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Jeremiah 13

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¹ The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His word Which He commanded[2] from days of old. He has demolished without sparing, And He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you; He has exalted the power of your enemies.

² Their hearts cried out to the Lord. "O wall of the Daughter of Zion, Let your tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no relief, Let your eyes have no rest.

³ "Arise, cry aloud in the night, At the beginning of the night watches; Pour out your heart like water Before the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to Him For the life of your little ones Who are faint from hunger At the head of every street."

⁴ See, O LORD, and look! With whom have You dealt this way? Should women eat their offspring, The little ones who were born healthy and beautiful? Should priest and prophet be killed In the sanctuary of the Lord?

⁵ The young and the old Lie on the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men Have fallen by the sword. You have killed them in the day of Your anger, You have slaughtered, not sparing.

⁶ You [LORD] called as in the day of an appointed feast My terrors (dangers) on every side; And there was no one who escaped or survived In the day of the Lord's anger. Those I have cared for and brought up with tenderness, My enemy annihilated them.

⁷ I am [Jeremiah] the man who has seen affliction Because of the rod of His wrath.

⁸ He has led me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.

⁹ Surely He has turned His hand against me Repeatedly all the day.

¹⁰ He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away; He has shattered my bones.

¹¹ He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

¹² He has made me live in dark places Like those who have long been dead.

¹³ He walled me in so that I cannot get out; He has weighted down my chain.

¹⁴ Even when I cry out and shout for help, He shuts out my prayer.

¹⁵ He has blocked my ways with cut stone; He has made my paths crooked.

¹⁶ He is to me like a bear lying in wait, And like a lion [hiding] in secret places.

¹⁷ He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces; He has made me desolate.

¹⁸ He has bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow.

¹⁹ He has caused the arrows of His quiver To enter my inner parts.

²⁰ I have become the [object of] ridicule to all my people, And [the subject of] their mocking song all the day.

²¹ He has filled me with bitterness; He has made me drunk with wormwood (bitterness).

²² He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has [covered me with ashes and] made me cower in the dust.

²³ My soul has been cast far away from peace; I have forgotten happiness.

²⁴ So I say, "My strength has perished And so has my hope and expectation from the LORD."

²⁵ Remember [O LORD] my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall (bitterness).

²⁶ My soul continually remembers them And is bowed down within me.

²⁷ But this I call to mind, Therefore I have hope.

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1	The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His word Which He commanded[2] from days of old. He has demolished without sparing, And He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you; He has exalted the power of your enemies.
2	Their hearts cried out to the Lord. "O wall of the Daughter of Zion, Let your tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no relief, Let your eyes have no rest.
3	"Arise, cry aloud in the night, At the beginning of the night watches; Pour out your heart like water Before the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to Him For the life of your little ones Who are faint from hunger At the head of every street."
4	See, O LORD, and look! With whom have You dealt this way? Should women eat their offspring, The little ones who were born healthy and beautiful? Should priest and prophet be killed In the sanctuary of the Lord?
5	The young and the old Lie on the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men Have fallen by the sword. You have killed them in the day of Your anger, You have slaughtered, not sparing.
6	You [LORD] called as in the day of an appointed feast My terrors (dangers) on every side; And there was no one who escaped or survived In the day of the Lord's anger. Those I have cared for and brought up with tenderness, My enemy annihilated them.
7	I am [Jeremiah] the man who has seen affliction Because of the rod of His wrath.
8	He has led me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.
9	Surely He has turned His hand against me Repeatedly all the day.
10	He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away; He has shattered my bones.
11	He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
12	He has made me live in dark places Like those who have long been dead.
13	He walled me in so that I cannot get out; He has weighted down my chain.
14	Even when I cry out and shout for help, He shuts out my prayer.
15	He has blocked my ways with cut stone; He has made my paths crooked.
16	He is to me like a bear lying in wait, And like a lion [hiding] in secret places.
17	He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces; He has made me desolate.
18	He has bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow.
19	He has caused the arrows of His quiver To enter my inner parts.
20	I have become the [object of] ridicule to all my people, And [the subject of] their mocking song all the day.
21	He has filled me with bitterness; He has made me drunk with wormwood (bitterness).
22	He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has [covered me with ashes and] made me cower in the dust.
23	My soul has been cast far away from peace; I have forgotten happiness.
24	So I say, "My strength has perished And so has my hope and expectation from the LORD."
25	Remember [O LORD] my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall (bitterness).
26	My soul continually remembers them And is bowed down within me.
27	But this I call to mind, Therefore I have hope.

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