Discovery Box| (0.14) | 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 |
| (0.14) | Jer 51:35 |
| The person who lives in Zion says, “May Babylon pay for the violence done to me and to my relatives.” Jerusalem says, “May those living in Babylonia pay for the bloodshed of my people.” 1 |
| (0.14) | Jer 51:51 |
| ‘We 1 are ashamed because we have been insulted. 2 Our faces show our disgrace. 3 For foreigners have invaded the holy rooms 4 in the Lord’s temple.’ |
| (0.14) | Jer 51:64 |
| Then say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the judgments 1 I am ready to bring upon her; they will grow faint.’” The prophecies of Jeremiah end here. 2 |
| (0.14) | Jer 52:19 |
| The captain of the royal guard took the gold and silver bowls, censers, 1 basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and vessels. 2 |
| (0.14) | Lam 1:3 |
| ג (Gimel) Judah 1 has departed into exile under 2 affliction and harsh oppression. 3 She 4 lives among the nations; she has found no resting place. All who pursued her overtook her in 5 narrow straits. 6 |
| (0.14) | 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 |
| (0.14) | 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. |
| (0.14) | Lam 1:6 |
| ו (Vav) All of Daughter Zion’s 1 splendor 2 has departed. 3 Her leaders became like deer; they found no pasture, so they were too exhausted to escape 4 from the hunter. 5 |
| (0.14) | Lam 1:8 |
| ח (Khet) Jerusalem committed terrible sin; 1 therefore she became an object of scorn. 2 All who admired 3 her have despised her 4 because they have seen her nakedness. 5 She groans aloud 6 and turns away in shame. 7 |
| (0.14) | Lam 1:10 |
| י (Yod) An enemy grabbed 1 all her valuables. 2 Indeed she watched in horror 3 as Gentiles 4 invaded her holy temple 5 – those whom you 6 had commanded: “They must not enter 7 your assembly place.” 8 |
| (0.14) | Lam 1:13 |
| מ (Mem) He sent down fire 1 into my bones, and it overcame 2 them. He spread out a trapper’s net 3 for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long. |
| (0.14) | 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. |
| (0.14) | 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. |
| (0.14) | Lam 1:19 |
| ק (Qof) I called for my lovers, 1 but they had deceived me. My priests and my elders perished in the city. Truly they had 2 searched for food to 3 keep themselves 4 alive. 5 |
| (0.14) | 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 |
| (0.14) | Lam 2:2 |
| ב (Bet) The Lord 1 destroyed 2 mercilessly 3 all the homes of Jacob’s descendants. 4 In his anger he tore down the fortified cities 5 of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers. 6 |
| (0.14) | Lam 2:3 |
| ג (Gimel) In fierce anger 1 he destroyed 2 the whole army 3 of Israel. He withdrew his right hand 4 as the enemy attacked. 5 He was like a raging fire in the land of Jacob; 6 it consumed everything around it. 7 |
| (0.14) | 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. |
| (0.14) | Lam 2:5 |
| ה (He) The Lord, 1 like an enemy, destroyed 2 Israel. He destroyed 3 all her palaces; he ruined her 4 fortified cities. He made everyone in Daughter Judah mourn and lament. 5 |
