18 They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come! 19 Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness. 20 The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
Lamentations 4:18–20
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Psalms 143:2–4
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Psalms 44:18–20
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Nehemiah 4:3–5
3 Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!” 4 Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as… 5 …
Baruch 4:25–27
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Jeremiah 9:20–22
20 Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament. 21 For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the…
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