12 Is it nothing to you, all you who [a]pass by?
Behold and see
(A)If there is any sorrow like my sorrow,
Which has been brought on me,
Which the Lord has inflicted
In the day of His fierce anger.

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  1. Lamentations 1:12 Lit. pass by this way

12 “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?(A)
    Look around and see.
Is any suffering like my suffering(B)
    that was inflicted on me,
that the Lord brought on me
    in the day of his fierce anger?(C)

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13 How shall I (A)console[a] you?
To what shall I liken you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you,
O virgin daughter of Zion?
For your ruin is spread wide as the sea;
Who can heal you?

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  1. Lamentations 2:13 Or bear witness to

13 What can I say for you?(A)
    With what can I compare you,
    Daughter(B) Jerusalem?
To what can I liken you,
    that I may comfort you,
    Virgin Daughter Zion?(C)
Your wound is as deep as the sea.(D)
    Who can heal you?

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(A)And I will do among you what I have never done, and the like of which I will never do again, because of all your abominations.

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Because of all your detestable idols, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again.(A)

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“You(A) only have I known of all the families of the earth;
(B)Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

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“You only have I chosen(A)
    of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish(B) you
    for all your sins.(C)

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