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highlighted Lamentations 5:19 NLT
But LORD, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation.
Apr 30
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highlighted Lamentations 5:18 NLT
For Jerusalem is empty and desolate, a place haunted by jackals.
Apr 30
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highlighted Lamentations 5:17 NLT
Our hearts are sick and weary, and our eyes grow dim with tears.
Apr 30
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highlighted Lamentations 5:16 NLT
The garlands have fallen from our heads. Weep for us because we have sinned.
Apr 30
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highlighted Lamentations 5:15 NLT
Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
Apr 30
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highlighted Lamentations 5:12 NLT
Our princes are being hanged by their thumbs, and our elders are treated with contempt.
Apr 30
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highlighted Lamentations 5:11 NLT
Our enemies rape the women in Jerusalem and the young girls in all the towns of Judah.
Apr 30
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highlighted Lamentations 5:10 NLT
The famine has blackened our skin as though baked in an oven.
Apr 30
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highlighted Lamentations 5:7 NLT
Our ancestors sinned, but they have died— and we are suffering the punishment they deserved!
Apr 30
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highlighted Lamentations 5:6 NLT
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough food to survive.
Apr 30
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highlighted Lamentations 4:5 NLT
The people who once ate the richest foods now beg in the streets for anything they can get. Those who once wore the finest clothes now search the garbage dumps for food.
Apr 29
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highlighted Lamentations 4:1-2 NLT
How the gold has lost its luster! Even the finest gold has become dull. The sacred gemstones lie scattered in the streets! See how the precious children of Jerusalem, worth their weight in fine gold, are now treated like pots of clay made by a common potter.
Apr 29
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highlighted Romans 3:23-24 NLT
For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet God freely and graciously declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.
Apr 27
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highlighted Lamentations 2:17 NLT
But it is the LORD who did just as he planned. He has fulfilled the promises of disaster he made long ago. He has destroyed Jerusalem without mercy. He has caused her enemies to gloat over her and has given them power over her.
Apr 27
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highlighted Lamentations 2:15 NLT
All who pass by jeer at you. They scoff and insult beautiful Jerusalem, saying, “Is this the city called ‘Most Beautiful in All the World’ and ‘Joy of All the Earth’?”
Apr 27
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highlighted Lamentations 1:22 NLT
“Look at all their evil deeds, LORD. Punish them, as you have punished me for all my sins. My groans are many, and I am sick at heart.”
Apr 26
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highlighted Lamentations 1:20 NLT
“LORD, see my anguish! My heart is broken and my soul despairs, for I have rebelled against you. In the streets the sword kills, and at home there is only death.
Apr 26
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highlighted Lamentations 1:13-14 NLT
“He has sent fire from heaven that burns in my bones. He has placed a trap in my path and turned me back. He has left me devastated, racked with sickness all day long. “He wove my sins into ropes to hitch me to a yoke of captivity. The Lord sapped my strength and turned me over to my enemies; I am helpless in their hands.
Apr 26
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highlighted Lamentations 1:9 NLT
She defiled herself with immorality and gave no thought to her future. Now she lies in the gutter with no one to lift her out. “LORD, see my misery,” she cries. “The enemy has triumphed.”
Apr 26
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highlighted Acts 18:11 NLT
So Paul stayed there for the next year and a half, teaching the word of God.
Apr 25