Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy, for God’s hand has struck me.
Jeremiah 15:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will show sympathy towards you? Who will turn aside to ask about your well-being? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who will bemoan you? Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare? American Standard Version (1901) For who will have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who will bemoan thee? or who will turn aside to ask of thy welfare? Common English Bible Who will pity you, Jerusalem? Who will shed tears over you? Who will stop and ask how you’re doing? Catholic Public Domain Version For who will take pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who will feel sorrow for you? Or who will go to prayer for the sake of your peace? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For who shall have pity on thee, O Jerusalem? Or who shall bemoan thee? Or who shall go to pray for thy peace? |
Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy, for God’s hand has struck me.
So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and then kissed him. They asked each other how they had been and went into the tent.
These two things have happened to you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? How can I comfort you?
I will smash them against each other, fathers and sons alike #– #this is the Lord’s declaration. I will allow no mercy, pity, or compassion to keep me from destroying them.” ’
‘For this is what the Lord says: Don’t enter a house where a mourning feast is taking place. Don’t go to lament or sympathise with them, for I have removed my peace from these people as well as my faithful love and compassion.’ This is the Lord’s declaration.
Afterwards #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #King Zedekiah of Judah, his officers, and the people #– #those in this city who survive the plague, the sword, and the famine #– #I will hand over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, to their enemies, yes, to those who intend to take their lives. He will put them to the sword; he won’t spare them or show pity or compassion.”
Zion stretches out her hands; there is no one to comfort her. The Lord has issued a decree against Jacob that his neighbours should be his adversaries. Jerusalem has become something impure among them.
Then all who see you will recoil from you, saying, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will show sympathy to her? ’ Where can I find anyone to comfort you?
So they detoured there and went to the house of the young Levite at the home of Micah and greeted him.
They will ask how you are and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from them.
David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were.
so David sent ten young men instructing them, ‘Go up to Carmel, and when you come to Nabal, greet him in my name.