Lamentations 1:19
ק Qof
but they betrayed me.
My priests and elders
perished in the city
while searching for food
to keep themselves alive.
Lamentations 1:2
ב Bet
with tears on her cheeks.
There is no one to offer her comfort,
not one from all her lovers.
All her friends have betrayed her;
they have become her enemies.
Lamentations 1:11
כ Kaf
while they search for bread.
They have traded their precious belongings for food
in order to stay alive.
Lord, look and see
how I have become despised.
Lamentations 2:20
ר Resh
who You have done this to.
Should women eat their own children,
the infants they have nurtured?
Should priests and prophets
be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary?
Job 19:13-19
my acquaintances have abandoned me.
Jeremiah 2:28
Let them rise up and save you
in your time of disaster if they can,
for your gods are as numerous as your cities, Judah.
Jeremiah 14:15-18
“Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, though I did not send them, and who say, ‘There will never be sword or famine in this land.’ By sword and famine these prophets will meet their end.
Jeremiah 23:11-15
even in My house I have found their evil.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 27:13-15
Why should you and your people die
Jeremiah 30:14
they no longer look for you,
for I have struck you as an enemy would,
with the discipline
because of your enormous guilt
and your innumerable sins.
Jeremiah 37:7-9
“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: This is what you will say to Judah’s king,
Lamentations 4:7-9
ז Zayin
whiter than milk;
their bodies
their appearance like sapphire.
Lamentations 4:17
ע Ayin
as we looked in vain for assistance;
we watched from our towers
for a nation
Lamentations 5:12
elders are shown no respect.
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My priests
while they search for bread.
They have traded their precious belongings for food
in order to stay alive.
Lord, look and see
how I have become despised.
who You have done this to.
Should women eat their own children,
the infants they have nurtured?
Should priests and prophets
be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary?
whiter than milk;
their bodies
their appearance like sapphire.
elders are shown no respect.
even in My house I have found their evil.
This is the Lord’s declaration.