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Lamentations 3:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

he dragged me from the road, then tore me to shreds.

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God has worn me down and destroyed my family;

I have given up all hope, and I feel numb all over.

You have ignored me! So pay close attention or I will tear you apart, and no one can help you.

The city will mourn and sit in the dust, emptied of its people.

I will punish you in four different ways: You will be killed in war and your bodies dragged off by dogs, your flesh will be eaten by birds, and your bones will be chewed on by wild animals.

I will turn Jerusalem into a pile of rubble, and every passer-by will be shocked and horrified and will make insulting remarks.

Jeremiah, when you bought the field, you showed that fields will some day be bought and sold again. You say that this land has been conquered by the Babylonians and has become a desert, emptied of people and animals.

The people have rebelled and rejected the LORD too many times. So enemies will attack like lions from the forest or wolves from the desert. Those enemies will watch the towns of Judah, and like leopards they will tear to pieces whoever goes outside.

Listen to me, you people of Jerusalem and Judah. I will abandon you, and your land will become an empty desert.

From heaven you sent a fire that burnt in my bones; you set a trap for my feet and made me turn back. All day long you leave me in shock from constant pain.

God was like a bear or a lion waiting in ambush for me;

Then I was told by the one standing there: “The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom to appear on earth. It will be different from all the others— it will trample the earth and crush it to pieces.

Let's return to the LORD. He has torn us to shreds, but he will bandage our wounds and make us well.

At present they are scattered, but later they will attack, as though they were fierce lions pouncing on sheep. Their enemies will be torn to shreds, with no one to save them;

And now your temple will be deserted.

They cried loudly, and in their sorrow they threw dust on their heads, as they said, “Pity the great city of Babylon! Everyone who sailed the seas became rich from her treasures. But in a single hour the city was destroyed.




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