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NOVEMBER 3
9 Her uncleanness is in her skirts; The LORD has commanded concerning
She did not consider her destiny; Jacob
Therefore her collapse was awesome; That those around him become
She had no comforter. his adversaries;
“O LORD, behold my affliction, Jerusalem has become an unclean
For the enemy is exalted!” thing among them.
10 The adversary has spread his hand 18 “The LORD is righteous,
Over all her pleasant things; For I rebelled against His
For she has seen the nations enter commandment.
her sanctuary, Hear now, all peoples,
Those whom You commanded And behold my sorrow;
Not to enter Your assembly. My virgins and my young men
Have gone into captivity.
11 All her people sigh,
They seek bread; 19 “I called for my lovers,
They have given their valuables for food But they deceived me;
to restore life. My priests and my elders
“See, O LORD, and consider, Breathed their last in the city,
For I am scorned.” While they sought food
To restore their life.
12 “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?
Behold and see 20 “See, O LORD, that I am in distress;
If there is any sorrow like my sorrow, My soul is troubled;
Which has been brought on me, My heart is overturned within me,
Which the LORD has inflicted For I have been very rebellious.
In the day of His fierce anger. Outside the sword bereaves,
At home it is like death.
13 “From above He has sent fire into my
bones, 21 “They have heard that I sigh,
And it overpowered them; But no one comforts me.
He has spread a net for my feet All my enemies have heard of my
And turned me back; trouble;
He has made me desolate They are glad that You have done it.
And faint all the day. Bring on the day You have announced,
That they may become like me.
14 “The yoke of my transgressions was
bound; 22 “Let all their wickedness come
They were woven together by His hands, before You,
And thrust upon my neck. And do to them as You have done
He made my strength fail; to me
The Lord delivered me into the hands For all my transgressions;
of those whom I am not able to For my sighs are many,
withstand. And my heart is faint.”
15 “The Lord has trampled underfoot all 2 How the Lord has covered
my mighty men in my midst; the daughter of Zion
He has called an assembly against me With a cloud in His anger!
To crush my young men; He cast down from heaven to the earth
The Lord trampled as in a winepress The beauty of Israel,
The virgin daughter of Judah. And did not remember His footstool
In the day of His anger.
16 “For these things I weep;
My eye, my eye overflows with water;
Because the comforter, who should
restore my life,
Is far from me. 1:21,22 Bring on the day. A prayer that God
My children are desolate will likewise bring other ungodly people into
Because the enemy prevailed.” judgment, especially Babylon (2:20–22;
3:64–66; 4:21,22). Such prayers are acceptable
17 Zion spreads out her hands, against the enemies of God (Ps. 109:14,15).
But no one comforts her;

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