\id LAM
\h Lamentations 
\toc3 LAM 
\toc2 Lamentations 
\toc1 Lamentations 
\mt1 Lamentations  
\c 1
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\v 1 How lonely \w lies|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w once|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w full|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*! \w She|strong="H5892"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* widow. \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w princess|strong="H8282"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* slave.   
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\v 2 \w She|strong="H5921"\w* \w weeps|strong="H1058"\w* aloud \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w tears|strong="H1832"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w cheeks|strong="H3895"\w*. \w Among|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w lovers|strong="H7453"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* betrayed \w her|strong="H3605"\w*; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* enemies.   
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\v 3 \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H3063"\w* \w gone|strong="H1540"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w exile|strong="H1540"\w* \w under|strong="H3427"\w* \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w harsh|strong="H7230"\w* slavery; \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w dwells|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w finds|strong="H4672"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w place|strong="H4494"\w* \w to|strong="H3063"\w* \w rest|strong="H4494"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w pursuers|strong="H7291"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* \w overtaken|strong="H5381"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* midst \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w distress|strong="H4712"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w roads|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* mourn, \w because|strong="H1097"\w* \w no|strong="H1097"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* comes \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w* \w feasts|strong="H4150"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w deserted|strong="H8074"\w*; \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* groan, \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w maidens|strong="H1330"\w* \w grieve|strong="H3013"\w*, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w herself|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w* \w with|strong="H3548"\w* anguish.   
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\v 5 \w Her|strong="H5921"\w* \w foes|strong="H6862"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w masters|strong="H7218"\w*; \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w ease|strong="H7951"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H1980"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w grief|strong="H3013"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w*. \w Her|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* \w away|strong="H1980"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w captives|strong="H7628"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w enemy|strong="H6862"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w splendor|strong="H1926"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* Zion. \w Her|strong="H3605"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w are|strong="H1926"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* deer \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w pasture|strong="H4829"\w*; \w they|strong="H3808"\w* lack \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w flee|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hunter.   
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\v 7 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w wandering|strong="H4788"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w remembers|strong="H2142"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* treasures \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* hers \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w old|strong="H6924"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w enemy|strong="H6862"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w received|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w*. \w Her|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, laughing \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w downfall|strong="H5307"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w greatly|strong="H2399"\w*; \w therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* object \w of|strong="H5921"\w* scorn. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w honored|strong="H3513"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w despise|strong="H2107"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w nakedness|strong="H6172"\w*; \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w herself|strong="H1931"\w* groans \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w turns|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Her|strong="H7200"\w* \w uncleanness|strong="H2932"\w* stains \w her|strong="H7200"\w* \w skirts|strong="H7757"\w*; \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w consider|strong="H7200"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w* end. \w Her|strong="H7200"\w* downfall \w was|strong="H3068"\w* astounding; \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w*. \w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* enemy \w has|strong="H3068"\w* triumphed!   
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w adversary|strong="H6862"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* seized \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w treasures|strong="H4261"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* enter \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w*—\w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w forbidden|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* enter \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* groan \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w search|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w traded|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* treasures \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w keep|strong="H1961"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w* \w alive|strong="H7200"\w*. \w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w consider|strong="H7200"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w despised|strong="H2151"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w*? \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w around|strong="H5674"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*! \w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w sorrow|strong="H4341"\w* \w like|strong="H1870"\w* \w mine|strong="H5674"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w inflicted|strong="H3013"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H5953"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* suffer \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H2740"\w*?   
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\v 13 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* fire \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w high|strong="H4791"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* overpowered \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w net|strong="H7568"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8076"\w*, \w faint|strong="H1739"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w bound|strong="H8244"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*, \w knit|strong="H8276"\w* \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w His|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* draped \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Lord \w has|strong="H3027"\w* broken \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w withstand|strong="H6965"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Lord \w has|strong="H3063"\w* \w rejected|strong="H5541"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* mighty \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w midst|strong="H7130"\w*; \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3063"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w an|strong="H7121"\w* army \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w crush|strong="H7665"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* young warriors. \w Like|strong="H7130"\w* grapes \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w winepress|strong="H1660"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Lord \w has|strong="H3063"\w* \w trampled|strong="H1869"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Virgin|strong="H1330"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* these \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w weep|strong="H1058"\w*; \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w flow|strong="H3381"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w tears|strong="H1058"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* nearby \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*, \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* revive \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*. \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w destitute|strong="H8074"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* enemy \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H1396"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w stretches|strong="H6566"\w* \w out|strong="H6566"\w* \w her|strong="H5439"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w her|strong="H5439"\w*. \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w decreed|strong="H6680"\w* \w against|strong="H3027"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w neighbors|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w foes|strong="H6862"\w*. \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w unclean|strong="H5079"\w* \w thing|strong="H5079"\w* among \w them|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*, \w yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w* \w against|strong="H4784"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w command|strong="H6310"\w*. \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w upon|strong="H7200"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* suffering. \w My|strong="H8085"\w* young \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w maidens|strong="H1330"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* lovers, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3548"\w* betrayed \w me|strong="H5315"\w*. \w My|strong="H1245"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w perished|strong="H1478"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w searched|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* food \w to|strong="H7725"\w* keep \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w* \w alive|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w See|strong="H7200"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w how|strong="H3588"\w* distressed \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w*! \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* churning \w within|strong="H7130"\w*; \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* pounding \w within|strong="H7130"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H4194"\w* \w most|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebellious|strong="H4784"\w*. \w Outside|strong="H2351"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* bereaves; \w inside|strong="H1004"\w*, \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w People|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* groaning, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* enemies \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w glad|strong="H7797"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*. \w May|strong="H1961"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w bring|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w announced|strong="H8085"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*.   
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\v 22 Let \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* come \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w deal|strong="H5953"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w dealt|strong="H5953"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* groans \w are|strong="H6588"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w faint|strong="H1742"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w How|strong="H2142"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Lord|strong="H5743"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w covered|strong="H5743"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w cloud|strong="H5743"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w His|strong="H3478"\w* anger! \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w glory|strong="H8597"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* abandoned \w His|strong="H3478"\w* \w footstool|strong="H1916"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w His|strong="H3478"\w* anger.   
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\v 2 \w Without|strong="H3808"\w* \w pity|strong="H2550"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Lord \w has|strong="H3063"\w* \w swallowed|strong="H1104"\w* \w up|strong="H1104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* dwellings \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*. \w In|strong="H3063"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w* \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3063"\w* demolished \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w cities|strong="H4013"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w brought|strong="H1104"\w* \w to|strong="H2490"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2490"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w fierce|strong="H2750"\w* \w anger|strong="H6440"\w* \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w cut|strong="H1438"\w* \w off|strong="H1438"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w withdrawn|strong="H7725"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* approach \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* enemy. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w burned|strong="H1197"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w like|strong="H1197"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flaming|strong="H3852"\w* fire \w that|strong="H3605"\w* consumes \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H5869"\w* \w bent|strong="H1869"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w like|strong="H2534"\w* \w an|strong="H2026"\w* \w enemy|strong="H6862"\w*; \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* positioned. \w Like|strong="H2534"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foe|strong="H6862"\w* \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H5869"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* pleasing \w to|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w*; \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H5869"\w* \w poured|strong="H8210"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w like|strong="H2534"\w* fire \w on|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tent \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Lord \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* enemy; \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w swallowed|strong="H1104"\w* \w up|strong="H1104"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w swallowed|strong="H1104"\w* \w up|strong="H1104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* palaces \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w strongholds|strong="H4013"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w* \w mourning|strong="H8386"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* lamentation \w for|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w laid|strong="H7843"\w* \w waste|strong="H7843"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w tabernacle|strong="H7900"\w* \w like|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* booth; \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H4150"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w meeting|strong="H4150"\w*. \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w her|strong="H7911"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w* \w feasts|strong="H4150"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sabbaths|strong="H7676"\w*. \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* fierce \w anger|strong="H2195"\w* \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w despised|strong="H5006"\w* both \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejected|strong="H2186"\w* \w His|strong="H5414"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*; \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5010"\w* \w His|strong="H5414"\w* \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w*; \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* palaces \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* enemy. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w raised|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shout|strong="H6963"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w* \w feast|strong="H4150"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w determined|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w stretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w measuring|strong="H6957"\w* \w line|strong="H6957"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w withdraw|strong="H7725"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w destroying|strong="H7843"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w ramparts|strong="H2426"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* lament; \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w waste|strong="H7843"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Her|strong="H4672"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w sunk|strong="H2883"\w* into \w the|strong="H3068"\w* ground; \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7665"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w shattered|strong="H7665"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w*. \w Her|strong="H4672"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H4672"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* exiled \w among|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w her|strong="H4672"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* \w from|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ground|strong="H6083"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w silence|strong="H1826"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1323"\w* \w thrown|strong="H5927"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w put|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* young \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w have|strong="H1323"\w* \w bowed|strong="H3381"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ground|strong="H6083"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w fail|strong="H3615"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* weeping; \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am churning \w within|strong="H5921"\w*. \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w heart|strong="H4578"\w* \w is|strong="H5869"\w* \w poured|strong="H8210"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* grief \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w infants|strong="H5768"\w* \w faint|strong="H5848"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w streets|strong="H7339"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w They|strong="H5315"\w* cry \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w their|strong="H8210"\w* mothers: “Where \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*?” \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w faint|strong="H5848"\w* \w like|strong="H8210"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w wounded|strong="H2491"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w streets|strong="H7339"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w their|strong="H8210"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* fade \w away|strong="H5848"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w arms|strong="H2436"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H8210"\w* mothers.   
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\v 13 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* say \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*? \w To|strong="H3389"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w compare|strong="H1819"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*? \w To|strong="H3389"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w liken|strong="H1819"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H4310"\w* \w console|strong="H5162"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Virgin|strong="H1330"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*? \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* wound \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w deep|strong="H1419"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w ever|strong="H4310"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*?   
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w visions|strong="H7723"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w were|strong="H5030"\w* \w empty|strong="H7723"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* deceptive; \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w expose|strong="H1540"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w guilt|strong="H5771"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* ward \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w burdens|strong="H4864"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w envisioned|strong="H2372"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H5030"\w* \w empty|strong="H7723"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w misleading|strong="H4065"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w clap|strong="H5606"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* scorn. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w hiss|strong="H8319"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w shake|strong="H5128"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: “\w Is|strong="H1870"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* called \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w perfection|strong="H3632"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w beauty|strong="H3308"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w joy|strong="H4885"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth?”   
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\v 16 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* enemies \w open|strong="H6475"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w hiss|strong="H8319"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w gnash|strong="H2786"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w*, \w saying|strong="H6310"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w swallowed|strong="H1104"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w up|strong="H1104"\w*. \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H2088"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w waited|strong="H6960"\w*. \w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* lived \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*!”   
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\v 17 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w planned|strong="H2161"\w*; \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w accomplished|strong="H6213"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w decree|strong="H6680"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w ordained|strong="H6680"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w old|strong="H6924"\w*; \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w overthrown|strong="H2040"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w pity|strong="H2550"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w let|strong="H8055"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w enemy|strong="H6862"\w* \w gloat|strong="H7311"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w foes|strong="H6862"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Lord. \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w tears|strong="H1832"\w* \w run|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w like|strong="H3381"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w river|strong="H5158"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w yourself|strong="H3820"\w* \w no|strong="H5414"\w* \w relief|strong="H6314"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w no|strong="H5414"\w* \w rest|strong="H1826"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w cry|strong="H7442"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H7218"\w* watch \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. \w Pour|strong="H8210"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w like|strong="H3820"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Lord. \w Lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Him|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w fainting|strong="H5848"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w corner|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w street|strong="H2351"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w consider|strong="H7200"\w*: \w Whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w You|strong="H7200"\w* \w ever|strong="H4310"\w* treated \w like|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*? \w Should|strong="H3068"\w* women eat \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w offspring|strong="H6529"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w infants|strong="H5768"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* nurtured? \w Should|strong="H3068"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*?   
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\v 21 Both \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w together|strong="H7901"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* dust \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*. \w My|strong="H5307"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w maidens|strong="H1330"\w* \w have|strong="H2550"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H2550"\w* \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* \w them|strong="H2026"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Your|strong="H3808"\w* anger; \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H2550"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H2873"\w* \w them|strong="H2026"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w compassion|strong="H2550"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w terrors|strong="H4032"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w every|strong="H5439"\w* \w side|strong="H5439"\w*, \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w* \w feast|strong="H4150"\w*. \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s anger \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w escaped|strong="H6412"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w survived|strong="H8300"\w*; \w my|strong="H3068"\w* enemy \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H3615"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* nurtured \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w reared|strong="H7235"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* am \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w who|strong="H1397"\w* has \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w* under \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* God’s \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* has \w driven|strong="H5090"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* made \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w instead|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3808"\w* light.   
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\v 3 \w Indeed|strong="H7725"\w*, \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w keeps|strong="H7725"\w* \w turning|strong="H7725"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w against|strong="H3027"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w He|strong="H1320"\w* \w has|strong="H1320"\w* \w worn|strong="H1086"\w* \w away|strong="H1086"\w* \w my|strong="H7665"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w and|strong="H7665"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w*; \w He|strong="H1320"\w* \w has|strong="H1320"\w* \w shattered|strong="H7665"\w* \w my|strong="H7665"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* has \w besieged|strong="H1129"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1129"\w* \w surrounded|strong="H5362"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w bitterness|strong="H7219"\w* \w and|strong="H1129"\w* \w hardship|strong="H8513"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w He|strong="H3427"\w* has made \w me|strong="H4191"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w darkness|strong="H4285"\w* \w like|strong="H4191"\w* \w those|strong="H3427"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w ages|strong="H5769"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H3318"\w* \w walled|strong="H1443"\w* \w me|strong="H1157"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H3318"\w*; \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H3318"\w* weighed \w me|strong="H1157"\w* down \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w chains|strong="H5178"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w and|strong="H8605"\w* plead \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w help|strong="H7768"\w*, \w He|strong="H3588"\w* shuts \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w*.   
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\v 9 He has barred \w my|strong="H1443"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w with|strong="H1870"\w* \w cut|strong="H1496"\w* \w stones|strong="H1496"\w*; He has \w made|strong="H5753"\w* \w my|strong="H1443"\w* \w paths|strong="H5410"\w* \w crooked|strong="H5753"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bear|strong="H1677"\w* lying \w in|strong="H1931"\w* wait, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion \w hiding|strong="H4565"\w* \w in|strong="H1931"\w* ambush.   
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\v 11 \w He|strong="H7760"\w* forced \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w off|strong="H5493"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* tore \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w pieces|strong="H6582"\w*; \w He|strong="H7760"\w* \w left|strong="H5493"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w without|strong="H5493"\w* help.   
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\v 12 He \w bent|strong="H1869"\w* \w His|strong="H1869"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H7198"\w* \w set|strong="H5324"\w* \w me|strong="H5324"\w* as \w the|strong="H1869"\w* \w target|strong="H4307"\w* for \w His|strong="H1869"\w* \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w He|strong="H1121"\w* pierced my \w kidneys|strong="H3629"\w* \w with|strong="H1121"\w* \w His|strong="H1121"\w* \w arrows|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w laughingstock|strong="H7814"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; \w they|strong="H3117"\w* mock \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w song|strong="H5058"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 15 He has \w filled|strong="H7646"\w* \w me|strong="H7301"\w* \w with|strong="H7646"\w* \w bitterness|strong="H4844"\w*; He has intoxicated \w me|strong="H7301"\w* \w with|strong="H7646"\w* \w wormwood|strong="H3939"\w*.   
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\v 16 He has ground \w my|strong="H1638"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \w with|strong="H8127"\w* \w gravel|strong="H2687"\w* \w and|strong="H8127"\w* trampled me \w in|strong="H8127"\w* the dust.   
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\v 17 \w My|strong="H2186"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w has|strong="H5315"\w* \w been|strong="H2186"\w* \w deprived|strong="H5382"\w* \w of|strong="H5315"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*; \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w have|strong="H7965"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H5382"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w prosperity|strong="H7965"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 18 So \w I|strong="H3068"\w* say, “\w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w strength|strong="H5331"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* perished, along \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w hope|strong="H8431"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 19 \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w my|strong="H2142"\w* \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w* \w and|strong="H2142"\w* \w wandering|strong="H4788"\w*, \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w wormwood|strong="H3939"\w* \w and|strong="H2142"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w gall|strong="H7219"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Surely|strong="H2142"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w remembers|strong="H2142"\w* \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w humbled|strong="H7743"\w* \w within|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Yet|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w call|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w mind|strong="H3820"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3176"\w* \w hope|strong="H3176"\w*:   
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\v 22 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* loving \w devotion|strong="H2617"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w mercies|strong="H7356"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w fail|strong="H3615"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w They|strong="H1242"\w* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w every|strong="H1242"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*; \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w is|strong="H1242"\w* Your faithfulness!   
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\v 24 “\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w portion|strong="H2506"\w*,” says \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, “\w therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w hope|strong="H3176"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Him|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 25 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w wait|strong="H6960"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w Him|strong="H5315"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w seeks|strong="H1875"\w* \w Him|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w It|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w wait|strong="H1748"\w* quietly \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w salvation|strong="H8668"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w to|strong="H2896"\w* \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w young|strong="H2896"\w*.   
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\v 28 Let \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* alone \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w silence|strong="H1826"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w laid|strong="H5190"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w Let|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* bury \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w face|strong="H6310"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*—perhaps \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* still \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w Let|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w offer|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w cheek|strong="H3895"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* one \w who|strong="H5221"\w* would \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*; \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w filled|strong="H7646"\w* \w with|strong="H7646"\w* \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Lord \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w cast|strong="H2186"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w off|strong="H2186"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w Even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w causes|strong="H3013"\w* \w grief|strong="H3013"\w*, \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2617"\w* \w show|strong="H7355"\w* \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* according \w to|strong="H2617"\w* \w His|strong="H3588"\w* \w abundant|strong="H7230"\w* loving \w devotion|strong="H2617"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w willingly|strong="H3820"\w* \w afflict|strong="H6031"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w grieve|strong="H3013"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w To|strong="H3605"\w* \w crush|strong="H1792"\w* \w underfoot|strong="H7272"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* prisoners \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land,   
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\v 35 \w to|strong="H6440"\w* deny \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Most|strong="H5945"\w* \w High|strong="H5945"\w*,   
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\v 36 \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w subvert|strong="H5791"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w lawsuit|strong="H7379"\w*—\w of|strong="H3808"\w* these \w the|strong="H7200"\w* Lord \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w approve|strong="H7200"\w*.   
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\v 37 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* spoken \w and|strong="H2088"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w pass|strong="H1961"\w*, \w unless|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* Lord \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w ordained|strong="H6680"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w*?   
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\v 38 \w Do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* both \w adversity|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w Most|strong="H5945"\w* \w High|strong="H5945"\w*?   
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\v 39 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* any mortal \w man|strong="H1397"\w* complain, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w view|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w sins|strong="H2399"\w*?   
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\v 40 \w Let|strong="H7725"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w examine|strong="H2664"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* test \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 41 Let \w us|strong="H3709"\w* \w lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w our|strong="H5375"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w to|strong="H3824"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* \w in|strong="H8064"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*:   
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\v 42 “\w We|strong="H5168"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* sinned \w and|strong="H6586"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w*; \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w forgiven|strong="H5545"\w*.”   
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\v 43 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H2550"\w* \w covered|strong="H5526"\w* Yourself \w in|strong="H3808"\w* anger \w and|strong="H2026"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* us; \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H2550"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w pity|strong="H2550"\w*.   
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\v 44 You have \w covered|strong="H5526"\w* Yourself \w with|strong="H5674"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w* \w that|strong="H5674"\w* no \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w can|strong="H8605"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w*.   
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\v 45 \w You|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w us|strong="H7760"\w* scum \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3973"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 46 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* enemies \w open|strong="H6475"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 47 \w Panic|strong="H6343"\w* \w and|strong="H1961"\w* \w pitfall|strong="H6354"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w upon|strong="H1961"\w* \w us|strong="H1961"\w*—\w devastation|strong="H7612"\w* \w and|strong="H1961"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*.   
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\v 48 \w Streams|strong="H6388"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w tears|strong="H6388"\w* \w flow|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 49 \w My|strong="H3808"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* overflow \w unceasingly|strong="H3808"\w*, \w without|strong="H3808"\w* relief,   
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\v 50 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w looks|strong="H7200"\w* \w down|strong="H8259"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w sees|strong="H7200"\w*.   
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\v 51 \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w bring|strong="H1323"\w* grief \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 52 \w Without|strong="H2600"\w* \w cause|strong="H2600"\w* my enemies \w hunted|strong="H6679"\w* \w me|strong="H6679"\w* like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bird|strong="H6833"\w*.   
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\v 53 They dropped \w me|strong="H6789"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \w into|strong="H2416"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pit \w and|strong="H3034"\w* \w cast|strong="H3034"\w* stones upon \w me|strong="H6789"\w*.   
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\v 54 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w flowed|strong="H4325"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* thought \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H4325"\w* going \w to|strong="H5921"\w* die.   
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\v 55 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, out \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w depths|strong="H8482"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Pit.   
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\v 56 \w You|strong="H6963"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* plea: “\w Do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* \w ignore|strong="H5956"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w cry|strong="H7775"\w* \w for|strong="H7775"\w* \w relief|strong="H7309"\w*.”   
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\v 57 \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w drew|strong="H7126"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w You|strong="H3117"\w*; \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “Do \w not|strong="H3372"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*.”   
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\v 58 \w You|strong="H5315"\w* \w defend|strong="H7379"\w* \w my|strong="H7378"\w* \w cause|strong="H7379"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* Lord; \w You|strong="H5315"\w* \w redeem|strong="H1350"\w* \w my|strong="H7378"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 59 \w You|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w wrong|strong="H5792"\w* done \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*; \w vindicate|strong="H8199"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H4941"\w*!   
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\v 60 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* malice, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w plots|strong="H4284"\w* \w against|strong="H4284"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*.   
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\v 61 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w insults|strong="H2781"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w plots|strong="H4284"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*—   
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\v 62 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* slander \w and|strong="H6965"\w* murmuring \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w assailants|strong="H6965"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 63 \w When|strong="H3427"\w* they \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w when|strong="H3427"\w* they rise, \w see|strong="H5027"\w* how they mock me \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w song|strong="H4485"\w*.   
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\v 64 \w You|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w pay|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w what|strong="H4639"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* deserve, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w according|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 65 \w Put|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* veil \w of|strong="H3820"\w* anguish \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w*; \w may|strong="H3820"\w* \w Your|strong="H5414"\w* \w curse|strong="H8381"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w upon|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*!   
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\v 66 \w You|strong="H7291"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H7291"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* anger \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w exterminate|strong="H8045"\w* \w them|strong="H7291"\w* \w from|strong="H8478"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 1 How \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w become|strong="H2091"\w* tarnished, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pure|strong="H2896"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w become|strong="H2091"\w* dull! \w The|strong="H3605"\w* gems \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* temple lie scattered \w on|strong="H2091"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w street|strong="H2351"\w* \w corner|strong="H7218"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w How|strong="H2803"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, once worth \w their|strong="H3027"\w* weight \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w pure|strong="H6337"\w* \w gold|strong="H6337"\w*, \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w now|strong="H3027"\w* \w esteemed|strong="H2803"\w* \w as|strong="H2803"\w* \w jars|strong="H5035"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w clay|strong="H2789"\w*, \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w potter|strong="H3335"\w*’s \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*!   
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\v 3 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* jackals \w offer|strong="H2502"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w breasts|strong="H7699"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w nurse|strong="H3243"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w young|strong="H1482"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* become cruel, \w like|strong="H4057"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* ostrich \w in|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w The|strong="H7592"\w* \w nursing|strong="H3243"\w* \w infant|strong="H3243"\w*’s \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* \w clings|strong="H1692"\w* \w in|strong="H3899"\w* \w thirst|strong="H6772"\w* \w to|strong="H3899"\w* \w the|strong="H7592"\w* \w roof|strong="H2441"\w* \w of|strong="H3899"\w* \w his|strong="H6566"\w* \w mouth|strong="H2441"\w*. \w Little|strong="H5768"\w* \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w beg|strong="H7592"\w* \w for|strong="H7592"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, \w but|strong="H1992"\w* no \w one|strong="H3956"\w* gives \w them|strong="H1992"\w* any.   
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\v 5 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* who once ate \w delicacies|strong="H4574"\w* \w are|strong="H8074"\w* \w destitute|strong="H8074"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*; \w those|strong="H5921"\w* brought \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w crimson|strong="H8438"\w* huddle \w in|strong="H5921"\w* ash heaps.   
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H3027"\w* \w punishment|strong="H5771"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H3027"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w greater|strong="H1431"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w*, \w which|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w overthrown|strong="H2015"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w an|strong="H3644"\w* \w instant|strong="H7281"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w help|strong="H5971"\w* \w her|strong="H1323"\w*.   
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\v 7 Her dignitaries \w were|strong="H5139"\w* brighter \w than|strong="H6106"\w* \w snow|strong="H7950"\w*, \w whiter|strong="H6705"\w* \w than|strong="H6106"\w* \w milk|strong="H2461"\w*; their bodies \w were|strong="H5139"\w* more ruddy \w than|strong="H6106"\w* \w rubies|strong="H6443"\w*, their appearance \w like|strong="H7950"\w* \w sapphires|strong="H5601"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w appearance|strong="H8389"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w blacker|strong="H2821"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w soot|strong="H7815"\w*; \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H6106"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w recognized|strong="H5234"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*. \w Their|strong="H5921"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w shriveled|strong="H6821"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*; \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w stick|strong="H6086"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Those|strong="H1992"\w* \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w off|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w who|strong="H1992"\w* \w die|strong="H2719"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w*, \w who|strong="H1992"\w* waste \w away|strong="H2100"\w*, \w pierced|strong="H1856"\w* \w with|strong="H2100"\w* pain because \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* lack \w produce|strong="H8570"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w compassionate|strong="H7362"\w* \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* cooked \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w*, \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w food|strong="H1262"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w exhausted|strong="H3615"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w*; \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w poured|strong="H8210"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H2534"\w*; \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w kindled|strong="H3341"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* \w her|strong="H3341"\w* \w foundations|strong="H3247"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* believe, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w world|strong="H8398"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w enemy|strong="H6862"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foe|strong="H6862"\w* could enter \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w But|strong="H6662"\w* \w this|strong="H8210"\w* \w was|strong="H5030"\w* \w for|strong="H5771"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w her|strong="H7130"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w guilt|strong="H5771"\w* \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w her|strong="H7130"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w in|strong="H7130"\w* \w her|strong="H7130"\w* \w midst|strong="H7130"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w wandered|strong="H5128"\w* \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*, \w defiled|strong="H1351"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w this|strong="H5060"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* dared \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* \w their|strong="H5060"\w* \w garments|strong="H3830"\w*.   
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\v 15 “\w Go|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w*! \w Unclean|strong="H2931"\w*!” \w men|strong="H7121"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7121"\w* \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*. “\w Away|strong="H5493"\w*, \w away|strong="H5493"\w*! \w Do|strong="H3254"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*!” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* fled \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w wandered|strong="H5128"\w*. \w Among|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H3254"\w* \w stay|strong="H1481"\w* here \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3254"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w scattered|strong="H2505"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*; \w He|strong="H3068"\w* regards \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w shown|strong="H2603"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w honor|strong="H5375"\w*; \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* find \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w favor|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w All|strong="H3467"\w* \w the|strong="H3615"\w* \w while|strong="H5751"\w* \w our|strong="H3615"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* failing \w as|strong="H5869"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w looked|strong="H5869"\w* \w in|strong="H1471"\w* \w vain|strong="H1892"\w* \w for|strong="H5869"\w* \w help|strong="H5833"\w*. We \w watched|strong="H6822"\w* \w from|strong="H1471"\w* \w our|strong="H3615"\w* towers \w for|strong="H5869"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w us|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* stalked \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w every|strong="H3212"\w* step, \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* could \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w streets|strong="H7339"\w*. \w Our|strong="H3588"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w* \w drew|strong="H7126"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w*, \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w ran|strong="H3212"\w* \w out|strong="H3212"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w*!   
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\v 19 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H4057"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w swifter|strong="H7031"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w eagles|strong="H5404"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* ambushed \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H2421"\w*, \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w pits|strong="H7825"\w*. We \w had|strong="H3068"\w* said \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H2421"\w*, “Under \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* among \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.”   
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\v 21 \w So|strong="H1571"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H7797"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w glad|strong="H7797"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* Edom, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Uz|strong="H5780"\w*. \w Yet|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w well|strong="H1571"\w*; \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* get \w drunk|strong="H7937"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w expose|strong="H6168"\w* \w yourself|strong="H6168"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w punishment|strong="H5771"\w* \w is|strong="H5771"\w* \w complete|strong="H8552"\w*; \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w prolong|strong="H3254"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w exile|strong="H1540"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* Edom; \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w expose|strong="H1540"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w*. \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w disgrace|strong="H2781"\w*!   
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\v 2 Our \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w has|strong="H1004"\w* been \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w over|strong="H2015"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w*, our \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H2114"\w*.   
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\v 3 We \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w* \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w*; \w our|strong="H1961"\w* mothers \w are|strong="H1961"\w* widows.   
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\v 4 We must buy \w the|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*; \w our|strong="H8354"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* comes \w at|strong="H4325"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w price|strong="H4242"\w*.   
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\v 5 We \w are|strong="H3808"\w* closely \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w*; \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w weary|strong="H3021"\w* \w and|strong="H6677"\w* \w find|strong="H5117"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*.   
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\v 6 We \w submitted|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4713"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* Assyria \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w get|strong="H3027"\w* \w enough|strong="H7646"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Our|strong="H5445"\w* fathers \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w and|strong="H2398"\w* \w are|strong="H5771"\w* no more, but \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w bear|strong="H5445"\w* \w their|strong="H5445"\w* \w punishment|strong="H5771"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w us|strong="H3027"\w*; there \w is|strong="H3027"\w* no \w one|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w deliver|strong="H6561"\w* \w us|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H6561"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w We|strong="H5315"\w* get \w our|strong="H6440"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w at|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* risk \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w our|strong="H6440"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Our|strong="H6440"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w hot|strong="H3648"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w an|strong="H6440"\w* \w oven|strong="H8574"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* fever \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w our|strong="H6440"\w* \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Women|strong="H1330"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* been \w ravished|strong="H6031"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3063"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w hung|strong="H8518"\w* \w up|strong="H8518"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*; \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* receive \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w respect|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* toil \w at|strong="H5375"\w* millstones; \w boys|strong="H5288"\w* \w stagger|strong="H3782"\w* \w under|strong="H3782"\w* loads \w of|strong="H6086"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H8179"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w have|strong="H2205"\w* \w left|strong="H7673"\w* \w the|strong="H8179"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*; \w the|strong="H8179"\w* young \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w have|strong="H2205"\w* \w stopped|strong="H7673"\w* their \w music|strong="H5058"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Joy|strong="H4885"\w* \w has|strong="H3820"\w* \w left|strong="H7673"\w* \w our|strong="H7673"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w*; \w our|strong="H7673"\w* \w dancing|strong="H4234"\w* \w has|strong="H3820"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* mourning.   
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w from|strong="H5307"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*. Woe \w to|strong="H7218"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*!   
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\v 17 \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*, \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w faint|strong="H1739"\w*; \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w*, \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w grow|strong="H2821"\w* \w dim|strong="H2821"\w*—   
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\v 18 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, \w which|strong="H2022"\w* \w lies|strong="H8074"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*, \w patrolled|strong="H1980"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w foxes|strong="H7776"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w You|strong="H3427"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, reign \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*; \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w endures|strong="H5769"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w* \w forever|strong="H5331"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w so|strong="H5800"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w*?   
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\v 21 \w Restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Yourself, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w so|strong="H7725"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*; \w renew|strong="H2318"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w old|strong="H6924"\w*,   
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\v 22 \w unless|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w utterly|strong="H3966"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3966"\w* remain \w angry|strong="H7107"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5704"\w* \w measure|strong="H3966"\w*.