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Isaiah 22:4

Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

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ASV

Therefore said I, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

KJV

Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עַל־'al-there-H5921 →
כֵּ֥ןken-foreH3651 →
אָמַ֛רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiI saidH559 →
שְׁע֥וּshe.'Ulook awayH8159 →
מִנִּ֖יmi.Nifrom meH4480 →
אֲמָרֵ֣ר'a.ma.RerI will show bitternessH4843 →
בַּבֶּ֑כִיba.Be.khiwith <the> weepingH1065 →
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
תָּאִ֣יצוּta.'I.tzuyou insistH213 →
לְנַֽחֲמֵ֔נִיle.na.cha.Me.nito comfort meH5162 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
שֹׁ֖דshod[the] devastation ofH7701 →
בַּת־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323 →
עַמִּֽי׃'a.Mipeople myH5971 →

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Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.Matthew 2:18“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”Jeremiah 9:18Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.Micah 1:8Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.Jeremiah 31:15This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”Jeremiah 13:17But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.Psalms 77:2In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.Ezekiel 27:31They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.Ezekiel 21:6But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.Esther 4:3In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.Isaiah 15:3In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over itJeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.Ruth 1:20–21“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.Luke 1:2just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.Matthew 26:75Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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