Discovery Box| (0.17) | Jer 51:26 |
| No one will use any of your stones as a cornerstone. No one will use any of them in the foundation of his house. For you will lie desolate forever,” 1 says the Lord. 2 |
| (0.17) | Jer 51:32 |
| They will report that the fords have been captured, the reed marshes have been burned, the soldiers are terrified. 1 |
| (0.17) | Jer 51:49 |
| “Babylon must fall 1 because of the Israelites she has killed, 2 just as the earth’s mortally wounded fell because of Babylon. 3 |
| (0.17) | Jer 52:6 |
| By the ninth day of the fourth month 1 the famine in the city was so severe the residents 2 had no food. |
| (0.17) | Jer 52:24 |
| The captain of the royal guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest who was second in rank, and the three doorkeepers. 1 |
| (0.17) | Lam 4:1 |
| א (Alef) 1 Alas! 2 Gold has lost its luster; 3 pure gold loses value. 4 Jewels 5 are scattered on every street corner. 6 |
| (0.17) | Lam 4:2 |
| ב (Bet) The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold – Alas! – but now they are treated like 1 broken clay pots, made by a potter. 2 |
| (0.17) | Lam 4:3 |
| ג (Gimel) Even the jackals 1 nurse their young at their breast, 2 but my people 3 are cruel, like ostriches 4 in the desert. |
| (0.17) | Lam 4:5 |
| ה (He) Those who once feasted on delicacies 1 are now starving to death 2 in the streets. Those who grew up 3 wearing expensive clothes 4 are now dying 5 amid garbage. 6 |
| (0.17) | Lam 4:6 |
| ו (Vav) The punishment 1 of my people 2 exceeded that of 3 of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment with no one to help her. 4 |
| (0.17) | Lam 4:7 |
| ז (Zayin) Her consecrated ones 1 were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies more ruddy than corals, their hair 2 like lapis lazuli. 3 |
| (0.17) | Lam 4:9 |
| ט (Tet) Those who died by the sword 1 are better off than those who die of hunger, 2 those who 3 waste away, 4 struck down 5 from lack of 6 food. 7 |
| (0.17) | Lam 4:10 |
| י (Yod) The hands of tenderhearted women 1 cooked their own children, who became their food, 2 when my people 3 were destroyed. 4 |
| (0.17) | Lam 4:11 |
| כ (Kaf) The Lord fully vented 1 his wrath; he poured out his fierce anger. 2 He started a fire in Zion; it consumed her foundations. 3 |
| (0.17) | Lam 4:12 |
| ל (Lamed) Neither the kings of the earth nor the people of the lands 1 ever thought 2 that enemy or foe would enter the gates 3 of Jerusalem. 4 |
| (0.17) | Lam 4:13 |
| מ (Mem) But it happened 1 due to the sins of her prophets 2 and the iniquities of her priests, who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous. |
| (0.17) | Lam 4:14 |
| נ (Nun) They 1 wander blindly 2 through the streets, defiled by the blood they shed, 3 while no one dares 4 to touch their garments. |
| (0.17) | Lam 4:16 |
| פ (Pe) The Lord himself 1 has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. They did not honor the priests; 2 they did not show favor to the elders. 3 |
| (0.17) | Lam 4:17 |
| ע (Ayin) Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. 1 From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us. |
| (0.17) | Lam 4:19 |
| ק (Qof) Those who pursued us were swifter than eagles 1 in the sky. 2 They chased us over the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness. |
