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Oh that my headH7218 were waters,H4325 and my eyesH5869 a fountainH4726 of tears,H1832 that I might weepH1058 dayH3119 and nightH3915 for the slainH2491 of the daughterH1323 of my people!H5971
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Oh that I had in the wildernessH4057 a lodgingH4411 place of wayfaringH732 men; that I might leaveH5800 my people,H5971 and goH3212 from them! for they be allH3605 adulterers,H5003 an assemblyH6116 of treacherousH898 men.
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And they bendH1869 their tonguesH3956 like their bowH7198 for lies:H8267 but they are not valiantH1396 for the truthH530 on the earth;H776 for they proceedH3318 from evilH7451 to evil,H7451 and they knowH3045 not me, saidH5002 the LORD.H3068
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Take you heedH8104 everyH376 oneH376 of his neighbor,H7453 and trustH982 you not in anyH3605 brother:H251 for everyH3605 brotherH251 will utterly supplant,H6117 and everyH3605 neighborH7453 will walkH1980 with slanders.H7400
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And they will deceiveH2048 everyH376 oneH376 his neighbor,H7453 and will not speakH1696 the truth:H571 they have taughtH3925 their tongueH3956 to speakH1696 lies,H8267 and wearyH3811 themselves to commitH5753 iniquity.H5753
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Your habitationH3427 is in the middleH8432 of deceit;H4820 through deceitH4820 they refuseH3985 to knowH3045 me, saidH5002 the LORD.H3068
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ThereforeH3651 thusH3541 saidH559 the LORDH3068 of hosts,H6635 Behold,H2005 I will meltH6884 them, and tryH974 them; for howH349 shall I doH6213 for the daughterH1323 of my people?H5971
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Their tongueH3956 is as an arrowH2671 shotH7819 out; it speaksH1696 deceit:H4820 one speaksH1696 peaceablyH7965 to his neighborH7453 with his mouth,H6310 but in heartH7130 he laysH7760 his wait.H696
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Shall I not visitH6485 them for theseH428 things? saidH5002 the LORD:H3068 shall not my soulH5315 be avengedH5358 on suchH834 a nationH1471 as this?H2088
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For the mountainsH2022 will I takeH5375 up a weepingH1065 and wailing,H5092 and for the habitationsH4999 of the wildernessH4057 a lamentation,H7015 becauseH3588 they are burnedH3341 up, so that noneH1097 H376 can passH5674 through them; neitherH3808 can men hearH8085 the voiceH6963 of the cattle;H4735 both the fowlH5775 of the heavensH8064 and the beastH929 are fled;H5074 they are gone.H1980
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And I will makeH5414 JerusalemH3389 heaps,H1530 and a denH4583 of dragons;H8577 and I will makeH5414 the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063 desolate,H8077 withoutH1097 an inhabitant.H3427
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WhoH4310 is the wiseH2450 man,H376 that may understandH995 this?H2063 and who is he to whomH834 the mouthH6310 of the LORDH3068 has spoken,H1696 that he may declareH5046 it, for whatH4100 the landH776 perishesH6 and is burnedH3341 up like a wilderness,H4057 that noneH1097 passesH5674 through?
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And the LORDH3068 said,H559 BecauseH5921 they have forsakenH5800 my lawH8451 whichH834 I setH5414 beforeH6440 them, and have not obeyedH8085 my voice,H6963 neitherH3808 walkedH1980 therein;
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But have walkedH3212 afterH310 the imaginationH8307 of their own heart,H3820 and afterH310 Baalim,H1168 whichH834 their fathersH1 taughtH3925 them:
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ThereforeH3651 thusH3541 saidH559 the LORDH3068 of hosts,H6635 the GodH430 of Israel;H3478 Behold,H2005 I will feedH398 them, even thisH2088 people,H5971 with wormwood,H3939 and give them waterH4325 of gallH7219 to drink.H8248
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I will scatterH6327 them also among the heathen,H1471 whomH834 neitherH3808 they nor their fathersH1 have known:H3045 and I will sendH7971 a swordH2719 afterH310 them, tillH5704 I have consumedH3615 them.
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ThusH3541 saidH559 the LORDH3068 of hosts,H6635 ConsiderH995 you, and callH7121 for the mourningH6969 women, that they may come;H935 and sendH7971 for cunningH2450 women, that they may come:H935
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And let them make haste,H4116 and takeH5375 up a wailingH5092 for us, that our eyesH5869 may runH3381 down with tears,H1832 and our eyelidsH6079 gushH5140 out with waters.H4325
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For a voiceH6963 of wailingH5092 is heardH8085 out of Zion,H6726 HowH349 are we spoiled!H7703 we are greatlyH3966 confounded,H954 becauseH3588 we have forsakenH5800 the land,H776 becauseH3588 our dwellingsH4908 have castH7993 us out.
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YetH3588 hearH8085 the wordH1697 of the LORD,H3068 O you women,H802 and let your earH241 receiveH3947 the wordH1697 of his mouth,H6310 and teachH3925 your daughtersH1323 wailing,H5092 and everyH802 one her neighborH7468 lamentation.H7015
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For deathH4194 is comeH5927 up into our windows,H2474 and is enteredH935 into our palaces,H759 to cutH3772 off the childrenH5768 from without,H2351 and the youngH970 men from the streets.H7339
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Speak,H1696 ThusH3541 saidH5002 the LORD,H3068 Even the carcassesH5038 of menH120 shall fallH5307 as dungH1828 on the openH6440 field,H7704 and as the handfulH5995 afterH310 the harvestman,H7114 and noneH369 shall gatherH622 them.
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ThusH3541 saidH559 the LORD,H3068 Let not the wiseH2450 man gloryH1984 in his wisdom,H2451 neitherH408 let the mightyH1368 man gloryH1984 in his might,H1369 let not the richH6223 man gloryH1984 in his riches:H6239
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But let him that gloriesH1984 gloryH1984 in this,H2063 that he understandsH7919 and knowsH3045 me, that I am the LORDH3068 which exerciseH6213 loving kindness,H2617 judgment,H4941 and righteousness,H6666 in the earth:H776 for in theseH428 things I delight,H2654 saidH5002 the LORD.H3068
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Behold,H2009 the daysH3117 come,H935 saidH5002 the LORD,H3068 that I will punishH6485 allH3605 them which are circumcisedH4135 with the uncircumcised;H6190
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Egypt,H4714 and Judah,H3063 and Edom,H123 and the childrenH1121 of Ammon,H5983 and Moab,H4124 and allH3605 that are in the utmostH7112 corners,H6285 that dwellH3427 in the wilderness:H4057 for allH3605 these nationsH1471 are uncircumcised,H6189 and allH3605 the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 are uncircumcisedH6189 in the heart.H3820
