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Friday, May 24th, 2024
the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
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Passage Lookup: Lamentations 4-5

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Lamentations 4:1
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How (C1)dark the gold has become, How the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones are spilled out At the (F1)corner of every street.
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Lamentations 4:2
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The precious sons of Zion, Weighed against pure gold, How they are regarded as (C1)earthenware jars, The work of a potter's hands!
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Lamentations 4:3
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Even (C1)jackals offer the breast, They nurse their young; But the daughter of my people has proved herself (C2)cruel, Like (C3)ostriches in the wilderness.
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Lamentations 4:4
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The (C1)tongue of the infant clings To the roof of its mouth because of (C2)thirst; The children (C3)ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them.
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Lamentations 4:5
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Those who used to eat (C1)delicacies Are made to tremble in the streets; Those who were raised in crimson clothing Embrace garbage heaps.
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Lamentations 4:6
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For the (F1)wrongdoing of the daughter of my people Is greater than the (F2)(C1)sin of Sodom, Which was (C2)overthrown as in a moment, (F3)And no hands were turned toward her.
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Lamentations 4:7
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Her (F1)consecrated ones were (C1)purer than snow, They shined more than milk; They were more ruddy in (F2)body than pearls of coral, Their form was like (F3)(C2)lapis lazuli.
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Lamentations 4:8
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Their appearance is (C1)darker than soot, They are not recognized in the streets; Their (C2)skin is shriveled on their bones, It is dry, it has become like wood.
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Lamentations 4:9
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Better off are those (C1)killed by the sword Than those killed by hunger; For they (F1)(C2)waste away, (F2)stricken By the lack of the produce of the field.
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Lamentations 4:10
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The hands of compassionate women (C1)Boiled their own children; They became (C2)food for them Due to the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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Lamentations 4:11
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The LORD has (C1)expended His wrath, He has poured out His fierce anger; And He has (C2)kindled a fire in Zion, And it has consumed its foundations.
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Lamentations 4:12
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The kings of the earth did not believe, Nor did any of (C1)the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy Would (C2)enter the gates of Jerusalem.
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Lamentations 4:13
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Because of the sins of her (C1)prophets And the wrongdoings of her priests, Who have shed in her midst The (C2)blood of the righteous,
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Lamentations 4:14
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They wandered, (C1)blind, in the streets; They were defiled with (C2)blood, Such that no one could touch their (C3)garments.
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Lamentations 4:15
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"Keep away! (C1)Unclean!" (F1)they cried out of themselves. "Keep away, keep away, do not touch!" For they (C2)distanced themselves as well as wandered; People among the nations said, "They shall not continue to reside with us."
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Lamentations 4:16
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The presence of the LORD has scattered them, He will not continue to look at them; They did not (F1)(C1)honor the priests, They did not favor the elders.
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Lamentations 4:17
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Yet our eyes failed, Looking for (F1)help was (C1)useless; At our observation point we have watched For a (C2)nation that could not save.
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Lamentations 4:18
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They (C1)hunted our steps So that we could not walk in our streets; Our (C2)end drew near, Our days were (F1)finished For our end had come.
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Lamentations 4:19
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Our pursuers were (C1)swifter Than the eagles of the sky; They chased us on the mountains, They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.
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Lamentations 4:20
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The (C1)breath of our nostrils, the (C2)LORD'S anointed, Was (C3)captured in their pits, Of whom we had said, "(F1)In his (C4)shadow We shall live among the nations."
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Lamentations 4:21
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Rejoice and be joyful, daughter of (C1)Edom, Who lives in the land of Uz; But the (C2)cup will pass to you as well, You will become drunk and expose yourself.
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Lamentations 4:22
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The punishment of your wrongdoing has been (C1)completed, daughter of Zion; He will no longer exile you. But He (C2)will punish your wrongdoing, daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins!
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Lamentations 5:1
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Remember, LORD, what has come upon us; Look, and see our (C1)disgrace!
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Lamentations 5:2
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Our inheritance has been turned over to (C1)strangers, Our (C2)houses to foreigners.
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Lamentations 5:3
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We have become orphans, (C1)without a father; Our mothers are like widows.
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Lamentations 5:4
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(F1)We have to pay for our drinking (C1)water, Our wood comes to us at a price.
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Lamentations 5:5
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(F1)Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, we are given (C1)no rest.
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Lamentations 5:6
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We have (F1)submitted to (C1)Egypt and Assyria (F2)to get enough bread.
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Lamentations 5:7
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Our (C1)fathers sinned, and are gone; It is we who have been burdened with the punishment for their wrongdoings.
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Lamentations 5:8
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(C1)Slaves rule over us; There is (C2)no one to rescue us from their hand.
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Lamentations 5:9
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We get our bread (F1)at the (C1)risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness.
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Lamentations 5:10
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Our skin has become as (C1)hot as an oven, Because of the ravages of hunger.
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Lamentations 5:11
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They violated the (C1)women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
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Lamentations 5:12
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Leaders were hung by their hands; (F1)(C1)Elders were not respected.
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Lamentations 5:13
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Young men (F1)(C1)worked at the grinding mill, And youths (C2)staggered under loads of wood.
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Lamentations 5:14
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Elders are absent from the gate, Young men from their (C1)music.
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Lamentations 5:15
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The joy of our hearts has (C1)ended; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
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Lamentations 5:16
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The (C1)crown has fallen from our head; (C2)Woe to us, for we have sinned!
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Lamentations 5:17
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Because of this our (C1)heart is faint, Because of these things our (C2)eyes are dim;
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Lamentations 5:18
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Because of (C1)Mount Zion which lies desolate, (C2)Jackals prowl in it.
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Lamentations 5:19
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(C1)You, LORD, (F1)rule forever; Your (C2)throne is from generation to generation.
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Lamentations 5:20
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Why will You (C1)forget us forever? Why do You abandon us for (F1)so long?
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Lamentations 5:21
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(C1)Restore us to You, LORD, so that we may be restored; Renew (C2)our days as of old,
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Lamentations 5:22
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Unless (C1)You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly (C2)angry with us.
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