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Jeremiah » The prophet » Lamentations of » Over jerusalem
"Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, for then I would cry day and night for those of my people who have been killed.
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Jerusalem, wash your evil from your heart so that you may be delivered. How long will you harbor evil schemes within you? For a voice announces from Dan and declares disaster from Mount Ephraim. "Tell the nations, "Here they come!' Proclaim to Jerusalem, "The besieging forces are coming from a distant land. They cry out against the cities of Judah. read more.
They have surrounded her like those guarding a field because they have rebelled against me,'" declares the LORD. "Your lifestyles and your actions have brought these things on you. This is your calamity it is indeed bitter, for it has reached your heart!"
They have surrounded her like those guarding a field because they have rebelled against me,'" declares the LORD. "Your lifestyles and your actions have brought these things on you. This is your calamity it is indeed bitter, for it has reached your heart!"
Incurable sorrow has overwhelmed me, my heart is sick within me. Listen! My people cry from a distant land: "Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her king no longer there?" "Why did they provoke me to anger with their images, with their worthless foreign gods?" The harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we haven't been delivered. read more.
Because my people are crushed, I'm crushed. I mourn, and dismay overwhelms me.
Because my people are crushed, I'm crushed. I mourn, and dismay overwhelms me.
Woe is me because of my injury. My wound is severe. I said, "Truly this is my sickness, and I must bear it. My tent is destroyed, and all my tent cords are broken. My sons have gone away from me, they no longer live. There is no one to pitch my tent again and set up my curtains. Because the shepherds are stupid and don't seek the LORD, therefore, they don't prosper, and their flock is scattered. read more.
The sound of a report, it's coming now! There is a great commotion from a land in the north to make the towns of Judah desolate, a refuge for jackals."
The sound of a report, it's coming now! There is a great commotion from a land in the north to make the towns of Judah desolate, a refuge for jackals."