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Lamentations 1:20

See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.

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ASV

Behold, O Jehovah; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled; My heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

KJV

Behold, O Lord; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
רְאֵ֨הre.'EhseeH7200 →
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehO YahwehH3068 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
צַר־tzar-distressH6862 →
לִי֙li[belongs] to me
מֵעַ֣יme.'Aiinward parts myH4578 →
חֳמַרְמָ֔רוּcho.mar.Ma.ruthey are in turmoilH2560 →
נֶהְפַּ֤ךְneh.Pakhit has been overturnedH2015 →
לִבִּי֙li.Biheart myH3820 →
בְּקִרְבִּ֔יbe.kir.Biin inner being myH7130 →
כִּ֥יkiforH3588 →
מָר֖וֹma.Roextremely <be rebellious>H4784 →
מָרִ֑יתִיma.Ri.tiI have been rebelliousH4784 →
מִח֥וּץmi.Chutzfrom outsideH2351 →
שִׁכְּלָה־shi.ke.lah-it has bereavedH7921 →
חֶ֖רֶבChe.reva swordH2719 →
בַּבַּ֥יִתba.Ba.yit[is] in the houseH1004 →
כַּמָּֽוֶת׃ סka.Ma.vetlike <the> deathH4194 →

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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.Ezekiel 7:15The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.Deuteronomy 32:25Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.Isaiah 16:11Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.Daniel 9:5we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.Job 30:27I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.Jeremiah 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.Jeremiah 3:13Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.Leviticus 26:40–42But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—Luke 18:13–14But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’Jeremiah 48:36Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.Luke 15:18–19I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.Job 33:27Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.Lamentations 4:9–10Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.Lamentations 1:11All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.Hosea 11:8How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!

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