People — Симфония — New Living Translation

Lam 1:1

1 Jerusalem, once so full of people, is now deserted. She who was once great among the nations now sits alone like a widow. Once the queen of all the earth, she is now a slave.

Lam 1:11

Her people groan as they search for bread. They have sold their treasures for food to stay alive. “O LORD, look,” she mourns, “and see how I am despised.

Lam 1:17

Jerusalem reaches out for help, but no one comforts her. Regarding his people Israel, the LORD has said, “Let their neighbors be their enemies! Let them be thrown away like a filthy rag!”

Lam 1:18

“The LORD is right,” Jerusalem says, “for I rebelled against him. Listen, people everywhere; look upon my anguish and despair, for my sons and daughters have been taken captive to distant lands.

Lam 2:4

He bends his bow against his people, as though he were their enemy. His strength is used against them to kill their finest youth. His fury is poured out like fire on beautiful Jerusalem.

Lam 2:11

I have cried until the tears no longer come; my heart is broken. My spirit is poured out in agony as I see the desperate plight of my people. Little children and tiny babies are fainting and dying in the streets.

Lam 2:20

“O LORD, think about this! Should you treat your own people this way? Should mothers eat their own children, those they once bounced on their knees? Should priests and prophets be killed within the Lord’s Temple?

Lam 3:14

My own people laugh at me. All day long they sing their mocking songs.

Lam 3:27

And it is good for people to submit at an early age to the yoke of his discipline:

Lam 3:33

For he does not enjoy hurting people or causing them sorrow.

Lam 3:34

If people crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,

Lam 3:48

Tears stream from my eyes because of the destruction of my people!

Lam 4:3

Even the jackals feed their young, but not my people Israel. They ignore their children’s cries, like ostriches in the desert.

Lam 4:5

The people who once ate the richest foods now beg in the streets for anything they can get. Those who once wore the finest clothes now search the garbage dumps for food.

Lam 4:6

The guilt of my people is greater than that of Sodom, where utter disaster struck in a moment and no hand offered help.

Lam 4:15

“Get away!” the people shouted at them. “You’re defiled! Don’t touch us!” So they fled to distant lands and wandered among foreign nations, but none would let them stay.

Lam 4:16

The LORD himself has scattered them, and he no longer helps them. People show no respect for the priests and no longer honor the leaders.

Lam 4:21

Are you rejoicing in the land of Uz, O people of Edom? But you, too, must drink from the cup of the LORD’s anger. You, too, will be stripped naked in your drunkenness.

«People» / Симфония / New Living