Anguish over Judah's Desolation
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O my a soul, my soul!
I am pained in my very heart!
My heart makes a noise in me;
I cannot hold my peace,
Because you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.
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b Destruction upon destruction is cried,
For the whole land is plundered.
Suddenly c my tents are plundered,
And my curtains in a moment.
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How long will I see the standard,
And hear the sound of the trumpet?
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"For My people are foolish,
They have not known Me.
They are silly children,
And they have no understanding.
d They are wise to do evil,
But to do good they have no knowledge."
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e I beheld the earth, and indeed it was f without form, and void;
And the heavens, they had no light.
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g I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled,
And all the hills moved back and forth.
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I beheld, and indeed there was no man,
And h all the birds of the heavens had fled.
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I beheld, and indeed the fruitful land was a i wilderness,
And all its cities were broken down
At the presence of the LORD,
By His fierce anger.
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For thus says the LORD:
"The whole land shall be desolate;
j Yet I will not make a full end.
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For this k shall the earth mourn,
And l the heavens above be black,
Because I have spoken.
I have m purposed and n will not relent,
Nor will I turn back from it.
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The whole city shall flee from the noise of the horsemen and bowmen.
They shall go into thickets and climb up on the rocks.
Every city shall be forsaken,
And not a man shall dwell in it.
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"And when you are plundered,
What will you do?
Though you clothe yourself with crimson,
Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
o Though you enlarge your eyes with paint,
In vain you will make yourself fair;
p Your lovers will despise you;
They will seek your life.
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"For I have heard a voice as of a woman in labor,
The anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
The voice of the daughter of Zion bewailing herself;
She q spreads her hands, saying,
'Woe is me now, for my soul is weary
Because of murderers!'
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Cross References
2 Kings 25:11
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carri...
2 Chronicles 36:20
And those who escaped from the sword he carried...
Isaiah 15:5
My heart will cry out for Moab; His fugitives s...
Isaiah 16:11
Therefore my heart shall resound like a harp fo...
Isaiah 21:3
Therefore my loins are filled with pain; Pangs ...
Isaiah 22:4
Therefore I said, "Look away from me, I will we...
Jeremiah 9:1
Oh, that my head were waters, And my eyes a fou...
Jeremiah 9:10
I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mo...
Jeremiah 20:9
Then I said, "I will not make mention of Him, N...
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Cross References
Psalms 42:7
Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; All Your waves and billows have gone over me.
Ezekiel 7:26
Disaster will come upon disaster, And rumor will be upon rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet; But the law will perish from the priest, And counsel from the elders.
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Jeremiah 10:20
My tent is plundered, And all my cords are broken; My children have gone from me, And they are no more. There is no one to pitch my tent anymore, Or set up my curtains.
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Jeremiah 9:3
And like their bow they have bent their tongues for lies. They are not valiant for the truth on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me," says the LORD.
Jeremiah 13:23
Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil.
Romans 16:19
For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil.
1 Corinthians 14:20
Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be babes, but in understanding be mature.
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Cross References
Isaiah 24:19
The earth is violently broken, The earth is split open, The earth is shaken exceedingly.
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Cross References
Genesis 1:2
The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
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Isaiah 5:25
Therefore the anger of the LORD is aroused against His people; He has stretched out His hand against them And stricken them, And the hills trembled. Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.
Jeremiah 10:10
But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth will tremble, And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.
Ezekiel 38:20
'so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all creeping things that creep on the earth, and all men who are on the face of the earth shall shake at My presence. The mountains shall be thrown down, the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.'
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Cross References
Jeremiah 9:10
I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, And for the dwelling places of the wilderness a lamentation, Because they are burned up, So that no one can pass through; Nor can men hear the voice of the cattle. Both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled; They are gone.
Jeremiah 12:4
How long will the land mourn, And the herbs of every field wither? The beasts and birds are consumed, For the wickedness of those who dwell there, Because they said, "He will not see our final end.
Zephaniah 1:3
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, The fish of the sea, And the stumbling blocks along with the wicked. I will cut off man from the face of the land," Says the LORD.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 9:10
I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, And for the dwelling places of the wilderness a lamentation, Because they are burned up, So that no one can pass through; Nor can men hear the voice of the cattle. Both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled; They are gone.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 5:10
Go up on her walls and destroy, But do not make a complete end. Take away her branches, For they are not the LORD's.
Jeremiah 5:18
Nevertheless in those days," says the LORD, "I will not make a complete end of you.
Jeremiah 30:11
For I am with you,' says the LORD, 'to save you; Though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, Yet I will not make a complete end of you. But I will correct you in justice, And will not let you go altogether unpunished.
Jeremiah 46:28
Do not fear, O Jacob My servant," says the LORD, "For I am with you; For I will make a complete end of all the nations To which I have driven you, But I will not make a complete end of you. I will rightly correct you, For I will not leave you wholly unpunished.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 12:4
How long will the land mourn, And the herbs of every field wither? The beasts and birds are consumed, For the wickedness of those who dwell there, Because they said, "He will not see our final end.
Jeremiah 12:11
They have made it desolate; Desolate, it mourns to Me; The whole land is made desolate, Because no one takes it to heart.
Jeremiah 14:2
Judah mourns, And her gates languish; They mourn for the land, And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
Hosea 4:3
Therefore the land will mourn; And everyone who dwells there will waste away With the beasts of the field And the birds of the air; Even the fish of the sea will be taken away.
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Cross References
Isaiah 5:30
In that day they will roar against them Like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks to the land, Behold, darkness and sorrow; And the light is darkened by the clouds.
Isaiah 50:3
I clothe the heavens with blackness, And I make sackcloth their covering.
Joel 2:30
And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.
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Cross References
Isaiah 46:10
Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure.
Isaiah 46:11
Calling a bird of prey from the east, The man who executes My counsel, from a far country. Indeed I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it; I will also do it.
Daniel 4:35
All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does according to His will in the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand Or say to Him, "What have You done?
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Cross References
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
Jeremiah 7:16
Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you.
Jeremiah 23:30
Therefore behold, I am against the prophets," says the LORD, "who steal My words every one from his neighbor.
Jeremiah 30:24
The fierce anger of the LORD will not return until He has done it, And until He has performed the intents of His heart. In the latter days you will consider it.
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Cross References
2 Kings 9:30
Now when Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she put paint on her eyes and adorned her head, and looked through a window.
Ezekiel 23:40
Furthermore you sent for men to come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and there they came. And you washed yourself for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 22:20
Go up to Lebanon, and cry out, And lift up your...
Jeremiah 22:22
The wind shall eat up all your rulers, And your...
Lamentations 1:2
She weeps bitterly in the night, Her tears are ...
Lamentations 1:19
I called for my lovers, But they deceived me; M...
Ezekiel 23:9
Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand of...
Ezekiel 23:10
They uncovered her nakedness, Took away her son...
Ezekiel 23:22
Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord GOD: 'B...
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Cross References
Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
Lamentations 1:17
Zion spreads out her hands, But no one comforts her; The LORD has commanded concerning Jacob That those around him become his adversaries; Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
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