Isaiah 22:4

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Summary

Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

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Luke 1:2

Weep bitterly

Labour

Bible References

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“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.

My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in agony!
Oh, the pain in my heart!
My heart pounds;
I cannot be silent.
For you, my soul,
have heard the sound of the ram’s horn—
the shout of battle.

If my head were a spring of water,

my eyes a fountain of tears,
I would weep day and night
over the slain of my dear people.

But if you will not listen,
my innermost being will weep in secret
because of your pride.
My eyes will overflow with tears,
for the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.

just as the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us.

Weep bitterly

Listen! Their warriors cry loudly in the streets;
the messengers of peace weep bitterly.

My dear people, dress yourselves in sackcloth
and roll in the dust.
Mourn as you would for an only son,
a bitter lament,
for suddenly the destroyer will come on us.

Because of this I will lament and wail;
I will walk barefoot and naked.
I will howl like the jackals
and mourn like ostriches.

and Peter remembered the words Jesus had spoken, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”

And he went outside and wept bitterly.

Labour

I sought the Lord in my day of trouble.
My hands were continually lifted up
all night long;
I refused to be comforted.

My joy has flown away;
grief has settled on me.
My heart is sick.

This is what the Lord says:

A voice was heard in Ramah,
a lament with bitter weeping—
Rachel weeping for her children,
refusing to be comforted for her children
because they are no more.

A voice was heard in Ramah,
weeping,

and great mourning,

Rachel weeping for her children;
and she refused to be consoled,
because they were no more.