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\BibleBook{Lamentations}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of Jeremiah’s sorrow because of God punishing Israel. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Lamentations }

\BibleSectionHeading{The sorrows of the people of Jerusalem }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The sorrows of the people of Jerusalem }
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but|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" is|strong="H5892" deserted|strong="H5307". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Once|strong="H1961"\+w*} it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" honored|strong="H3513" by|strong="H5892" people|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3427" over|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1961" world|strong="H8398", 
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with|strong="H5921" tears|strong="H1832" flowing|strong="H2100" down|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3605" cheeks|strong="H3895". 
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All|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w rulers|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} our|strong="H3605" allies|strong="H2266" have|strong="H1961" betrayed|strong="H0898" us|strong="H5921", 
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and|strong="H3063" caused|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3063" suffer|strong="H5414" greatly|strong="H7230" as|strong="H7230" slaves|strong="H5650". 
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They|strong="H3808" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" 
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where|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1471" peace|strong="H7965"/safety|strong="H0983". 
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Their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" seized|strong="H8610" them|strong="H7291", 
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and|strong="H3063" there|strong="H3427" was|strong="H1931" no|strong="H3808" way|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3427" them|strong="H7291" to|strong="H3063" escape|strong="H4422". 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" roads|strong="H1870" to|strong="H1870" Zion|strong="H6726" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hill|strong="H2022"\+w*} are|strong="H1870" empty|strong="H7387" [PRS] 
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The|strong="H3605" city|strong="H8179" gates|strong="H8179" are|strong="H1870" deserted|strong="H8074", 
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and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" groan|strong="H0584". 
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The|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H1330" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} cry|strong="H7121" 
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\verseNumber{5}Our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H6862" have|strong="H1961" conquered|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892", 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H6862"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389" 
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The|strong="H6440" children|strong="H5768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H7628" 
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\verseNumber{6}Jerusalem|strong="H3389" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" beautiful|strong="H1926" city|strong="H5892", 
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but|strong="H3808" it|strong="H6440" is|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" beautiful|strong="H1926" now|strong="H1961". 
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The|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} are|strong="H8269" like|strong="H1961" [SIM] deer|strong="H0354" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H8269" starving 
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because|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1323" being|strong="H1961" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3318" find|strong="H4672" any|strong="H3605" grass|strong="H2682" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H8269" very|strong="H3966" weak|strong="H3212", 
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with|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H8269" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3318" run|strong="H7291" from|strong="H4480" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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and|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" previous|strong="H7223" greatness|strong="H1433" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
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and|strong="H3117" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3117" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1961" help|strong="H5826" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
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Our|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H6862" destroyed|strong="H4229" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" 
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and|strong="H3117" laughed|strong="H7832" while|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H3027" that|strong="H5971". 
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because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3651" disgraced|strong="H0954" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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Now|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H1931" groan|strong="H0584", 
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and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3588" cover|strong="H3680" their|strong="H3605" faces|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w ashamed|strong="H0954"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892" has|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1431" filthy|strong="H6674" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" [PRS] the|strong="H7200" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213"; 
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they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H5439" what|strong="H7200" could|strong="H3201" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w cry|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w out|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “Yahweh|strong="H3068", look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3068" how|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" suffering|strong="H6040" 
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because|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" have|strong="H3068" defeated|strong="H5221" us|strong="H7200"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}Our|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H6862" have|strong="H1471" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H4261", 
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all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H4261" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" owned|strong="H3426". 
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We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1471" seen|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, enter|strong="H0935" our|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H4720" temple|strong="H4720", 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" groan|strong="H0584" 
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while|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" search|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" food|strong="H3899"; 
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they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H0214" 
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to|strong="H7725" get|strong="H7725" food|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H3899"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" remain|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H5315". 
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and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" despised|strong="H2151"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}You|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" pass|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5674", 
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you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] seem|strong="H5869" to|strong="H3068" care|strong="H3027" at|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7200"\+w*}. 
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Look|strong="H7200" around|strong="H5674" and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" 
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that|strong="H7200" there|strong="H3426" are|strong="H3117" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H3605" [RHQ] people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" suffering|strong="H6040" like|strong="H1870" we|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5674" us|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" suffer|strong="H5414" 
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because|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3068" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7200"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H3117" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H5414" fire|strong="H0784" from|strong="H7725" heaven|strong="H4791" [MTY] 
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and|strong="H7971" has|strong="H3117" prevented|strong="H6923" us|strong="H5414" from|strong="H7725" walking|strong="H1980" any|strong="H3605" further|strong="H5750". 
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He|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3117" abandoned|strong="H5800" us|strong="H5414"; 
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we|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" weak|strong="H3605"/miserable|strong="H5999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}, all|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H3027" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H6588" that|strong="H5414" we|strong="H3201" have|strong="H3027" committed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3201" be|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w*} a|strong="H5414" heavy|strong="H3513" load|strong="H4853" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3201" carry|strong="H6965"; 
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Previously|strong="H3808" we|strong="H3201" were|strong="H3027" strong|strong="H3581", 
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but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3027" has|strong="H3027" caused|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3201" become|strong="H3027" weak|strong="H3782". 
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He|strong="H3027" has|strong="H3027" allowed|strong="H3201" our|strong="H5414" enemies|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3201" capture|strong="H3920" us|strong="H5414", 
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and|strong="H6965" we|strong="H3201" were|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" do|strong="H3201" anything|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3201" resist|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068" looked|strong="H3063" at|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3605" mighty|strong="H1368" soldiers|strong="H5650" 
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and|strong="H3063" laughed|strong="H6711" at|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
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He|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3063" summoned|strong="H7121" a|strong="H7121" great|strong="H1419" army|strong="H2428" 
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to|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w come|strong="H1869"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w*} crush|strong="H7665" our|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" soldiers|strong="H5650". 
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Previously|strong="H3808" it|strong="H7993" was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3117" beautiful|strong="H8597"/glorious|strong="H8597" city|strong="H5892", 
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but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3478" caused|strong="H5414" it|strong="H7993" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3117" ruins|strong="H2723". 
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At|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" punished|strong="H6485" [MET|strong="H6298"] Israel|strong="H3478", 
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he|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" act|strong="H6213" mercifully. 
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he|strong="H3605" broke|strong="H7665" down|strong="H2040" the|strong="H3605" fortresses|strong="H4013" of|strong="H1323" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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He|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3063" caused|strong="H5414" our|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4467" and|strong="H3063" our|strong="H3605" rulers|strong="H8269" to|strong="H2490" become|strong="H1961" disgraced|strong="H0954", 
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\verseNumber{3}Because|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734", 
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He|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3478" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H7725" assist|strong="H6677" us|strong="H7725" 
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when|strong="H7725" our|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" attacked|strong="H5221" us|strong="H7725". 
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He|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3478" destroyed|strong="H4229" Israel|strong="H3478" 
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He|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1323"\+w*} kill|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H6862" whom|strong="H5869" we|strong="H3605" love|strong="H0157" the|strong="H3605" most|strong="H6944" [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H1323" our|strong="H3605" own|strong="H5869" families|strong="H4940". 
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He|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534" [MTY] with|strong="H6726" us|strong="H5869" people|strong="H6862" of|strong="H1323" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; 
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his|strong="H3605" anger|strong="H2534" is|strong="H3605" like|strong="H8210" [SIM] a|strong="H8210" fire|strong="H0784". 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" enemy|strong="H0340" 
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to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H1961"\+w*} Israelis; 
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and|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5010" his|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" determined|strong="H2803" 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3068" city|strong="H8179" gates|strong="H8179" have|strong="H3068" collapsed|strong="H5307"; 
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The|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H8269" have|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w been|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} go|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" countries|strong="H0776". 
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No|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" anyone|strong="H3605" teach|strong="H3925" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1471" the|strong="H3068" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H3808"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H3588" disaster|strong="H7667" [MET|strong="H6298"] that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1323" experienced|strong="H3045" is|strong="H4310" as|strong="H3389" great|strong="H1419" 
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make|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="H1323" [IDM] you|strong="H3605"; 
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and|strong="H3117" now|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5921" has|strong="H3117" happened|strong="H4672"!” 
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would|strong="H0014" cry|strong="H6817" out|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3381" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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You|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5869" of|strong="H1323" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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Cry|strong="H6817" day|strong="H3119" and|strong="H5869" night|strong="H3915"! 
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Let|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" tears|strong="H1832" flow|strong="H3381" like|strong="H3381" rivers|strong="H5158". 
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Do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H5414" stop|strong="H2308" grieving|strong="H5110"; 
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do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H5414" stop|strong="H2308" crying|strong="H6817". 
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tell|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H4325" feeling. 
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Raise|strong="H6965" your|strong="H3605" arms|strong="H2220" to|strong="H5921" plead|strong="H7378" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H6440" 
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they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H4325" fainting|strong="H5848" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" street|strong="H2351" corners|strong="H6285" 
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because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H5921" eat|strong="H0398". 
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\verseNumber{20}Yahweh|strong="H3068", look|strong="H7200", and|strong="H3068" think|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5027"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7200"\+w*}! 
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Have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7200" ever|strong="H4310" [RHQ] caused|strong="H5414" people|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" suffer|strong="H5414" like|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541" before|strong="H7200"? 
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the|strong="H7200" children|strong="H5768" whom|strong="H4310" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" taken|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068"! 
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you|strong="H3117" caused|strong="H5307" them|strong="H2026" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026"; 
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you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H2550" slaughtered|strong="H2873" them|strong="H2026" 
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no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" escaped|strong="H6412". 
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\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3117" punished|strong="H6485" [IDM] me|strong="H7725" many|strong="H7227" times|strong="H3117", 
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\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H1320" has|strong="H1320" caused|strong="H5414" my|strong="H7665" skin|strong="H5785" and|strong="H7665" my|strong="H7665" flesh|strong="H1320" to|strong="H1320" become|strong="H1086" old|strong="H1086". 
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He|strong="H1320" has|strong="H1320" broken|strong="H7665" my|strong="H7665" bones|strong="H6106". 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H5921" has|strong="H3068" surrounded|strong="H5362" me|strong="H5921" [DOU] 
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with|strong="H5921" bitterness|strong="H7219" and|strong="H1129" suffering|strong="H6040". 
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“Do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H8085" refuse|strong="H3985" to|strong="H8085" heed|strong="H8085" [MTY] me|strong="H6963" while|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" cry|strong="H7775" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6963"!” 
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you|strong="H5315" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5315" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" die|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{62}Every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" whisper|strong="H6850" and|strong="H6965" mutter|strong="H1897" things|strong="H3605" about|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", 
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all|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{What happened when Jerusalem was destroyed }

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but|strong="H3605" now|strong="H6258" they|strong="H3605" are|strong="H2896" worthless|strong="H1100". 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H3027" young|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" were|strong="H1121" as|strong="H2803" valuable|strong="H3368" as|strong="H2803" [MET|strong="H6298"] large|strong="H1419" amounts|strong="H4948" of|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H6337", 
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but|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3027" people|strong="H1121" consider|strong="H2803" that|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3027" are|strong="H1121" as|strong="H2803" worthless|strong="H1100" as|strong="H2803" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ordinary|strong="H2455"\+w*} clay|strong="H2789" pots|strong="H5518". 
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they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" like|strong="H4057" [SIM] ostriches|strong="H3283" in|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w abandon|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w eggs|strong="H1000"\+w*}. 
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the|strong="H7592" children|strong="H5768" plead|strong="H7378" for|strong="H7592" some|strong="H1992" food|strong="H3899", 
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but|strong="H1992" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3956" gives|strong="H5414" them|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w any|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
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are|strong="H8074" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H5921"\+w*} starving in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" streets|strong="H2351"; 
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those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H0834" previously|strong="H8543" lived|strong="H3427" luxuriously|strong="H5730" [MTY] 
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but|strong="H3808" my|strong="H3027" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H3644" punished|strong="H6485" 
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Their|strong="H5921" skin|strong="H5785" has|strong="H1961" shriveled|strong="H6821" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" bones|strong="H6106", 
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it|strong="H7130" happened|strong="H1961" because|strong="H5771" the|strong="H3548" prophets|strong="H5030" sinned|strong="H2403"; 
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No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0014" touch|strong="H5060" them|strong="H5060" 
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because|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5060" clothes|strong="H3830" were|strong="H3201" stained|strong="H1351" with|strong="H1351" the|strong="H5060" blood|strong="H1818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*}. 
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Do|strong="H3254" not|strong="H3808" touch|strong="H5060" us|strong="H3588"!” 
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and|strong="H1471" they|strong="H3588" wandered|strong="H5128" around|strong="H5128" from|strong="H5493" one|strong="H3808" country|strong="H2022" to|strong="H7121" another|strong="H3254", 
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he|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3254" is|strong="H3068" concerned|strong="H6485" about|strong="H5027" them|strong="H6440". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A prayer for God’s mercy }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A prayer for God’s mercy }
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and|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" prosper|strong="H6743" [MTY] as|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H8543". 
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