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Lamentations 1:14

My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.

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ASV

The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up upon my neck; he hath made my strength to fail: The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.

KJV

The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
נִשְׂקַד֩nis.Kadit has been bound onH8244 →
עֹ֨ל'ol[the] yoke ofH5923 →
פְּשָׁעַ֜יpe.sha.'Aitransgressions myH6588 →
בְּיָד֗וֹbe.ya.Doby hand hisH3027 →
יִשְׂתָּֽרְג֛וּyis.Ta.re.Guthey are woven togetherH8276 →
עָל֥וּ'a.Luthey have come upH5927 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
צַוָּארִ֖יtza.va.Rineck myH6677 →
הִכְשִׁ֣ילhikh.Shilhe has made feebleH3782 →
כֹּחִ֑יko.Chistrength myH3581 →
נְתָנַ֣נִיne.ta.Na.nihe has given meH5414 →
אֲדֹנָ֔י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
בִּידֵ֖יbi.Deiin [the] hands ofH3027 →
לֹא־lo'-[those whom] notH3808 →
אוּכַ֥ל'u.KhalI am ableH3201 →
קֽוּם׃ סKumto standH6965 →

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Psalms 38:4For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.Isaiah 47:6I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.Deuteronomy 28:48you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.Lamentations 5:5We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.Micah 2:3Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.Ezekiel 25:4therefore I will indeed give you as a possession to the people of the East. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.Jeremiah 28:14For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.Ezekiel 25:7therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’Numbers 19:2“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.Isaiah 24:20The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.Isaiah 28:22So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.Lamentations 3:7He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.Ezekiel 23:28For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Surely I will deliver you into the hands of those you hate, from whom you turned away in disgust.Hosea 5:14For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.Jeremiah 37:17Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”Jeremiah 39:1–9In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.Jeremiah 34:20–21I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.

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