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\c 2
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\p
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\q1
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\v 1 The Lord was extremely angry with us;
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\q2 it was as though he covered Jerusalem with a dark cloud.
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\q1 Previously it was a beautiful city,
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\q2 but he has caused it to become a ruin.
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\q1 At the time he punished Israel,
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\q2 he even abandoned his temple in Jerusalem.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 2 The Lord destroyed the homes of the people of Judah;
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\q2 he did not act mercifully.
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\q1 Because he was very angry,
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\q2 he broke down the fortresses of Judah.
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\q1 He has made our kingdom to be completely helpless, and
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\q2 he has caused our rulers to lose all honor.
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\b
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 Because he was extremely angry,
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\q2 he has caused Israel to not be powerful anymore.
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\q1 He has refused to assist us
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\q2 when our enemies attacked us.
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\q1 He has destroyed Israel
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\q2 like a raging fire destroys everything.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 4 He has gotten ready to kill us, his people,
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\q2 as though we were his enemies.
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\q1 He prepared to kill the people whom we love the most,
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\q2 members of our own families.
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\q1 He is extremely angry with us people of Jerusalem;
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\q2 his anger is like a fire.
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\b
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 5 The Lord has become like an enemy
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\q2 to us Israelites; he has destroyed us;
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\q1 he has destroyed our palaces
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\q2 and made our fortresses into ruins.
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\q1 He has gotten rid of many people in Jerusalem,
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\q2 and caused us to mourn and weep for those who were killed.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 6 He has caused our enemies to smash his temple
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\q2 as easily as if it had been a hut in a garden.
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\q1 He has caused us, his people, to forget
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\q2 all our sacred festivals and Sabbath days.
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\q1 He has hated our kings and priests
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\q2 because he was extremely angry with them.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 7 Yahweh has rejected the very altar on which we had sacrificed animals to him;
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\q2 he has abandoned his temple.
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\q1 He has allowed our enemies to tear down the walls
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\q2 of our temple and our palaces.
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\q1 They shout victoriously in the temple of Yahweh,
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\q2 like we previously shouted during our sacred festivals.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 8 Yahweh was determined
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\q2 that our enemies whould tear down our city wall.
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\q1 It was as though he had first measured the walls
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\q2 and then completely destroyed them.
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\q1 It was as though he caused the towers and walls to lament
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\q2 because they were now ruins.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 9 The city gates have collapsed;
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\q2 the enemy has destroyed the bars that fastened the gates shut.
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\q1 The king and his officials have been forced to go to other countries,
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\q2 where no one teaches the laws that God gave to Moses.
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\q1 The prophets do not receive any visions
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\q2 because Yahweh does not give them any.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 10 The old men of Jerusalem sit on the ground,
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\q2 and they say nothing.
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\q1 They are so sad that they wear rough sackcloth
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\q2 and throw dust on their heads.
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\q1 The young girls of Jerusalem bow down sorrowfully,
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\q2 their faces touch the ground.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 11 My eyes are very tired because of my tears;
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\q2 I am very grieved within my inner being.
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\q1 Because very many of my people have died,
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\q2 in my inner being I grieve and am exhausted.
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\q1 Even children and babies are fainting
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\q2 and dying in the streets because they have no food.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 12 They cry out to their mothers,
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\q2 "We need something to eat and drink!"
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\q1 They collapse like wounded men
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\q2 in the streets of the city.
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\q1 They slowly die
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\q2 in the arms of their mothers.
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\b
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 13 You people of Jerusalem,
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\q2 I cannot say anything to help you.
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\q1 No people have suffered like you are suffering;
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\q2 I do not know what I can do to comfort you.
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\q1 You have fallen just as far
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\q2 as if you had sunk in the ocean;
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\q2 there is no one who can bring your city back to what it was.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 14 The prophets among you claimed that they had seen visions from Yahweh,
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\q2 but what they said was false and worthless.
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\q1 They did not work to save you from your enemies;
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\q2 they did not tell you that you had sinned.
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\q1 Instead, they announced to you things that they said Yahweh had told them;
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\q2 they tempted you to believe them, and you did.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 15 All those who pass by you
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\q2 make fun of you by clapping their hands;
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\q2 they shake their heads and hiss at you;
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\q1 They say, "Is this the great city of Jerusalem?
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\q2 Is it the city that people said was the most beautiful city in the world,
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\q2 the city that caused all the people on the earth to rejoice?"
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\b
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\q1
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\v 16 Now all our enemies laugh at you;
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\q2 they hate you so much that they hiss at you and grind their teeth at you.
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\q1 They say, "We have destroyed Israel!
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\q2 This is what we longed for,
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\q2 and now it has happened!"
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\b
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\q1
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\v 17 Yahweh has done what he planned;
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\q2 long ago he threatened to destroy you,
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\q2 and now he has done it.
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\q1 He has destroyed your city without acting mercifully toward you;
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\q2 he has enabled your enemies to be happy about defeating you;
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\q2 he has enabled your enemies to continually become stronger.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 18 I wish the city walls could speak like the people who
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\q2 cry out to Yahweh!
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\q1 I would tell the walls, "Cry out for help to Yahweh!
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\q2 Let your tears flow day and night!
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\q2 Let them flow like rivers.
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\q1 Do not stop grieving;
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\q2 do not stop crying."
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\b
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\q1
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\v 19 Get up during every night and cry out;
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\q2 tell Yahweh what you feel in your inner beings.
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\q1 Raise your arms to plead to him
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\q2 to act mercifully to prevent our children from dying;
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\q1 they are fainting on the street corners
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\q2 because they have no food to eat.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 20 Yahweh, look at your people and have mercy on us.
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\q2 Have you ever caused people to suffer like this before?
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\q1 It is certainly not right that women are eating the flesh of their own children,
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\q2 the children whom they have always taken care of.
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\q1 It is not right that our enemies are killing priests and prophets
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\q2 in your own temple!
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\b
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\q1
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\v 21 The corpses of people of all ages lie in the streets;
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\q2 there are even corpses of young men and young women whom our enemies have killed with their swords.
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\q1 Because you were very angry,
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\q2 you caused them to be killed;
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\q1 you have slaughtered them
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\q2 without pitying them at all.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 22 You summoned my enemies to attack from every direction,
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\q2 as though you were calling them to come to a feast.
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\q1 At that time you showed that you were very angry,
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\q2 and no one escaped.
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\q1 Our enemies murdered our little children,
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\q2 the ones whom we took care of and reared up.
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