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\h LAMENTATIONS 
\toc1 Lamentations 
\toc2 Lamentations 
\toc3 Lam 
\mt2 This book contains the account of Jeremiah’s sorrow because of God punishing Israel. We call this book  
\mt1 Lamentations  
\c 1  
\s1 The sorrows of the people of Jerusalem  
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\v 1 Jerusalem \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \add once\add* \w full|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H5892"\w* deserted.  
\q1 \add Once\add* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* honored \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3427"\w* \w over|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* world,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H5892"\w* \add grieving/abandoned\add* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* widow.  
\q1 \add Once\add* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \add honored like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w princess|strong="H8282"\w* \add is honored\add* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \add we who live here\add* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* slaves.   
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\v 2 \w We|strong="H3605"\w* [PRS] \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* \w bitterly|strong="H1058"\w* \add all\add* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w long|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w tears|strong="H1832"\w* flowing \w down|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w cheeks|strong="H3895"\w*.  
\q1 \w Among|strong="H5921"\w* \add the people in\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add the nations\add* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* loved Jerusalem  
\q2 \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H3895"\w* \w none|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \add now\add*.  
\q1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \add the rulers of those nations that were previously\add* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* allies \w have|strong="H1961"\w* betrayed \w us|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3915"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3895"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* enemies \add of the people of Jerusalem\add*.   
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\v 3  \add The people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w exiled|strong="H1540"\w*/forced \w to|strong="H3063"\w* \w go|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H3063"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* countries►  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* caused \w to|strong="H3063"\w* suffer \w greatly|strong="H7230"\w* \w as|strong="H7230"\w* slaves.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \add other\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*  
\q2 \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* peace/safety.  
\q1 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* enemies seized \w them|strong="H7291"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H7291"\w* \w to|strong="H3063"\w* escape.   
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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* \add Hill\add* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* empty [PRS]  
\q2 \w because|strong="H1097"\w* \w no|strong="H1097"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* comes \add here\add* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \add celebrate\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sacred \w festivals|strong="H4150"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w deserted|strong="H8074"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* groan.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* young \w women|strong="H1330"\w* \add of Jerusalem\add* cry  
\q2 \add because\add* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* suffering \w greatly|strong="H4751"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Our|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* conquered \w the|strong="H6440"\w* city,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \add now\add* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w prosper|strong="H7951"\w*.  
\q1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* punished \add the people of\add* Jerusalem  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H7230"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w committed|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \add of Jerusalem\add* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w captured|strong="H7628"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w taken|strong="H1961"\w* \add to other countries\add*.   
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\v 6 Jerusalem \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H1926"\w* city,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H1926"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \add of the city\add* \w are|strong="H1926"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] deer \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1926"\w* starving  
\q2 \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* grass \add to eat\add*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H1926"\w* very \w weak|strong="H3212"\w*,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w result|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H1926"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w run|strong="H7291"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* enemies.   
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\v 7  \add The people of\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* sad \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w scattered|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w think|strong="H2142"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* previous greatness \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city.  
\q1 \add But now\add* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* captured \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\q1 \w Our|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w* destroyed \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w laughed|strong="H7832"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w doing|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 8  \add The people of\add* [PRS] \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* \w much|strong="H3605"\w*;  
\q2 \add it is as though\add* [MET] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* filthy \add rag\add*.  
\q1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \add previously\add* \w honored|strong="H3513"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \add now\add* \w despise|strong="H2107"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* disgraced [MET].  
\q1 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \add the people of\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* groan,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* cover \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w faces|strong="H5921"\w* \add because they are very ashamed\add*.   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* city \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1431"\w* filthy \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* [PRS] \w the|strong="H7200"\w* sins \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* committed;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w think|strong="H2142"\w* about \w what|strong="H7200"\w* could happen \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* city.  
\q1 \add Now\add* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* city \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* destroyed,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \add the people\add*.  
\q1 \add The people cry out saying\add*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w suffering|strong="H6040"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w have|strong="H3068"\w* defeated \w us|strong="H7200"\w*!”   
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\v 10 \w Our|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* taken \w away|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w treasures|strong="H4261"\w*,  
\q2 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w valuable|strong="H4261"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* owned.  
\q1 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1471"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \add soldiers from other\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \add men who do not worship Yahweh\add*, enter \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacred|strong="H4720"\w* \w temple|strong="H4720"\w*,  
\q2 \add the place\add* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1471"\w*/non-Israelis \w were|strong="H3027"\w* ◄\w forbidden|strong="H6680"\w*/\w not|strong="H3808"\w* allowed► \w to|strong="H5921"\w* enter.   
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\v 11 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city groan  
\q2 \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w search|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* treasures  
\q2 \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w get|strong="H7725"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \add to eat\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w remain|strong="H1961"\w* \w alive|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\q1 \add They say\add*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \add at us\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w despised|strong="H2151"\w*!”   
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\v 12 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] seem \w to|strong="H3068"\w* care \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add about what has happened to us\add*.  
\q1 \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w around|strong="H5674"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* [RHQ] \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* suffering \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\q1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H5674"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* suffer  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* extremely \w angry|strong="H5674"\w* \add with us\add*.   
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\v 13  \add It is as though\add* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w heaven|strong="H4791"\w* [MTY]  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w burned|strong="H7971"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*;  
\q1 \add it is as though\add* [MET] \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* \w placed|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* trap \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* prevented \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* walking \w any|strong="H3605"\w* further.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* abandoned \w us|strong="H5414"\w*;  
\q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w weak|strong="H3605"\w*/miserable \add every day\add*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w He|strong="H3027"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w committed|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* heavy load \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w carry|strong="H6965"\w*;  
\q2 \add it is as though\add* [MET] \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w tied|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w necks|strong="H6677"\w*.  
\q1 \w Previously|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w strong|strong="H3581"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w become|strong="H3027"\w* \w weak|strong="H3782"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3027"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w* \w allowed|strong="H3201"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* capture \w us|strong="H5414"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w do|strong="H3201"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* resist \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w looked|strong="H3063"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* mighty soldiers  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* laughed \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3063"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* great army  
\q2 \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \add come and\add* \w crush|strong="H7665"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* young soldiers.  
\q1 \add It is as though\add* [MET] \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3063"\w* \w trampled|strong="H1869"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \add us\add* people \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H7130"\w* [SIM] \add people trample\add* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* grapes \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pit \add to make wine\add*.   
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\v 16 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add all\add* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w*;  
\q2 \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* filled \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w tears|strong="H1058"\w*.  
\q1 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* could encourage \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q1 \w Our|strong="H5921"\w* enemies \w have|strong="H1961"\w* conquered \add us\add*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* nothing \w good|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* ◄hope \w for|strong="H3588"\w*/expect \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*►.   
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\v 17  \add We people of\add* [PRS] \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w reach|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H6566"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \add to get help\add*,  
\q2 \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 us|strong="H5439"\w*.  
\q1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w decided|strong="H5162"\w* \w concerning|strong="H3068"\w* \add us descendants of\add* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H6862"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* nearby nations \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w*;  
\q1 \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* consider \w that|strong="H3068"\w*  
\q2 \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* filthy rag.   
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\v 18 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H1980"\w* \add to us\add* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* fair,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w* \w against|strong="H4784"\w* \w obeying|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H4994"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w gave|strong="H8085"\w* \add us\add*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \add to us\add*;  
\q2 \add look and\add* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* suffering \add greatly\add*.  
\q1 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \add many\add* sons \w and|strong="H1980"\w* daughters,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* \w captured|strong="H7628"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* forced \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* distant countries.   
\b  
\q1
\v 19 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* pleaded \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* allies \add to help us\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \add all\add* refused.  
\q1 \w Our|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w*  
\q2 \w have|strong="H3548"\w* \w died|strong="H1478"\w* \add from hunger\add* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*  
\q1 \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w searching|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* food  
\q2 \add to eat\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* remain \w alive|strong="H5315"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 20 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* suffering \w very|strong="H4784"\w* much.  
\q2 \add It is as though\add* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w inner|strong="H1004"\w* \w beings|strong="H7200"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* tormented.  
\q1 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* sad [SYN]  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w* \add against you\add*.  
\q1 \w Our|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w* \w kill|strong="H2719"\w* \w people|strong="H6862"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*;  
\q2 \w people|strong="H6862"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* dying \add because they have no food to eat\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 21 \w People|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* groaned,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \add came to\add* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\q1 \add Yahweh,\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* experience \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \add disaster\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* enemies \w are|strong="H3117"\w* happy \w to|strong="H1961"\w* see \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \add to us\add*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w soon|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* promised,  
\q2 \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* enemies \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w suffer|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* suffered!   
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\q1
\v 22  \add Yahweh,\add* \w see|strong="H5953"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w done|strong="H5953"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* punish \w them|strong="H5921"\w*!  
\q1 \add Punish them\add* \w like|strong="H3820"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* punished \w us|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H3820"\w*!  
\q1 \add We say this to you\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* suffer \w and|strong="H6440"\w* groan \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w much|strong="H7227"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w faint|strong="H1742"\w*/\w are|strong="H6588"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w sad|strong="H7451"\w*►.   
\c 2  
\s1 Yahweh punished Jerusalem  
\q1
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* extremely angry \add with us\add*;  
\q2 \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \add it was as though\add* [MET] \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w covered|strong="H5743"\w* Jerusalem \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* dark \w cloud|strong="H5743"\w*.  
\q1 \w Previously|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H7993"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H8597"\w*/\w glorious|strong="H8597"\w* city,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* caused \w it|strong="H7993"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* become \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ruins.  
\q1 \w At|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* punished [MET] \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \add even\add* abandoned \w his|strong="H3478"\w* temple [MET] \add in Jerusalem\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 2 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2040"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* homes \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \add the people of\add* [PRS] \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w did|strong="H3063"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* act mercifully.  
\q1 \w Because|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* very \w angry|strong="H5678"\w*,  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3605"\w* broke \w down|strong="H2040"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fortresses|strong="H4013"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3063"\w* caused \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* \w to|strong="H2490"\w* become disgraced,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3063"\w* gotten rid \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w them|strong="H5060"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 3 \w Because|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* extremely angry,  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* caused \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w not|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* powerful [MET] \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* refused \w to|strong="H7725"\w* assist \w us|strong="H7725"\w*  
\q2 \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* enemies attacked \w us|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* destroyed \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3478"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* raging fire destroys \w everything|strong="H3605"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 4 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w bent|strong="H1869"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \add to prepare to shoot us, his people\add*,  
\q2 \w as|strong="H3225"\w* though \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \add prepared to\add* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H6862"\w* \w whom|strong="H5869"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* love \w the|strong="H3605"\w* most [MET],  
\q2 members \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H5869"\w* families.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* extremely \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* [MTY] \w with|strong="H6726"\w* \w us|strong="H5869"\w* \w people|strong="H6862"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* Jerusalem;  
\q2 \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w anger|strong="H2534"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H2534"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire.   
\b  
\q1
\v 5 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* enemy  
\q2 \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \add us\add* Israelis;  
\q1 \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* palaces  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w fortresses|strong="H4013"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* ruins.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* gotten rid \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* people \w in|strong="H3478"\w* Jerusalem,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w us|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* mourn \w and|strong="H3063"\w* weep \add for those who were killed\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 6 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w his|strong="H3068"\w* temple \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* smashed  
\q2 \add as easily\add* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* [SIM] if \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* shelter \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* caused \add us, his people\add*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w*  
\q2 \w all|strong="H7843"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* sacred \w festivals|strong="H4150"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w days|strong="H4150"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* caused \add our\add* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejected|strong="H7911"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* extremely angry \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7843"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 7 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejected|strong="H2186"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5010"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \add our\add* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* tear \w down|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w*  
\q2 \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \add our temple and\add* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* palaces.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w shout|strong="H6963"\w* \add victoriously\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \add previously shouted\add* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacred|strong="H4720"\w* \w festivals|strong="H4150"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 8 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w determined|strong="H2803"\w*  
\q2 \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* city [MTY] \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* torn \w down|strong="H5186"\w*.  
\q1 \add It was as though\add* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* measured \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add then he completely\add* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* [MTY] \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q1 \add It was as though\add* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w the|strong="H3068"\w* towers \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* lament/weep,  
\q2 \add because they were now ruins\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 9 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* collapsed;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w fastened|strong="H2883"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* shut \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w smashed|strong="H7665"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \add been forced to\add* \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* other countries.  
\q2 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* anyone teach \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \add that God gave to Moses\add*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* receive \w any|strong="H1571"\w* \w visions|strong="H2377"\w*  
\q2 \add because\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* give \w them|strong="H4672"\w* \w any|strong="H1571"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 10 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* [MTY] \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ground|strong="H6083"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* say nothing.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w wear|strong="H5927"\w* rough \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3389"\w* throw \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \add to show that they are sad\add*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* young girls \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* bow \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \add sorrowfully\add*,  
\q2 \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w faces|strong="H5921"\w* \w touching|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ground|strong="H6083"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 11 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* very tired \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w tears|strong="H1832"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am very grieved \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w soul|strong="H4578"\w*.  
\q1 \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \add very many of\add* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w been|strong="H3615"\w* killed,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* grieve \w and|strong="H5971"\w* am \w exhausted|strong="H3615"\w*.  
\q1 \add Even\add* \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* babies \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w fainting|strong="H5848"\w*  
\q2 \add and dying\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w streets|strong="H7339"\w* \add because they have no food\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 12 \w They|strong="H5315"\w* cry \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w their|strong="H8210"\w* mothers,  
\q2 “\w We|strong="H5315"\w* need [RHQ] something \w to|strong="H5315"\w* eat \w and|strong="H5892"\w* drink!”  
\q1 \w They|strong="H5315"\w* \w faint|strong="H5848"\w* \w like|strong="H8210"\w* \w wounded|strong="H2491"\w* \w men|strong="H5315"\w*  
\q2 \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*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H5315"\w* slowly die  
\q2 \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.   
\b  
\q1
\v 13 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* people \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* [MTY, DOU],  
\q2 ◄\w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*/there \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w nothing|strong="H4100"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w*► say \add to help you\add*.  
\q1 \w No|strong="H4310"\w* people \w have|strong="H1323"\w* [RHQ] suffered \w like|strong="H1819"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* suffering;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* know \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7667"\w* [MET] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1323"\w* experienced \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w*  
\q2 \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ocean \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w deep|strong="H1419"\w*;  
\q2 there \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w no|strong="H4310"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* restore \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \add city\add*.   
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* claimed \w that|strong="H5030"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H5030"\w* \w seen|strong="H2372"\w* \w visions|strong="H7723"\w* \add from Yahweh\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* said \w was|strong="H5030"\w* \w false|strong="H7723"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w worthless|strong="H7723"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* save \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* being ◄\w exiled|strong="H1540"\w*/forced \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* other countries►,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* proclaim \w that|strong="H5030"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H5030"\w* sinned.  
\q1 \w Instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w messages|strong="H2372"\w* \w that|strong="H5030"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w gave|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* deceived \w you|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q2 \add because\add* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H5030"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* true.   
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\v 15 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*  
\q2 make fun \w of|strong="H1323"\w* [IDM] \w you|strong="H3605"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w shake|strong="H5128"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w hiss|strong="H8319"\w*/sneer \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\q1 \add They say\add*, “\w Is|strong="H1870"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* great \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*?  
\q2 \w Is|strong="H1870"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* most \w beautiful|strong="H3308"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* world,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w caused|strong="H5674"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add the people on\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3389"\w* \w joyful|strong="H4885"\w*?”   
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\v 16  \add Now\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* enemies scoff [IDM] \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w hiss|strong="H8319"\w*/sneer \add at you\add* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w gnash|strong="H2786"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \add to show that they hate you\add*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H1104"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*!  
\q2 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* longed/\w waited|strong="H6960"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* \w happened|strong="H4672"\w*!”   
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\v 17 \w Yahweh|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*;  
\q2 \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w ago|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* threatened \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add now\add* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2040"\w* \add your city\add* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* acting mercifully \add toward you\add*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* enabled \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* defeating \w you|strong="H6680"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* enabled \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add continually\add* \w become|strong="H7311"\w* stronger.   
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\v 18 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* wish/desire \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* Jerusalem [APO]  
\q2 would \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*!  
\q1 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* Jerusalem [MET],  
\q2 \w Cry|strong="H6817"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*!  
\q2 \w Let|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w tears|strong="H1832"\w* \w flow|strong="H3381"\w* \w like|strong="H3381"\w* \w rivers|strong="H5158"\w*.  
\q1 \w Do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* stop grieving;  
\q2 \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* stop \w crying|strong="H6817"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \add every\add* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w cry|strong="H7442"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w*;  
\q2 \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* feeling.  
\q1 \w Raise|strong="H6965"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* arms \w to|strong="H5921"\w* plead \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*  
\q2 \w to|strong="H5921"\w* act mercifully \w to|strong="H5921"\w* prevent \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* dying;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w fainting|strong="H5848"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w street|strong="H2351"\w* corners  
\q2 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* food \w to|strong="H5921"\w* eat.   
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\v 20 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w think|strong="H7200"\w* \add about it\add*!  
\q2 \w Have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w ever|strong="H4310"\w* [RHQ] caused \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* suffer \w like|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w before|strong="H7200"\w*?  
\q1 \add It is certainly not right that\add* [RHQ] women \w are|strong="H3068"\w* eating \w the|strong="H7200"\w* flesh \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H3548"\w* \w children|strong="H5768"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* always taken care \w of|strong="H3068"\w*!  
\q1 \add It is not right that\add* [RHQ] \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w*  
\q2 \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H3548"\w* \w temple|strong="H4720"\w*!   
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\v 21  \add The corpses of\add* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H7901"\w* ages \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*;  
\q2 \add there are even corpses of\add* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w women|strong="H1330"\w* \w who|strong="H5288"\w* \w have|strong="H2550"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \add our enemies’\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*.  
\q1 \w Because|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* very angry,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w caused|strong="H5307"\w* \w them|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w*;  
\q1 \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H2550"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H2873"\w* \w them|strong="H5307"\w*  
\q2 \w without|strong="H3808"\w* pitying \w them|strong="H5307"\w* \add at all\add*.   
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\v 22 \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w to|strong="H3068"\w* attack \w us|strong="H5439"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w every|strong="H5439"\w* \w direction|strong="H5439"\w*,  
\q2 \w as|strong="H3117"\w* though \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w calling|strong="H7121"\w*/inviting \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w feast|strong="H4150"\w*.  
\q1 \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \add you showed that\add* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H7235"\w* angry,  
\q2 \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w escaped|strong="H6412"\w*.  
\q1 \w Our|strong="H3068"\w* enemies murdered \add our little children,\add*  
\q2 ones \w whom|strong="H7121"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* care \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w reared|strong="H7235"\w*/\w brought|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H7235"\w*.   
\c 3  
\s1 Hope in the midst of distress  
\q1
\v 1 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \add , the one who am writing this,\add* am \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w who|strong="H1397"\w* has been afflicted/punished [MTY] \w by|strong="H1397"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*  
\q2 because \w he|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H1397"\w* \w angry|strong="H5678"\w*.   
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\v 2  \add It was as though\add* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* caused \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very \w dark|strong="H2822"\w* place  
\q2 \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* light \add at all\add*.   
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\v 3 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* punished [IDM] \w me|strong="H7725"\w* many \w times|strong="H3117"\w*,  
\q2 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \add every\add* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w He|strong="H1320"\w* \w has|strong="H1320"\w* caused \w my|strong="H7665"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w and|strong="H7665"\w* \w my|strong="H7665"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w to|strong="H1320"\w* \w become|strong="H1086"\w* \w old|strong="H1086"\w*.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H1320"\w* \w has|strong="H1320"\w* \w broken|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 surrounded|strong="H5362"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* [DOU]  
\q2 \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w bitterness|strong="H7219"\w* \w and|strong="H1129"\w* suffering.   
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\v 6  \add It is as though\add* \w he|strong="H3427"\w* has buried \w me|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dark|strong="H4285"\w* \w place|strong="H3427"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H4191"\w* [SIM] \add the graves of\add* \w those|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* have \w been|strong="H5769"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H5769"\w* \w time|strong="H5769"\w*.   
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\v 7  \add It is as though\add* [MET] \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H3318"\w* built \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wall|strong="H1443"\w* \w around|strong="H1157"\w* \w me|strong="H1157"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3318"\w* fastened/tied \w me|strong="H1157"\w* \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w* \w chains|strong="H5178"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H3318"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Although|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w call|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w and|strong="H8605"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H1571"\w* \w to|strong="H2199"\w* \w help|strong="H7768"\w* \w me|strong="H1571"\w*,  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* pay attention \w to|strong="H2199"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w prayers|strong="H8605"\w*.   
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\v 9  \add It is as though\add* he has \w blocked|strong="H1443"\w* \w my|strong="H1443"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* \w with|strong="H1870"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add high\add* \w stone|strong="H1496"\w* \add wall\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* has caused \w my|strong="H1443"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* become \w crooked|strong="H5753"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H1931"\w* waited to attack me  
\q2 like [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bear|strong="H1677"\w* or \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion hides and waits \add to attack other animals\add*.   
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\v 11  \add It is as though\add* \w he|strong="H7760"\w* has dragged \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w off|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* ◄mauled \w me|strong="H7760"\w*/\w torn|strong="H6582"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w into|strong="H5493"\w* \w pieces|strong="H6582"\w*►,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w left|strong="H5493"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w without|strong="H5493"\w* help.   
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\v 12  \add It is as though\add* [MET] he \w bent|strong="H1869"\w* \w his|strong="H1869"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H7198"\w* caused \w me|strong="H5324"\w* \w to|strong="H5324"\w* become \w the|strong="H1869"\w* \w target|strong="H4307"\w*  
\q2 \add at which he shot\add* \w his|strong="H1869"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*.   
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\v 13  \add It is as though\add* \w he|strong="H1121"\w* shot \w his|strong="H1121"\w* \w arrows|strong="H1121"\w* deep into my body.   
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\v 14 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* relatives laugh \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*;  
\q2 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \add every\add* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* sing \w songs|strong="H5058"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* make fun \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\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*/great suffering►,  
\q2 \add like\add* [MET] someone who drinks \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very \w bitter|strong="H4844"\w* liquid suffers.   
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\v 16  \add It is as though\add* he has caused me to chew \w gravel|strong="H2687"\w* that broke \w my|strong="H1638"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8127"\w* he has trampled me \w in|strong="H8127"\w* the dirt.   
\q1
\v 17 \w Things|strong="H2896"\w* no longer go \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w for|strong="H5315"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5315"\w* no longer remember \w being|strong="H5315"\w* \w prosperous|strong="H7965"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \add continued to\add* say \add to myself\add*, “\w I|strong="H3068"\w* no longer expect \w to|strong="H3068"\w* live much longer;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* no longer confidently expect \add to receive good things\add* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*!”   
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\v 19 \w When|strong="H2142"\w* \w I|strong="H2142"\w* \w think|strong="H2142"\w* about \w my|strong="H2142"\w* \w suffering|strong="H6040"\w* \w and|strong="H6040"\w* \w my|strong="H2142"\w* \w wandering|strong="H4788"\w* \add away from home\add*,  
\q2 \add it is like drinking\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very bitter [DOU] liquid.   
\q1
\v 20 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* never forget this \w time|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q2 \w when|strong="H2142"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* feel very depressed/discouraged [IDM].   
\q1
\v 21 However, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* confidently expect \add Yahweh to do good things for me again\add*  
\q2 \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*:   
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\v 22 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* stops \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* loving \add us\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* stops \w being|strong="H3068"\w* kind \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 23  \add He is the one whom we can\add* always trust/lean on.  
\q2 \w Every|strong="H1242"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w he|strong="H1242"\w* \w is|strong="H1242"\w* merciful \add to us again\add*.   
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\v 24  \add So\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w myself|strong="H5315"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w need|strong="H3651"\w*;  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* confidently \w wait|strong="H3176"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \add to do good things for me\add*.”   
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\v 25 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add all\add* \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* depend \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5315"\w*,  
\q2 \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \add help\add*.   
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\v 26  \add So\add* \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* us \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w wait|strong="H1748"\w* quietly  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* save/rescue \add us\add*.   
\q1
\v 27 \w And|strong="H2896"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H2896"\w* \add patiently\add* \w endure|strong="H5375"\w* \add suffering\add*  
\q2 \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H2896"\w* \w young|strong="H2896"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \add who seek his help\add* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w*, \w silently|strong="H1826"\w*,  
\q2 \add knowing that\add* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3427"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* allowed/caused \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* suffer.   
\q1
\v 29 \w They|strong="H6310"\w* should \w lie|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w dirt|strong="H6083"\w*, \w with|strong="H6310"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* faces \w on|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w ground|strong="H6083"\w*,  
\q2 \add because\add* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w can|strong="H3426"\w* still \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* \add that Yahweh will help them\add*.   
\q1
\v 30 If \w someone|strong="H5414"\w* \w strikes|strong="H5221"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5414"\w* one \w cheek|strong="H3895"\w*,  
\q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* should \w turn|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* other \w cheek|strong="H3895"\w* toward \w that|strong="H5414"\w* person \add in order that he may strike it, too\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5221"\w* accept/endure \w it|strong="H5414"\w* when \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3895"\w* insulted.   
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\v 31 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* abandon \add us his people\add* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.   
\q1
\v 32 Sometimes \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w causes|strong="H3013"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H2617"\w* suffer,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* sometimes \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2617"\w* kind \add to us\add*  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* continually \w and|strong="H2617"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* loves \add us\add*.   
\q1
\v 33 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* happy about causing human beings \w to|strong="H3820"\w* suffer  
\q2 \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* sad.   
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\v 34 If people ◄mistreat \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* prisoners/\w crush|strong="H1792"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* prisoners \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*►   
\q1
\v 35 \w or|strong="H4941"\w* if \w they|strong="H6440"\w* rebel \w against|strong="H6440"\w* God  
\q2 \w by|strong="H1397"\w* refusing \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w give|strong="H5186"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H1397"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* things \w that|strong="H1397"\w* \w it|strong="H5186"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \add to receive\add*,   
\q1
\v 36 \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w cause|strong="H7379"\w* judges \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w decide|strong="H7200"\w* matters unjustly,  
\q2 ◄\w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* those \w things|strong="H3808"\w*?/\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w sees|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* those \w things|strong="H3808"\w*!► [RHQ]   
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\v 37 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* [RHQ] \w command|strong="H6680"\w* something \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \add and then cause it to happen\add*  
\q2 \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* already \w decided|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w should|strong="H4310"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*.   
\q1
\v 38 \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H6310"\w* heaven [MTY] \w is|strong="H2896"\w* [RHQ] \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* \w causes|strong="H3318"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* happen,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2896"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \add also\add* \w causes|strong="H3318"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* happen.   
\q1
\v 39  \add So\add* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* certainly not [RHQ] right \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, \w who|strong="H1397"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* only humans, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* complain  
\q2 \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* punishes \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sins|strong="H2399"\w* \w that|strong="H2416"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* \w committed|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 40 Instead, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w examine|strong="H2664"\w*/think carefully \w about|strong="H1870"\w*► \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w*;  
\q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\q1
\v 41 We should \w pray|strong="H5375"\w* [IDM] sincerely \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w our|strong="H5375"\w* arms  
\q2 \w toward|strong="H3709"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* \w in|strong="H8064"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \add and say,\add*   
\q1
\v 42 “\w We|strong="H5168"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* sinned \w and|strong="H6586"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w* \add against you\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6586"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w forgiven|strong="H5545"\w* \add us\add*.   
\q1
\v 43 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H2550"\w* surrounded us \w with|strong="H5526"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* anger \w and|strong="H2026"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* us;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H2550"\w* slaughtered \add us\add* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* pitying us.   
\q1
\v 44 You have hidden yourself \w in|strong="H5674"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w*,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* result \w that|strong="H5674"\w* you do \w not|strong="H5674"\w* hear \add us\add* \w when|strong="H5674"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w pray|strong="H8605"\w*.   
\q1
\v 45 \w You|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* caused \add the people of other\add* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w consider|strong="H7760"\w* \w us|strong="H7760"\w*  
\q2 \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H5971"\w* only garbage [DOU].   
\q1
\v 46 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* enemies \w have|strong="H3605"\w* insulted \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 47 We \w are|strong="H1961"\w* constantly \w afraid|strong="H6343"\w* [DOU],  
\q2 \add because\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* experienced disasters \w and|strong="H1961"\w* \w ruin|strong="H7667"\w* [DOU].”   
\b  
\q1
\v 48 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* cry \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot  
\q2 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* destroyed.   
\q1
\v 49 \w My|strong="H3808"\w* tears continually \w flow|strong="H5064"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w*   
\q1
\v 50 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|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* \add us\add*.   
\q1
\v 51 \w I|strong="H5315"\w* am very grieved  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \add what has happened to\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 52 Those who \w are|strong="H2600"\w* my enemies \w hunted|strong="H6679"\w* \w for|strong="H6679"\w* \w me|strong="H6679"\w*  
\q2 like [SIM] \add people hunt for\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bird|strong="H6833"\w* \add to kill it\add*  
\q1 \add even though\add* there was no reason \add for them to do that\add*.   
\q1
\v 53 They threw \w me|strong="H6789"\w* \w into|strong="H2416"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pit \w to|strong="H2416"\w* kill \w me|strong="H6789"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3034"\w* they threw stones on top \w of|strong="H2416"\w* \w me|strong="H6789"\w*.   
\q1
\v 54 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \add in the pit\add* rose \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* said \add to myself\add*, “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* am \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* die/drown!”   
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\v 55 \w But|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* bottom \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* pit \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* out \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7121"\w* [MTY],  
\q2 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \add help me\add*!”   
\q1
\v 56 \w I|strong="H8085"\w* pleaded \w with|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6963"\w*,  
\q2 “\w Do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* refuse \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w heed|strong="H8085"\w* [MTY] \w me|strong="H6963"\w* \w while|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w cry|strong="H7775"\w* out \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6963"\w*!”   
\q1
\v 57 \w Then|strong="H7126"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* answered \w me|strong="H7121"\w*  
\q2 \w and|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 Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H5315"\w* defended \w me|strong="H5315"\w*;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H5315"\w* did \w not|strong="H5315"\w* allow \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* die.   
\q1
\v 59  \add Now\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* evil things \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w have|strong="H3068"\w* done \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*,  
\q2 \add so\add* \w decide|strong="H8199"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w case|strong="H4941"\w* \add and show that I am right\add*!   
\q1
\v 60 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* know \w the|strong="H3605"\w* evil \w things|strong="H3605"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* planned \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*.   
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\v 61 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w insult|strong="H2781"\w* \add me\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* planned \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 62 \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* whisper \w and|strong="H6965"\w* mutter \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\q1
\v 63 \w Look|strong="H5027"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H3427"\w*! Whether they are standing \w or|strong="H3427"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w*  
\q2 they \w make|strong="H3427"\w* fun \w of|strong="H3427"\w* me \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* songs \w that|strong="H3427"\w* they sing.   
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\v 64 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* suffer  
\q2 \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* causing \add me\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* suffer!   
\q1
\v 65 \w Curse|strong="H8381"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* [IDM]  
\q2 \add for\add* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* being \w very|strong="H1992"\w* stubborn [IDM].   
\q1
\v 66 \w Because|strong="H8478"\w* \w you|strong="H7291"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* angry \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7291"\w*, \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H7291"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7291"\w*,  
\q2 \add until none of them remain\add* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.   
\c 4  
\s1 What happened when Jerusalem was destroyed  
\q1
\v 1  \add Previously our people were like\add* [MET] \w pure|strong="H2896"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3605"\w* now \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H2896"\w* worthless.  
\q1 \add Like\add* [MET] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacred|strong="H6944"\w* stones \w in|strong="H2896"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* temple \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* scattered,  
\q2 \add our young men have been scattered\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 2 \w The|strong="H3027"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Jerusalem \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w as|strong="H2803"\w* \w valuable|strong="H3368"\w* \w as|strong="H2803"\w* [MET] large amounts \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w gold|strong="H6337"\w*,  
\q2 but \w now|strong="H3027"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w consider|strong="H2803"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w as|strong="H2803"\w* worthless \w as|strong="H2803"\w* \add ordinary\add* \w clay|strong="H2789"\w* pots.   
\b  
\q1
\v 3 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \add female\add* jackals/wolves feed \w their|strong="H3588"\w* pups,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* act cruelly \add toward their children\add*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w like|strong="H4057"\w* [SIM] \w ostriches|strong="H3283"\w* \w in|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \add that abandon their eggs\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 4  \add My people’s\add* \w infants|strong="H5768"\w*’ \w tongues|strong="H3956"\w* \w cling|strong="H1692"\w* \w to|strong="H3899"\w* \w the|strong="H7592"\w* roofs/tops \w of|strong="H3899"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* mouths  
\q2 because \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \add extremely\add* \w thirsty|strong="H6772"\w*;  
\q1 \w the|strong="H7592"\w* \w children|strong="H5768"\w* plead \w for|strong="H7592"\w* \w some|strong="H1992"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1992"\w* no \w one|strong="H3956"\w* gives \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \add any\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 5 People who \add previously\add* ate fine food  
\q2 \w are|strong="H8074"\w* \add now\add* starving \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*;  
\q1 \w those|strong="H5921"\w* who previously lived luxuriously [MTY]  
\q2 \add now\add* paw/dig \w through|strong="H5921"\w* rubbish heaps \add to find some food\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 6  \add The people of\add* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* struck \w with|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* disaster very \w suddenly|strong="H7281"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* there \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* rescue \w them|strong="H3027"\w*;  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H3027"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w been|strong="H3644"\w* punished  
\q2 \w more|strong="H3808"\w* severely \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* punished.   
\b  
\q1
\v 7 Our leaders’ \add behavior\add* was \add previously\add* \w very|strong="H6106"\w* \w pure|strong="H2141"\w*,  
\q2 \w whiter|strong="H6705"\w* \add and brighter\add* \w than|strong="H2141"\w* \w snow|strong="H7950"\w* \w and|strong="H2461"\w* \w milk|strong="H2461"\w*;  
\q1 their bodies \w were|strong="H5139"\w* redder \w than|strong="H2141"\w* \add red\add* coral/stones;  
\q2 they \w were|strong="H5139"\w* \w very|strong="H6106"\w* strong \w and|strong="H2461"\w* healthy [MET].   
\b  
\q1
\v 8 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w faces|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H6106"\w* \w blacker|strong="H2821"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w soot|strong="H7815"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* recognizes \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*.  
\q1 \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*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6086"\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* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wooden|strong="H6086"\w* \add stick\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 9 \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w die|strong="H2719"\w* \w in|strong="H7458"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* battle [MTY]  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w die|strong="H2719"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w*.  
\q1 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H1961"\w* food \w to|strong="H1961"\w* harvest \w in|strong="H7458"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* people slowly starved \w until|strong="H7704"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* died.   
\b  
\q1
\v 10 \w Women|strong="H1323"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \add usually/previously\add* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* very kind  
\q2 \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \add killed and\add* cooked \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H5971"\w* ate \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \add when there was no other food\add*,  
\q2 \w when|strong="H1961"\w* Jerusalem \w was|strong="H1961"\w* surrounded \add by enemy soldiers\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 11 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* shown \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* extremely \w angry|strong="H2534"\w*;  
\q1 \add it is as though\add* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* started/ignited \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Jerusalem  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H3341"\w* everything \w to|strong="H3068"\w* ashes.   
\b  
\q1
\v 12 \w None|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w*  
\q2 believed \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|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*.   
\q1
\v 13  \add But that is what happened\add*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H7130"\w* happened \w because|strong="H5771"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2403"\w*;  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \add also\add* \w sinned|strong="H2403"\w*  
\q2 \w by|strong="H5771"\w* causing \w innocent|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w* \w to|strong="H5771"\w* \w be|strong="H5030"\w* executed [MTY].   
\b  
\q1
\v 14 \w The|strong="H5060"\w* prophets \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w priests|strong="H3808"\w* \w wandered|strong="H5128"\w* through \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*  
\q2 \add as though they were\add* \w blind|strong="H5787"\w*.  
\q1 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* would \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* \w them|strong="H5060"\w*  
\q2 because \w their|strong="H5060"\w* \w clothes|strong="H3830"\w* \w were|strong="H3201"\w* \w stained|strong="H1351"\w* \w with|strong="H1351"\w* \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \add of people who had been killed\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 15 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \add who were alive\add* \w shouted|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Stay|strong="H1481"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \add from us\add* [DOU]! \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2931"\w*/untouchable!  
\q2 \w Do|strong="H3254"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*!”  
\q1 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* prophets \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w priests|strong="H3808"\w* fled \add from Israel\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w wandered|strong="H5128"\w* \w around|strong="H5128"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* country \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w another|strong="H3254"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \add in each country\add* kept saying \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w stay|strong="H1481"\w* here!”   
\b  
\q1
\v 16 \w It|strong="H5375"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w himself|strong="H6440"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w scattered|strong="H2505"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3254"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* concerned \w about|strong="H5375"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q1 \w People|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w respect|strong="H5027"\w* \add our\add* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 17 We [SYN] continued \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w look|strong="H5869"\w* \w for|strong="H5869"\w* someone \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w help|strong="H5833"\w* \add us\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H3615"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* \w useless|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\q1 We continued \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w watch|strong="H6822"\w* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w see|strong="H5869"\w* if \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w our|strong="H3615"\w* allies would \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w us|strong="H5869"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H3615"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* waiting \w for|strong="H5869"\w* could \w help|strong="H5833"\w* \add us\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 18  \add Our\add* enemies \w were|strong="H3117"\w* hunting \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* could \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \add even\add* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w streets|strong="H7339"\w* \add lest they seize us\add*.  
\q1 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w about|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* captured;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H7126"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* killed.   
\b  
\q1
\v 19 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H4057"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* faster \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w eagles|strong="H5404"\w* \add flying\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\q1 \w Even|strong="H5921"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* fled \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*  
\q2 \w or|strong="H2022"\w* hid \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \add went there ahead of us and\add* \w waited|strong="H1961"\w* \add to attack\add* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 20  \add Our king,\add* whom \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* appointed,  
\q2 \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H2421"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* enabled \w us|strong="H2421"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* remain \w alive|strong="H2421"\w* [MTY];  
\q1 \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H2421"\w* whom \w we|strong="H3068"\w* trusted \w to|strong="H3068"\w* protect \w us|strong="H2421"\w* [IDM]  
\q2 \w from|strong="H1471"\w* \add the armies of\add* other \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \add captured\add*  
\q2 \add like animals are\add* [MET] \w caught|strong="H3920"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pit.   
\b  
\q1
\v 21 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* [IDM] Edom \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w Uz|strong="H5780"\w*,  
\q2 \add you may\add* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w happy|strong="H8056"\w* \add about what is happening to us now\add*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H1571"\w* \add Yahweh\add* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* punishing [MTY] \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \add also\add*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w become|strong="H7937"\w* \w drunk|strong="H7937"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* ashamed  
\q2 \add because your enemies\add* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* stripped \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* clothes.   
\b  
\q1
\v 22 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \add people of\add* [APO] Jerusalem,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* being \w punished|strong="H6485"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w end|strong="H8552"\w*;  
\q1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w continue|strong="H3254"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* live \w in|strong="H5921"\w* ◄\w exile|strong="H1540"\w*/foreign countries►.  
\q2 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \add you people of\add* [APO] Edom, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \add you\add*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w reveal|strong="H1540"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* wicked \w things|strong="H1540"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w done|strong="H8552"\w*.   
\c 5  
\s1 A prayer for God’s mercy  
\q1
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w think|strong="H2142"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\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*.  
\q2 \w See|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* disgraced.   
\q1
\v 2 \w Foreigners|strong="H2114"\w* \w have|strong="H2114"\w* seized our \w property|strong="H5159"\w*,  
\q2 \add and now\add* they live \w in|strong="H1004"\w* our \w homes|strong="H1004"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \add Our enemies\add* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* killed \w our|strong="H1961"\w* fathers;  
\q2 they \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* mothers \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* widows.   
\q1
\v 4  \add Now\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* required \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w pay|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H4325"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* must \w pay|strong="H3701"\w* \add a lot of money\add* \w for|strong="H4325"\w* \w firewood|strong="H6086"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \add It is as though\add* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H7291"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* heels;  
\q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H7291"\w* \w exhausted|strong="H3021"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allow|strong="H5117"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w In|strong="H3899"\w* \w order|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w get|strong="H3027"\w* \w enough|strong="H7646"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \add to remain alive\add*,  
\q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4713"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* Assyria \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w offered|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w work|strong="H5414"\w* \add for the people there\add*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w Our|strong="H5445"\w* ancestors \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, \w and|strong="H2398"\w* now they \w are|strong="H5771"\w* dead,  
\q2 but \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5771"\w* being punished \w for|strong="H5771"\w* \w the|strong="H2398"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* that they \w committed|strong="H2398"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 8  \add Officials from Babylon\add* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \add previously\add* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \add now\add* \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w us|strong="H3027"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* there \w is|strong="H3027"\w* no \w one|strong="H3027"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w can|strong="H5650"\w* rescue \w us|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H6561"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 When \w we|strong="H3068"\w* roam \w around|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* searching \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* danger \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w being|strong="H5315"\w* \w killed|strong="H2719"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w there|strong="H6440"\w* \w kill|strong="H2719"\w* strangers \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w Our|strong="H6440"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w has|strong="H2152"\w* \w become|strong="H3648"\w* \w hot|strong="H3648"\w* \w like|strong="H6440"\w* [SIM] \w an|strong="H6440"\w* \w oven|strong="H8574"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* have \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very high fever \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* extremely hungry.   
\q1
\v 11  \add Our enemies\add* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* raped \w the|strong="H3063"\w* \w women|strong="H1330"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* Jerusalem,  
\q2 \add and they have done that to\add* \w the|strong="H3063"\w* young \w women|strong="H1330"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H3063"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Judea.   
\q1
\v 12  \add Our enemies\add* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w* \w our|strong="H8518"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w respect|strong="H6440"\w* \w our|strong="H8518"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w They|strong="H5375"\w* force \w our|strong="H5375"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w to|strong="H5375"\w* \w grind|strong="H2911"\w* \add flour\add* \w with|strong="H6086"\w* millstones,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w boys|strong="H5288"\w* \w stagger|strong="H3782"\w* while \w they|strong="H5375"\w* \add are forced to\add* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \add heavy\add* loads \w of|strong="H6086"\w* \w firewood|strong="H6086"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14  \add Our\add* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w no|strong="H7673"\w* longer sit \w at|strong="H8179"\w* \w the|strong="H8179"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \add to make important decisions\add*;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H8179"\w* young \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w no|strong="H7673"\w* longer play their musical \add instruments\add*.   
\q1
\v 15 We [SYN] \w are|strong="H3820"\w* \w no|strong="H7673"\w* longer \w joyful|strong="H4885"\w*;  
\q2 instead \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w dancing|strong="H4234"\w* \add joyfully\add*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* now mourn.   
\q1
\v 16 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* wreaths \add of flowers\add* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w off|strong="H7218"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*.  
\q2 Terrible \w things|strong="H7218"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w happened|strong="H2398"\w* \w to|strong="H7218"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H2398"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17 We [SYN] \w are|strong="H5869"\w* tired \w and|strong="H5869"\w* discouraged [IDM],  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* cannot \w see|strong="H5869"\w* \w well|strong="H5869"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \add full of tears\add*.   
\q1
\v 18 Jerusalem \w is|strong="H6726"\w* \add completely\add* \w deserted|strong="H8074"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w jackals|strong="H7776"\w*/wolves \w prowl|strong="H1980"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w But|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H5769"\w* \w rule|strong="H3427"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*!  
\q2 \w You|strong="H5769"\w* \w continue|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w rule|strong="H3427"\w* [MTY] \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H1755"\w* \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* next \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*.   
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\v 20  \add So\add* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* [RHQ] \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w*?  
\q2 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* [RHQ] \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w us|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*?   
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\v 21  \add Please\add* enable \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* prosper [MTY] \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* previously.   
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\v 22 Please do \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* hope \w that|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w forever|strong="H5704"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7107"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w you|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \w extremely|strong="H3966"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*!