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the Week of Proper 17 / Ordinary 22
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Passage Lookup: Lamentations 3-4
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Lamentations 3:1
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א Alef
I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God's wrath.Lamentations 3:2
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He has driven me away and forced me to walk in darkness instead of light.(a)
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Lamentations 3:3
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Yes, He repeatedly turns His hand against me all day long.
Lamentations 3:4
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ב Bet
He has worn away my flesh and skin;(b) He has shattered my bones.(c)Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:5
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He has laid siege against me,(d) encircling me with bitterness and hardship.(e)
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Lamentations 3:6
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He has made me dwell in darkness like those who have been dead for ages.(f)
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Lamentations 3:7
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ג Gimel
He has walled me in so I cannot escape;(g) He has weighed me down with chains.Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:8
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Even when I cry out and plead for help, He rejects my prayer.(h)
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Lamentations 3:9
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He has walled in my ways with cut stones;(i) He has made my paths crooked.(j)
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Lamentations 3:10
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ד Dalet
He is[a] a bear waiting in ambush, a lion in hiding.(k)Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:11
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He forced me off my way and tore me to pieces; He left me desolate.
Lamentations 3:12
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He strung His bow(l) and set me as the target for His arrow.
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Lamentations 3:13
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ה He
He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.(m)Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:14
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I am a laughingstock(n) to all my people,[b] mocked by their songs(o) all day long.
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Lamentations 3:15
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He filled me with bitterness, satiated me with wormwood.(p)
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Lamentations 3:16
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ו Vav
He ground my teeth on gravel(q) and made me cower[c] in the dust.Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:17
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My soul has been deprived[d] of peace;(r) I have forgotten what happiness is.
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Lamentations 3:18
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Then I thought: My future[e] is lost, as well as my hope from the Lord .
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Lamentations 3:19
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ז Zayin
Remember[f] my affliction and my homelessness,(s) the wormwood and the poison.(t)Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:20
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I continually remember them and have become depressed.[g](u)
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Lamentations 3:21
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Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:(v)
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Lamentations 3:22
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ח Khet
Because of the Lord 's faithful love(w) we do not perish,[h] for His mercies never end.Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:23
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They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!(x)
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Lamentations 3:24
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I say: The Lord is my portion,(y) therefore I will put my hope in Him.
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Lamentations 3:25
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ט Tet
The Lord is good to those who wait(z) for Him, to the person who seeks Him.Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:26
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It is good to wait quietly(aa) for deliverance from the Lord .(ab)
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Lamentations 3:27
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It is good for a man to bear the yoke(ac) while he is still young.
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Lamentations 3:28
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י Yod
Let him sit alone and be silent,(ad) for God has disciplined him.Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:29
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Let him put his mouth in the dust(ae)— perhaps there is still hope.
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Lamentations 3:30
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Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him;(af) let him be filled with shame.
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Lamentations 3:31
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כ Kaf
For the Lord will not reject us forever.Lamentations 3:32
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Even if He causes suffering, He will show compassion according to His abundant, faithful love.(ag)
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Lamentations 3:33
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For He does not enjoy bringing affliction(ah) or suffering on mankind.
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Lamentations 3:34
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ל Lamed
Crushing all the prisoners of the land[i] beneath one's feet,Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:35
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denying justice to a man(ai) in the presence of the Most High,
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Lamentations 3:36
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or suppressing a person's lawsuit(aj)— the Lord does not approve of these things.
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Lamentations 3:37
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מ Mem
Who is there who speaks and it happens, unless the Lord has ordained it?(ak)Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:38
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Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?(al)
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Lamentations 3:39
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Why should any living person complain, any man, because of the punishment for his sins?
Lamentations 3:40
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נ Nun
Let us search out and examine our ways, and turn back to the Lord .(am)Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:41
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Let us lift up our hearts and our hands(an) to God in heaven:
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Lamentations 3:42
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We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.(ao)
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Lamentations 3:43
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ס Samek
You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without compassion.(ap)Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:44
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You have covered Yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.(aq)
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Lamentations 3:45
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You have made us disgusting filth among the peoples.(ar)
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Lamentations 3:46
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פ Pe
All our enemies open their mouths against us.(as)Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:47
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We have experienced panic and pitfall,(at) devastation and destruction.
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Lamentations 3:48
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My eyes flow with streams of tears because of the destruction of my dear people.
Lamentations 3:49
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ע Ayin
My eyes overflow unceasingly, without end,(au)Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:50
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until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees.(av)
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Lamentations 3:51
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My eyes bring me grief because of the fate of all the women in my city.
Lamentations 3:52
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צ Tsade
For no apparent reason, my enemies[j] hunted me like a bird.(aw)Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:53
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They dropped me alive into[k] a pit(ax) and threw stones at me.
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Lamentations 3:54
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Water flooded over my head,(ay) and I thought: I'm going to die!(az)
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Lamentations 3:55
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ק Qof
I called on Your name, Yahweh, from the depths of the Pit.(ba)Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:56
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You hear my plea: Do not ignore my cry for relief.
Lamentations 3:57
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You come near when I call on You; You say: "Do not be afraid."
Lamentations 3:58
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ר Resh
You defend my cause, Lord;(bb) You redeem my life.(bc)Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:59
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Lord , You see the wrong done to me; judge my case.
Lamentations 3:60
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You see all their malice, all their plots against me.(bd)
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Lamentations 3:61
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שׂ Sin/ שׁ Shin
Lord , You hear their insults,(be) all their plots against me.Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:62
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The slander[l] and murmuring of my opponents attack me all day long.
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Lamentations 3:63
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When they sit and when they rise, look, I am mocked by their songs.(bf)
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Lamentations 3:64
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ת Tav
You will pay them back what they deserve, Lord , according to the work of their hands.(bg)Footnotes:
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Lamentations 3:65
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You will give them a heart filled with anguish.[m](bh) May Your curse be on them!
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Lamentations 3:66
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You will pursue them in anger and destroy them under Your heavens.[n][o](bi)
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Lamentations 4:1
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א Alef
How the gold has become tarnished, the fine gold become dull! The stones of the temple[a] lie scattered at the corner of every street.(a)Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:2
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ב Bet
Zion's precious people— once worth their weight in pure gold(b)— how they are regarded as clay jars, the work of a potter's hands!Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:3
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ג Gimel
Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but my dear people have become cruel like ostriches(c) in the wilderness.Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:4
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ד Dalet
The nursing infant's tongue clings to the roof of his mouth from thirst.(d) Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:5
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ה He
Those who used to eat delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were reared in purple garments(e) huddle in garbage heaps.Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:6
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ו Vav
The punishment of my dear people is greater than that of Sodom,(f) which was overthrown in an instant without a hand laid on it.Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:7
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ז Zayin
Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies[b] were more ruddy than coral, their appearance like sapphire.[c]Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:8
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ח Khet
Now they appear darker than soot;(g) they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become dry like wood.Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:9
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ט Tet
Those slain by the sword are better off than those slain by hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.Lamentations 4:10
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י Yod
The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children;(h) they became their food during the destruction of my dear people.(i)Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:11
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כ Kaf
The Lord has exhausted His wrath, poured out His burning anger; He has ignited a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.(j)Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:12
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ל Lamed
The kings of the earth and all the world's inhabitants did not believe that an enemy or adversary could enter Jerusalem's gates.(k)Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:13
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מ Mem
Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous within her.(l)Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:14
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נ Nun
Blind, they stumbled in the streets,(m) defiled by this blood,(n) so that no one dared to touch their garments.Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:15
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ס Samek
"Stay away! Unclean!" people shouted at them. "Away, away! Don't touch us!"(o) So they wandered aimlessly.(p) It was said among the nations, "They can stay here no longer."Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:16
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פ Pe
The Lord Himself has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are not respected; the elders find no favor.Lamentations 4:17
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ע Ayin
All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for assistance;(q) we watched from our towers for a nation[d] that refused to help.Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:18
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צ Tsade
Our steps were closely followed so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near;(r) our time ran out. Our end had come!Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:19
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ק Qof
Those who chased us were swifter than eagles in the sky;(s) they relentlessly pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:20
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ר Resh
The Lord 's anointed,[e] the breath of our life,[f](t) was captured in their traps. We had said about him, "We will live under his protection among the nations."Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:21
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שׂ Sin
So rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom,(u) you resident of the land of Uz!(v) Yet the cup(w) will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.Footnotes:
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Lamentations 4:22
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ת Tav
Daughter Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not lengthen your exile.[g] But He will punish your iniquity, Daughter Edom, and will expose your sins.(x)Footnotes:
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