I have cried a river of tears\par because people don’t obey your teachings.\par
Romans 9:2 - Easy To Read Version I have great sorrow and always feel much sadness \{for the Jewish people\}. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That I have bitter grief and incessant anguish in my heart. American Standard Version (1901) that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart. Common English Bible I have great sadness and constant pain in my heart. Catholic Public Domain Version because the sadness within me is great, and there is a continuous sorrow in my heart. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That I have great sadness, and continual sorrow in my heart. |
I have cried a river of tears\par because people don’t obey your teachings.\par
Jerusalem, be happy!\par All you people who love Jerusalem,\par be happy!\par Sad things happened to Jerusalem,\par so some of you people are sad.\par But now you people should be happy.\par
If you people of Judah don’t listen to the Lord,\par I will hide and cry.\par Your pride will cause me to cry.\par I will cry very hard.\par My eyes will overflow with tears.\par Why? Because the Lord’s flock {\cf2\super [111]} \par will be captured.\par
If my head was filled with water,\par and if my eyes were a fountain of tears,\par I would cry day and night\par for my people that have been destroyed.\par
All you people that pass by on the road,\par you don’t seem to care.\par But look at me and see.\par Is there any pain like my pain?\par Is there any pain like the pain\par that has come to me?\par Is there any pain like the pain\par that the Lord has punished me with?\par He has punished me on the day\par of his great anger.\par
My eyes make me sad,\par when I see what happened\par to the girls in my city.\par
Then the Lord (Glory) said to him, “Go through the city of Jerusalem. Put a mark on the forehead of every person that feels sad and upset about all the terrible things people are doing in this city.”
Brothers and sisters, the thing I want most is for all the Jews to be saved. That is my prayer to God.
I am in Christ and I am telling you the truth. I don’t lie. My deepest feelings are ruled by the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [72]} And those feelings tell me that I am not lying:
They are my brothers and sisters, my earthly family. I wish I could help them. I would even have a curse on me and cut myself off from Christ if that would help them.
Many people live like enemies of the cross of Christ. I have often told you about these people. And it makes me cry to tell you about them now.
And I will give power to my two witnesses. And they will prophesy {\cf2\super [82]} for 1,260 days. They will be dressed in sackcloth. {\cf2\super [83]} ”
After that Samuel never saw Saul again all his life. Samuel was very sad for Saul. And the Lord was very sorry that he had made Saul king of Israel.