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Lamentations 1:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD was right, but I refused to obey him. Now I ask all of you to look at my sufferings— even my young people have been dragged away.

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a message for the prophet from Judah: Listen to the LORD's message. You have disobeyed the LORD your God.

You punished us because of our terrible sins. But you did not punish us nearly as much as we deserve, and you have brought some of us back home.

In spite of this, they rebelled and disobeyed your laws. They killed your prophets, who warned them to turn back to you, and they cursed your name.

You have always been fair when you punished us for our sins.

because you had rebelled against God Most High and refused his advice.

Our LORD, you always do right, and your decisions are fair.

Your decisions are correct, and you were right to punish me.

Our LORD, everything you do is kind and thoughtful,

The king sent for Moses and Aaron and told them, “Now I have really sinned! My people and I are guilty, and the LORD is right.

Whenever I complain to you, LORD, you are always fair. But now I have questions about your justice. Why is life easy for sinners? Why are they successful?

But when our ancestors took over the land, they did not obey you. And now you have punished Israel with disaster.

Even those nations that don't deserve to be punished will have to drink from the cup of my anger. So how can you possibly hope to escape?

No passer-by even cares. Why doesn't someone notice my terrible sufferings? You were fiercely angry, LORD, and you punished me worst of all.

“We've sinned! We've rebelled against you, and you haven't forgiven us!

Zion's glory has disappeared! And we are doomed because of our sins.

But we have sinned terribly by rebelling against you and rejecting your laws and teachings.

Everything you do is right, our Lord. But still we suffer public disgrace because we have been unfaithful and have sinned against you. This includes all of us, both far and near—the people of Judah, Jerusalem, and Israel, as well as those you dragged away to foreign lands,

Your beautiful young women and your young men will faint from thirst.

All who do evil are shameless, but the LORD does right and is always fair. With the dawn of each day, God brings about justice.

But my warnings and my words spoken by the prophets caught up with your ancestors. So they turned back to me and said, “LORD All-Powerful, you have punished us for our sins, just as you had planned.”

But you are stubborn and refuse to turn to God. So you are making things even worse for yourselves on that day when he will show how angry he is and will judge the world with fairness.

We know that everything in the Law was written for those who are under its power. The Law says these things to stop anyone from making excuses and to let God show that the whole world is guilty.

The LORD is a mighty rock, and he never does wrong. God can always be trusted to bring justice.

and he said, “I've cut off the thumbs and big toes of seventy kings and made those kings crawl around under my table for scraps of food. Now God is paying me back.” The army of Judah took the king of Bezek along with them to Jerusalem, where he died.

Rebelling against God or disobeying him because you are proud is just as bad as worshipping idols or asking them for advice. You refused to do what God told you, so God has decided that you can't be king.”




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