Discovery Box| (0.44) | Jer 51:53 |
| Even if Babylon climbs high into the sky 1 and fortifies her elevated stronghold, 2 I will send destroyers against her,” 3 says the Lord. 4 |
| (0.44) | Jer 51:57 |
| “I will make her officials and wise men drunk, along with her governors, leaders, 1 and warriors. They will fall asleep forever and never wake up,” 2 says the King whose name is the Lord who rules over all. 3 |
| (0.44) | 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 |
| (0.44) | Lam 1:1 |
| א (Alef) 1 2 Alas! 3 The city once full of people 4 now sits all alone! 5 The prominent 6 lady among the nations has become a widow! 7 The princess 8 who once ruled the provinces 9 has become |
| (0.44) | 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. |
| (0.44) | 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 |
| (0.44) | 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 |
| (0.44) | 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. |
| (0.44) | 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 |
| (0.44) | 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 |
| (0.44) | 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 |
| (0.44) | 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 |
| (0.44) | Lam 1:11 |
| כ (Kaf) All her people groaned as they searched for a morsel of bread. 1 They exchanged 2 their valuables 3 for 4 just enough food to stay alive. 5 “Look, O Lord! Consider 6 that I have become worthless!” |
| (0.44) | 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. |
| (0.44) | 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. |
| (0.44) | 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 |
| (0.44) | Lam 1:17 |
| פ (Pe) Zion spread out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The Lord has issued a decree against Jacob; his neighbors 1 have become his enemies. Jerusalem has become like filthy garbage 2 in their midst. 3 |
| (0.44) | 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. |
| (0.44) | 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 |
| (0.44) | Lam 1:20 |
| ר (Resh) Look, O Lord! I am distressed; 1 my stomach is in knots! 2 My heart is pounding 3 inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! 4 Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; 5 Inside the house death is present. 6 |
