Discovery Box| (0.16) | Jer 51:33 |
| For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, ‘Fair Babylon 1 will be like a threshing floor which has been trampled flat for harvest. The time for her to be cut down and harvested will come very soon.’ 2 |
| (0.16) | Lam 1:2 |
| ב (Bet) She weeps bitterly at night; tears stream down her cheeks. 1 She has no one to comfort her among all her lovers. 2 All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies. |
| (0.16) | Lam 1:4 |
| ד (Dalet) The roads to Zion 1 mourn 2 because no one 3 travels to the festivals. 4 All her city gates 5 are deserted; 6 her priests groan. 7 Her virgins grieve; 8 she is in bitter anguish! 9 |
| (0.16) | Lam 1:5 |
| ה (He) Her foes subjugated her; 1 her enemies are at ease. 2 For the Lord afflicted her because of her many acts of rebellion. 3 Her children went away captive 4 before the enemy. |
| (0.16) | Lam 1:9 |
| ט (Tet) Her menstrual flow 1 has soiled 2 her clothing; 3 she did not consider 4 the consequences of her sin. 5 Her demise 6 was astonishing, 7 and there was no one to comfort her. She cried, “Look, 8 O Lord, on my 9 affliction because my |
| (0.16) | Lam 1:12 |
| ל (Lamed) Is it nothing to you, 1 all you who pass by on the road? 2 Look and see! Is there any pain like mine? The Lord 3 has afflicted me, 4 he 5 has inflicted it on me when 6 he burned with anger. 7 |
| (0.16) | Lam 1:14 |
| נ (Nun) My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke; 1 they are fastened together by his hand. He has placed his yoke 2 on my neck; 3 he has sapped my strength. 4 The Lord 5 has handed me over 6 to those whom I cannot resist. |
| (0.16) | Lam 1:15 |
| ס (Samek) He rounded up 1 all my mighty ones; 2 The Lord 3 did this 4 in 5 my midst. He summoned an assembly 6 against me to shatter my young men. The Lord has stomped like grapes 7 the virgin daughter, Judah. 8 |
| (0.16) | Lam 1:18 |
| צ (Tsade) The Lord is right to judge me! 1 Yes, I rebelled against his commands. 2 Please listen, all you nations, 3 and look at my suffering! My young women and men have gone into exile. |
| (0.16) | Lam 2:1 |
| א (Alef) Alas! 1 The Lord 2 has covered Daughter Zion 3 with his anger. 4 He has thrown down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he did not protect 5 his temple 6 when he displayed his anger. 7 |
| (0.16) | Lam 2:4 |
| ד (Dalet) He prepared his bow 1 like an enemy; his right hand was ready to shoot. 2 Like a foe he killed everyone, even our strong young men; 3 he has poured out his anger like fire on the tent 4 of Daughter Zion. |
| (0.16) | Lam 2:8 |
| ח (Khet) The Lord was determined to tear down Daughter Zion’s wall. He prepared to knock it down; 1 he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. 2 He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin. 3 |
| (0.16) | Lam 2:9 |
| ט (Tet) Her city gates have fallen 1 to the ground; he smashed to bits 2 the bars that lock her gates. 3 Her king and princes were taken into exile; 4 there is no more guidance available. 5 As for her prophets, they no longer receive 6 a vision from the Lord. |
| (0.16) | Lam 2:21 |
| ש (Sin/Shin) The young boys and old men lie dead on the ground in the streets. My young women 1 and my young men have fallen by the sword. You killed them when you were angry; 2 you slaughtered them without mercy. 3 |
| (0.16) | Lam 2:22 |
| ת (Tav) As if it were a feast day, you call 1 enemies 2 to terrify me 3 on every side. 4 On the day of the Lord’s anger no one escaped or survived. My enemy has finished off those healthy infants whom I bore 5 and raised. 6 |
| (0.16) | Lam 4:15 |
| ס (Samek) People cry to them, “Turn away! You are unclean! Turn away! Turn away! Don’t touch us!” So they have fled and wander about; but the nations say, 1 “They may not stay here any longer.” |
| (0.16) | Lam 4:22 |
| ת (Tav) O people of Zion, 1 your punishment 2 will come to an end; 3 he will not prolong your exile. 4 But, O people of Edom, 5 he will punish 6 your sin 7 and reveal 8 your offenses! |
| (0.16) | Eze 1:1 |
| In the thirtieth year, 1 on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles 2 at the Kebar River, 3 the heavens opened 4 and I saw a divine vision. 5 |
| (0.16) | Eze 3:11 |
| Go to the exiles, to your fellow countrymen, 1 and speak to them – say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says,’ whether they pay attention or not.” |
| (0.16) | Eze 3:15 |
| I came to the exiles at Tel Abib, 1 who lived by the Kebar River. 2 I sat dumbfounded among them there, where they were living, for seven days. 3 |
