And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.
And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah.
Lamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.
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For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
And there is hope for thy latter end, saith Jehovah; and thy children shall come again to their own border.
Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:
Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.
Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications, When I cried unto thee.
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?
He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.
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Ezekiel 37:11Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
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And you did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,
Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favorable no more?
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.
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Psalms 116:11I said in my haste, All men are liars.
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Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.
As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications, When I cried unto thee.
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Psalms 31:22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications, When I cried unto thee.
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I said in my haste, All men are liars.
Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his…
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