Therefore I say, “Look away from me,
Let me (A)weep bitterly,
Do not [a]try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

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  1. Isaiah 22:4 Lit insist

Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;
    let me weep(A) bitterly.
Do not try to console me
    over the destruction of my people.”(B)

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Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

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18 [a]My (A)sorrow is beyond healing,
My (B)heart is faint within me!

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  1. Jeremiah 8:18 As in LXX and ancient versions

18 You who are my Comforter[a] in sorrow,
    my heart is faint(A) within me.

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  1. Jeremiah 8:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

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17 But (A)if you do not listen to it,
My soul will (B)weep in secret for such pride;
And my eyes will shed
And stream down tears,
Because the (C)flock of the Lord has been taken captive.

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17 If you do not listen,(A)
    I will weep in secret
    because of your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly,
    overflowing with tears,(B)
    because the Lord’s flock(C) will be taken captive.(D)

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17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord's flock is carried away captive.

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18 Their (A)heart cried out to the Lord:
“You (B)wall of the daughter of Zion,
Let your (C)tears stream down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief,
Let [a]your eyes have no rest.

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  1. Lamentations 2:18 Lit the daughter of your eye

18 The hearts of the people
    cry out to the Lord.(A)
You walls of Daughter Zion,(B)
    let your tears(C) flow like a river
    day and night;(D)
give yourself no relief,
    your eyes no rest.(E)

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18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.

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