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Lamentations 1:14

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

My transgressions have been formed into a yoke,  ,, fastened together by his hand; they have been placed on my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has handed me over to those I cannot withstand.

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I was angry with my people; I profaned my possession, and I handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.


you will serve your enemies that the Lord will send against you, in famine, thirst, nakedness, and a lack of everything. He will place an iron yoke  on your neck until he has destroyed you.


therefore I am about to stretch out my hand against you  and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and eliminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the Lord.


therefore I am about to give you to the people of the east as a possession. They will set up their encampments and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.


For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I have put an iron yoke on the neck of all these nations that they might serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon,  and they will serve him.  I have even put the wild animals under him.” ’


A wicked man’s iniquities will trap him; he will become tangled in the ropes of his own sin.


For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. Yes, I will tear them to pieces and depart. I will carry them off, and no one can rescue them.


‘For this is what the Lord God says: I am going to hand you over to those you hate, to those you turned away from in disgust.


I will pour out my indignation on you; I will blow the fire of my fury on you. I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled at destruction.


I will take you out of the city and hand you over to foreigners; I will execute judgements against you.


King Zedekiah later sent for him and received him, and in his house privately asked him, ‘Is there a word from the Lord? ’ ‘There is,’ Jeremiah responded. He continued, ‘You will be handed over to the king of Babylon.’


He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him #– #this is the Lord’s declaration. For you will fight the Chaldeans, but you will not succeed.” ’


I spoke to King Zedekiah of Judah  in the same way: ‘Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, serve him and his people, and live!


‘ “ ‘As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and does not place its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish by sword, famine, and plague #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #until through him I have destroyed it.


I am going to send for all the families of the north”   #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #”and send for my servant  Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them an example of horror  and scorn, and ruins for ever.


I will break Assyria  in my land; I will tread him down on my mountain. Then his yoke will be taken from them, and his burden will be removed from their shoulders.


‘Go and say to Hananiah, “This is what the Lord says: You broke a wooden yoke bar, but in its place you will make an iron yoke bar.


King Zedekiah of Judah had imprisoned him, saying, ‘Why are you prophesying as you do? You say, “This is what the Lord says: Look, I am about to hand this city over to Babylon’s king, and he will capture it.


Therefore, the Lord says: I am now planning  a disaster against this nation; you cannot free your necks from it. Then you will not walk so proudly because it will be an evil time.





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