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Jeremiah » The prophet » Lamentations of » Over jerusalem
Oh that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears. Then I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
O Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart so that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you? A message is heard from Dan. A report of disaster comes from the mountains of Ephraim. Warn the nations about this. Tell it to Jerusalem. Hostile troops are coming from a distant country. They shout battle cries against the cities of Judah. read more.
They surround Judah like men guarding a field, because Judah has rebelled against me, declares Jehovah. You brought this on yourself. This is your punishment. It is bitter. It breaks your heart.
They surround Judah like men guarding a field, because Judah has rebelled against me, declares Jehovah. You brought this on yourself. This is your punishment. It is bitter. It breaks your heart.
My sorrow is beyond healing, my heart is faint within me! Behold, listen! The cry of the daughter of my people from a distant land: Is Jehovah not in Zion? Is her King not within her? Why have they provoked me with their graven images, with foreign idols? Harvest is past, summer is ended, and we are not saved. read more.
For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken. I mourn and dismay has taken hold of me.
For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken. I mourn and dismay has taken hold of me.
Oh, I am wounded! My wound is serious. Then I thought that this is my punishment, and I will bear it. My tent is destroyed. All the ropes are broken. My children have left me and have disappeared. There is no one to set up my tent again or put up my tent curtains. The shepherds are foolish. They do not look to Jehovah for help. That is why they will not succeed and all their flocks will be scattered. read more.
The report has arrived. Listen! An incredible uproar is coming from the land of the north. Its army will destroy Judah's cities and make them homes for jackals.
The report has arrived. Listen! An incredible uproar is coming from the land of the north. Its army will destroy Judah's cities and make them homes for jackals.