15 Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning. 16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! 17 Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
Lamentations 5:15–17
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Isaiah 24:10–12
10 The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry. 11 In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land. 12 The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.
2 Esdras 10:6–8
6 “You most foolish woman, don’t you see our mourning, and what has happened to us? (WEB) 7 For Zion the mother of us all is full of sorrow, and much humbled. (WEB) 8 It is right now to mourn deeply, since we all mourn, and to be sorrowful, since we are all in sorrow, but you ar… (WEB)
Lamentations 5:2–4
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners. 3 We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows. 4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
Jeremiah 6:23–25
23 They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.” 24 We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain… 25 …
Jeremiah 8:17–19
17 “For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD. 18 My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me. 19 Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no…
Wisdom of Solomon 11:11–13
11 Yes and whether they were far off or near, they were equally distressed; (WEB) 12 for a double grief seized them, and a groaning at the memory of things past. (WEB) 13 For when they heard that through their own punishments the others benefited, they recognized the Lord. (WEB)
2 Baruch 35:4–5
4 Because in that place where I am now prostrate, Of old the high priest offered holy sacrifices, And placed thereon an incense of fragrant odours. (2BA) 5 But now our glorying has been made into dust, And the desire of our soul into sand.' (2BA)
Psalms 143:3–5
3 For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead. 4 My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me. 5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the…
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