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Lamentations 1:21

People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.

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ASV

They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; All mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.

KJV

They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שָׁמְע֞וּsha.me.'Uthey heardH8085 →
כִּ֧יkithatH3588 →
נֶאֱנָחָ֣הne.'e.na.Chah[was] groaningH584 →
אָ֗נִי'A.niIH589 →
אֵ֤ין'einnotH369 →
מְנַחֵם֙me.na.Chema comforterH5162 →
לִ֔יLi[belonged] to me
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
אֹ֨יְבַ֜י'o.ye.Vaienemies myH341 →
שָׁמְע֤וּsha.me.'Uthey heardH8085 →
רָֽעָתִי֙ra.'a.Tidistress myH7451 →
שָׂ֔שׂוּSa.suthey rejoicedH7797 →
כִּ֥יkiforH3588 →
אַתָּ֖ה'a.TahyouH859 →
עָשִׂ֑יתָ'a.Si.tayou have actedH6213 →
הֵבֵ֥אתָhe.Ve.tayou have broughtH935 →
יוֹם־yom-[the] dayH3117 →
קָרָ֖אתָka.Ra.ta[which] you proclaimedH7121 →
וְיִֽהְי֥וּve.yih.Yuand they may beH1961 →
כָמֽוֹנִי׃ סkha.Mo.nilike meH3644 →

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Lamentations 1:8Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.Psalms 35:15But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.Lamentations 1:22Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.Lamentations 1:16For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.Jeremiah 50:11“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,Lamentations 2:15All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”Jeremiah 51:24Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.Lamentations 4:21–22So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.Lamentations 1:4The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.Micah 7:9–10Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.Lamentations 1:2She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.Isaiah 54:11“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.Jeremiah 51:49“Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.Ezekiel 25:1–17Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,Revelation 18:6Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.Psalms 38:16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”Joel 3:14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.Psalms 137:7–9Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”

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