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Heaven (Part 2)

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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.1.18"><span class="content">yet I rebelled against his command.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.1.18"><span class="content">Listen, all you peoples;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.1.18"><span class="content">look on my suffering.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.1.18"><span class="content">My young men and young women</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.1.18"><span class="content">have gone into exile.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;I called to my allies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.1.19"><span class="content">but they betrayed me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.1.19"><span class="content">My priests and my elders</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.1.19"><span class="content">perished in the city</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.1.19"><span class="content">while they searched for food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.1.19"><span class="content">to keep themselves alive.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, how distressed I am!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.1.20"><span class="content">I am in torment within,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.1.20"><span class="content">and in my heart I am disturbed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.1.20"><span class="content">for I have been most rebellious.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.1.20"><span class="content">Outside, the sword bereaves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.1.20"><span class="content">inside, there is only death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;People have heard my groaning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.1.21"><span class="content">but there is no one to comfort me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.1.21"><span class="content">All my enemies have heard of my distress;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.1.21"><span class="content">they rejoice at what you have done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.1.21"><span class="content">May you bring the day you have announced</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.1.21"><span class="content">so they may become like me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let all their wickedness come before you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.1.22"><span class="content">deal with them</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.1.22"><span class="content">as you have dealt with me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.1.22"><span class="content">because of all my sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.1.22"><span class="content">My groans are many</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.1.22"><span class="content">and my heart is faint.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

New International Version™  (Anglicised), Audio Edition

Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How the gold has lost its luster,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="content">the fine gold become dull!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="content">The sacred gems are scattered</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="content">at every street corner.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">How the precious children of Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="content">once worth their weight in gold,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="content">are now considered as pots of clay,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="content">the work of a potter&#8217;s hands!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Even jackals offer their breasts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="content">to nurse their young,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="content">but my people have become heartless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="content">like ostriches in the desert.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Because of thirst the infant&#8217;s tongue</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="content">sticks to the roof of its mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="content">the children beg for bread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="content">but no one gives it to them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who once ate delicacies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="content">are destitute in the streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="content">Those brought up in royal purple</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="content">now lie on ash heaps.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The punishment of my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="content">is greater than that of Sodom,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="content">which was overthrown in a moment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="content">without a hand turned to help her.</span></span></div>
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