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Lamentations 1:22

Good News Translation

“Condemn them for all their wickedness; Punish them as you punished me for my sins. I groan in misery, and I am sick at heart.”

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Answer me now, Lord! I have lost all hope. Don't hide yourself from me, or I will be among those who go down to the world of the dead.

Why should the nations ask us, “Where is your God?” Let us see you punish the nations for shedding the blood of your servants.

Everyone's hands will hang limp, and everyone's courage will fail.

Turn your anger on the nations that do not worship you and on the people who reject you. They have killed your people; they have destroyed us completely and left our country in ruins.

But, Lord, you know all their plots to kill me. Do not forgive their evil or pardon their sin. Throw them down in defeat and deal with them while you are angry.”

But now, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your enemies will be taken away as prisoners. All who oppress you will be oppressed, and all who plunder you will be plundered.

Let the people of Zion say, “May Babylonia be held responsible for the violence done to us!” Let the people of Jerusalem say, “May Babylonia be held responsible for what we have suffered!”

My sorrow cannot be healed; I am sick at heart.

“He sent fire from above, a fire that burned inside me. He set a trap for me and brought me to the ground. Then he abandoned me and left me in constant pain.

We are sick at our very hearts and can hardly see through our tears,

For if such things as these are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

I beg you, then, not to be discouraged because I am suffering for you; it is all for your benefit.

They shouted in a loud voice, “Almighty Lord, holy and true! How long will it be until you judge the people on earth and punish them for killing us?”




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