Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron(A) and had cruelly oppressed(B) the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help.

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18 “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
    ‘You disciplined(A) me like an unruly calf,(B)
    and I have been disciplined.
Restore(C) me, and I will return,
    because you are the Lord my God.

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17 The Lord has done what he planned;
    he has fulfilled(A) his word,
    which he decreed long ago.(B)
He has overthrown you without pity,(C)
    he has let the enemy gloat over you,(D)
    he has exalted the horn[a] of your foes.(E)

18 The hearts of the people
    cry out to the Lord.(F)
You walls of Daughter Zion,(G)
    let your tears(H) flow like a river
    day and night;(I)
give yourself no relief,
    your eyes no rest.(J)

19 Arise, cry out in the night,
    as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart(K) like water
    in the presence of the Lord.(L)
Lift up your hands(M) to him
    for the lives of your children,
who faint(N) from hunger
    at every street corner.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:17 Horn here symbolizes strength.

14 For I will be like a lion(A) to Ephraim,
    like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces(B) and go away;
    I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.(C)

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15 Then I will return to my lair(A)
    until they have borne their guilt(B)
    and seek my face(C)
in their misery(D)
    they will earnestly seek me.(E)

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[a]From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1 is numbered 1:17, and 2:1-10 is numbered 2:2-11.

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