Lamentations 3:24
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"The Lord is my (ag)portion," says my soul, "Therefore I (ah)have hope in Him."
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Lamentations 3:25
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The Lord is good to those who (ai)wait for Him, To the [g]person who (aj)seeks Him.
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Lamentations 3:26
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It is good that he (ak)waits silently For the salvation of the Lord .
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Lamentations 3:27
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It is good for a man that he should bear The yoke in his youth.
Lamentations 3:28
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Let him (al)sit alone and be silent Since He has laid it on him.
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Lamentations 3:29
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Let him [h]put his mouth in the (am)dust, Perhaps there is (an)hope.
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Lamentations 3:30
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Let him give his (ao)cheek to [i]the smiter, Let him be filled with reproach.
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Lamentations 3:31
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For the Lord will (ap)not reject forever,
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Lamentations 3:32
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For if He causes grief, Then He will have (aq)compassion According to His abundant lovingkindness.
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Lamentations 3:33
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For He (ar)does not afflict [j]willingly Or grieve the sons of men.
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Lamentations 3:34
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To crush under His feet All the prisoners of the [k]land,
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Lamentations 3:35
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To [l]deprive a man of (as)justice In the presence of the Most High,
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Lamentations 3:36
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To [m](at)defraud a man in his lawsuit— Of these things the Lord does not [n]approve.
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